I am Hella Hella (ka.kemetic yoga 🧘🏾‍♂️) grateful for this opportunity that I have to do something that I’m passionate about; which is development of the Northside and increasing opportunities for youth, combined with making a few coins (as some may know I had an “income stream interruption”let’s call it ;) everything is truly connected (seed of wisdom YTT yoga training 612jungle baybee 🖤💛 ) because not only am I a former teacher of the current CEO of NAZ’s is now grown children, but I had a chance to share space with another person who works at NAZ who took my class when I used to teach at the U of M.
An-tea-whey...🙌🏾holla🙌🏾 with these opportunities. I feel like there are so many micro jewels not micro in their jewely-ness but micro in their size (but definitely full-scale joules) in terms of many tiny opportunities that I know are out there.
✌🏿💚
K

My respected family the Rakhu's are doing Better Family Life, MN.  Ayanna let me know about this conference and I'm going to catch a few classes today (4/12 and tomorrow 4/13) and I'm going to watch some of these recorded conversations especially this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKTochsv4uU (historical footage of the gathering!)

https://www.betterfamilylife.org/black-dance-usa2021

ORISHA, DANCES OF CUBA: Tuesday, April 13
10:00 am – 11:30 am
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Orisha dances of Cuba (ALL LEVELS)
Juan Carlos Blanco, Instructor
Instruction in the dances of Cuba that honor the Orishas (forces and energies within nature), such as Shango, Yemaya, Oshun. Click Here to Learn More About Juan Carlos Blanco

AFRO-DANCEHALL FUSION: Monday, April 12
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Afro-Dancehall Fusion (ALL LEVELS)
Stacy Letrice, Instructor 
Afro-Dancehall Fusion integrates traditional West African, Dancehall, and African pop-culture dance styles, creating a colorful montage of dances of the African Diaspora.  
Click to Learn More About Stacy Letrice

The North High School CSG is installed and scheduled to go live will in Fall 2021. The subscriber outreach will prioritize community members with low incomes, but all are welcome to apply. It is a collaboration with North Community High School, the City of Minneapolis, Renewable Energy Partners, and North Minneapolis community members like you!  Check out https://www.mplsclimate.org/community-solar.html​ for more info on community solar. 

www.blackboldandbrilliant.com/donate
​Black, Bold & Brilliant is a North Minneapolis based nonprofit organization that builds a thriving and healthy community by engaging Black youth with civic, artistic & culturally relevant experiences/opportunities to tap into their passion, purpose and power.
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The organization was birthed out of necessity during the George Floyd uprisings. Educator & founder, Wisdom Mawusi, understood the source of the frustration and the fires, but also the immediate impact that fires were having on residents and prayed that North Minneapolis would be spared and that no more blood would be shed.
 
​The morning after the fires reached her community, Wisdom Mawusi, worked with other volunteers to help clean and provide resources for those need. It was during this time that she witnessed a large group of young people taking a sledge hammer to an ATM- eventually a police officer arrived on the scene and she feared what would happen next. Would the bodies or the futures of these young people be killed because they were Black, righteously angry, but misguided to the easiest outlet of that frustration- destruction? What about building? Given the opportunity, they would be just as invested in that. She wondered who could gather the youth and provide programming for self-actualization and community development. She agreed to accept her own challenge and called two powerful, art activists - Eshay Brantley and Namir Fearce, co-founders of Black, Bold and Brilliant. 

Black, Bold and Brilliant will be holding a series of weekly virtual Black History Workshops on Saturdays (6, 13, 20, 27) through out February 2021. Workshops are 12:30-2:30 p.m. Each workshop will contain a Black History & artistic component. We will host a virtual Black history program on Sunday, Feb. 28th at 3 pm.

Black, Bold and Brilliant Books & Culture will provide literature & culturally enriching monthly experiences to participants. Books will be free of charge and there will be monthly incentives for participants that complete all assignments. Assignments include weekly journal responses and participating in meetings twice a month. Starting in March.

​Sign up for both by scanning the QR code below or head to the google sign up page: BBB SIGN UP