42nd Universal Zulu Nation Anniversary & 41st Anniversary of Hip Hop Nov. 12-15

Nov. 12-15: 2015: 42nd Universal Zulu Nation Anniversary & 41st Anniversary of Hip Hop Main Event Page www.facebook.com/events/1623999661150794

UZN42 FUN PASS: Just $75 gets you in to every official UZN42 event from Nov. 13th - 15th plus no waiting in line! Please send $75 via paypal to email uzn40nov@gmail.com.

Universal Zulu Nation will livestream each day of the 42nd Anniversary (Nov. 12-15 in NYC) for $9.95 per day or all 4 days for $29.95. Order now at http://worldcastlive.com/wcltv Paypal and credit cards accepted!

Nov. 12: Unsigned Artist Night+ Dance Cyphers Casita Maria BX
Nov. 13: Stop the Violence Dance Event - East Harlem
Nov. 13: Night of Power @ National Black Theater - Harlem
Nov. 14: 2nd Annual World Council on Community Affairs
Nov. 14: UZN Family Day @ Johnson Comm. Center - El Barrio
Nov. 14: Night of Classic R&B @ National Black Theater Harlem
Nov. 15: Meeting of the Minds - Bronx Museum of the Arts
Nov. 15: True School Night @ National Black Theater Harlem

Thurs., Nov. 12: UNSIGNED ARTIST NIGHT: BRONX UZN42 + DANCE CYPHERS FOR B-BOYS, B-GIRLS, POPPERS, LOCKERS & ROCKERS! 5:30pm-1am. All Ages. $10. DJ Kevie Kev Rockwell, DJ HekTek, DJ Power & DJ Eveready. Hosts: KRS-ONE, Grand Master TC Izlam & TyBoggieNYC. Feat: Swiss Chris, Collective Force, Nefertiti Shakur and more! Call 347-223-0046 or email marquise849@gmail.com to sign up! Casita Maria 928 Simpson St. Bronx. 2/5 to Simpson OR 6 to Hunts Point.www.facebook.com/events/1510607612589052. Pre-order the Live Stream for $9.95 http://worldcastlive.com/wcltv

Nov. 13: KEEP THE PEACE STOP THE VIOLENCE DANCE EVENT 6pm-9:30pm. Ages 11+. Free! Feat. Dinco D, Blacastan, DJ Diamond The Artist, Lieutenant DJ ACE, Lite Feet Dance Battles feat. Fox five, Fox Lite, Cashew, OBlack, Richie Rich, Crazy C, Dooms Day, E Solo, Mr. Breaker, Smoove Webz, Tyke Star and Kid Smoove @ Washington Center 1775 3rd Ave @ 98th St. NYC. 6 Train to 96th. A Union Settlement-COL-UZN-YL8 Event.

Friday Nov. 13: NIGHT OF POWER: HARLEM #UZN42
10pm-4am Host: D-Stroy. Featuring: Afrika Bambaataa, Grand Puba, Mr. Cheeks, Paula Perry, Psycho Les, Miranda Writes, Methuzulah, Collective Flow, F.A.T.A.L.E. & DJ Kevy Kev, DJ Mell Starr, DJ Boogie Blind and more tba. @ National Black Theater 2031 5th Ave @ 125th St. Harlem. 2/3/4/5/6 to 125th. Ages 18+. $30 adv. $40 day. Or UZN42 Funpass.www.facebook.com/events/1712317475665412. Pre-order the Live Stream for $9.95 http://worldcastlive.com/wcltv

Saturday Nov. 14: UNIVERSAL ZULU NATION 2ND ANNUAL WORLD CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
10am - 2pm. FREE! Featuring Information, Reports, & Film Presentations From Universal Zulu Nation Chapters - World Wide. Streamed Live, Free & Open To The Public. National Black Theater 2031 5th Ave @ 125th St. Harlem. 2/3/4/5/6 to 125th. More info: Panthershepcat@aol.com.

Saturday Nov. 14: FAMILY DAY: EAST HARLEM #UZN42
12pm-8pm. Free! All Ages! Host: North (Division X). Feat. DJ Ted Smooth, DJ HekTek, Loaf Muzik, Niara, Swiss Chris, Truth Speaker Voice of the Youth, BBoy Tormenta & Prince Cy'Riq COL-NYC with a Lite Feet Showcase, Aerosol Art workshop w/ Zulu King SLONE & much more! @ SCAN Johnson Community Center 1833 Lexington Ave @ E. 114th St. East Harlem. 6 to 116th St. FREE! All Ages. Pre-order the Live Stream for $9.95 http://worldcastlive.com/wcltv (price includes Saturday night!)

Sat. Nov. 14: CLASSIC NIGHT! HARLEM #UZN42
10pm-4am. Feat. Jeff Redd, Big Bub, Hi-Five, Lovebug Starski DJ Brucie B + host: Bugsy (WBLS). @ National Black Theater 2031 5th Ave @ 125th St. Harlem. 2/3/4/5/6 to 125th. Ages 18+. $30 adv. $40 day. Or UZN42 Funpass. Buy tickets JUST for Sat. Nov. 14 @ www.eventbrite.com/e/a-night-of-classic-rb-tickets-19156960986 www.facebook.com/events/1204286832920248. Pre-order the Live Stream for $9.95http://worldcastlive.com/wcltv.

Sunday Nov. 15: MEETING OF THE MINDS: BRONX #UZN42
3pm-9pm @ Bronx Museum of the Arts 1040 Grand Concourse Bronx. FREE! All Ages. D/B to 167th St. Host: Dr Shaka Zulu. Contact DrShakaZulu@aol.com for more details. Pre-order the Live Stream for $9.95 http://worldcastlive.com/wcltv (price includes Sunday night).

VENDORS: $75 per night or $200 all four nights. Very limited space! Please contact uzn40nov@gmail.com

More info to be announced!

Sponsors
RANE: http://dj.rane.com/
BOO-HOORAY www.boo-hooray.com
TOMMY BOY: www.tommyboy.com
CORNELL HIP HOP COLLECTION http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/hiphop
EMBLEM HEALTH: http://www.emblemhealth.com/
PEAVEY: http://peavey.com/
LPD ENTERTAINMENT: www.mswrites.com
DR SHAKA ZULU www.facebook.com/drshaka.zulu.3
HIP HOP HALL OF FAME MUSEUM: http://hiphophof.tv/
WINDOWS OF HIP HOP: www.wohh.org
RAP IS OUTTA CONTROL www.rapisouttacontrol.com
MALE AWARENESS FOUNDATION www.maleawarenessfoundation.org
JOE CONZO: www.JoeConzo.com
ZULU WARRIORS https://www.facebook.com/ZWSNYC

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WELCOME 2014: THE OFFICIAL "YEAR OF RESISTANCE" IN AMERIKKKA

ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

WELCOME 2014: THE OFFICIAL "YEAR OF RESISTANCE" IN AMERIKKKA!

 

-RESISTANCE AGAINST RACIST IMPERIALIST WARS & THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

-RESISTANCE AGAINST MASS INCARCERATION & A RACIST PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

-RESISTANCE AGAINST POLITICAL REPRESSION & FREEDOM FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS

-RESISTANCE AGAINST NATIONAL POLICE TERRORISM & THE SECRET SECURITY STATE

-RESISTANCE AGAINST POVERTY, HOMELESSNESS, UNDER & UNEMPLOYMENT

-RESISTANCE AGAINST HUNGER, FOOD STAMP REDUCTIONS & UNHEALTHY FOODS

-RESISTANCE AGAINST INADEQUATE & UNAFFORDABLE QUALITY MEDICAL-HEALTH CARE

-RESISTANCE AGAINST INADEQUATE, RACIST & EXPENSIVE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

-RESISTANCE AGAINST CORRUPT & "BROWN NOSED-ASS LICKING" ELECTED OFFICIALS

-RESISTANCE AGAINST GENTRIFICATION & PARASITIC BUSINESSES & CORPORATIONS

-RESISTANCE AGAINST U.S. GOVERNMENT INDUCED DRUGS & GUNS INSIDE THE HOOD

-RESISTANCE AGAINST ETHNIC & CULTURAL GENOCIDE OF STREET ART, MUSIC & DANCE

-RESISTANCE AGAINST RACIST & GOVERNMENT/CORPORATE CONTROLLED MEDIA

-RESISTANCE AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL ABUSE & PLANT/ANIMAL EXTERMINATION

-RESISTANCE AGAINST GOVERNMENT INDUCED CHILD, WOMEN & ELDER ABUSE/NEGLECT

-RESISTANCE AGAINST TECHNOLOGICAL MONITORING, ABUSE & SPYING

-RESISTANCE AGAINST RELIGIONS & WESTERN DESPURITUALIZATION OF THE UNIVERSE

 

AND FINALLY.................

 

-TOTAL RESISTANCE AGAINST A CAPITALISTICALLY RICH, GREEDY, POLITICALLY POWERFUL, MENTALLY CONTROLLING, WHITE MALE DOMINANT, ANTI-SPIRITUAL, RACIALLY STRATIFIED SYSTEM WHICH PUTS WEALTH & PROPERTY AHEAD OF EVERY THING BUT THEMSELVES!

 

SOoooo........

 

IF ANY OF THE (18) ABOVE AREAS OF RESISTANCE ARE OF YOUR CONCERN; THEN YOU ARE NOW OBLIGATED TO GET ON BOARD AND DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO MAKE A CHANGE!

 

The Struggle Continues,

Bro. Shep

 

 

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New York Times Does The Right Thing

By Damion Boycott

The not guilty verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman has sparked lots of different responses across the country.

Most progressive people are disappointed that a jury of six females did not find Zimmerman guilty of murdering unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. These liberal, progressives feel that Zimmerman deserves to be in prison for murder. They can clearly see that Zimmerman racially profiled Martin, stalked him, then killed him based on the fact that he was black. White AmeriKKKa has a way of racializing crime and violence as something that black people do. Zimmerman was inclined to think that because Martin was black and wearing a hoodie, he was up to no good- an obvious case of racial profiling.

The conservative right wing whites in AmeriKKKa are saying that the murder of Martin was not based on race. They are also foolish enough to think that racism no longer exits in AmeriKKKa because of the election of Barak Obama. The lie that they tell says that we now live in a post racial society and that African Americans have equal opportunity based on the idea that a black man is president. They also speak often about black on black violence. They always seem to say black on black violence is a worst issue than white vigilantes like George Zimmerman. They use this as an excuse to avoid paying attention to extreme people like Zimmerman. They talk as if black people are too stupid to fight for change on more than one front.

The idea that black people are not upset about black on black violence is completely false. There are plenty of well established black organizations that are doing their best to combat black on black violence. The Nation Of Islam, The National Action Network, The Universal Zulu Nation, The New Black Panther Party, Life Camp, The Peoples Organization For Progress, Man Up! and many others have all been making a concerted effort to do away with black on black violence for years. The mainstream media will not report the positive activities of these organizations because a positive story involving black people is unheard of. The corporate media prefers to show images of black men with their hands cuffed behind their backs doing the "perp-walk." Besides, loud talking, angry black people are not preferred in AmeriKKKa despite what they are saying.

The New York Times however has printed an article about black people making a positive change. The article focuses on New York based Man Up Inc. and the effort they are making to end gun violence in Brooklyn. This is one of the first times a grassroots organization that was developed in the African American community got some positive press. The article, written by Jim Dwyer reads as follows:

No Shootings or Killings for 363 Days, but the Fight Is Far From Over
In the storefront window on Van Siclen Avenue, an electronic sign shows a running total of how long it has been since the last shooting took place in an area of roughly 20 square blocks in East New York, Brooklyn.

As of Thursday afternoon, the sign read:

363 Days No Shootings No Killings.

This week one year ago, a neighborhood development organization, Man Up!, began to send people into the streets to figure out where the violence was going next so they could hit the pause button. Mediate. Listen. Talk.

Some workers in the project had been street criminals themselves; others had been victims of violent crime, losing partners and children to it.

“You get tired of going to people’s funeral that you grew up with, or their kids’ funerals, from gun violence in the street,” a member of the group, Athena Collins, 43, said. The father of her five children was murdered.

At twilight on Wednesday, a boy biking through the grounds of the Boulevard Houses, a city housing project, saw five people from Man Up!, easy to spot by their T-shirts and the ID cards dangling from their necks.

“Hotep!” the boy hollered.

“Hotep,” replied Kenneth Watson, one of the group. It is an Egyptian word meaning peace, Mr. Watson explained. When Man Up! connected with young people — especially boys — it encouraged them to think and speak with pride in ancient African principles adapted to Brooklyn 2013.

The boy, De-Ron Jones-Gibbs, 14, said workers from Man Up! had come to his classroom months ago at J.H.S. 166 George Gershwin. “All the bad students would go in that one classroom,” De-Ron said.

Was he a bad student?

He giggled and nodded. “They’re brothers, mentors,” he said, adding that they pushed him to avoid fights “and to go straight home after school.”

The founder of Man Up!, Andre T. Mitchell, said the group was trained in public health approaches developed first in Chicago by the Cure Violence Initiative. The creator of the initiative, Gary Slutkin, an epidemiologist, advocated fighting violence as if it were an epidemic, so that it was essential to interrupt its spread — just as a contagious disease is contained or prevented.

“People think the violence is just about gangs, but it’s not really,” Mr. Mitchell said. “The majority are interpersonal disputes: ‘Why you looking at me?’ ‘No, why you looking at me?’ Our job is to get them before they reach for the gun.”

Man Up! is paid for mainly by the Young Men’s Initiative, a cluster of city programs intended to help young black and Latino men who were most likely to fall behind and to be victims of crime or involved in it. Those programs are heavily supported by the private philanthropy of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the Open Society Foundation.

The area targeted by Man Up! is bounded by Linden Boulevard, Ashford Street, and Pennsylvania and Cozine Avenues, which includes three projects and three schools, and about 20,000 people, Mr. Mitchell said.

The streets felt relaxed. “It’s more productive out here since they came,” Craig Pruitt, 16, said, pausing from a playground basketball game. “You don’t have to worry about the violence.”

Asked Thursday about Man Up!, officials in the Police Department did not reply.

Mr. Mitchell said that safe streets required a strong police presence, but that the community had a primary role in keeping the peace.

“Everybody is responsible,” he said.

The authority of the Man Up! workers is “based on trust,” Mr. Watson said. “That people don’t see us as police officers. We don’t share any information with the police. Our job is to stop the shooting and killing. Minimize it.”

As a younger man, Mr. Mitchell said, he sold drugs, then went to prison for a manslaughter that he said he was not involved in.

A salesman in his drug business, Tislam Milliner, went to prison for an armed robbery. He is now known as the rapper Tiz and has the job with Man Up! of talking to people in the hospital after they have been shot.

“If they say, ‘I never seen you in my life,’ I’m going to tell you who I am,” Mr. Milliner said. “I’m who you are. I was once what you are.”

In the days before the group began, there were three homicides in the Man Up! zone, Mr. Mitchell said.

Were they tempting fate by talking about 363 days without shootings?

“If we happen to not make it, then we just work on our next year,” Mr. Milliner said. “Once you start believing that just because you made a year, we done solved this whole big problem, you’re a fool.”

Universal Zulu Nation Slams WorldStarHipHop

WorldStarHipHop has garnered a reputation for putting up some of the most controversial and questionable content on the web, and is certainly no stranger to criticism. On February 27, the Universal Zulu Nation joined the ranks of the site's detractors.
In an open letter written by Universal Zulu Nation Minister of Information, Quadeer "M.C. Spice" Shakur, the organization slams WSHH and its CEO, Lee O'Denat, for presenting what they deem to be a completely false representation of hip hop culture.
"This is a new year, and the Universal Zulu Nation has begun a movement against anyone who is against us," Shakur revealed. "Mr. O'Denat, either you are for Hip-Hop Culture, or you are not. There is no in-between, and no matter how many people have hyped you to believe that WorldStarHipHop is anything close to what this Culture is, they told you a lie."

The letter also contains a threat to bring to light a particular video posted on WSHH that the organization believes may be illegal.
"This is not the first time you have posted content that has been of this nature, and from the looks of it, this is probably Child Pornography," said Shakur. "Therefore, I will forward the link and the video to the proper authorities to be sure that these young people are in fact of age and in full consent of being on your site in such a demeaning fashion. I'm unsure if this will bring about any charges, as there is a huge rumor on the streets that you are in fact working for the feds and are using your site as a cover up."

Source: hiphopdx.com

Inspire Haiti Silent Auction

By Samssun


As you all know, the Universal Zulu Nation prides itself on doing volunteer work, hosting canned food drives, tutoring sessions, home and building clean-ups, starting mentoring programs, neighborhood protection, holding seminars, conferences, creating newsletters, magazines, selling and writing books, putting together concerts, and developing programs that close the gaps between the generations and the sexes. We are an organization for the people by the people! Everybody is for Zulu but Zulu is not for everybody because being a Zulu is work!

The best Nation is a doe-nation!

More often than not, the island of Haiti engenders negative connotations and images resulting from its: devastating poverty, political unrest, and violence. Truthfully, Haiti is an island full of dichotomies. While it’s true that the majority of Haitian people live in undeniably devastating conditions, Haiti’s colorful language, pulsating music, as well as its vibrant and rich culture also characterize the island. It is undoubtedly Haiti’s kind, spirited people and their unrelenting drive to persevere despite all things, which inspired us to form “Inspire Haiti.”

Inspire Haiti was founded by eight individuals exclusively for the charitable, medical and educational purposes of providing relief to the poor. Inspire Haiti’s objective is to improve the living conditions for the majority of Haitians: one person at a time, one community at a time. They aim to do this by building a comprehensive community-based organization focused on empowering the people of Haiti through quality health care, nutrition, education and social reform.

Please join them for an evening of light hors d’oeuvre and cocktails.

Sample items include:
Sports memorabilia, weekend trips, jewelry, artwork and more….
Date: September 15, 2012
Time: 4 – 8 pm
Place: 77 Prince Street
Buzzer PH6
between Thompson & Sullivan

How to make a Difference:
1 – Purchase Your Inspire Haiti Silent Auction Tickets $25 Ticket or more at
https://www.paypal.com/home

2 – Donate by mail:
A – Fill out a Donation form at:
http://www.inspirehaiti.com/2012_Silent_Auction/2012%20silent%20auction%20donation%20form.pdf

B – Mail form and check to:
INSPIRE HAITI
19 W121st Street
Apartment 3,
New York, New York 10027
For more information inquire on the web at:
http://www.inspirehaiti.com/

Afrika Bambaataa Has Been Appointed Visiting Scholar At Cornell University

Cornell University Library’s Hip Hop Collection has appointed Bambaataa as a visiting scholar for a three-year term. He will visit the Ithaca, New York campus several days each year to “meet with classes, talk to student and community groups, and perform.” https://www.Cornell.edu This marks the first faculty appointment of a Hip Hop pioneer at a major university and who is more qualified than its Amen-Ra? Cornell University Library, the largest national archive on Hip Hop culture, documents its history by preserving photographs, recordings, flyers and more.

They chose Afrika Bambaataa because he grew up in The Bronx River Projects, with an activist mother and uncle. As a child, he was exposed to the black liberation movement, and witnessed debates between his mother and uncle regarding the conflicting ideologies in the movement. He was exposed to his mother’s extensive and eclectic record collection. Gangs in the area became the law in the absence of law, clearing their turf of drug dealers, assisting with community health programs and both fighting and partying to keep members and blocks on lock.

Bambaataa was a founding member of The Bronx River Projects-area street gang The Savage Seven. Due to the explosive growth of the gang, it later became known as the Black Spades, and Bambaataa quickly rose to the position of warlord. As warlord, it was his job to build ranks and expand the turf of the Black Spades. Bambaataa was not afraid to cross turfs to forge relationships with other gang members, and with other gangs. As a result, the Spades became the biggest gang in the city!

After Bambaataa won an essay contest that earned him a trip to Africa, his worldview shifted. He had seen the movie Zulu and was impressed with the solidarity exhibited by the Zulu in that film. During his trip to Africa, the communities he visited inspired him to stop the violence and create a community in his own neighborhood. He changed his name to Afrika Bambaataa Aasim, adopting the name of the Zulu chief Bhambatha, who led an armed rebellion against unfair economic practices in early 20th century South Africa that can be seen as a precursor to the anti-apartheid movement.

He told people that his name was Zulu for “affectionate leader”. A young Afrika Bambaataa began to think about how he could turn his turf-building skills to peacemaking. He formed The “Organization” as an alternative to the Black Spades. Along with other DJs such as DJ Kool Herc and Kool DJ Dee, he too began hosting hip hop parties and formed the Zulu Nation, which became the Almighty Zulu Nation, and then the Universal Zulu Nation which is not a gang but what is now the oldest, largest, and most respected grass roots Hip-Hop organization in the world!