Newark Event: Being Black and Brown in America

Newark, NJ - They are calling on people to pack Weequahic high school’s auditorium at 279 Chancellor Avenue in Newark, New Jersey! On Thursday May 24, 2018, and on Friday, May 25, 2018, the Black History Month Committee of Weequahic high school will be sponsoring a free program called REAL TALK THURSDAYS for the students and the larger community in Newark, NJ. The event will on ongoing for two days beginning on Thursday and on Friday at 1:30 pm and end at 2:40 pm. This week’s forum topic will focus on BEING UNAPOLOGETICALLY AND CULTRURALLY BLACK AND BROWN: THE KEYS TO SURVIVING AMERICA. The program will have various respected guest speakers from the community to speak and inspire our students, and the community in the city, to help them survive the trappings of community violence, domestic violence, police brutality, self-hatred, white supremacy and racism in our society. Community leaders speaking on the subject will be the following: Lawrence Hamm, the State Chairman of the People’s Organization for Progress (POP), baba Zayid Muhammad, member of the Malcolm X commeration Committee, Dawn Haynes, Vice President of the Newark Board of Education, Earl Best, the Street Doctor, Keesha Eure, the Chairperson of the Newark Anti-Violence Coalition (NAVC), Sharif Amenhotep, Co-Chairperson of the Newark Anti-Violence Coalition (NAVC), True V, a Co-Founder of the Newark Anti-Violence Coalition (NAVC), Student Minister Abdul Haqq Muhammad, spiritual leader of the Muhammad’ Mosque # 25, Ali Muslim, Funami, Anthony Moultrie, Mustapha Sanders, and many more. The focus of the forum is to provide free weekly spiritual, cultural and political education discussions to empower, inspire, and organize African /African Americans, Latino Americans, people of color, and the entire human family to become progressive change agents in America and in the world. Bashir Muhammad Akinyele, a history teacher at Weequahic High School, will be the moderator for the program.

The Black History Month Committee was created by history teachers to organize programs and activities for February’s Black History Month and for the school year at Weequahic High School for students and the community.

Bashir Muhammad Akinyele, the Chairperson of the Black History Month Committee and a history teacher at Weequahic High School, says, “This program is an opportunity to discuss solutions to the problems affecting African Americans, Latino Americans, people of color, women, the youth, and humanity.”

For more information about the Real Talk Thursdays at Weequahic High School, contact (908) 956-3523 or (973) 705-3795.

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