ᴜ𝐫ƀ𝑎𝝶 đə𝖈𝑎𝝲 Cleveland is full of it (urban rot), so programs like, @mufigram and @phsgardening, in neighboring states addressing urban blight have been of particular interest to me.. But, as I pass by properties like this, I (still) wonder how our neighborhoods can push for more equal distribution of resources and the democratization of urban space (the opposite of gentrification?) before “exclusion” is rebranded as “renewal”. Gentrification is 𝒏𝒐𝒕 an unstoppable force! (at Cleveland, Ohio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNZemdEBBby/?igshid=1eyx9hikm0own
planting seeds in the cracks of this broken society and praying for rain. (at Buckeye - Shaker) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIZnYmbBVb8/?igshid=7hf5r6ysvlf7
#Thriller is the sixth studio album by @michaeljackson, released on November 30, 1982 by @epicrecords. 💽 𝔹𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕒𝕝𝕓𝕦𝕞 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣?! 🎶 1.) 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘉𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯’ 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯’ 2.) 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘉𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘦 3.) 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘐𝘴 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘦 - 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭 𝘔𝘤𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘺 4.) 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 5.) 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘵 6.) 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘑𝘦𝘢𝘯 7.) 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 8.) 𝘗.𝘠.𝘛. (𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨) 9.) 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 👀 𝔻𝕚𝕕 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕂𝕟𝕠𝕨?! 😮 • 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻. Rod Temperton revealed: “Originally, when I did my Thriller demo, I called it Starlight. Quincy (Jones) said to me, ‘You managed to come up with a title for the last album, see what you can do for this album.’ So I went back to the hotel, wrote two or three hundred titles, and came up with the title Midnight Man. The next morning, I woke up, and I just said this word… Something in my head just said, this is the title. You could visualize it on the top of the Billboard charts. You could see the merchandising for this one word, how it jumped off the page as Thriller.” • 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝗿. MJ told Quincy Jones the track was based on a girl who climbed over his wall one morning and accused him of being the father of one of her twins. • 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿. @janetjackson and @latoyajackson sang backing vocals on P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing). • 𝗠𝗝'𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁-𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀. While estimates vary, “Thriller” is said to have sold at least 66 million copies globally, according to the Guinness World Records, while others have claimed the album has sold over 100 million copies worldwide. https://www.instagram.com/p/CIPP2dJhIXj/?igshid=1ng3h5gco774e
And so, the more we chase, the less we find. 🌟 Live meaningfully. Find fulfillment within. 🌟 A little food for thought for #2019. ✨ https://www.instagram.com/p/Br72E9KAXDD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1uvzrn6xe1q12
Here is a list of Black Panther Party Community Programs 1966 - 1982: 1. Alameda County Volunteer Bureau Work Site 2. Benefit Counseling 3. Black Student Alliance 4. Child Development Center 5. Consumer Education Classes 6. Community Facility Use 7. Community Health Classes 8. East Oakland CIL (Center for Independent Living) Branch 9. Community Pantry (Free Food Program) 10. Drug/Alcohol Abuse Awareness Program 11. Drama Classes 12. Disabled Persons Services/Transportation and Attendant 13. Drill Team 14. Employment Referral Service 15. Free Ambulance Program 16. Free Breakfast for Children Programs 17. Free Busing to Prisons Program 18. Free Clothing Program 19. Free Commissary for Prisoners Program 20. Free Dental Program 21. Free Employment Program 22. Free Food Program 23. Free Film Series 24. Free Furniture Program 25. Free Health Clinics 26. Free Housing Cooperative Program 27. Food Cooperative Program 28. Free Optometry Program 29. Community Forum 30. Free Pest Control Program 31. Free Plumbing and Maintenance Program 32. Free Shoe Program 33. GED Classes 34. Geriatric Health Center 35. GYN Clinic 36. Home SAFE Visits 37. Intercommunal Youth Institute (becomes OCS by 1975) 38. Junior and High School Tutorial Program 39. Legal Aid and Education 40. Legal Clinic/Workshops 41. Laney Experimental College Extension Site 42. Legal Referral Service(s) 43. Liberation Schools 44. Martial Arts Program 45. Nutrition Classes 46. Oakland Community Learning Center 47. Outreach Preventative Care 48. Program Development 49. Pediatric Clinic 50. police patrols 51. Seniors Against a Fearful Environment 52. SAFE Club 53. Sickle Cell Anemia Research Foundation 54. Son of Man Temple (becomes Community Forum by 1976) 55. Sports 56. Senior Switchboard 57. The Black Panther Newspaper 58. Teen Council 59. Teen Program 60. U.C. Berkeley Students Health Program 61. V.D. Preventative Screening & Counseling 62. Visiting Nurses Program 63. WIC (Women Infants, and Children) Program 64. Youth Diversion and Probation Site 65. Youth Training and Development (at Oakland, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq5GNcIAw3k/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19ibrb1w3d0yf
The Black Panther Party is often associated with armed resistance, but one of the most potent weapons in its outreach to African-Americans in cities across the country was its artwork. In posters, pamphlets and its popular newspaper, The Black Panther, the party’s imagery was guided by the vision of Emory Douglas, its minister of culture. His art came from many sources. As a teenager in San Francisco during the late 1950s and early 1960s, Mr. Douglas found himself incarcerated at the Youth Training School in Ontario, Calif., where he got involved with its printing shop. He went on to study graphic design at San Francisco City College, where he developed a deep interest in the Black Arts Movement, the artistic arm of the Black Power Movement. His particular background, a combination of art, printmaking and activism, eventually attracted the eye of the Black Panther co-founder Bobby Seale, and led to Mr. Douglas’s becoming a central figure in the party. The newspaper’s circulation eventually climbed to over 200,000, making it one of the most popular black newspapers of its day. In the years since the party’s demise, Mr. Douglas’s posters have come to be known as iconic artifacts of their era. | #EmoryDouglas #BlackPantherParty #TheBlackPanther #AllPowerToThePeople #SeizeTheTime (at Oakland, California)