Generation after generation of useless federal, state, and local policies has quarantined Black Americans in poor isolated slums. The call for “Hope” must now give way to demands of Radical Change. There is no denying that government—federal, state, and local—have intentionally employed explicitly racial laws, policies, and regulations to ensure that Black Americans would live […]
We’ve got the wrong people speaking for us and the wrong motives driving their efforts. The simple fact is, if we want to be a serious people, we need serious leaders. A people and their community is often judged by the quality of its leadership. Reinventing Black leadership and the vision for redeveloping Black America is […]
In Seattle Rex Hohlbein had been designing luxurious homes for more than two decades when his life began to shift. He began inviting homeless people into the office of his architecture firm to warm up, use the bathroom and get a cup of coffee. Pretty soon, he found it hard to spend his days designing […]
A project meant to strengthen the role of marginalized Braddock residents in their community’s redevelopment is seeking $20,000 via an Indiegogo campaign that has just weeks to go. The Visual Landscape Gallery Boutique, an art gallery and a community-resource center, is an initiative of the Braddock Inclusion Project. The nonprofit BIP is run by Isaac Bunn, […]
In 2017 the fact remains that Black America is Locked Out of all governmental structured laws and policies that allow for the advancement and self sustaining quality of life basic human rights. Necessities that all human beings have a right to. Black America is Locked Out of Education, Jobs, all Economic opportunity and the Justice system […]
Although the critically-acclaimed new film “Fences” is set in the 1950s, it may be the most timely movie of star-director Denzel Washington’s career. Rust Belt America is Fences. The film, adapted from the late August Wilson’s award-winning play of the same name, illuminates the inner lives of working class Americans living in communities like Braddock, PA throughout the Rust Belt. The same […]