The Nationally recognized Neo-Underground Railroad Conductors have joined forces with steps aHead to embody JMU’s call to action- “Be the Change!”
These groups address social justice issues at the Local, National, and Global levels. We promote discussions and actions toward positive change!
Invisible Children of Uganda will be the groups main focus on the Global level so if you are at all interested in helping to support this organization and cause this is the place for you!
Come to talk, to listen, to learn… ALL ARE WELCOME!
‘What Black Men Think’ Tackles Stereotypes
By DeNeen L. Brown
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, August 4, 2007; C01
Quick. Pop quiz. And no cheating. No Googling. No calling the NAACP.
Are there more black men in college or in jail?
Janks Morton, a new movie director, is willing to bet you got the wrong answer. You who have been fed negative images of black men for so many years.
Although he thinks the very nature of the question is an “abomination,” he wonders: Would that same question be asked so often of any other race in America? The very premise of the question, he says, leads to faulty science. But the question is insidious, like the images that have seeped into the public psyche so deep that many black people themselves don’t get the answer right.
To prove his point, Morton poses the question while sitting at a table in Busboys and Poets restaurant seven hours before his movie, “What Black Men Think,” premieres in the District.
The Neo-Underground Railroad Conductors send their love and support to all of the families who have suffered the ultimate loss this week at Virginia Tech. You are in our hearts and we will continue the fight for human rights, as a movement. Dr. Nikki Giovanni epitomized the moment best in her recent speech at the Virginia Tech Convocation Center.
