http://www.danomi.com INTERNAL STRUGGLE: RE-DISCOVERING SELF Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:27:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.danomi.com/2008/11/state-of-black-world-a-powerful-gathering/ http://www.danomi.com/2008/11/state-of-black-world-a-powerful-gathering/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:47:46 +0000 Young Che http://www.danomi.com/?p=528 gtvt_posts[528] = {url: "http%3A%2F%2Fwww.danomi.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fstate-of-black-world-a-powerful-gathering%2F", title: "State%20Of%20Black%20World%20%26%238211%3B%20A%20Powerful%20Gathering", category: "Black%20Life", desc: "Dr.%20Ron%20Daniels%20echoed%20my%20thoughts%20from%20earlier%20about%20Black%20people%20always%20being%20the%20conscious%20of%20this%20country.%20%20I%20was%20reflecting%20about%20the%20significance%20of%20Hurricane%20Katrina%20and%20how%20it%20illustrated%20to%20the%20world%20how%20Black%20people%20still%20suffer%20in%20this%20country.%20%20The%20fact%20that%20our%20leaders%2C%20architects%20and%20giants%20are%20converging%20on%20this%20city%20for%20the%20%3Ca%20title%3D%22State%20of%20the%20Black%20World%22%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stateoftheblackworld.org%2F%22%20target%3D%22_blank%22%3EState%20of%20the%20Black%20World%3C%2Fa%3E%20on%20the%20heels%20Barrack%20Obama%E2%80%99s%20historic%20election%20serves%20as%20a%20reminder%20to%20the%20world%20that%20there%20is%20still%20work%20to%20do%20amongst%20ourselves%20in%20order%20for%20us%20to%20continue%20to%20make%20collective%20progress.%20%20The%20conference%20has%20been%20appropriately%20intimate%20thus%20far%2C%20making%20for%20a%20good%20teacher%20to%20student%20ratio%20as%20we%20continue%20to%20receive%20guidance%20in%20the%20struggle%20for%20our%20complete%20Liberation%20as%20a%20people.%20%20Change%20is%20beautiful%20isn%E2%80%99t%20it%3F"}; Dr. Ron Daniels echoed my thoughts from earlier about Black people always being the conscious of this country. I was reflecting about the significance of Hurricane Katrina and how it illustrated to the world how Black people still suffer in this country. The fact that our leaders, architects and giants are converging on [...]]]> http://www.danomi.com/2008/11/state-of-black-world-a-powerful-gathering/feed/ 0 http://www.danomi.com/2008/11/state-of-black-world-conference-new-orleans/ http://www.danomi.com/2008/11/state-of-black-world-conference-new-orleans/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:44:19 +0000 Young Che http://www.danomi.com/?p=512 gtvt_posts[512] = {url: "http%3A%2F%2Fwww.danomi.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fstate-of-black-world-conference-new-orleans%2F", title: "State%20of%20Black%20World%20Conference%3A%20New%20Orleans", category: "Black%20Life", desc: "%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.noineworleans.org%22%3E%3Cimg%20class%3D%22alignnone%20size-medium%20wp-image-511%22%20title%3D%22sobwc_side2%22%20src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.danomi.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F11%2Fsobwc_side2-231x300.jpg%22%20alt%3D%22%22%20width%3D%22350%22%20height%3D%22500%22%20%2F%3E%3C%2Fa%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stateoftheblackworld.org%22%3E%3Cimg%20class%3D%22alignnone%20size-medium%20wp-image-519%22%20title%3D%22stateofblackworld2%22%20src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.danomi.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F11%2Fstateofblackworld2-225x300.jpg%22%20alt%3D%22%22%20width%3D%22360%22%20height%3D%22500%22%20%2F%3E%3C%2Fa%3E"}; Share ]]> http://www.danomi.com/2008/11/state-of-black-world-conference-new-orleans/feed/ 0 http://www.danomi.com/2008/11/americas-new-beginning-president-elect-barack-obama/ http://www.danomi.com/2008/11/americas-new-beginning-president-elect-barack-obama/#comments Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:51:17 +0000 Young Che http://www.danomi.com/?p=469 gtvt_posts[469] = {url: "http%3A%2F%2Fwww.danomi.com%2F2008%2F11%2Famericas-new-beginning-president-elect-barack-obama%2F", title: "America%26%238217%3Bs%20New%20Beginning%3B%20President-Elect%20Barack%20Obama", category: "Crescent%20City", desc: "%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fnoi.org%2Fwebcast%2F%22%3E%3Cimg%20class%3D%22alignnone%20size-medium%20wp-image-471%22%20title%3D%22noi-header%22%20src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.danomi.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F11%2Fnoi-header-300x92.jpg%22%20alt%3D%22%22%20width%3D%22300%22%20height%3D%2292%22%20%2F%3E%3C%2Fa%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Cstrong%3E%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fnoi.org%2Fwebcast%2F%22%20target%3D%22_blank%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EWhat%20Does%20The%20Honorable%20Minister%20Louis%20Farrakhan%20Think%20About%20The%202008%20Election%3F%20Hear%20and%20Watch%20His%20Address%2C%20%22America%26%2339%3Bs%20New%20Beginning%3B%20President-Elect%20Barack%20Obama%2C%22%20Sunday%20November%209%2C%202008%20at%2010%3A00am%20CST%20%3C%2Fstrong%3E%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fstrong%3E"}; What Does The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan Think About The 2008 Election? Hear and Watch His Address, “America’s New Beginning; President-Elect Barack Obama,” Sunday November 9, 2008 at 10:00am CST Share ]]> http://www.danomi.com/2008/11/americas-new-beginning-president-elect-barack-obama/feed/ 0 http://www.danomi.com/2008/10/the-holy-day-of-atonement-2/ http://www.danomi.com/2008/10/the-holy-day-of-atonement-2/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:48:48 +0000 Young Che http://www.danomi.com/?p=332 gtvt_posts[332] = {url: "http%3A%2F%2Fwww.danomi.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fthe-holy-day-of-atonement-2%2F", title: "The%20Holy%20Day%20of%20Atonement", category: "Black%20Life", desc: 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Farrakhan announces a new beginning for the Nation of Islam By Richard Muhammad Contributing Editor Updated Oct 16, 2008, 10:53 pm What’s your opinion on this article? Email this article Printable page (CHICAGO – FinalCall.com) – The history of the Nation of Islam in America is the history of a movement that has been unswerving in its defense of Blacks in America, challenging injustice [...]]]> http://www.danomi.com/2008/10/the-holy-day-of-atonement-2/feed/ 0 http://www.danomi.com/2008/10/paris-gives-back/ http://www.danomi.com/2008/10/paris-gives-back/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:12:27 +0000 Young Che http://www.danomi.com/?p=313 gtvt_posts[313] = {url: "http%3A%2F%2Fwww.danomi.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fparis-gives-back%2F", title: "Paris%20Gives%20Back", category: "Black%20Life", desc: 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San Francisco, CA – Forget spinners and diamonds, Bay Area rapper/activist Paris is putting his own spin on the “golden ticket” contest: a college education. Three randomly placed tickets will be slipped into copies of Paris‘ October 28th album, Acid Reflex, on his own Guerrilla Funk Recordings and Filmworks, LLC, distributed by Fontana/Universal. With [...]]]> http://www.danomi.com/2008/10/paris-gives-back/feed/ 0