Showing posts with label Urban Farming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Urban Farming. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Future Homeless Teen Center Destroyed By Fire to be repurposed for Greenhouse Pit

On Easter Sunday, the home that my Children grew up in was completely demolished. We are working to recover any valuables and resources that we can. If you are able to help, please call me at 8163047240 or Email at amen.ankh@live.com -We could use any manpower, tools, equipment and trucks that you can spare. We are trying to retrieve the stones and bricks and any wood that we can recycle and repurpose for our farms and neighborhood projects…

 This week, to my shock and surprise, I found my house on 1330 E 33rd street, completely leveled, with people digging through the structure for whatever they could glean! I was completely devastated. The artwork that I stored for my friend Maurice Copeland was all burned and lost in the fire. I was told by the fire department that the house next door was burning and the flames and heat moved over to our house. It was my hope to turn this house into a transitional center for homeless, runaway teens and juvenile re-entry. It is vital that our neighborhoods embrace the need to provide temporary housing, mentoring Green Sustainable careers and support to our youth. Although my hopes are gone for this house, We know that a Youth transitional center is still needed. We hope to aquire another building to provide this necessary support for our youth. Presently we are deconstructing the house to use the Wood, Stone and brick materials at our other vacant lot sites. We hope we can use the vacant lot for growing food that can feed our youth and provide them with green careers and vocations.










Amen Par Ankh (Sacred House of Life) and Amen Ankh Urban Farm; is a local Urban Farm nestled around a Spiritual Outreach and Education Center in the heart of midtown Kansas City, Missouri. Contact Us and become a member, as We Celebrate the Cycles of Life! Email: amen.parankh@gmail.com , or amen.ankh@live.com, and Call: 816-304-7240 to sign-up for courses and support: http://www.gofundme.com/amen-urban-farm , information: http://emwot.ws/Amen_ParAnkh , http://amen-parankh.blogspot.com/ , Look for us on FaceBook & Twitter We Celebrate the Cycles of Life, Wellness and Balance in our everyday existence on earth. We assist in Wellness for Physical Fitness, Mental Health, and Spiritual Attunement - to realize the fullest capacities of life, health, prosperity and strength. We provide Whole Life Coaching, Energy work, A Par Ankh Reading Room, Org-Ankh Electric food Boxes, an Herbal Tea House & Juice bar, Outdoor Experiences, classes such as Cultural Headwrapping, Natural Hair oils, beading and Lox twisting, Cosmetics, and Herbal products. We offer Classes in ASCAC (The Association for the Study of Classical African Civilization), Art Healing Mandalas, Jewelry Making, Gentle Yoga, Canning and preserving food, Health and Wellness Study Courses. We make Gifts and Accessories. We Celebrate and show our respect of nature with Cultural Ceremonies, Workshops and special events. Amen Par Ankh means sacred House of Life. We Celebrate Life! We provide a space for your own personal discovery with quiet reflection and time for internal work, as well as an active space for expressions of our original ways of life. Ceremony, Counseling, Coaching, Cleansings, & Classes Amen Ankh Urban Farm is an urban agricultural enterprise with the goal of achieving environmental justice and sustainability by Healthy local food production and improving local neighborhood access to healthy Foods. We run Aquaponic Systems of farm raised fish, Herbs and microgreens. We sell Org-Ankh Electric Food Boxes! We also provide Farm-a-See tours of successful Local Farmers with the “Green Griot” Sasteh Meter Mosley. We grow selected local indigenous Herbs, Fruits, Vegetable and plant life of the Three Sisters: Corn, Beans, and Squash/Melons and cruciferous vegetables: Cabbage, and Kale, With Wheat Grass and other Sprouts, Herbs: Basil, Sage, Chives, Rosemary, Parsley, Peppers, with Moringa nutritional drink supplements, -From our foods we produce Baked Goods, cosmetics, & liniments to provide Healing and Sovereignty: Through the inspiration of Kujichagulia (Self-determination) for all Original peoples. Dua (Th-ankh you!) ♥.

Monday, January 6, 2014

HERE’S WHAT’S GOING ON WEEKLY at AMEN PAR ANKH KCMO

HERE’S WHAT’S GOING ON WEEKLY at

AMEN PAR ANKH KCMO, 

Amen Ankh Urban Farm 2014

Amen Par Ankh (Sacred House of Life) and Amen Ankh Urban Farm; is a local Urban Farm nestled around a Spiritual Outreach Center in the heart of midtown Kansas City, Missouri. Contact Us and become a member as We Celebrate the Cycles of Life!
1.  ON SUNDAYs - Heru, Ra, Ausar
-At 1pm AMEN PAR ANKH Celebration of Life!
Envisioning, Breathing, Meditation, Consultations on Destiny, Health, Career and Relationships
2. ON MONDAYs - Auset

-At 10:am Amen Ankh  Mother's day for Health and Wealth-and 

- AT 6PM MONDAY MONEY MATTERS Black Entrepreneurs Network and Group Buyers Investment Club -BYOB Bring Your Own Business for Networking- AT: AMEN PAR ANKH 3641 Bales Ave. $5.00 Donation to present your business to the financial forum
Life Coaching and Consultations By Appointment - 12pm- 5pm

3. ON TUESDAYs - Herukhuti


- 8:00am Youth Going Green- Home Scholars,
Harambee Builders Cooperative-
GREEN GRIOT GATHERING AT AMEN ANKH Farm 
Amen Ankh Urban Farm and;
Adenike’s Art Reduce Reuse Recycle Greenhouse Project
Life Coaching and Consultations By Appointment - 12pm- 5pm

-6pm! GREEN GRIOT GATHERING AT AMEN PAR ANKH Farm Artist to activist: Speak Easy Cultural Storytelling, Stand-Up Comedy, Spoken Word, Poetry, food and fun

4. ON WEDNESDAYs - Sebek Anpu

-AT 11:00 am-Youth Going Green -Home Scholars-  Panther Study Group Tutoring, Entrepreneurs Music Cypher- Amen Ankh Aquaponics  Urban Farm Projects and* Adenike's Arts- Reduce Reuse Recycle at the FARM 3641 Bales Ave.

Life Coaching and Consultations By Appointment - 12pm- 5pm
Food Box Club –Pick-Up or Delivery of Fresh Fruits and Veggies from our Urban Farm 
-WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS -MENTORING-
You G.R.O.W. Girls– Mentoring Home Scholars programs to build self-knowledge about life health and prosperity. Learning about Green sustainable living.
---Life Coaching,
Health Fitness Exercise Dance and Gentle yoga sessions $10 Donation

5. ON THURSDAYs - Maat
at 11:00AM- GET YOUR FRESHNESS ON AT AMEN ANKH URBAN FARM - Food Box Club Pick-UP $5 Bags or $30 Boxes of Fresh Fruits and Veggies from the Urban Farm $30 boxes- 
- Amen Ankh Urban Farm


-7PM IS ASCAC Black History Study Group- (Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations. BYOB (Bring Your Own Books and or refreshments to share) Out Door Activities, Tours and Trips


6. ON FRIDAYs - Het-Heru 

11:00am-GET YOUR FRESHNESS ON AT AMEN ANKH URBAN FARM 3641 Bales Ave. Food Box Club –Pick-UP Fresh Fruits and Veggies from the Urban Farm
6pm -NATION BUILDING "HOW TO" Book Intro and Book Signing By Rev. Prince Commander, Sasteh Meter Mosley
- Amen Ankh  Farm Projects and Adenike's Arts Reduce Reuse Recycle 

7pm- GREEN GRIOT GATHERING AT AMEN PAR ANKH! 3641 Bales Ave. Cultural Storytelling, rehearsals for live performances and CD-Recording, Stand-Up Comedy, Spoken Word, Poetry, food and fun
7. ON SATURDAYs - Seker, Ptah, Khepera 
8:00am  -EMWOT's FOOD SOVEREIGNTY BOOT CAMP


9:00am -GET YOUR FRESHNESS ON AT AMEN ANKH URBAN FARM
Food Cooperative 3641 Bales Ave. Food Box Club –Pick-UP Fresh Fruits and Veggies from the Urban Farm
10:00am - G.R.O.W GIRLS- Teach a Girl Heal a Nation!

 -Amen Ankh Urban Farm Project andAdenike's Arts; Reduce Reuse Recycle Project
EMWOT, Amen Par Ankh, and Amen Ankh Urban Farm are daily Collecting Donations of  Work Wear Tools, Equipment, First Aid Materials and Hygiene Items for At-Risk Youth, Teens and Young Adults: Blankets, Drinking Water, Hats, Gloves, Socks, Work Boots, Tools, Safety Equipment,  Paint and grease solvent etc... Disinfectant spray, Laundry soap etc... Drop off at the Amen Par Ankh 3641 Bales Ave., or Call Nuta or # 816-281-7704 and we will come and pick them up.
Also Receiving Daily Donations of **Compostable leaves, branches, logs,
*Recycled Digital Electronics (Cellphones, Laptops, Game players, digital players etc.)
Small appliance for repair, gently used furniture and large appliances and used car donations. You can drop your items of at the Amen Ankh Urban Farm

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Amen Par Ankh Winter Solstice Fast and Visioning Days


We are rapidly approaching the season of the Solstice. This is a time when the days are the shortest until we reach the 21st, through 25th .

 At Amen Par Ankh, the Winter Solstice is our holy-Days of reflection. We recommend that we are mindful of our bodies, minds and Spirits.

You are invited to participate in our Winter Solstice Fast and visioning celebration DAY for 2014!

In the Northern Hemisphere Winter solstice occurs on December 21 or 22. The sun appears at its most southerly position, directly overhead at the Tropic of Capricorn (23 degrees 27 minutes south latitude). The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year and marks the beginning of winter. It is the exact opposite in the Southern Hemisphere. Solstice loosely translated in Latin is "sun stands still". For several days before and after each solstice the sun appears to stand still in the sky, i.e., its noontime elevation does not seem to change from day to day. Then it is Reborn again in the East position again and the days begin to lengthen.



Starting Monday 17th- 5 days before December 21st, 2013, until December 25th.

Start by Fasting off of meat only eating vegetables and fruits for the remaining days until the solstice.


On the 19th – 23rd only consuming Water, Grapes, Oranges for enzymes, (with Rice to take care of your Carbs -for those who have to work)
The more advanced, can drink only water for 1-3 days for the 21st and 22,...

Adding more Vegetables on the 24th

Break the fast on the 25th with Apples and more vegetables, Carbs and Fruits
We are Also inviting you to the Amen Par Ankh this Saturday, December 21st for our Solstice Celebration and Visioning Day! Our chi has been built up to it’s highest through our fast. Now we can come together in collective consciousness to vision for the future. Bring your Visions- We have plenty of magazines, notions and Glue. From 10:00am- 1:00pm

For More Information and RSVP- Contact Sba Sasteh Meter Mosley, and Adenike Amen-Ra Call AND Text- 816-304-7240 Email amen.parankh@gmail.com or amen.ankh@live.com


This is a time to create your vision Board. A vision board is a tangible collection that creates your window into the future. As words have life, you can send out your sacred sounds into the universe that will not return void. So envision for your Mind Body and Spirit- the Food Resources and comfort for your Senses as well as your Family, Friends and Loved ones around you.
The Winter Solstice is also a time for mindfulness; We must go within to engage our inner~net~work. This is a time to set goals and envision a fresh new path. We must throw out the "Stinkin Thinkin" of the past that is our own undoing.

Fast off of media energy too. All of the devices and appliances we have around us creates an energy wave that often times distracts us from our progress.

We must be mindful of our Family, Loved Ones, Friends and Associates. Our melanin is depleted by the lack of Sun and can sometimes cause us to be depressed and lonely to the point of suicide. Often times, many are stagnated and will release toxic energy. Remember, stress lowers our immunity, making us vulnerable to viruses and other disease.

The information presented is provided for information and educational purposes only. It is not meant to substitute for medical advice or diagnosis provided by your physician or other medical professional. Do not use this information to diagnose, treat, and cure any illness or health condition. If you have, or suspect that you have a medical problem, contact your physician or health care provider.
http://www.redpilllife.com/blog/8266/



Amen Par Ankh (Sacred House of Life) and Amen Ankh Urban Farm; is a local Urban Farm nestled around a Spiritual Outreach Center in the heart of midtown Kansas City, Missouri. Contact Us and become a member as We Celebrate the Cycles of Life! Email: amen.parankh@gmail.com , or amen.ankh@live.com, and Call: 816-304-7240 to sign-up for courses and support: http://www.gofundme.com/amen-urban-farm , information: http://emwot.ws/Amen_ParAnkh , http://amen-parankh.blogspot.com/ , Look for us on FaceBook & Twitter We Celebrate the Cycles of Life, Wellness and Balance in our everyday existence on earth. We assist in Wellness for Physical Fitness, Mental Health, and Spiritual Attunment - to realize the fullest capacities of life, health, prosperity and strength. We provide Whole Life Coaching, Energy work, A Par Ankh Reading Room, Org-Ankh Electric food Boxes, an Herbal Tea House & Juice bar, Outdoor Experiences, classes such as Cultural Headwrapping, Natural Hair oils, beading and Lox twisting, Cosmetics, and Herbal products. We offor Classes in ASCAC (The Association for the Study of Classical African Civilization), Art Healing Mandalas, Jewelry Making, Gentle Yoga, Canning and preserving food, Health and Wellness Study Courses. We make Gifts and Accessories. We Celebrate and show our respect of nature with Cultural Ceremonies, Workshops and special events. Amen Par Ankh means sacred House of Life. We Celebrate Life! We provide a space for your own personal discovery with quiet reflection and time for internal work, as well as an active space for expressions of our original ways of life. Ceremony, Counseling, Coaching, Cleansings, & Classes Amen Ankh Urban Farm is an urban agricultural enterprise with the goal of achieving environmental justice and sustainability by Healthy local food production and improving local neighborhood access to healthy Foods. We run Aquaponic Systems of farm raised fish, Herbs and microgreens. We sell Org-Ankh Electric Food Boxes! We also provide Farm-a-See tours of successful Local Farmers. We grow selected local indigenous Herbs, Fruits, Vegetable and plant life of the Three Sisters: Corn, Beans, and Squash and cruciferous vegetables: Cabbage, and Kale, With Wheat Grass and other Sprouts, Herbs: Basil, Sage, Chives, Rosemary, Parsley, Peppers and Moringa nutritional drink supplements, -From our foods we produce Baked Goods, cosmetics, & liniments to provide Healing and Sovereignty: Through the inspiration of Kujichagulia (Self determination) All Original people. Dua (Th-ankh you!) ♥.

Friday, December 13, 2013

The Green Griot Gathering at Amen Par Ankh!

Green Griot Gathering

at Amen Par Ankh!


GREEN GRIOT GATHERING is a Cultural-Cultivation and Celebration Family of Local Urban Growers who are committed to ecological sustainability and living in harmony with nature!
 

Green Griot Gathering is a Cultural Performance group for YOUR live or Virtual Cultural Events! 


We teach Green Ecology through Spoken Word, Storytelling, Dance, and Singing, for your special Events, Weddings, Receptions, Ascension Ceremonies, Birthday Parties, School Assemblies, Theaters, Community Centers, Churches, Workshops, Expos, We are Artist to activist for Community and Political action events.
 
We Perform Libations Ceremonies, Opening the way for the Ancestors) African Naming, Home Blessings to your customized needs.

We are calling on Griots- Authors, Poets, Spoken Word, Spirit Dancers, Step Dance teams, Singers and Performers! For Auditions and Rehearsal for our LIVE EVENTS!!!!! 
 

If YOU consider yourself a GRIOT- We Are Calling YOU!
Every Sunday at 1:00pm - 9:00pm


We welcome Griots to Turn-Up and Sit-in a Cypher at the farm! -We speak on Nature, Food Sovereignty, Urban Agriculture, Foods NOT Lawns- No- GMOs, Environmental Sustainability, Hunting, Gathering, Bees and many other Green Ecological topics. We invite you to share your creativity or come and enjoy our Aboriginal way of life, health and sustainability at the Amen Par Ankh! 






Every Tuesday and Friday night at 6:00pm- For Rehearsals for CD & DVD Recording, Internet Radio, Lectures on Urban Farming and Health and Wellness, conferences and workshops to outreach and teach STEAM urban agriculture and Ecological Accountability and Sustainability in Schools, Community Centers, Churches, and Theaters locally, across the country and the world!
RSVP Call- Text: 816-281-7704 or Email: , amen.parankh@gmail.com or amen.ankh@live.com


Amen Par Ankh (Sacred House of Life) offers


Cultural Ministry Services and  Special Community Event Planning and Presentations
 
Ceremony, Counseling, Coaching, Cleansing & Classes
 

We are available to consult and perform the following services for you: Ceremonies and special events to our community.
 
We provide Life Coaching, Gentle Yoga, classes, Energy work Courses, Gifts, and Accessories, Cultural Ceremonies, Workshops and special Events:
Contact us as prices vary pending location and duration.

  • Libation Ceremonies, opening the Way of our Aku (Ancestors),   
  • Afrikan Weddings
  • Afrikan Naming Ceremonies (Infant Blessings and Adult Naming) 
  • Home Blessings,
  • Birthing- Birthday Blessings (Newborn to Elders)
  • Healing and Energy Work
  • Ascension Ceremonies
  • Seed Festivals
  • Vow Consecrations
  • Life Coaching for the 4 aspect of Health, Career, Destiny and Relationships.
We have presented for many Community forums, gatherings and events like the Omoja Karamu annual Feasts in November,
 
We also convene ASCAC (The Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations), every Thursday at 7pm.

 
CONTACT US FOR YOUR NEXT SOCIAL EVENT!



CALL: 816-281-7704 Check our Website: http://emwot.ws/Amen_ParAnkh 
We share Libation, Seasonal Celebrations, Food Harvest Festivals, Weddings, Receptions, Birthday Parties, music, poetry, song, dance and culture of food for all ages!

 A griot, jali or jeli (djeli or djéli in French spelling) is a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet and/or musician. The griot is a repository of oral tradition, and is also often seen as something of a societal leader due to his traditional position as an adviser to royal leaders.(Wikipedia)

HARAMBEE! (people come together)




 

 


As Above- So Below... As Within- So Without - To know thyself- is to know the existence around oneself.


 

EVERYONE NEEDS TO HEAR the Revolution Revelation on this Spoken Word Titled: East Meets West of Troost Presents: The GRIOT GATHERING Local Kansas City spoken word artists and their music It is an eclectic blend of Grassroots, Cultural, Political Spoken Word, Folk and Hip Hop Musical artists from the heart of KCMO!

We offer this CD compilation of local artists who share our mission and sing about current event issues ranging from the Nuclear Weapon plant poisonings of workers and their Neighborhoods to Kansas City Missouri’s School District. Thought provoking and fun, these selections are a blend that only these Kansas City artists can bring to Hip Hop spoken word. It's the return of people’s music; -it offers a deep human connection, through STRONG sonic celebration...
 
Buy Your Copy from PayPal or on these websites: http://www.gofundme.com/Amen-Urban-Farm , http://sastehmosley.wix.com/griot  , http://emwot.ws  



HISTORY OF THE GRIOT


A Griot (Gree-os) is an Afrikan Storyteller -Serer: kevel or kewel; Wolof: gewel) is an African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet, Shaman, Vezir or musician. The Griot is a repository of oral tradition and is often seen as a leader due to their position as an advisor to royal personages.

In the modern world, storytelling techniques such as music, chant and audience participation make up the best presentations of African storytelling. Communication methods such as video and the Internet now allow anyone to experience the joy of an African story well told. African storytelling is a call and response interaction. There are distinctions of storytelling from Africans who still practice this art all over the world.

Empirical stimulation of the five senses helps to create a memory.
Use of color, sparkle, music, song, foods, chants, shaking hands and embrace and wonderful aromas aid in embracing the experience.

The storytellers or “Griots” know people will listen if the stories are fun and entertaining.


An audience that is laughing or otherwise experiencing deep emotions will be fully engaged in the story and therefore open to more learning.

Animals, Insects, plants and other forms of nature are part of the African storytelling process.



Familiar characters, such as Anansi the Spider, show up in many African stories. No matter how they are portrayed, such characters as the weaver-bird, the lion, mosquito and the hyena all become players in this special storytelling. Trees, lakes, rivers and other plants provide a geographical reference as well.

Morals and instructions in proper conduct can be found in African storytelling.
The first Griots not only entertained but they also served as vessels of moral guidance. It is rare to find an African story that does not convey deeper meanings. Each time a person hears a story, even when it is repeated, they may find a new perspective on the teaching. Master Griots were the Social Activist. They often played the fool to draw off the direct attention of a leader, yet they were able to touch the consciousness, heart and mind of a ruler, to help them see constructively, the error of their ways without confrontation and embarrassment.


African storytelling taught historical lessons.

Storytelling is a way for any culture to pass on its history. From stories from Africa, generic terms used now such as “Hero” “King & Queen” Nome, or “family” once had real names, meaning and a place in the geography of the Africa. These stories, still told with names in some parts of the world, help the audience to know where they fit into the world and history. By placing an unforgettable story in the hearts of children, left an indelible memory etched and unfolding in the minds of each child, for them to grow and pass from generation to generation, on vital moral and ethical principals, concepts and mores.

 

Amen Par Ankh (Sacred House of Life) and Amen Ankh Farm; is a spiritual center to become balanced physically, emotionally and spiritually and to Realize your fullest capacities of life, health, prosperity and strength. We provide Special Seasonal Events, Life Coaching, gentle yoga, classes, Home Schooling, tutoring, Before and After school Youth activities, Energy work Courses, Gifts, and Accessories, Cultural Ceremonies, Workshops and .
Contact Us and become a member as We Celebrate the Cycles of Life!
Email: amen.parankh@gmail.comamen.ankh@live.com, Call: 816-281-7704
sign-up for courses and support:  Org-Ankh Electric Food gift Boxes! information: http://emwot.ws/Amen_ParAnkh , http://amen-parankh.blogspot.com/ ,
Amen Par Ankh is a place of peace and healing through connection with nature and the cycles of life.
Here we can truly come together and create and build something to share together. It is our intention that this spiritual center becomes a sacred space for personal discovery with quiet reflection and time for internal work, but is also an active space for expressions of our life. Dua (Thank you!) ♥.
We offer: Ceremony, Counseling, Coaching, Cleansings, & Classes

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Biography of Nuta Beqsu Amen-Ra


QueenMa Nuta Beqsu Moses (Adenike Amen-Ra) is an Social Activist, Urban Grower, Minister, Artist, Entreprenure, and Educator who is committed to freedom, Food Justice, Environment and Ecological balance, recycling, and Green Economic Sustainability for Indigo Aboriginal people. She is a minister of Amen Par Ankh (Sacred Temple of Eternal Life) and an  Administrator of Amen Ankh Akademy, in the heart of the most desolate areas impacted by economic blight and food deserts in Kansas City, Missouri.
From left to right: Student Minister Vincent Muhammad, Minister of Agriculture: Kalifa Abdul, Carol Coe: Green Acers Urban Farm and Research Project; Sasteh Mosley: Green Griot; Nuta Adenike AmenRa Amen Ankh Enterprises; Sister Julie Muhammad
QueenMa Nuta Beqsu (Adenike Amen-Ra) 
She is an Urban Grower, director, and counselor of a wholistic wellness initiative: Amen Par Ankh(Sacred Temple of Life), co-partner with Amen Communications; and an Executive Director of EMWOT (East Meets West of Troost). Her diverse Educator background includes work as a college and career coordinator, an Exceptional Education Teacher, a community organizer, a Griot (storyteller.) and a graphic arts and Technical designer. She has Launched the Green Griot Gathering at Amen Par Ankh, a performance arts group for neighborhood-based organizations and entertainment venues. She is an Executive Director for recycling initiatives, Education and coordination of at-risk youth, conducting Staff development Workshops for educators on Green outdoor classrooms. She also coordinates Seasonal and special events, site visits and tours, with EMWOT, Amen Par Ankh and The Green Griot Gathering, and EMWOT property Managment.


She has served in the community as a IT Visual Communications Technician and Public Relations Manager.  She also serves as a member of the Economic committee for the Black Agenda Group, KC, and Communications, Tutoring, Green youth development with Stop The Killing Kansas City- Coalition.  She is the owner of Adenike’s Arts and IT Partner of Amen Communications. She is dedicated to identifying and alleviating the impact of racism and it's economic disparity of the food systems, Education and Economic development. She has an intense interest in contributing to the development of a local to international food Justice movement that embraces small African American farmer’s and home cottage Industries in the Americas, and the diaspora.  She views food cultivation as part of the larger movement for freedom, justice and equity. Sba AmenRa has presented at numerous local community meetings and national conferences on food and Health and is implementing community food security, composting, and permiculture practices.  She is featured in the podcast, Ask an urban Farmer, and Ankh the Way of life on Blog Talk Radio. She is an “org-ankh” grower. She was born in England and has traveled across the U.S. with her Father who served in the US Airforce. She is the Mother of two, a "Queen Ma,” of 2 grandchildren, mentor and teacher to many Youth, Scholars and Initiates, and Adults.

Amen Par Ankh (Sacred House of Life) local Spiritual Center in the heart of midtown Kansas City, Missouri. Contact Us and become a member as We Celebrate the Cycles of Life! Email: amen.parankh@gmail.com , Call: 816-281-7704 sign-up for courses and support: with paypal, -amen.parankh@gmail.com. Information: http://emwot.ws/Amen_ParAnkh , http://amen-parankh.blogspot.com/ , Look for us on FaceBook and Twitter We celebrate the Cycles of Life, Wellness and Balance in our everyday existence on earth. We assist in Wellness for Physical Fitness, Mental Health, and Spiritual Attunement - to realize the fullest capacities of life, health, prosperity and strength. We provide Whole Life Coaching, Energy work, Amen Ankh Akademy, Org-Ankh Electric food Boxes, an Herbal Tea House and Juice bar, Outdoor Experiences, classes such as Cultural Headwrapping, Natural Hair Braiding, beading and Lox twisting, ASCAC (The Association for the Study of Classical African Civilization), Art Healing Mandalas, Jewelry Making, Gentle Yoga, Canning and preserving food, Health and Wellness Study Courses, Gifts, Accessories, Cultural Ceremonies, Workshops and special events. Amen Par Ankh means sacred House of Life. We acknowledge creation. We provide a space for your own personal discovery with quiet reflection and time for internal work, as well as an active space for expressions of our original ways of life. Ceremony, Counseling, Coaching, Cleansings, and Classes Amen Ankh Urban Farm is an urban agricultural enterprise with the goal of achieving environmental justice and sustainability by Healthy local food production and improving local neighborhood access to healthy Foods. We run Aquaponic Systems of farm raised fish, Herbs and microgreens. We sell Org-Ankh Electric Food Boxes! We also provide Farm-a-See tours of successful Local Farmers. We grow selected local indigenous Herbs, Fruits, Vegetable and plant life of the Three Sisters: Corn, Beans, and Squash and cruciferous vegetables: Cabbage, and Kale, With Wheat Grass and other Sprouts, Herbs: Basil, Sage, Chives, Rosemary, Parsley, Peppers and Moringa nutritional drink supplements, -From our foods we produce Baked Goods, cosmetics, and liniments to provide Healing and Sovereignty: Through the inspiration of Kujichagulia (Self determination) All Original people. Dua (Th-ankh you!) ♥.

Saturday, November 23, 2013

EMWOT The Griot Gathering

EVERYONE NEEDS TO HEAR the Revolution Revelation on this Spoken Word CD!



 It is an eclectic blend of Grassroots, Cultural, Political Spoken Word, Folk and Hip Hop Musical artists from KCMO! A compilation of artists and their music. They sing about Grassroots, current event issues ranging from the poisoning of Nuclear Weapon plant workers and their Neighborhoods to Kansas City Missouri public Schools. Thought provoking and fun, these selections are a blend that only these Kansas City artists can bring to Hip Hop spoken word & Jam. It's the return of people’s music; -it offers a deep human connection, through STRONG sonic celebration....

The CDs opening cut is from our leader of the struggle for all employees who have worked at, Kansas City’s Nuclear Power Plant and were exposed and poisoned by the toxic environment. “The Colonel’s Brief” by Maurice Copeland this is an excerpt on patriotism. He makes a profound statement about the most overlooked and under-served people of the world.

“Honeywell” by Cherith Brook is a protest march manifesto! With the backing of a full brass & drum corps, he sings with clever sarcasm in support of the ongoing advocates, activist, and protesters like the KC Peace Planter member, Sasteh Mosley (a Nuclear Conversion Activist/Speakers Bureau Lecturer) and other poisoned Workers from Kansas City's nuclear weapons plant.

Dirty D/King Kihei is a spoken word artist who espouses the many sentiments of the disenfranchised people who dwell in Urban Kansas City with the weavings of the excerpts of “The Community Update,” “Recess,” and “Power and Lights Out.”

Artists, SAHJ Kaya and Divine Intervention, add their energy with a Reggae flavor in “Nuclear Weapons.” She rages- “RAY-GUN! what you testin for?!!!” while “Political Strings” moves with spirit and a jazzy backup.

Other contributing artists; Priest Hughes and 337 as The Recipe Poetry Guild – create a poignant brew with their clever spoken word juxtapositions against nuclear weapons with: “Self destruction,” and the downsizing of education with: “Parent Teacher Conference”… Their climax selection is my favorite, “What Happened to Hip Hop?!” This is the most Jammin Jewel of the CD for me! The Recipe told the truth about the greed, materialism that consumed and diluted the quality of the Hip Hop movement! I love the refrain “What happened to hip hop- did it die- did it fall down on the wayside?…

“Palm of Your Hand” is a powerful conclusive ending with a primal piercing purging high-pitched release and energy, leading to chants which permeate the collective consciousness of our time!

http://www.wix.com/sastehmosley/griot

Featured Artists:

Maurice Copeland- Peace Planters Coalition

Dirty D/King Kihei- EMWOT

Cherith Brook- Catholic Workers

SAHJ Kaya & Divine Intervention

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A griot or jeli (djeli or djéli in French spelling) the griot is a repository of oral tradition, a West African storyteller. The griot delivers history as a poet, praise singer, and wandering musician. As such, they are sometimes also called bards. [the griot] has to know many traditional songs without error, he must also have the ability to extemporize on current events, chance incidents and the passing scene. His wit can be devastating and his knowledge of local history formidable." Although they are popularly known as 'praise singers', griots may also use their vocal expertise for gossip, satire, or political comment. Most villages also had their own griot, who told tales of births, deaths, marriages, battles, hunts, affairs, and hundreds of other things.

Griots — masters of words and music, Griots and Griottes — have been around for a millennium. the male griots and female griottes were historians, genealogists, advisers to nobility, entertainers, messengers, praise singers — the list goes on. Today, they perform on television and radio and record CDs. Many are popular singers who reinterpret traditional songs, giving new meaning to old words — As performers, griots and griottes are in great demand, not only for ceremonies and parties in West Africa, where they have traditionally appeared, but all around the world. Here in the United States, they tour universities to give insight into West African culture.

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Monday, July 15, 2013

Trayvon Martin's Death Marks the End of a Post Racial Society Delusion



Giving Honor and deepest sympathy to the Martin Family. 

I would like to share my sincere, highest, humble condolences and respect to the Family of Trayvon Martin, during their time of grief and tremendous loss of our young man.



I AM TRAYVON’s FAMILY! I am his aunt, his cousins, his sister, his teacher, his grandmother, and I live in HIS world!… I feel his Absence on the planet. I am so disappointed. My Brother, Nephew, Uncle, Father, Grandfather, and son has been lynched by the “In-Just-Us” of this society, far too long. My outrage and distrust in the Police, US civic, and legal system isn't just about this out of contol security watch "z" anymore, it is about our own self-determination in controlling an oppressive power structure- that systematically emasculates and dehumanizes our men and censors and manipulates the mass media. "z" was only their attack dog for the status quo of Racism/White Supremacy, with the polarizing exile of the gentrification of undercover Redlining in residential Real Estate and, commercial businesses. So z only served the interests of that status quo. He was the watchdog for white supremacy, yet he refused to follow orders and stand down. But, white supremacy came all out to reward him with a pat on the head in the aftermath. 

For our young men to be on an unspoken curfew- and invisible redline, where they cannot go out at night and walk freely down the street. That he chose to buy the toxic waste of GMO high fructose corn syrup-based Candy and Tea is a sad and fatal irony. Black people work at alien jobs, buy from alien stores, eat their junk foods, rent from them- and get shot for living in their neighborhoods; instead of organizing to create and own OUR world. Trayvon was profiled by someone who has inserted the alien oppressive stereotypes of this society into his consciousness. Mexicans and other Hispanic/Latina -latin speaking people have often leaped in and out of the WASP Privileged society structure for their own survival. All they have to do is deny their culture and speak English. We call this "Passing.


 “z” considers himself to be a part of this “WASP” (White Arrogant Society of the Privileged.) This brainwashed attack dog is now celebrated and financially supported by these same WASP gated communities and political organizations!

Trayvon still matters today. The legacy of this young man’s life and his traumatic destruction and miscarriage of justice, reverberates, echoes and metastasizes as a symbol in so many matters of day to day prejudices, bigotry, stereotypes, sentiments, attitudes and actions toward our Black youth in the U.S.

Currently, in Kansas City, our youth are being racially profiled, corralled and blocked out of specific public access areas in Kansas City. They have shut our youth out of Swope Park, The Country Club Plaza,(J.C Nichols Plaza) Westport, the 39th street shopping area,  The Power and Light District and North town.

Here in KC we have the Country Club Plaza - The first Gated Community built by JC Nichols, father of "white flight," from Integration, and the Power and "Light- white- Reich" districts for example, that are heralded as elite commercial and tourism attractions.

The Power and Light District is presently a commercial business organization that has put in place watchdog security strategies that have stereotyped our Afrikan American males in particular and instituted their dress codes that attack the cultural attire of Afrikan Americans. They have also attacked Afrikan American business owners and discouraged patronage by sending city officials to nitpick and pass out city code citations, while the police, harass the patrons in the parking lots and on their way home. To address this blatant discrimination, our young people staged a “White Tee-Shirt” Protest in 2008…

Very little was changed. Even Afrikan American community leaders, dressed in full traditional Afrikan Attire, have been thrown out of businesses in this district.

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The JC Nichols Country Club Plaza - Was the first Gated Community built by for "white flight" from Integration. There was a time when Blacks were not allowed to live passed 24th street, and The Plaza was a segregated area where only Black menial workers and maids were allowed to enter. They also had "Sundown Laws" in place after 6pm. Presently this area has the only local movie theater in the midtown metro area. This has created an uproar and complaints against Black youth who are seen around the fountains and high price tagged shops. KC Black parents are not organized to chaperon and self-police our youth from their own neighborhoods or sufficiently provide mentorship and assistance for struggling single parents,  or carpool and provide transportation for the youth to go in public areas. Black people are expressing so much self-hatred toward our youth, and yet, we are ignoring the fact that we are all steadily being harassed, detained, picked off and quarantined by the police, targeting mostly the blighted zip code areas where many Black elderly, disabled, lower-income single parents and those on fixed incomes are concentrated.




Trayvon still matters today. The legacy of this young man’s life and his traumatic destruction and miscarriage of justice, reverberates, echoes and metastasizes as a symbol in so many matters of day to day prejudices, bigotry, stereotypes, sentiments, attitudes and actions toward our Black youth here in Kansas City. Currently, our youth are being racially profiled, corralled and blocked out of public access areas in Kansas City. KC Black parents are not organized to self-police our own neighborhoods and sufficiently provide mentorship, assistance for struggling single parents, chaperones or transportation for the youth in public areas. Black people are steadily being harassed, detained, picked off and quarantined by the police, targeting mostly the blighted zip codes where many Black elderly, disabled, lower income single parents and those on fixed incomes are concentrated. Even though the Civil rights movement ended Legal Jim Crow Laws that included Redlining, where anyone can live in any community, with any Ethnicity, or skin color,. Yet, Afrikan Americans are still being racially profiled and pulled over in their vehicals, and harassed by cops, when they drive through "certain" neighborhoods...

Afrikan Americans are still being treated as 3/5ths human after the United States established themselves for more that 200 years in this country. In effect, our youth are being systematically captured, fingerprinted, photographed, and branded as juvenile delinquents to be treated as "Catch-and-Release" refugees in their own residential neighborhoods. This seems like our youth are pre-sentenced for the prison industrial complex. The paradox of federal penitentiaries is that the tax dollars are now given to the rural areas for each prisoner, where the majority of these prisons are built- in many cases ON THE SAME LAND THAT WAS ONCE USED AS SLAVE PLANTATIONS! So even more money is siphoned out of the Black economy and neighborhoods.

Kansas City built a brand new police campus and Black people insisted on naming it after Leon Jourdan. This monstrosity includes a forensic lab (as if there is an anticipation of more police killings, murder and crime.) Prior to this multi-million dollar building project, many of the Black Homeowners (often elderly and on fixed incomes) were forced out of their properties, without even a fair market replacement value, which prevented them from restoring their lives and being able to move into another home that was comparable to their existing way of life.  So even more money is siphoned out of the Black economy and neighborhoods. Jeon Jordon had a history of establishing an independant police force- IN LIBERIA! He encouraged self sufficiancy in Afrikan Americans, not assemilation and codependancy to a hostile oppressive society.  Our people are still being treated like captured war refugees in their own country. The confederate and Nazi flags are still waving over this country.


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Now on the south side of Kansas City, they are building a new nuclear weapons plant facility for the military-industrial complex, while tearing down the old, Honeywell/Bendix nuclear weapons plant- to create one great Brownfield area. In the heart of the midtown area, the city builds a brand new police campus that includes a forensic lab (as if there is an anticipation of more death by murder and crime.) Prior to this multi-million dollar building project, many of the Black Homeowners (often elderly and on fixed incomes) were forced out of their properties, without even a fair market replacement value, which prevented them from restoring their lives and being able to move into another home that was comparable to their existing way of life. The Public Education system formulated an attack against the homegrown Afrikan Centered School to replace it with a doppelganger Afro-themed construct.


What I find most disturbing is the apathy! In any other community, If we found 2 youth per week, murdered, or missing, there would be an international moratorium until there is an end to this tragedy! Yet this IS happening, all over the world, to Melanite people. Black families, overwhelmingly are not involved in the foster parents provider system. The majority of their children who are left orphaned by their imprisoned fathers and mothers, are also left vulnerable, so that the cycle perpetually continues to exspose Black children to a "Kill the Afrikan- save the child for indoctrination to serve white supremacy,... To compound this, Afrikan Americans are dying MORE from stress, and contaminated food related ilnesses to mitigate what I call the hand of death and disease, Stroke, Heart Attack, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, and Cancers!

It is so typical to hear House Negropeans attempt to rationalize a “post racial society” when it is nonexistent. I speak of arrogant classism and privilege in the oppression of man’s inhumanity against man and in opposition to our struggle for human rights in which African American leaders were slaughtered, lynched and detoured from the successful achievement of economic acquisition by Cointelpro. If you would only research the profound disparities in relationship to police and civil brutality and murder of African American Men, and the prison industrial complex, You would know that the odds are stacked against our people.


YES I AM ANGRY -I am outraged, and very hurt. I have righteous indignation about the continual and systematic injustices toward Afrikan American Men, and those who seek to rationalize and justify the wholesale lynching, murder, disenfranchisement and neo-slavery of our men from the third grade- to special education and the penitentiary. This is a cycle of violence and terrorism that our young men are daily introduced to. I had a Father and Mother in my household, with Brothers, Uncles, Sons, Students, and Grandsons that need more than just their fathers and mothers together in the household, a basketball hoop and an integrated “Kum-ba-ya”. They need to know how to live, survive and maneuver in a world of apathy, callused bigots, institutionalized psychopathic racism, invisible redlining and a treacherous civil and legal system!

So where is the "Brown- People of Color Brotherhood"? Black people are alway inclusive of "POC" but I rarely- hardly hear People of Color Speak on behalf of the interest of Black people. Mexicans and Latina act like they despise us, unless they are sexualizing or exploiting Black Women. We spend Billions, while they shoot to kill us over petty crimes.  Asians, Arabs, Islamic, and Hispanic businesse owners invade our neighborhoods that Black elders, and often children patronize because they lack the transportation and resoutces to find consistant Black businesses, yet they shoot-to-kill black people for panhandeling, or even petty theft of fake eye lashes. 















Trayvon Martin also had his father and mother living together in his household- So, he didn't fit the "Single Mother household" Stereotype. Trayvon went out on the night before his murder, at the request of his little brother, and was never able to make it back home to his family or his little brother- to be a role model and a big brother to him! Yet even though Trayvon was innocent of any crime, he was caught up in the system and a world of prejudice and stereotypes and at the mercy of a no-win system of heartless, opportunist and vigilantes Dressed in blue, that have targeted our young men for genocide and menticide.   Travon was NOT a Native son, yet, he was brought into the turmoil in the United States, festered globally, of racism, white supremacy...- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Son



YES! We have the same rights to our own Kujichagulia (Self-determination) -in building our own self- sustainable economic communities, just as Latinos, Mormons, Jewish, Native Americans, Chinese, Mennonites, Islamic, Italian, Japanese, Koreans, Buddhist, Taiwanese, and other communities have. WE NEED OUR OWN small businesses, land, resources, energy, militias, and police and private security! We DON’T NEED TO LIVE AS SECOND CLASS CITIZENS IN A society that still views Afrikan Americans as a “sub-class.”


I AM TRAYVON’s FAMILY. I am his mother, his aunt, his cousins, his sister, his teacher, his grandmother, and I live in HIS world… I have a right to grieve the loss of my son without the typical middle-class conservative worldview sentiments and opinions.  I hear the hateful gloating of the same old callus, insensitive and offensive, Archie Bunker's bigoted mentality. It is apparent that the US Corporatocracy may have some “demons” of their own to deal with. The US has used African Americans as scapegoats far too long.

By the way, there is no such thing as “race.” It is just another political construct (like the term urban core) to isolate, redline, dehumanize and terrorize independent communities and rob them of economic stability. There is an undeniable “skin game” that is real for melaninated peoples. This is pervasive all over the world, where Black-skinned people are hidden outcasts living in exile from the overall population and society. Indian “Untouchables,” Black Native Americans, Black Mexicans, Black Chinese, and Black Europeans often live in exile, hidden and unspoken. Yet, racial profiling still exists, along with, police brutality, the Injustice system, economic redlining, and other “white” collar criminals and invaders! When I use the word “white” I don’t speak of a race- I speak of the 1% elite class and those who identify and discriminate using this construct to receive privileges. Many Indigo people live in a state of capture bonding where they completely identify with their abuser. This is what I call Maafa Syndrome, which predates what is known as Stockholm syndrome, that many suffer from. https://amen-parankh.blogspot.com/2009/02/healing-from-maafa-syndrome.html 


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