on a roll!

I'm so in love...
this journey in planning AUTHENTIC has been amazing.
Just today, I personally made some more connections with organizations for our three day October event..and I know its going to be a success.

Sidebar: My homie and I found a place to move into..and we get the keys on Saturday :D *very excited*

Anyway, I wanted to let you know that the three day weekend is going to benefit YO ACAP in Philadelphia. This is their mission statement:

YO ACAP'S MISSION is to provide culturally and ethnically appropriate HIV/AIDS prevention/education and care services for African-American adolescents and young adults in the Philadelphia area. The target population is primarily, but not limited to, African-American youth between 15 and 25 years of age. YO ACAP counselors and peer educators focus on social and health issues such as HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases (STD's), violence, substance abuse, teenage pregnancy, relationships and conflict resolution.

You can become familiar with the organization and the good works they do in the city to help educate our youth by visiting... www.yoacap.org

It hit home for me! And, though AUTHENTIC is a female art and music collective...i still want to give back to my community...so your participation and involvement in my activities are going to definitely help motivate our generation watching us...its a beautiful thing...giving back ;)

Just wanted to share those few words...gotta do some writing :)



ease.

not so good internet connection ;(

Hey!
Spending time at granny's means my internet connection is a tad shaky! lol unlike being home..which is where i am now, where Verizon is connected and my signal is consistent.

Good Evening :) I hope your weekend was as fulfilling as mine. I have some updates:
The launch has been officially moved to JUNE 20th!!!

and it will be at UBIQ on Walnut Street in Philadelphia. You can view their website @ www.ubiqlife.com if you are unfamiliar with the store. We're going for a more casual feel and because this has been a two lady show..trust that their will be a feminine twist to this masculine run store ;) Along with the atmosphere of DJ ShEroCK and the live art by...an artist i plan on booking tonight lol It's going to be a great night!
So be prepared to drink, eat, dance, shop and simply have a good time. *If it helps any, we have vodka, rum and tequila sponsors for every taste bud!* come thirsty ha ha

Tonight will be spent with me researching copious material. October has officially been branded a three day event titled "The Face of AIDS". A FULL itinerary will be available to you here, on the official AUTHENTIC myspace page and soon to be developed website.

Keep living!




ease.

Good Morning...My first post...and my next breath to take

.....*waving*
I state this with as much ease as possible...if that's possible. I'm sorry. I don't even want to look and see the date of my last posting..which is why I'm calling this my first post..my first posting of continued posts *pinky swear!* :)

UPDATES:
AUTHENTIC's launch has officially been moved to June 20th and will be at UBIQ on Walnut street. We are keeping the same concept; visual artist and my DJ!! (DJ SheRock from NYC) It's going to be more casual than our initial launch idea which was going to be at Triada. We are pleased and excited though and I hope you are :) More information will come...with LOADS of other events we have brewing.

My next breath...I'm surviving folks! Those that interact with me know that I've been working my BEHIND off lately. Because I'm moving, trying to launch this collective, networking like crazy and starting this new career of mine (teaching). But, i'm trusting that everything will fall into place and things will be OK. :) Patience has overcome me and in such a unique way because I'm sooooo anxious to keep moving, continue planning and making connections. MYSPACE has been a blessing. I've come in contact with some amazing artists and musicians and I can't wait to work with them....more details to come when you attend my events! :D

SchemeMag.com is booming and just to alert you, I'm working on some international interviews with some dope artists a homie of mine from France turned me onto..so look out for those in May.

But, that's all for right now! I just might be back this afternoon with more news...but definitely tomorrow! :)

ease.

Saul Williams...the favor

“It’s essentially a way of saying that you don’t have to sweep words and institutions and the history under the rug in order to achieve oneness in humanity. We can acknowledge that we’ve all been kind of tarred and feathered and labeled and we can use those labels and shift the meaning into something that blossoms into something we never imagined. Anyone that comes in the name of liberation and freedom through music instead of weapons has done us all a favor. The song Keeper is essentially when one realizes the transformable power with the ability to heal and transform how people think and harmonize.”-Saul Williams

My favor came in the form of a man. Soft spoken and wise...i held onto every word spoken and our 14:36 interview was probably one of the best interviews I've conducted. The piece is finished and will post on Monday. Yet, the comment I posted above is one of many that hit me hard. the idea of REPENTING is what he's referring to. As he dug deep in history, he told me the origin of the word..from Greek to Latin to a verb we conjugate in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese....he believes that we use it wrong. From the pulpits in reference to an act of falling to your knees and asking for forgiveness..the word REPENT is to think again..back. So, when you read the article..approach it in a way that makes you THINK AGAIN to your own existence..identity and purpose. What do you do? Why do you do it? What do you eat? How do you speak? With whom do you interact with? It's all relative and this diet we call life will always be a question unanswered. How do we live, eat, interact, speak, love, dream?? How do we do all these things in the name of a common good? What resources do we have? What is our freedom?

The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust is a process of determining the freedom that exists..yet we seem to bypass on a daily.

REPENT.

Thank you Tamara!

Just thought i'd shout out Tamara...she found the TRACE magazine i was looking for :)

Thank you!