Supernatural Women's Conference 2007

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Spoken Word

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In Your Eyes.....

In your eyes I see a landscape.
Majestic mountains,
And lush green valleys.
In your eyes I see a journey.
A road traveled,
With many unexpected bends.
In your eyes I see a butterfly.
Caged and unfamiliar,
spreading its wings.
In your eyes I see an ocean,
Whose depths hold untold secrets.
And whose sandy shores bear no footprints.
They say that the eyes are the windows to our souls,
But I believe that the eyes reveal much more.
They reveal our past,

our future,
Our pleasures and pains.
They reveal our dreams,
As well as our fears.
Look deeply enough and you can see,
Our strengths and our weaknesses.
We use our eyes to say,
That which we cannot say.
We also use them to hide
What we do not want to show.
What are you hiding in your eyes?
What is it that you don’t want seen?
There’s no need for shame.
No need to be afraid.
Because…..
In your eyes I see such beauty,
A signed masterpiece of God.
In your eyes I see a puzzle,
Simply searching for it’s missing pieces.
In your eyes I see passion,
Waiting to be fulfilled.
In your eyes I see longing,
To have someone to trust.
My heart can read you,
Better than you think.
It knows your thoughts and feelings.
Because it’s been there too.
It softly sings to you,
As it reaches out in your direction.
Offering you sincere warmth and solace.
Yet you resist its gentle entreaties.
Ignoring that it sees you.
How can you, when I’m looking in your eyes?

*Written by Jeffrey Moore*

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Unify or Die Conference

FREE! - Last of Jena 6 FREE!

September 20, 2007 - A Day to Remember Our Collective Action to Save the Lives of 6 Young Men

Support the Jena 6

Parents of the Jena 6

Sign Mos Def's Petition Regarding Jena 6: http://www.petitiononline.com/aZ51CqmR/petition.html

*The following text is excerpted from http://www.colorofchange.org/jena/message.html*

Last fall in Jena, Louisiana, the day after two Black high school students sat beneath the "white tree" on their campus, nooses were hung from the tree. When the superintendent dismissed the nooses as a "prank," more Black students sat under the tree in protest.

The District Attorney then came to the school accompanied by the town's police and demanded that the students end their protest, telling them, "I can be your best friend or your worst enemy... I can take away your lives with a stroke of my pen."1 A series of white-on-black incidents of violence followed, and the DA did nothing. But when a white student was beaten up in a schoolyard fight, the DA responded by charging six black students with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

It's a story that reads like one from the Jim Crow era, when judges, lawyers and all-white juries used the justice system to keep blacks in "their place"--but it's happening today. The families of these young men are fighting back, but the odds are stacked against them. Together, we can make sure their story is told, that this becomes an issue for the Governor of Louisiana, and that justice is provided for the Jena 6. It starts now. Please add your voice:

http://www.colorofchange.org/jena/

The noose-hanging incident and the DA's visit to the school set the stage for everything that followed. Racial tension escalated over the next couple of months, and on November 30, the main academic building of Jena High School was burned down in an unsolved fire. Later the same weekend, a black student was beaten up by white students at a party. The next day, black students at a convenience store were threatened by a young white man with a shotgun. They wrestled the gun from him and ran away. While no charges were filed against the white man, the students were arrested for the theft of the gun.2

That Monday at school, a white student, who had been a vocal supporter of the students who hung the nooses, taunted the black student who was beaten up at the off-campus party and allegedly called several black students "nigger." After lunch, he was knocked down, punched and kicked by black students. He was taken to the hospital but was released and was well enough to go to a social event that evening.3

Six Black Jena High students, Robert Bailey (17), Theo Shaw (17), Carwin Jones (18), Bryant Purvis (17), Mychal Bell (16) and an unidentified minor, were expelled from school, arrested and charged with second-degree attempted murder. Bail was set so high -- between $70,000 and $138,000 -- that the boys were left in prison for months as families went deep into debt to release them.4

The first trial ended last month, and Mychal Bell, who has been in prison since December, was convicted of aggravated battery and conspiracy to commit aggravated battery (both felonies) by an all-white jury in a trial where his public defender called no witnesses. During his trial, Mychal's parents were ordered not to speak to the media and the court prohibited protests from taking place near the courtroom or where the judge could see them.

Mychal is scheduled to be sentenced on July 31st, and could go to jail for 22 years.5

Theo Shaw's trial is next. He will finally make bail this week.

The Jena Six are lucky to have parents and loved ones who are fighting tooth and nail to free them. They have been threatened but they are standing strong. We know that if the families have to go it alone, their sons will be a long time coming home. They will lose precious years to Jena's outrageous attempt to maintain a racist status quo. But if we act now, we can make a difference.

Please add your voice to the voices of these families in Jena, and help bring Mychal, Theo, Robert, Carwin, and Bryant home. By clicking below, you can demand that Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco get involved to make sure that justice is served for Mychal Bell, and that DA Reed Walters drop the charges against the 5 boys who have not yet gone to trial.
http://www.colorofchange.org/jena/

Thank You and Peace,
-- James, Van, Gabriel, Clarissa, and the rest of the ColorOfChange.org team

July 17th, 2007

References:

1. "Injustice in Jena as Nooses Hang From the ‘White Tree,'" truthout, July 3, 2007 http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/070307B.shtml
2. "Racial demons rear heads," Chicago Tribune, May 20, 2007 http://tinyurl.com/yvh7t5
3. See reference #1.
4. See reference #1.
5. "'Jena Six' defendant convicted," Town Talk, June 29, 2007 http://tinyurl.com/ysxtgg
Other resources:
NPR: Searching for Justice in Jena 6 Case (streaming audio) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11756302
Democracy Now! - The case of the Jena Six ... http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/10/1413220
Too Sense: Free The Jena Six Now http://halfricanrevolution.blogspot.com/2007/07/free-jena-six-now.html
While Seated: Jena Six http://www.whileseated.org/photo/003244.shtml
Nooses, attacks and jail for black students in Jena Louisiana http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/6/28/144445/384
Justice In Jena, by Jordan Flaherty http://www.zmag.org/content/print_article.cfm?itemID=12783&sectionID=30
The Perpetrator becomes the Prosecutor (and other related entries) http://friendsofjustice.wordpress.com/blog/
'Stealth racism' stalks deep South http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/this_world/6685441.stm

TAKE ACTION!

(1) Sign Mos Def's Petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/aZ51CqmR/petition.html

(2) Write a letter to Governor Blanco and District Attorney Reed: http://www.colorofchange.org/jena/

(3) Take A Stand on September 20th with Michael Baisden in Jena, LA in Support of Jena 6: http://www.michaelbaisden.com/Article.asp?id=470156

(4) Pray for Jena 6, their families, their accusers, and the town of Jena.

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My Testimony

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My Testimony

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My Testimony

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My Testimony

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Poetic Deliverance

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Poetic Deliverance

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Psalm 139

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Poetic Deliverance

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Who I Am

What makes me weak? My fears.
What makes me whole? My God.

What keeps me standing? My faith.
What makes me compassionate? My selflessness.

What makes me honest? My integrity.

What sustains my mind? My quest for knowledge.

What teaches me all lessons? My mistakes.

What lifts my head high? My pride, not arrogance.

What if I can't go on? Not an option.
What makes me victorious? My courage to climb.

What makes me competent? My confidence.

What makes me sensual? My insatiable essence.

What makes me beautiful? My everything.

What makes me a woman? My heart.

Who says I need love? I do.

What empowers me? My God & Me.

Who am I? I AM AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN!

--Author Unknown

Opened and Closed Doors

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OPENED AND CLOSED DOORS

We need to learn to thank the Lord for closed doors just as much as we do for open doors.

The reason God closes doors is because He has not prepared anything over there for us.

If he didn't close the wrong door, we would never find our way to the right door.

Even when we don't realize it, God directs our paths through the closing and opening of doors. When one door closes, it forces us to change our course. Another door closes; it forces us to change our course yet again. Then finally, we find the open door and walk right into our blessing. But instead of praising God for the closed door (which kept us out of trouble), we get upset because we 'judge by the appearances.' And in our own arrogance, or ignorance, we insist that we know what is right.

We have a very present help in the time of need who is always standing guard.
Because He walks ahead of us, He can see trouble down the road
and HE sets up road blocks and detours accordingly.
But through our lack of wisdom we try to down the roadblocks
or push aside the detour signs.

Then the minute we get into trouble, we start crying "Lord how could this happen to me?"
We have got to realize that the closed door was a blessing.
Didn't He say that "No good thing will He withhold from them that love Him?"

If you get terminated from your job - don't be down, instead thank God for the new opportunities that will manifest themselves - it might be a better job, or an opportunity to go to school.

If that man or woman won't return your call - it might not be them, it might be the Lord setting up a roadblock (just let it go). One time a person had a bank he had been doing business with for many years tell him "NO" for a $10,000 loan. The Lord led him to call another bank. That bank approved a $40,000 loan for him at a lower interest rate than his own bank had advertised.

I'm so grateful, for the many times God has closed doors to me, just to open them in the most unexpected places.

"The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way." (Psalms 37:23)

The mountain top is glorious, but it is in the Valley that I will grow!
Always Remember God gives you...
Enough Happiness to keep you Sweet
Enough Trials to keep you Strong
Enough Sorrows to keep you Human
Enough Hope to keep you Happy
Enough Failure to keep you Humble
Enough Success to keep you Eager
Enough Friends to give you Comfort
Enough Wealth to meet your Needs
Enough Enthusiasm to make you look forward
Enough Faith to banish depression, and
Enough Determination to make each day a better day than the last.

Life must be lived forward but can only be understood backwards.
Commit to the Lord in whatever you do and your plans will succeed. (Proverbs 16:3)

If you love God share this. He will continue to open and close doors for you.

-Author Unknown-

My Testimony

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