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AAPDEP’s  MLK Day of Service honors Dr. King’s legacy
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AAPDEP’s MLK Day of Service honors Dr. King’s legacy

On Monday, January 16, 2017 from 10am-2pm AAPDEP and Zenzele Consignment will host our first annual MLK Day of Service. The event  is being organized as ” A Day ON, not OFF” referring to our plan to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King through community service. We are calling on volunteers to meet us...

December 15, 2016May 13, 2021by
Tyron Lewis Avenue
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Tyron Lewis Avenue

The African community of St. Petersburg, Florida, led by the Uhuru Movement, erected a sign, renaming what was previously known as 18th Avenue to TyRon Lewis Avenue in honor of the 20th anniversary of the police murder of 18-year-old TyRon Lewis on October 24, 2016. It was a sign embraced by the African community; the...

November 14, 2016May 13, 2021by
Feminists split on Hillary Clinton but united for imperialism
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Feminists split on Hillary Clinton but united for imperialism

“Across the board there is a general sentiment among feminists that selecting Hillary Clinton as president is the best hope to save U.S. democratic process and champion their position that a woman—at the helm of U.S. imperialism—is equality.  Despite this, Hillary has not escaped criticism from feminists, particularly self-identified black feminists who find it difficult...

November 2, 2016May 13, 2021by
Watermelon A delicious Healthy Food of Africa
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Watermelon A delicious Healthy Food of Africa

Watermelon is one of the superfoods that comes from Africa.  This delicious and nutritious food is enjoyed all over the word, but many people don’t know it originated on the African continent. It is widely believed that watermelons originated in southern Africa.  This vine like plant was cultivate by Africans in the Nile valley at...

October 31, 2016May 13, 2021by
Black Political Convention for Self-Determination November 5-6, 2016
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Black Political Convention for Self-Determination November 5-6, 2016

Black Women. With this National Black Political Agenda for Self-Determination, the entire black or African nation declares our commitment to facilitate the elevation of African women to full, equal partnership in our struggle to create a new world of freedom and socialist democracy for a united black community and a world shorn forever of bosses...

October 27, 2016May 13, 2021by
Africa is not charity
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Africa is not charity

“Neither charity, pity nor prayer will change the material conditions that have been imposed on our people. Only by consolidating the dispersed African Nation in our struggle for self-determination and self-government will we ensure our collective safety as a people whether in Haiti, New Orleans, in the Continent of Africa or any other place African...

October 26, 2016May 13, 2021by