Johnny Brownlee II

Across the nation, our student organizations are struggling and student governments are struggling. Many seem to be on their last leg, past their prime, etc. Organizations don’t have the activism and sacrifice of students from the 60’s and 70’s, drive of the 80’s, the urgency of the 90’s or money and participation of organizations from the early 2000’s. We seek to see if it’s a generational issue, leadership issue or are other factors the problem. We examine 6 sinister problems that are costing student organizations funding, stability, sustainability, etc. We’re often taught how to be good leaders, but never how to run good organizations, revive them or save them from peril. We’ll learn how to get diversity, inclusion, representation, funding, respect and cooperation so that we can take our organizations to levels not even imagined. We not only discuss how to grow a large membership, and obtain a large budget, but how to make a deep impact on your campus.

Is a black history / black awareness ( great for Hispanic Heritage also) workshop, that takes a strong look at the history that slavery and colonialism had and currently has on the lives of Africans, African Americans, Caribbean’s and Latinos, who are usually overlooked, underrepresented and not historically taught about their roots in Atlantic Slave Trade. We look at all of the obstacles to our Unity, Progress and Prosperity both home and abroad. We read and dissect, both the original letter and the new and largely unheard of New Willie Lynch Letter, to find answers to how we can solve our own problems within our community and countries of origin. Even though the Letter has been called a hoax, there is no denying the truth that can be found in it, and it being a possible hoax, has not stopped racist organizations from teaching and carrying out the mission of the letter. A message that needs to be heard and can be applied by all Africanized people, minorities, and peoples of color.

Part two is both the prequel and the sequel to the original workshop. We continue to take a look at the history that slavery and colonialism had and currently has on the lives of Africans, African Americans, Caribbean’s and Latinos, by taking a detailed look at who benefited from slavery. We examine the institutions (countries, governments, families, businesses, etc.) that benefitted and in some cases are still benefitting from slavery.