Winnie Madikizela-Mandela transitioned at the age of 81 on Monday, April 2 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She has been described as ‘flawed’ and ‘complex’ which to many who say she was human. The headline should read, Warrior Queen who believed in the destruction of apartheid has transitioned. Mama Winnie kept the same message all through the struggle. She did not dilute it or accommodate it for those who turned their backs on justice. She sacrificed a lot for so many. Every

“Soy Afro, mi gente, Soy Afro, Afrodescendiente” This song of pride to be an Afro descendant in Venezuela became the song of all who joined them on this journey to uphold the Bolivarian message. Afro descendants from the US, Uruguay, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Haiti, France, St. Vincent’s, Barbados, Colombia and Ecuador participated in a Forum of Afro descendants and Neoliberalism in Latin American and the Caribbean. The purpose of the visit was to see wha

Despite the persistent rain fall on April 4th, a large crowd of Boston workers, students, and community activist lined the streets of Dudley Station holding up posters that read: “We as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values.” As cars and buses drove by they beeped their horns and people raising their clinch fist in the air giving the Black Power salute. One community resident thanked participants in the Community Stand Out for “raising the consciousness of the

Boston Student’s and community activist are organizing a Community Stand Out to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassination, framed under the April 4th Movement. The Boston Coalition for Freedom working in partnership with Encuentro Diaspora Afro are reaching out to on Students, Parents, Workers, Unions, Teachers, Religious/Spiritual leaders, Community Activist, Fraternities and Sororities to participate in the Community Stand Out. The comm