the HERU Organization.

"The African American community  has to get beyond this belief that just because someone from our community attains fame or wealth, that they’re somehow intellectually superior, a role model and someone to be admired." -author

#MediaLiteracy #CulturalLiteracy

#FashionLiteracy #CulturalLiteracy

....Soooo, 'black folks in armed forces [ex]' are just going rogue on the "gub'ment" these days -really?  ....like 3 or 4 this year type 'ish? ...and now even a black woman ...like, that's the narrative- reeeeeally?  ....Like, we know cats done taaaaalked about it in barbershops for EONS lol ...but like reeeaallly?

The Color Run™, and other similar ideas like Run or Dye™, is a great and fun way to run with your friends, come together as a community, get showered in colored powder, and not have to deal with all that annoying culture that would come if you went to a Holi celebration.

NEW MUSIC from the young G Dr. Wood Zombie featuring the incomparable BRYCE. #5eHERUBiz produced by AEeTech Edutainment for Detroit Recordings Company. June 21, 2013

I am so happy I don’t have to watch the news on TV everyday to know if something exciting is going on in the world. You see – I am a firm believer in if there is something I need & Continued

911 PSA (by HERU Organization) #NoEFM #21stCenturyDetroit

a poignant (and funny) PSA, capturing an interaction between 'the state appointed emergency manager' and Detroit. #DetroitisWealthy

Here is a hard hitting dose of perspective of what unsustainable demand looks like. Warning, you may have a feeling of emptiness inside after watching. Matt Agorist, REALfarmacy.com

North Carolina Pastor Fired For Attending Rick Ross Concert

14 Ways to Cleanse the body from Chemtrails GMO's Flouridated Water and other Environmental Toxins

Actor Wendell Pierce is giving back to his hometown of New Orleans  in a major way. Pierce launched a chain of grocery and convenience stores named Sterling Farms in the food deserts of his hometown. The stores are already proving themselves to be one of supreme customer service, as customers are given a free ride home if they spend more than $50! "The most important thing to me is creating a relationship with the community; creating an economic engine as an opportunity for them just to have access to a decent grocery store," Pierce says. Pierce may have taken advantage of a benefit offered by city officials. In an attempt to increase access to fresh, high quality food city officials created a program called Fresh Food Retailer Initiative, which includes a low-interest loan program for supermarkets, grocery stores, and other fresh food retailers and the use of federal economic development block grants. "One, it improves the health of our citizens. Two, it [...]

Here’s The Story Of The Twitter Hero Who Single-Handedly Killed Zimmerman Juror B37′s Book Deal A lot has been made about the controversial Zimmerman Trial Juror B37. First she appeared on Anderson Cooper and made comments expressing sympathy and support for Zimmerman. But she really sparked an outrage by announcing — fewer than 48 hours after George Zimmerman was declared Not Guilty — that she’d signed a book deal. Well, one passionate person on Twitter who goes by @MoreandAgain took things into her own hands.

REVIEW | With “Magna Carta . . . Holy Grail,” the rap star goes completely and insidiously corporate.

NEW MUSIC from the young G Dr. Wood Zombie featuring the incomparable BRYCE. Representing #5eHERUBiz #21stCenturyHipHop produced by AEeTech Edutainment for Detroit Recordings Company. June 21, 2013