VIBE Without Caution

The caged bird had a song and indeed sang that song. We all heard it; we all will remain impacted by it. 

Maya taught us to live, love, and be brave in our pursuits. Today we celebrate her. We celebrate her powerful words; they will remain with us and generations to come. She will never be forgotten. 

Bring Back Our Girls

When I was ten, I went to a boarding school in Nigeria, my home country. We had scares every now and then but nothing compared to being ambushed by a gang of fully-grown, arm-brandishing men and being carted away, against our will, from civilization to God knows where under the sun. We had really big scares; we dreaded the unknown showing up in our dorms to hurt us. We ‘survived’ mini stampedes at the slightest sounds or thoughts that something or someone—we had by now branded “Demon” or “The man”—had shown up to pry us away from our sleep into the dead of the night. Our fears were justifiable because countess times, there were strings of evidence that unwelcome guest(s) had indeed paid us a visit. Then a local vigilante group was hired to watch over the school premises at night. But never did we imagine that a day would come when worse would be the reality of the little ones who would come after us.

  Harassed, dragged out, shoved into vehicles, surrounded by the types of ammunition one only sees in movies. Barked at, kicked, and perhaps punched and slapped silly for daring to resist. These could easily be the lot of these young girls who asked for nothing more than to go to school to gain a skill for a chance at earning a decent living in life! Who knows? By now every single one of those little girls has been relieved of their underwear and penetrated by these perverts. How shall World Powers not shift into drive mode? What is the protocol involved when faced with the emergency of saving not one but countless, helpless human lives?

  Till date there is no accurate head count of the number of girls who were abducted. There are only sparse, and quite frankly, pathetic, speculations of where they might possibly be. To think the abduction session lasted for hours yet the hooligans were successful. And we are all dumb-founded. Another major point on the score card of misguided so-called terrorists. Another major provocation deserving of an equally dumb-founding response to the terrorists.  

  This is your conscience, the conscience of every single person who knows a young girl, everyone who has come across a kid for whom protection is a fundamental human right. Give your voices until we get to the bottom of this issue. Give your voices, be it on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, blogs, whatever accessible social media platform you can lay your hands on and continue to spread the word that this story will not grow cold and die a stalemate-induced death.   

  I tremble at the thought that I AM one of those girls …but for time and space.

  Chibie O. @TheChibie

Guests were treated to an amazing performance by The Rondel Roberts Band. 

Jossue

Dooshima

Dooshima with Ebenezar

Many thanks to our supportive guests and to the wonderful performers that were a part of this great beginning.

Chibie has joined the line up of performances at Jolly Frost tonight!

Come VIBE with us @ 6:00pm. Details @ www.vibewithuotcaution.com/jollyfrost

If you are in Calgary and you've never seen The Rondel Roberts Band, you are in for a treat. Jolly Frost will be featuring this amazing band at 6:30pm on December 9, 2013 at the Escalus, Macewan Centre, U of Calgary. And for others who can't get enough of them, come and O.D. on The Rondel Roberts band at our event!

www.vibewithoutcaution.com/jollyfrost

The young, vibrant MC will host Jolly Frost at 6:30pm on December 9th at the Escalus, Macewan Centre, U of Calgary.

You guessed right... He will most definitely be dropping the lyrics on demand!

Check out the JOLLY FROST tab on our website for more details.