A NATIONAL CALL OF SUPPORT for CIBI
and OTHER INDEPENDENT AFRIKAN-CENTERED SCHOOLS
National Support and Recognition of Warrior Work
We would like to give recognition to our brother and sister warriors and comrades in arms for insight and inspiration for this National Call in support of funding and volunteering in existing Afrikan-Centered Schools throughout the country. Thanks to our brothers Baba Baye Kemit of The Garvey School / Egun Omode Shule in Trenton, Baba Marcus Kline of the Freedom Home Academy International in Chicago, and Baba Agyei Tyehimba of the Harlem Liberation School in New York. We would also like to recognize Baba Alan Flagg, a longtime supporter of the Marcus Garvey School founded by Dr. Anyim Palmer in Los Angeles. Thanks and recognition is also given to founder of the Uhuru Academy of Fort Worth, Baba Amin Imamu Ojuok. Further, wholehearted support is given by Baba Mwalimu Baruti and Mama Yaa Mawusi Baruti of the Akoben Institute (school) and the Akoben House (publishing company) of Atlanta. Dr. James Jones of the Manhood, Race and Culture: African-American News and Issues supports and promotes our efforts. Warrior work is being done by Kalonji Jama Changa of the For The People Movement in Atlanta. Mama Akosua Sabree of the International Locks Conference and supporter of Afrikan-Centered schools since 1967 lends her warrior woman support. We are joined in support by Stand Up Now Radio hosted by Cynthia A. Johnson from Detroit. Time for an Awakening online Radio show by Brother Reggie Raghu is doing warrior work to promote the national effort. Afrikan-Centered scholar Chike Akua of the Seba Academy in Lithonia, Georgia supports the National Call. The Frederick Douglass Family Initiative (FDFI) and Kenneth Morris, validated descendant of the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass, he supports our efforts. We are also honored to have Wise Intelligent (Timothy Taylor) and Poor Righteous Teachers as supporters. All of these and many others support this NATIONAL CALL.
CIBI and Afrikan-Centered School Movement
The Council of Independent Black Institutions (CIBI) and other independent/sovereign Afrikan-Centered schools that may or may not be CIBI affiliated need your support. These are established and existing culturally relevant schools that have helped lay the basis for today’s Afrikan-Centered education school movement. CIBI was founded in 1972 and grew out of the 1960’s radical era of the Black Power Movement and social unrest against the injustices suffered by our people in this country. In the 1960s and 1970s, Black parents refused to allow their children to be educated in a system that didn't teach to their humanity, historical truth, or social reality. These parents began the CIBI schools often from basements, living rooms, and lawn chairs before acquiring buildings. The Afrikan-Centered education movement has today spread to both public and charter schools, yet CIBI and CIBI affiliated scholars have remained the vanguard of this movement.
The Afrikan-Centered school movement is relevant to our people and relevant to our children today. Afrikan Americans have historically suffered from a crisis of identity, miseducation, and an anti-socialization that leaves our people without the ability to institution-build and develop sovereignty for our own best interest. CIBI and other Afrikan-Centered independent/sovereign schools are extremely important to our present and future as a people.
THE NATIONAL CALL
This is a NATIONAL CALL of support for CIBI and other independent Afrikan-Centered schools. The charter schools and public schools are funded by tax payer money. The challenge of charter schools is a crisis of leadership. That is another conversation. The challenge of public schools is a lack of community pressure on districts. That too is another concern. The challenge of independent schools is a crisis of funding. As a dedicated leader in the Afrikan-Centered school movement who has committed my life and career to culturally relevant education, as an author and blogger, a teacher and administrator, along with many others I am placing this NATIONAL CALL for all who are able and willing to donate money to these existing schools which desperately need your financial and volunteer support. If you can give money, give it. If you can’t donate money, then give time by volunteering in these existing schools. We are requesting that this call of support is sent out through the Black media, social media, email, and all other means.
Further, we are making a NATIONAL CALL to the community to not donate to any non-existing schools or people who claim to have “ideas” about building non-existent schools that you have not fully investigated the development/organizational plans, viewed itemized accounts of money raised and spent, and vetted the credentials and reputation of those raising the money. If you have done so and trust where your money is going, then donate. Otherwise, seek a return on your money and send it to an existing school or cease donations. As an Afrikan-Centered scholar and leader who has stood up and protected the integrity of the movement, along with others I declare that anyone raising money for non-existent schools that go to personal expenditure is suspect and fraudulent before our community. If you wish for your money to make a difference in the Afrikan-Centered school movement, donate to an existing school, visit the school, volunteer, and provide your support.
I am an administrator of an Afrikan-Centered charter school, which means that my school is publicly funded. I am NOT requesting donations for myself or my existing school. The Council of Independent Black Institutions, on the other hand, are not publicly funded. We are making this NATIONAL CALL of support for CIBI and other independent schools. Further, I am publicly giving these sovereign schools permission to print and/or use any of my materials for students and staff at no cost. I extend the offer to provide lessons to students, lectures/presentations, professional development to staff, and/or organizational development based on years of experience to these schools at no cost whatsoever as part of my contribution. I only ask to be made aware of use of my works.
THESE EXISTING SCHOOLS NEED YOUR DONATIONS AND SUPPORT!!!
PLEASE CONTACT THESE SCHOOLS AND MAKE DONATIONS!!!
AFRIKAN-CENTERED SCHOLARS AND LEADERS DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT YOU DONATE TO UN-VETTED NON-EXISTENT SCHOOLS!!!
This is only a partial list. Please seek out other Afrikan-Centered schools and donate time and money. Commit to a regular scheduled donating timeline such as weekly, monthly, every other month, etc. Also, please form donation collectives with friends and/or family if possible. These are existing schools that have sent culturally educated Black children to universities around the country for decades.
Community Youth Achievers c/o Sankofa Spirit
570 Piedmont Ave, NE 54894
Atlanta, GA 30308
(678) 699-3357
theresac@sankofaspirit.com
Founder: Nana Hannibal Afrik
Ujamaa School
1554 8th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 232-2997
ujamaaschool1@verizon.net
Contact: Mzee El Senzengakulu Zulu
Founded in 1968 by Dr. Zulu
Founded in 1968 by Dr. Zulu
NationHouse Watoto Shule / Sankofa Fie
(202) 291-5600
Contact: Mzee Kwame Agyei Akoto
www.nationhouse.org
Founded in 1974
Founded in 1974
New Afrika Villiage/Hofi Ni Kwenu Academy/
Frederick Douglass Institute
P.O. Box 21400
St. Louis, MO 63115
(314) 382-0720
cibiwebinfo@gmail.com
Contact: Mzee Sanyika Anwisye
New World Learning Center / Organization for Black Unity
646 Holmgreen Road
San Antonio, TX 78220-3414
(210) 333-0118
obu@satx.rr.com
Contact: Mzee James Johnson
The Garvey School / Egun Omode Shule
102 Taylor Street
Trenton, NJ 08638
(609) 792-9038
Thegarveyschool@gmail.com
Contact: Baba Baye Kemit
The Ijoba Shule
6026 Drexel Road
Philadelphia, PA 19131
(215) 747-5737
info@ijobashule.org
Contact: Iya Omowun
Shule Mandela Academy/Collard Greens Cultural Festival
206 Fayetteville Road
Decatur, GA 30030
(650)766-5663
ankoanda_nobantu@yahoo.com
Contact: Mzee Nobantu Ankoanda
Imhotep Science Academy c/o NDCAD
655 Fairview Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55104
(651) 209-3355
(763) 560-0760
ImhotepSci@msn.com
Contact: Baba Anura Si-Asar
Abibitumi Kasa Afrikan Language Institute
Box AT 918
Achimota, Accra, Ghana
232 240 872 928
info@abibitumikasa.com
Contact: Baba Obadele Ka
Nsoromma School
P. O. Box 311606
Atlanta, GA 31131-1606
(404) 755-4994
nsoromma@mindspring.com.
Contact: Mama Esi Mad
Pearl Academy Math and Science Institute
1722 Harbin Road, SW
Atlanta, GA 30311-3740
(404) 344-2777
info@pearlacademy.org
Contact: Mama Virgestine S
There are other existing schools and educational locations not listed above that are independent, Afrikan-Centered, and need your support such as the following:
Roots Activity Learning Center
622 North Capital Street, NW
Washington, DC 20011
Office: (202) 882-5155
http://www.rootsactivitylc.org/contactus.html
Founded in 1977 by Dr. Bernida Thompson
Marcus Garvey School
5760 6th Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90043
http://mgsla.org/
Founded in 1975 by Dr. Anyim Palmer
Uhuru Academy
http://uhuruacademy.weebly.com/
CEO and Founder is Amin Imamu Ojuok in Fort Worth, Texas
Umoja Temple's Fahodi Shule
http://umojatemple.wix.com/umoja-temple
in Richmond
Lotus Academy of Philadelphia
340 E. Haines St.
Philadelphia, PA 19144
(215) 438-7500
http://www.lotusacademy.org/
Founded in 1974 by the Wholelife Institute
Kilombo Academic & Cultural Institute
1879 Columbia Drive
Decatur, GA 30031
(404) 284-0048
http://kilomboschool.com/
Ile Omode School
8924 Holly Street
Oakland, CA 94621
http://www.ileomode.org/
Founded in 1986 by Wo'se Community Church
African Children's Advanced Learning Center
1418 Campbell
Oakland, CA 94607
(510) 923-0164
http://www.acalc.org/
The Kuumba Learning Center
3328 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE
Washington, DC 20032
(973) 563-5971
Seba Academy
4542 Evans Mill Rd.
Lithonia, GA 30038
http://www.sebaacademyschool.com/
Akoben Institute
PO Box 10786
Atlanta, GA 30310
http://stolenafrikan.com/akoben-institute/
Founded by the Mwalimu Baruti and Yaa Mawusi Baruti
Harlem Liberation School
2031 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd
New York, New York 10027
Founded by Baba Agyei Tyehimba
https://www.smore.com/r5t4b-harlem-liberation-school
and many, many more. And they all need your financial support and/or volunteering time.
Organizations which support the NATIONAL CALL to donate finance and time to independent Afrikan-Centered schools:
Council of Independent Black Institutions (CIBI)
Universal Negro Improvement Association-African Communities League (UNIA-ACL)
Frederick Douglass Family Initiative (FDFI) led by Kenneth Morris Jr.
Poor Righteous Teachers (Wise Intelligent)
For The People Movement (FTP Movement) led by Kalonji Jama Changa
Temple of Ma'at and Afrikan Spirituality
Harlem Liberation School led by Agyei Tyehimba
International Locks Conference of Mama Akosua Ali Sabree
Avenging the Ancestors Coalition (ATAC) of Attorney Michael Coard
Akoben House and Akoben Institute of Mwalimu and Yaa Baruti
Manhood, Race and Culture: African American News and Issues
Stand Up Now Radio Show out of Detroit hosted by Cynthia A. Johnson
Harambeeradio.com
Time For an Awakening online Radio Show hosted by Bro. Elliot and Bro. Reggie
Sample Works by Mukasa Afrika Ma’at
Afrikan-Centered Education Cultural Infusion Modules
Our Revolutionary Heritage
Classical Afrikan Literature
Afrikan Science and Technology
The Intergenerational Afrikan Worldview
Afrikan Kemetic Mathematics
Diamonds, Oil, Race, Religion, and Afrikan Wars
War and Genocide of Millions Ignored (1993-2004)
Mukasa Afrika Ma'at holds a Bachelor of Arts in Black Studies from CSU. He earned a Master of Science in Education Administration from GMU and a Master of Arts in Inner-City Studies Educational Leadership from NEIU. He is an historian, author, blogger, and poet. He has done critical essays on Black Leadership, politics, and culture along with extensive research and essays on Afrikan-Centered education. Mukasa Ma’at is a Black Belt martial arts instructor who developed and founded Ma’at-Sumu, a full mixed-martial arts combat system. He is also an education administrator of an Afrikan-Centered charter school in Philadelphia and has supported Afrikan-Centered schools and CIBI his entire career. He is an education advocate for poor children and blogs on funding equity and access. He is presently working on his doctoral studies in education at GMU with his dissertation on rites of passage.
Images from Afrikan-Centered Schools from around the country...
CIBI children on the drums
Ujamaa School in DC
Nation House in DC
The Marcus Garvey School in Trenton
Marcus Garvey School and High School in LA
Ile Omode Kindergarten Graduation in Oakland
Lotus Academy in Philly
Nommo Campus in Chicago
Seba Academy in Lithonia, GA
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Harlem Liberation School in NYC
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Harlem Liberation School in NYC
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