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  • Unjust Indigestion

    Unjust Indigestion

    Her death could have been avoided
    If someone had listened to her cries
    Someone left their trainers on the porch
    Then muddied the house mat

    They called their names in villages
    And marches around the world
    But the circus revolves
    And the clowns keep prancing

    The videos of despair continue
    But weariness has sluggishly settled in
    While pessimism weaves pathways
    Behind the invasion of frolicking trolls

    The choices are paltry
    But the steps need taking
    For when the mockingbird sings
    Scavenger crows return home to rest

    For when need is stronger than desire
    And torment incites lingering disgust
    Then the time for fall sowing
    Comes before the spring reaping

    While the chants are still being sung
    With self-righteous fervor
    Yet, the rhythm must be woven anew
    To still the tide of pending disaster

    Camille Elaine Thomas
    September 20, 2020

    Posted by Cuthbert Telesford
    September 19, 2020


  • In the Fall of Corona

    In the Fall of Corona

    If you have three apples
    And I have none
    Wouldn’t it be fair
    To give me one?

    If you have a house
    And mine is gone
    Would you sit and ponder
    Where the fire came from?

    If my husband was killed
    And yours still lives
    Is there some support
    That you could give?

    If my land was in war
    And I had to run away
    Would you give me space
    a safe place to stay?

    If my child lies crying
    face down on the ground
    four police on his neck
    no justice to be found

    Well, what should I do?
    What if we changed places
    And you were me
    And I was you?

    Camille Elaine Thomas
    September 15, 2020

    Posted by Cuthbert Telesford
    September 19, 2020


  • American Voters in Africa

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    Join our Caucuses. DA sponsors caucus groups, which exist to engage members with a particular area of interest in campaigns, initiatives, and advocacy projects.
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    Spread the word about voting from abroad. Explore ideas to help get out the vote.

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    Posted by Angela Fobbs
    August 17, 2020

    Global Women's Caucus Steering Team; Germany DPCA Voting Rep; Germany Advertising Coordinator; Wiesbaden-Mainz Region Chapter Chair


  • Member Stories: Howard Hemsley

     

    I came home from work and instead of the usual puddle of piss in my doorway, there was a dead rat. It was the size of a cat and laid in state on a white paper plate; a message from the dealers, steerers, and lookouts who sat on stoops and lounged in tenement doorways on First Street; a drug supermarket where cars with Jersey plates and dudes in ragged sneakers came to cop. It was the eighties.

    There were drugs on the block when I moved there five years before after serving every day of a three-year sentence at Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary for the minor crime of passing bad checks and the major crime of being a smart-ass New York ni****r. Drugs on the block did not matter. What mattered was my ground floor loft, a former hippie belt factory more than twice the size of the railroad apartments upstairs. The rent was two-fifty a month and there was no heat, electricity, or plumbing when I moved in. A broken toilet in the middle of the floor was all that remained. With my overtime, I could make it a dream apartment. My arrogance had gotten me a job at a bigtime Wall Street law firm, where I worked sixty, seventy, sometimes eighty hours a week on deals worth billions. Every day I locked horns with biggety Harvard and Yale lawyers who decided I was a revolutionary.

    After five years I knew my neighbors well enough to nod hello. My front door opened to the sidewalk and I did not have to enter the building with the weekend one-night stands from gay bars in the West Village.

    Posted by Angela Fobbs
    August 10, 2020

    Global Women's Caucus Steering Team; Germany DPCA Voting Rep; Germany Advertising Coordinator; Wiesbaden-Mainz Region Chapter Chair


  • Knock on Wood

    Knock on Wood

    Posted by Angela Fobbs
    July 20, 2020

    Global Women's Caucus Steering Team; Germany DPCA Voting Rep; Germany Advertising Coordinator; Wiesbaden-Mainz Region Chapter Chair


  • Join the GBC Team

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    Join the Democrats Abroad Global Black Caucus (GBC) Get Out The Vote (GOTV) Team - Helping to Achieve High Record-Breaking Voter Turnout in the US 2020 Elections.

    Our goal is to reach every African American living outside of the US and Allies who are not current members of Democrats Abroad. We will help them register to vote and request their absentee ballots via votefromabroad.org and encourage them to return their ballots for the November 2020 elections.

    We will encourage them to become active members of Democrats Abroad.

    We will encourage them to perform GOTV efforts within their communities, networks, and alliances in the US.

    Use the script before to help you make a short video.

    Posted by Angela Fobbs
    July 03, 2020

    Global Women's Caucus Steering Team; Germany DPCA Voting Rep; Germany Advertising Coordinator; Wiesbaden-Mainz Region Chapter Chair


  • Make a GBC Video

    Right now Democrats Abroad- Global Black Caucus is ramping up our voter registration and get out the vote efforts as we get closer to November. We want to make sure that every African American and ally living abroad has the opportunity to vote, and we need your help!

    We are asking Americans living abroad to sign up to help us make GOTV videos to share on our social media channels. We also need people who would love to have conversations with us on Facebook Live about voting as an American living overseas.  If you are interested, please sign-up here and we will send you further instructions: https://forms.gle/Cxvz2sntmeva36A29

    Posted by Angela Fobbs
    July 03, 2020

    Global Women's Caucus Steering Team; Germany DPCA Voting Rep; Germany Advertising Coordinator; Wiesbaden-Mainz Region Chapter Chair


  • NAACP scholarships Are Now Open

    The following NAACP scholarships are now open:

    1-   The Agnes Jones Jackson Scholarship

    • Applicant must be a current member of the NAACP
    • Scholarship amount: twenty (20) to forty (40) scholarships available. Maximum scholarship amount is $2,000.00.

    2-   The Hubertus W.V. Willems Scholarship for male students

    • Applicant must be a male majoring in one of the following fields: Engineering, Chemistry, Physics or Mathematical Sciences.
    • NAACP membership and participation are highly desirable.
    • Scholarship amount: twenty (20) to forty (40) Scholarships available.
    • Maximum scholarship award is $3,000.00.

    3-   The James Weldon Johnson Scholarship of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity

    • Applicant must compose a 500-750 word essay that addresses how the life and legacy of James Weldon Johnson has impacted them, OR
    • Compose a 500 – 750-word analysis of “Lift Every Voice and Sing”,
    • Scholarship amount: seven (7) scholarships worth $3,000 each, available annually.
    • One (1) recipient per NAACP region

    Posted by Angela Fobbs
    June 25, 2020

    Global Women's Caucus Steering Team; Germany DPCA Voting Rep; Germany Advertising Coordinator; Wiesbaden-Mainz Region Chapter Chair


  • Feeling Vulnerable Amidst the Chaos

     

    This poem was written for Juneteenth 2020

    Posted by Angela Fobbs
    June 16, 2020

    Global Women's Caucus Steering Team; Germany DPCA Voting Rep; Germany Advertising Coordinator; Wiesbaden-Mainz Region Chapter Chair


  • BLACK LIVES MATTER

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    Treyvon Martin

    Aiyana Jones

    Freddie Gray

    Natasha McKenna

    Sam Dubose

    Philando Castile

    Terence Crutcher

    India Kager

    Alton Sterling

    Jeremy McDole

    Steven Taylor

    Walter Scott

    Tamir Rice

    Akai Gurley

    Michael Brown

    Eric Garner

    Sandra Bland

    Jordan Edwards

    Botham Jean

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Ahmaud Arbery

    2.23 miles. Out for a run

    Some Georgia boys filled him with bullets

    But we don’t learn til two months later bout

    This ex-cop vigilante and his son

     

    Breonna Taylor

    An EMT. Sleep in her bed

    Police rained down a storm of bullets

    But no cops have been indicted

    They arrested her watchful boyfriend, instead

     

    George Floyd

    A man of character and stature

    Who stood for something,

    Killed on a curb with kneecaps in his neck

    The camel’s back was fractured

     

    Land of the free

    Built on murder, theft, and rape

    Maybe collectively woke up

    Said “Now I see it!”

    Revolution’s taking shape.

     

    Near and far, the world was sick

    But felt the fracture

    They ascended like a rapture

    Stepped in unison

    Proclaiming BLACK LIVES MATTER!

     

            Equality don’t come on silver platters

            The world won’t sleep again til Black Lives Matter

    Posted by Angela Fobbs
    June 03, 2020

    Global Women's Caucus Steering Team; Germany DPCA Voting Rep; Germany Advertising Coordinator; Wiesbaden-Mainz Region Chapter Chair


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