–>This week; Saturday March 15 @ 5pm – Nubian Village Academy 2022 Sledd Street RVA

35 years after Nixon started the war on drugs, we have over one million non-violent drug offenders living behind bars.

The War on Drugs has become the longest and most costly war in American history, the question has become, how much more can the country endure? Inspired by the death of four family members from “legal drugs” Texas filmmaker Kevin Booth sets out to discover why the Drug War has become such a big failure. Three and a half years in the making, the film follows gang members, former DEA agents, CIA officers, narcotics officers, judges, politicians, prisoners and celebrities. Most notably the film befriends Freeway Ricky Ross; the man many accuse for starting the Crack epidemic, who after being arrested discovered that his cocaine source had been working for the CIA.

AMERICAN DRUG WAR shows how money, power and greed have corrupted not just drug pushers and dope fiends, but an entire government. More importantly, it shows what can be done about it. This is not some ‘pro-drug’ stoner film, but a collection of expert testimonials from the ground troops on the front lines of the drug war, the ones who are fighting it and the ones who are living it.

After 4 years of production including several sold out test screenings in New York, Austin & Los Angeles, the final version of American Drug War “the last white hope” is locked and loaded.

120 Minutes on DVD

—— Next Week Saturday, March 21st @ Black! Empowerment Sessions

HOW TO FIGHT WHITE SUPREMACY WHEN THE PRESIDENT IS BLACK

Lecture by Ewuare X. Osayande

Now that Barack Obama has been elected President of the United States, many are proclaiming that racism is no longer a reality or problem. In this presentation, award-winning author and political activist Ewuare X. Osayande lays out a critical analysis of the system of white supremacy, detailing how it remains real and how it must be resisted for our people’s survival and development.

Topics addressed include:
-The Racism of the Republican and Democratic Parties
-How and Why Obama Actually Won
-The Police Murder of Oscar Grant
-Capitalism and the Legacy of Slavery
-Reparations and the Economic Bail-Out
-Pan-Africanism in the 21st Century

Ewuare X. Osayande is co-founder and director of POWER (People Organized Working to Eradicate Racism) and the author of more than fifteen books including Black Anti-Ballistic Missives: Resisting War/Resisting Racism.

As the economic crisis looms we have to look at the model that the past has provided. Marcus Garvey during the early 1900 promoted buying black and supporting black business, during the segregation era the black business districts termed Black Wall Streets provided employment, commerce and economic fortitude for the black community.

People are unemployed in large amounts, and if we think that racial discrimination was a problem before, we must be ready to deal with it’s impact now as millions of people are without jobs today. Education and class factors also must be taken into consideration, i.e. no education no real job, and the need to start a business to make ends meet being pivotal for many in our community.

In order to be forward proactive Happily Natural has set up a black business directory on it’s website. Please register your business or a business that you know that is black owned so that we may support our own businesses and circulate the black dollar in our community. If it was ever important that we did this; now is the time to make it work.

Black Business Directory

Register Your Business:
http://happilynaturalday.com/blog/index.php/join-the-black-business-directory/

View The Directory!!
http://happilynaturalday.com/blog/index.php/black-business-directory/
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LIVE YOUR PURPOSE CONFERENCE 2009
March 20th and 21st
Studio Plex Lofts
659 Auburn Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30312

FEATURING
Sobonfu Some ~ Grief Ritual ~ Go Beyond Your Limits
L’dia Men-Na’a ~ Live In Total Peace
Talibah Ndidi ~ Ignite Your Inner Powers
Itihari Toure ~ Living Your Spiritual Purpose

For Further information call 404-840-9957
Tickets available www.ticketannex.com

Camp Diva will host its annual “Date with Dad Dance” Sunday, March 15, 2009, 5 p.m. at ArtWorks, located at 320 Hull Street, Richmond, Virginia, 23224.

This dance gives girls all over the Richmond Metro area an opportunity to dress up and participate in a fun night on the town with their dads. During the event, there’ll be music, food, and games all centered on cultivating healthy relationships between girls and their fathers. Last year’s games included ‘How Well Do You Know Your Daughter/Father Pop Quiz,’ ‘Who Can Tie Their Dad’s Tie The Fastest?’ and an ‘Old School/New School Dance Off.’ Our goal is for the girls and their fathers to leave smiling, with memories for a lifetime, as well as with a conversation that will continue beyond the event, strengthening their relationship.

The cost of the event is $20 per couple in advance and $10 for each additional daughter.

Tickets at the door will be $25 for a couple and $12 for each additional daughter.

For more information contact Angela Walker at (804) 852 4385 or spatravelers@yahoo.com

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Film Screening: 400 Years Without a Comb: Sat. @ Nubian Village Academy

A documentary/drama in African American history and tradition as told through various combs. Beauty is a big part of Africa and its people around the globe. The advent of slavery and the lack of combs and the ability to groom caused a social, individual, health, and spiritual death for the slaves giving rise to inferiority attitudes regarding hair, skin, nose and lips still present in African-Americans of today. In this film the emphasis is on the hairdressing of African-American women as a manifestation of this “inferior seed”. Based on a book of the same title by Willie L. Morrow, published in 1973. 60 min.

Join Us For Film and Discussion Afterwords – Learn Why We do Happily Natural Day and how you can get involved!!

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If You can’t make this event please show your support by spreading it thru your e-mail lists, blogs, myspace and whatever other social networks you may have or are aware of…..FREE IMAM JAMIL & ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS

Time: March 13, 2009 from 3pm to 5pm Location: WEST END PARK (MALCOLM X PARK) Organized By: INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT IMAM JAMIL & FTP MOVEMENT Event Description: FREE RAP!!! 9 Year Anniversary Rally & Demonstration For Imam Jamil Al-Amin (Formerly H. Rap Brown) FRIDAY MARCH 13TH IMPORTANT!!! SAVE THE DATE AND HELP SPREAD THE WORD!!!! During the 1960’s, Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin (then known as H. Rap Brown) rose to popularity as one of “the most articulate and outspoken critics of the Jim Crow South”. Former Chairman of SNCC (Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee) and Minister of Justice for the Black Panther Party, Imam Jamil Al-Amin has become one of the many victims of the continuation of the FBI’s Cointelpro. On March 16th 2000, Imam Jamil was accused and framed in the murder of an Atlanta Fulton County Sheriff’s Deputy and the wounding of another. Although no scientific or physical evidence linked Imam Jamil to the scene, he was sentenced to 135 years. On August 1, 2007. Imam Jamil Al-Amin was transferred to the MAXIMUM SECURITY FEDERAL PRISON at FLORENCE, COLORADO known as the SUPER MAX. Recently Imam Jamil was moved to what is known in prison as “the hole”. He was strip searched and placed in a cell with no bed, no control over the lights and no shower. They have taken his Qur’an and all of his other personal property. This is Unacceptable. Come out and show your support for this Historical Human Rights Advocate. FRIDAY MARCH 13Th @ 3pm WEST END PARK (Lawton & Oak Streets) -ATLANTA GEORGIA!!! IMPORTANT!!! SAVE THE DATE AND HELP SPREAD THE WORD!!!! Also, please take some time contact the warden, and to get the word out to all of your contacts. We all need to write, call, fax or email Ron Wiley Warden ADX to inquire as to why Jamil Al-Amin has been placed in the hole. No information has been given as to why this transfer was made, but nothing could justify this inhumane treatment. In the past when action has been taken by the public on Jamil Al-Amin’s behalf, changes have been made that benefited him. Please remember to keep your correspondence brief and to the point, and avoid threats, rambling etc. We want positive changes to be made. Please reply to this email if you have any questions. The address is: Warden Ron Wiley USP Florence ADMAX U.S. Penitentiary PO Box 8500 Florence, CO 81226 Phone: 719-784-9100 Fax: 719-784-9504 email: FLM/EXECASSISTANT@BOP.GOV Imam Jamil’s Inmate number is 99974-555 www.myspace.com/freetheimam freetheimam@yahoo.com

Vending @ Happily Natural Day

Per Day: $150 Product Vendor | $300 Food Vendor
RVA Email: vendors@happilynaturalday.com Richmond VA
ATL Email: blackaugustweekend@gmail.com

Two Celebrations: Mid-Atlantic & South

Atlanta GA August 14-16 2009 | Black August 30th Anniversary Weekend
Richmond VA August 28-29 2009 | The 7th Annual Happily Natural Day

Happily Natural Day is an African Heritage festival committed to
cultural awareness, holistic health and social change. Happily Natural
promotes the natural beauty of African people. Our festival features
workshops, lectures, music and merchants with one of a kind products
from around the globe. Our mission is to raise consciousness in the
African community.

Download Application: http://happilynaturalday.com/vendor.pdf