Editor's Note:

"As events unfold before your very eyes,
the following information becomes more relevant than ever!"

When people don't vote,
too many "turkeys" can play "chicken" with other people's lives.

Don't let them scramble your eggs!

PLEASE DON'T

VOTE

WITH YOUR

BEHIND!

People around the world have risked their lives in struggles for Human Rights, social justice, peace and respect.

Many of them have studied and followed examples from the Human Rights and peace movements in the United States during the fifties, sixties and seventies, as well as the work of such internationally renowned luminaries as Mohandas Ghandi, Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu.

Meanwhile “back in the States,” far too many people in the United States have “voted with their behinds” by staying home or wherever the force of gravity deposited them on Election Day and NOT voting.

Contrast that with the massive (more than 90%) eligible voter turnouts for the first free elections in such nations as South Africa and Cambodia and you may begin to understand some of this writer's sentiments.

A look at the state of affairs throughout the nation and world should give an intelligent observer a good idea of the consequences of such failure to fulfill the responsibilities of intelligent citizenship in a democracy.

Don't Be Bamboozled !

You stay home
You don't vote
And let them hijack the country.
After that snatching a few airplanes
And making you unemployed and homeless is no big deal.

As they take the country "back"
Don't worry about having to go again to the back of the bus.
The way things are going there won't even be a bus!

In half a century we have gone from a "War on Poverty"
to a war on the poor.

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If you think your VOTE doesn't count -
If you don't vote YOU won't count!

Elected and other public officials work for YOU - the public.

It's up to you to hold them accountable
and to hire and fire them as appropriate.

If you do not vote
expect nothing but grief.
Don't complain
when you get it!

- The Manhattan Tan-Hat-Man

"Don't wait for 'Superman' -
The Answer is in YOUR hands!"

Register to Vote: The NAACP, powered by CREDO Mobile

After more than 40 years . . .

isn't it about time to

come out of the wilderness?
(And off of the plantation.)

It's been a long time coming . . .
"Our destiny will not be written for us but by us!"
- Barack Obama
(Yes, we have those
complete transcripts too!)
1/3/2008 (Iowa)
1/20/2008 (Altlanta,GA)
1/26/2008 (South Carolina)

Those people who do not vote (and hold the elected officials

accountable), unless it is for reasons of religious conscientious

convictions, are in our opinion very foolish.

Maybe they should try not eating, not drinking and not breathing and see

how much good that does them.

In this 48th anniversary year of "Mississippi Freedom Summer" it is

very tragic to see how soon and how much some people forget.

No wonder Bill Cosby is so concerned and angry - (We have a

transcript of his original speech at the Brown - Topeka anniversary).

We share most of his sentiments.

TIME . . .
TO EMBRACE
OUR GREATNESS

“It is in your Hands.”

“It's in our hands.”

“WE HAVEN'T FINISHED YET!”

“I will not miss my opportunity to be who God shaped me to be.

This has to be the moment and the time that we begin to embrace our greatness.”

-- Rev. Michael A. Walrond Jr., Senior Pastor,

First Corinthian Baptist Church

New York, NY

at
National Action Network
House of Justice
December 17, 2011

Support the movement for Human Rights, World Peace and Social Justice

including

Amnesty International

Amnesty International

NAACP

NAACP

National Action Network

National Action Network

National Urban League

National Urban League

The Nelson Mandela Foundation

The Nelson Mandela Foundation

Parents Circle - Families Forum

Parents Circle - Families Forum

Southern Poverty Law Center

Southern Poverty Law Center

and

organizations in your own local community

For Information
Please Contact
www.naacp.org

Keep up with New Developments

Search "Google News"

Please borrow, buy or rent the following movies:

"Ghosts of Mississippi", "Murder in Mississippi","The Vernon Johns Story","The Long Walk Home", "At the River I Stand", "Malcolm X: Make It Plain" and "Get On the Bus."

View them all before Election Day.

Then let your conscience be your guide!

The Internet Movie Database

(Visited by more than 50 million movie lovers each month!)

Ghosts of Mississippi
Ghosts of Mississippi

Murder in Mississippi
Murder in Mississippi

The Vernon Johns Story
The Vernon Johns Story

The Long Walk Home
The Long Walk Home

Malcolm X: Make It Plain
Malcolm X: Make It Plain

At the River I Stand
At the River I Stand

Get On the Bus
Get On the Bus

“The Freedom Movement”
Continues!

Freedom fighters were murdered to secure voting rights

Register and Vote!
Much unfinished business remains.

FREEDOM IS NOT FREE!

Democracy is HARD Work!

The way to safeguard our Human and Civil Rights and Liberties
is to fulfill our Responsibilities as Citizens.

Perhaps Michael Jackson said it best after all:

Start with
“The Man [or Woman] in the Mirror!”

America's
TAHRIR
Challenge & Opportunity!

What Is iCivics?

iCivics (formerly Our Courts) is a web-based education project designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active participants in our democracy.

iCivics is the vision of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who is concerned that students are not getting the information and tools they need for civic participation, and that civics teachers need better materials and support.

Please Read More at:
http://www.icivics.org/

Welcome Teachers

Check out all our teacher content, arranged by curriculum units.

Please Read More at:
http://www.icivics.org/teachers

A MESSAGE OF SUPPORT

Dear Justice O'Connor:

Thank you for your urgently needed educational work encouraging responsible citizenship.

Recently I heard your enlightening presentation on Bloomberg radio in New York City.

After visiting your informative Web site, we have added links to it from some of the education and community service pages on our site.

We shall do our best to share the helpful information with as many people as possible and are very grateful for the efforts of you and your colleagues.

Sincerely,

Stan Daniels,
Editor,
Urban Cartographer Online

7/7/2011

A Guide to Effective Citizenship Through AmeriCorps

http://www.crf-usa.org/civic-engagement/civic-engagement-curriculum.html

Civic Engagement Training & Technical Assistance Curriculum

A Guide to Effective Citizenship Through AmeriCorps was developed under a cooperative agreement with the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and meets their recommendation that programs incorporate citizenship training into their member development plans.

Mississippi Freedom Summer

"Don't come to Mississippi this summer to save the Mississippi Negro,"
SNCC organizer Bob Moses instructed the volunteers who attended the Summer Project's training sessions in June 1964.
"Only come if you understand, really understand, that his freedom and yours are one."

Be sure to read the Testimony of

Fannie Lou Hamer

Before the Credentials Committee,
1964 Democratic National Convention,
Atlantic City, NJ

Fannie Lou Hamer Testimony

SOME MISSING KEYS
TO VOTER EMPOWERMENT

In the 1960's, long before the Internet, cell phones and the widespread availability of fax machines, an amazing educational transformation took place in the United States.

The "Freedom Schools" empowered many people to open doors previously closed solidly in their faces.

In the years since, there has often been much emphasis on voter registration without accompanying voter education in many localities. The results have often been less than satisfactory.

If we review the lessons of the "Freedom Schools" we can apply the relevant elements to our 21st Century circumstances. We certainly have many more technological tools and resources available today.

(Are there any "rappers" listening?)

You may learn more at the "Freedom School Curriculum Website."

"Freedom School Curriculum"

In the summer of 1964, over forty "Freedom Schools" opened in Mississippi.
These schools were part of Freedom Summer, a project of the Southern Civil Rights Movement, with the goal to empower African Americans in Mississippi to become active citizens and agents of social change.

The curriculum of the summer "Freedom Schools" was a series of documents that, taken together, offer the best example of a progressive, experiential curriculum that emphasized student-centered teaching and learning-by-doing.

We believe this curriculum is of value to anyone interested in alternative education, especially in the context of small school and summer school programs with a focus on citizenship education and social activism. This website offers teachers and students, as well as scholars and interested citizens, a chance to peruse and use any of the original documents created for the "Freedom Schools."

You may learn more at the "Freedom School Curriculum Website."

"Freedom School Curriculum"

URGENT VOTER ALERTS -

Millions Threatened!

New Attacks on the Right to Vote -

Many who registered are finding their names missing from voter rolls this year.
Kennedy & Palast Investigate this scandal.

Prior incarceration also causes severe erosion of voting rights and
Disenfranchised of
Millions of African Americans.