Convention News: April 2012 Report
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After a period of one month,we feel it is an administrative due diligence to forward to you updates. The convention Committee of Africa Heartbeat- Liberia is pleased to inform you that the annual conference is scheduled for November 26-December 2,2012 in Monrovia under the theme Africans Solidarity.All speakers that will be selected is expected to draw a topic from the general theme. The convention is to bring together about three hundred persons from all walks of life…Africa and America.We expect people from sierra lone,ghana, Tanzania and the USA. Meanwhile,the committee has had special arrangement for our international guests to be comfortably lodged in homes of some upstanding Africa Heartbeat honorary member(s). International guests will have to paid the full amount of two hundred and forty cents united states dollars ($200.40USD) as convention fees. This fee will cover:transportation,general food at the convention ground,T-shirt,Identification card,amongst others… There will be high profile media attraction…both print and electronic.
The Annual convention budget is $3,774.00USD. We will later forward to you a copy of the budget explanation.
EVENTS
Day one………Matching through the principle streets of Monrovia with the Liberia matching Band Units.With AHB banners in the air….followed by opening of the convention and refreshment
Day Two……. teaching sections and outreaches at universities and communities
Day Three and four…….Teaching sections,Workshops and outreaches
Day Five and Six………….seminar on Africa Heartbeat vision and leadership Business meeting,election of national and international board chairmen and members
Day Seven……………….. Convocation service
By the way,official invitation will be served by email, defining the role of our international invitees on the occasion after knowing the total Number of USA guests.
Emmanuel Wenyu
Executive Director AHB-Liberia
Emanwin @ May 2, 2012
Clothing Drive: April 28th, Monrovia Liberia
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- Emmanuel & Liberian Members
The HeartBeat of Africa would like to inform the public that we will be hosting our first official event. We will be having our: Let Liberia Smile Again clothing drive. The function is scheduled to begin at 11:30am and will continue until 2:30pm on April 28th, 2012. It will be held at The New Georgia Estate Palava Hot. During the event, we will be distributing clothing to 250 candidates that have previously been selected. However, the public is invited to enjoy some great music and cool drinks. We will also take this opportunity to share with the public about the goals and vision of our organization. We hope that all who are able will attend our clothing drive. And we expect that a wonderful time will be had by all. If you would like more information about the event or how you can contribute, you can email this site at: listen@theheartbeatofafrica.com or you may call the moderator (Emmanuel Wenyu) at: 231880668111.
Emanwin @ April 20, 2012
Press Release: “HOODIE” Rally In The “HOOD”
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On Tuesday, April 10, 2012, the Commission on Religion and Racism (CORR) will hold a
“Justice for Trayvon” demonstration and rally on the four corners of Mississippi and Walker.
The demonstration and information distribution will begin at 2:00pm on the east, west, north,
south corners of Mississippi and Walker; the rally program will begin at 4:00pm. Community
leaders, Elder Levern Garner, Rev. James Tatum, Rev.Joe Green. Dr. Isaac Richmond,
National Director, CORR, will deliver the culminating address, in solidarity with the 40-mile
student-march in Sanford, FL.
For contact: Patrice Lumumba, CORR-Minister of Information
(901) 870-5267 – email: corrnational@gmail.com
Emanwin @ April 9, 2012
“HOODIE” Rally In The Hood
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In Memphis, Tennessee, the Commission on Religion and Racism (CORR) will open a series of “justice for Trayvon demonstrations and rallies that stretch across eight (8) counties in West TN. The first “Hoodie” Rally in the ‘Hood’ will be held on the famous corner of Mississippi Blvd and Walker Avenue, Tuesday, April 10th, beginning at 3:00pm and lasting until 6:00pm. Dr. Isaac Richmond, National Director, CORR, organizer and principal speaker at the rally, has issued a press release on the series of rallies spreading across the state of Tennessee stating:
” We must take that spark from the Trayvon vigilante-murder and ignite a full-scale, long-range, National Movement in uncompromised resistance to the police state-criminal justice-prisons-for-profit system of neo-black slavery and repression being systematically imposed on the Black Community in general and black males in particular, under what can only be described as vigilante-legal-lynch-law. Why? Because there are thousands of Trayvon-type murders and legal-lynching’s of black males that have gone unreported, uninvestigated, covered-up, and unsolved; and for which justice has not been done. Every single case must now be searched out, uncovered and exposed to the world; and every perpetrator brought to justice. This mass “uprising” of black youth in the wake of the Trayvon vigilante-murder in Florida is the continuation and transformation of the seminal “Civil Rights Movement” into the “Human Rights Movement.” And a new generation of black leadership is being born to carry the torch. Schedule of rally series are as follows: Fayette: April 7, courthouse in Somerville, TN; April 9, courthouse, Covington, TN; April 16, courthouse, Brownsville, TN; April 23, courthouse, Ripley, TN; April 30, courthouse, Byersburg, TN; May 7, courthouse, Tiptonville, TN; May 14, courthouse, Bolivar, TN.
Local are being asked to come forward and lead the demonstrations and rallies in their counties by calling: (901) 870-5267 – email:
Joe Green/Terry Saine, CORR West Tennessee District Directors
Emanwin @ April 3, 2012
Late Press Release: Protest Treatment of the Trayvon Martin Case
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On Monday, March 26, 2005, the “VOICE” of the Commission on Religion and Racism (CORR) joins the international outcry for an end to police-vigilante murder of African American males across the nation, as exemplified in the murder of young Trayvon Martin; and will carry out a “solidarity rallying cry” March and Demonstration at the Lorraine Hotel (National Civil Rights Museum) to heighten and intensify the African-American community’s demand that the self-appointed “hate-black-males” vigilante killer Zimmerman be arrested, brought to trial, convicted, and put in prison where he belongs. CORR will circulate an African American Leadership petition calling upon religious and political leaders in Memphis to lend their names, positions, their “cry loud and spare none” PUBLIC VOICES to the call being made for the arrest and prosecution of Trayvon Martin’s racist-murderer.
Dr. Isaac Richmond, National Director, CORR, will address the demonstration and rally between 4-5pm at the Lorraine Hotel, launching the Memphis “Justice for Travon” solidarity movement, in conjunction with the national demonstration-rally movement in Florida and around the nation. Pledging the CORR organization to carrying out an unending series of marches and demonstrations in Memphis, and across the State of Tennessee, against vigilante-police state terror, fear, insults, harassment, brutality, illegal stops/searches/detentions/shake-downs and brazen killings, UNDER which the African American community is forced to live every day of its life in America; and UNTIL Trayvon Martin’s murderer is tried and convicted. Pledging “no justice no peace” until Zimmerman is behind bars.
CORR has declared the “stand-your-ground” law in Florida as nothing more than a “legal loophole” to legitimize any white-supremacy-mentality male’s killing of any black male under any circumstance. CORR wants the law repealed because it is nothing more than a piece of racist-inspired legislation under the legitimate-cloak of “self-defense.” The right of self-defense is universally self-evident and sanctioned by law and custom – so why does Florida need a self-defense rule that allows a killer to become judge and jury, in determining whether he is innocent or guilty of a crime that’s been committed?
For Information Contact: Patrice Lumumbo (901) 870-5267
email: corrnational@gmail.com
Emanwin @ April 3, 2012
Press Release: denial of Democracy by Shelby County Election Commission
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On March 14, 2012, as Chairman of the Emancipation Party, I went to the Shelby County Election Commission (SCEC) to inquire of 2012 election dates and deadlines, and to request an Independent qualifying petition for the 9th Congressional District seat in the November, 2012 election. I was told – after much huddling, calling and whispering by personnel on duty – that I, Isaac Richmond, had been purged from the voters roll. Something of which I was not aware. I then asked to be registered. I was told that I could not officially register until the end of the month of March; and, that I would be unable to secure a qualifying petition for the U. S. Congressional race because “I had not voted in some past elections,” (I cast only one vote in the 2008 election: for Barack Obama), and that I would have to have been registered to vote for one year to be eligible to run for Congress. Whereupon I consulted the U.S. Constitution.
Under Article I Section & Section II, the U. S. Constitution states: “…to be eligible/qualify as a candidate for the House of Representatives one must be twenty-five years of age, been seven years a citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant of the State.” As of March 14, 2012, I met/meet all Constitutional requirements to run for, and hold the office of, the U. S. Congress. Yet the SCEC, through undemocratic, unConstitutional, bureacratic-dictated rules and regulations was again abrogating democracy, and throwing up roadblocks in seeking to deny the name ISAAC RICHMOND, to be put on the ballot in the 2012 elections, in clear violation of the U. S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the democratic process.
This, of course, is the second time election commissions in TN have dictatorily set-up conditions to deny me access to the ballot, and thus deny me the right to run for office. In the past Senate race between Bob Corker and Harold Ford, Jr., TN election commissions denied my name access to the ballot as an Independent candidate, denying me a basic Constitutional Right to participate in Democracy. I was also denied all requests for appeals, hearings, and due process, from local, state, and national election commission bodies, to show Constitutional-evidentiary cause as to why my name was being denied access to the ballot for the U.S. Senate. I consulted the U. S. Constitutional then for eligibility/qualifications to serve as a U. S. Senator. Under Article I & Section III, the U. S. Constitution states that to be eligible to run for, serve in, the U. S. Senate…”one must be thirty years of age, been nine years a citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant of the state.” At that time I met all Constitutional requirements to seek the office of the U. S. Senate, but my name was denied access to the ballot, in clear violation of the U. S. Constitution.
As an American citizen, and therefore entitled to everything I requested from the SCEC on March 14, 2012, and on the grounds of the U. S. Constitution, I, Isaac Richmond, charge the SCEC – and all working in cahoots together – with operating in VIOLATION of the U. S. Constitution, and object to: (a) their arbitrarily purging my name from the voters roll; (b) denying me the right to instantly register to vote; (c)denying me the right to an Independent qualifying petition to enter the 9th District U. S. Congressional race in 2012; (d) denying me due process, the right to appeals and hearings to show evidentiary Constutional cause as to why my name cannot appear on the ballot for U. S. Congress in the 2012 elections.
Further, I object to, and charge the SCEC with obstruction of democratic justice, covering-up the right to vote, seek political office, and limiting the “black vote” by refusing to inform and educate the electorate to arbitrary last-minute rules and regulations designed to shrink and discount the “black vote, ” such as: would-be-voters not knowing where, how, the cost of securing photo IDs, purging selective demographics from the voters roll, and using rigged-computerized voting machines that can be programmed to erase voting records, and register a voter’s choice (as in one may vote for a Democratic candidate and the vote goes to a Republican) of one candidate to another, as occurred in the past several election cycles in Memphis-Shelby County, all to the distinct political disadvantage of African American candidates and voters This is indeed racially-discriminatory warfare against the rise of the “black vote.”
In response to the SCEC stripping me of my citizenship rights mentioned above, I’m calling upon State Attorney General Robert E. Cooper, Jr. to render a decision on: “Isaac Richmond being qualified, or not being qualified, according to the U. S. Constitution, to enter the Ninth District U. S. Congressional race as an Emancipation Party/Independent candidate in 2012.” After which the Emancipation Party will seek a U. S. Supreme Court decision to strike down any, and all, election commission rules, regulations and eligibility-requirements that bar, obstruct, or deny any American citizen the right to run for the U. S. Congress/U. S. Senate, except those stated in the U. S. Constitution. Election Commission rules and regulations DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT, trump the U. S. Constitution! Or American Democracy is dead!
I am at this time also petitioning U. S. Attorney General Eric Holder/U. S. Department of Justice to immediately conduct an investigation into voter fraud in the Shelby County Election Commission, and election commissions in the West Tennessee counties of Fayette, Hardeman, Tipton, Haywood, Lauderdale, Dyer, Lake and Madison, for racial/political party/independent candidate/voter profiling in registering African American voters, purging qualified African American voters from voting rolls, and refusing to qualify eligible African American candidates for certain political offices {A classic example of all the above is the case of outspoken African American councilwoman Brenda Woods of Bolivar, Tennessee. She has been fraudulently persecuted out of office because of bogus election commission charges, prosecuted and convicted in a kangaroo court because she was felt to be an Obama supporter. Her case is on appeal in Hardeman} I’m also calling upon the Justice Department, national/international groups and organizations, NGOs, and other political watchdog organizations to come into Memphis-Shelby County to monitor voter registration, early voting, the hour-by-hour voting process, movement of ballot boxes/voting machines, in all elections in Memphis-Shelby County/State of Tennessee, from now through the November 2012 Presidential Elections, to insure that all African American votes get counted and tracked to the candidates of their choice – and not the choice of rigged voting machines.
From: Dr. Isaac Richmond, Chairman, Emancipation Party, Nat. Dir., Commission on Religion and Racism (CORR)
407 Helton Dr. Clarksville, TN – PO Box 42234, Memphis, TN 38174(901) 870-5267 emal: corrnational@gmail.com
Emanwin @ March 23, 2012
Announcement of HBOA’s Upcoming Conventions
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The Heartbeat of Africa would like to announce its upcoming conventions. In June the Semi-annual conference will take place in the USA. The Annual Conference will be held in Liberia from November 26-December 2, 2012. We are asking everyone to make plans to attend. Everyone who would like to arrange theri stay in advance should contact Emmanuel Wenyu. You can find his contact number on the site. You may also email support at: listen@theheartbeatofafrica.com.
Emanwin @ March 5, 2012
The People of Kerkelahun and Ndambu: By Anthony Tamba
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Anthony Tamba is a volunteer correspondant for HBOA and is a frequent contributor. He went beyond the call of duty to bring us the following story. This simply shows his deep love and concern for the people of Africa.
Before going into the details of this story, I will first love to give thanks to God that created us all for giving me the strength and wisdom to write this story. My thanks also go out to the family of the Heart Beat of Africa for giving me the opportunity to share such a story with my African brothers and sisters around the world.
I initiated the interview by first introducing myself as a volunteer correspondent for The Heartbeat of Africa. Of course, the people knew nothing of the organization. This was not surprising since the people in this community do not have the bare necessities such as safe drinking water, bathrooms, and clinics. So, it is very unlikely that they would have access to things such as the internet.
To ease the difficulties they face, many youth are taking the initiative to help develop their surroundings, as well as Mama Liberia. The pictures below show hard working young men and women from a very remote area called Kerkelahun and Ndambu. The residents in these towns endure many difficulties and would greatly appreciate any offered assistance. One problem that residents encounter is that the area is not easily accessible via motor vehicle. Because of this, many of the residents needs are being neglected.
For this reason, the young men and women decided to abandon their farm works and began the difficult task of building a road so that the governmental organizations could have a way to deliver aide. Before they could start this project, they had a meeting that was represented with each community. Out of the thirty- three people that cited this meeting, ten of them were women and the rest were men. During the meeting, each individual was allowed to share their ideas concerning the development and execution of the project.
In the photo below you can noticed the dangerous state of the road.
During the road rehabilitation exercise for the smooth operation of the two community’s project, two hundreds and ten person from the two different communities were in attendances. Ninety one of the attendees were women, and one hundreds and nineteen were men.
After the meeting, I interviewed the leader of the group and town chief for Ndambu, Mr. John Korehene. Mr. Korehene said that I was the first person to come to their community and show an interest in learning about their hardship and to also share their story with the world at large. Because of this, I was told that I am now considered a part of their community and am welcomed there at any time. On a side note, to show their sincere appreciation for the attention given to their plight, I was given a chicken as a way of thanking me. They were truly appreciative.
Note: The organization that I traveled with provided the community with two gallons of gasoline to further their project by means of reconditioning their damaged bridge. So, you see that even a little can mean an awful lot. Two gallons of gasoline was very beneficial to the people in the communities.
In a short interview, many of them complained of the difficulties they are facing in the various towns. James Jallah, also known as young boy chief, a strong man that is leading the towns’ project stated: “My brother I am very happy to see people like you coming to see our problems and our needs. I am also happy that you are taking photos to show it to your organization telling them that we cannot get anything in our community because we don’t have a road. I will also take you to our time ndambu so that you can also see the suffering we are going through. There you will be very sad for us.”
In the same interview, Patrick Kollie also came in and said, “We the young people this is the time for us to work together and improve our lifestyle.” He further explained, “We all are tired of war.” He commented on an unknown people saying, “The people came and fooled us and give us gun to spoil our country and to kill our mothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers all because our eyes were not open. Now that we know the right from wrong so no one will do such thing again.”
I was very happy to be with them for an hour because it took about three hours to drive from Voinjama where I stay to go and get this information. The young guys were very happy to share information about their communities with me and asked me to go there at any time if I want to get any other information.
The picture above is showing you our beautiful and hard working African women also contributing to help the men. I was very happy on this day to see the young men and women working together to reconnections of their road. These women you are seeing walk about 45 minutes to get these rocks to bring them to the site where the men are working. I actually was given a tough time because these women never wanted me to take any photo of them.
One of the women named Klubo said: “He wants to take our photo so that he can go and make money out of it. So we should not allow him to take our photos. This was at the time the rocks were on their head. But the two men standing before them, tried to explain to them that we had no such intention of selling their pictures. This is how they were convinced to allow me to take their picture.
After the women saw me taking this photo, they told me that they hope this photo that I took will encourage organizations, and as well as the government, to come to their aide. Also during this time I spoke with a girl named Sattah. Sattah stated, “We the women of the two towns will not sit and see our men and brothers work on something that will help us in our towns and bring good people to help. We are really suffering. In this place, market itself we don’t have it here. We have to walk for one hour to go to the market. And as the result, when our husband is hungry, before you come back from the village, he will lose all his power, or even die. So I want you to tell the people that sent you to please help us. We are in need!” She further explained, “Even if we are going to Voinjama, we have to walk to the market. And we have to pay a lot of money. All because the road is not good.”
This photo is showing the town of Ndambu. After asking them to take us to the town, one of them was asked to lead us. In the town, we were met by children who had written “Papa built us a toilet” on a sheet of paper. They also requested that we get them a good school, safe drinking water and a clinic to help them stay safe. I was very impressed to see the children walking along with us singing a song entitled PAPA BUILT US A TOILET. I took it to mean that they were tired of getting sick every day. How very sad.
While singing this song, I asked one of the community members to show me where their toilet is located. What he showed me was a communal toilet for the entire community. He shared with me that, this was one of the major problems that they must contend with. He went on to state that “The place I am taking you is not what you are expecting.” When we reached our destination, the below photo was what I saw as a toilet. So, I asked him twice, “Is this the toilet you are talking about?” He responded yes and said this is where the entire community can use.
The toilet below is not far from the community. I believe animals like chickens, dogs, goats and others animals that are in this town, go there to eat their waste material. These animals then return to the community and place their mouth on clean dishes and drink from their water supplies. I suspect that this is a contributor to high incidences of water borne diseases and cases of diarrhea. This problem is further exacerbated by the fact that they have no clinic and must walk 1 to 2 hours to the nearest clinic. Perhaps this is why the children are tired of being sick.
And he also told us this is why they wrote on that paper to give it to the children. So that we, the visitors, can see their needs, and that we can assist them in finding a solution.
I also would like to request that those who are reading this story to kindly give a helping hand through our coming organization The Heartbeat of Africa. I ask that you contribute whatever you are able to give to the poor people in Africa.
There are many problems our people are facing, especially for those of us living in the rural areas. And it is these remote places in particular that have the most difficulty in receiving aide due to their location. After I left the toilet and went back into the town, I went to where the women were cooking. There I saw six girls going to get water for cooking, drinking, and to wash their dishes and clothes. The little creek where the girls went to get water is the same water that is used by all in the community for drinking, cooking, and washing. Also, remember that this is the same water that the animals have access to.
When we got to the water site, one of the girls told me, “This is our drinking water and this water is very cold and it is a running water so a doesn’t do anything to us.” In essence she was saying that the water could not make them sick because it is running water. But for God’s sake, this is not water that people need to drink because it is not safe at all.
The rock you are seeing is also where they stand to wash their clothes. This is also where they collect their drinking and cooking water. It is sad to see our people resorting to utilizing a little creek that runs between the swamps for washing clothes and for cooking and drinking. It is true that our African people are truly suffering. Therefore, we are asking all of our partners and everyone who is reading this article to do what you can to help those individuals.
To the family of the Heartbeat of Africa, we are calling on everybody in and around the world to please support us in establishing this organization in Liberia and all of Africa. As members of this organization, it is our responsibility to be a voice for the underprivileged. We must speak for those who are unable to speak for themselves. As an organization, we will serve as the bridge between those willing to help and are uncertain of the process; and those most in need of the help.
The photo below shows the nearest clinic called Popalahun Clinic. This is where residents of the two towns must go in order to receive medical treatment. To get to Popalahun is about a 1 – 2 hours walk.
I actually visited the clinic and saw a lot of people seeking medical attention.
While observing the activity there, I noticed the dispenser writing on a paper and giving it to a female patient. I was very concerned with what was transpiring so I asked her what the dispenser gave her. She explained that it was a prescription for the drugs that she needed. She said that the facility did not have the drugs. She was told to go to Kolahun on a market day to purchase the needed medicine. It takes about an hour to get to Kolahun by car and two hours if one is walking.
Just imagine this woman is going to get drugs on a market day, which is Monday. So, while she may indeed be very ill, she must wait until Monday in order to purchase the needed drugs. In the meantime she must endure the illness. When Monday arrives she must find a way to make the journey to Kolahun. The prospect of such a long journey is daunting enough when one is well, it is even more so when one is ill. And to make matters worse, what if she cannot afford the trip or the drugs. Because of my concern for her, I gave her one hundred Liberian dollars for her to purchase the drugs.
Afterwards, I left to speak directly with the dispenser. I asked him how long the facility had it been since the facility had run out of the drugs? He told me that it had been about two weeks. He went on to say, “My brother, this is the major problem we are facing in this clinic. Sometimes when we run out of medicine and we inform the head office, they will always say that a supply is being shipped from the U.S. Is this what we will be waiting for? Our people are dying. I am not talking about myself, since five months ago I have not taken pay. But anyway, I am already inside. So, I can look at that and leave my people to die? Pay or no pay, or will help the people.” Again I asked, “When will the drugs come from the U.S. before our people get treated?” He said that he would know the day they call him for the drugs.
By this time it was getting late and so it was time for me to return home. Also, the people I traveled with were preparing to leave. So, this is how my day ended with my return to Voinjama to share this sad story. As I stated earlier, it is time for all of us to help our people. The people will be appreciative of any help that you can supply. It does not have to be money. It can be anything. As was demonstrated earlier, they were helped by receiving two gallons of gasoline. Whatever you can contribute would be helpful.
Before closing, on behave of The Heartbeat of Africa, I would love to recommend to those that are willing to help the poor people in Africa, to kindly support our organization The Heartbeat of Africa. When you help the organization, they will, in turn, assist those most in need. You will then see the kind of positive change that is possible when we all work together. We can change lives for the better.
For the Heartbeat of Africa, I am Anthony Tamba – Volunteer Correspondent
Best Regards.
Emanwin @ February 20, 2012
Robot Artists From Zimbabwe
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The following short documentary features several Zimbabwean artists who set up shop at a intersection in Cape Town South Africa.
If you would like to support the artists in the video you can purchase their art here: africancartel.com.
Emanwin @ February 16, 2012
Fund Raiser & Clothing Drive Update
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First I would like to say that HBOA had its firs fund raiser and it was a relative success. Would would like to thank all of those who attended and especially those who contributed. We will be adding their names and contribution to our permanent Donor page.
We would also like to mention that we are still in the process of collecting clothes and money for our first clothing drive. So far we have received a pledge for $100 dollars and several people have promised to donate clothing. Because of the less than optimal response we will be delaying the clothing drive until the middle of April. At that time we will be having go forward with the drive with whatever donation we have at that time.
So, we are still asking that all of those who would like to contribute to this cause please do so. You can find all of our contact information on our Contact Us Page.
Emanwin @ February 16, 2012
