Post by Xavier on Feb 19, 2004 16:46:02 GMT -5
Good day Children of GOD. Today I would like to speak about a non-profit organization I started with some Friends of mine name Exodus. The organization was Opened in me to be a Living system that would train children of various communities to create and operate needed cultural and social programs of their ownfor their community-we train them to train themselves.
I came up with the name Exodus for many reasons. The most obvious is that I compare the world system of america to that of a Babylonian/Roman hybrid. And with many African americans being the descendents of the Tribes of Israel, we must seek an Exodus to the mental and spiritual enslavement that plague our people. But the group is also open to all races who seek to improve themselves and there community as a whole. An Exodus out of the old paradigm of bringing kids into different workshops and just reading something to them or going on a field trip. We live in an interactive world where the minds of children must be given a chance to develop their creative spirit.
Right now we are in the process of creating a garden to give and sell fruit and vegetable to the community. While we are doing this we will be also helping shut ins and the sick. As the spring rolls around we will be fishing-Teach a man/woman to fish/farm he'll never go hungry and sell what he has leftover for shelter. We are using the Way of the gospel to teach life lessons to our kids.
As we are getting the farming,fishing, and helping the sick on the way, we are teaching the kids how to go step by step in planning and creating opportunity for themselves and others. Using the harvest to show and live growth, we slowly let the kids start to create, plan and implement programs around 7 points(economics,cultural,spiritual,athletics,etc) that they have to be leaders and followers in group situations.
We hope to spread Exodus around the South and unto whomever wants to get down with the program. I'm an unpublished writer(check out the poetry site of illuminopolis to see some of my work) and activist working as a Firefighter and personnl trainer(for the navy/cb base). I work with a doctor of African America studies and Boys and Girls Club director(I worked for the B&G for 2 years). I am putting this out there as a witness to what GOD can do through us and what we can do for GOD if we Open ourselves up for use. If anyone else is doing something for their community and wish to network or wishes to know more about Exodus and wants to become a part of the Family email me through this site or post a reply for me see what you want to do.
GOD Bless.
I came up with the name Exodus for many reasons. The most obvious is that I compare the world system of america to that of a Babylonian/Roman hybrid. And with many African americans being the descendents of the Tribes of Israel, we must seek an Exodus to the mental and spiritual enslavement that plague our people. But the group is also open to all races who seek to improve themselves and there community as a whole. An Exodus out of the old paradigm of bringing kids into different workshops and just reading something to them or going on a field trip. We live in an interactive world where the minds of children must be given a chance to develop their creative spirit.
Right now we are in the process of creating a garden to give and sell fruit and vegetable to the community. While we are doing this we will be also helping shut ins and the sick. As the spring rolls around we will be fishing-Teach a man/woman to fish/farm he'll never go hungry and sell what he has leftover for shelter. We are using the Way of the gospel to teach life lessons to our kids.
As we are getting the farming,fishing, and helping the sick on the way, we are teaching the kids how to go step by step in planning and creating opportunity for themselves and others. Using the harvest to show and live growth, we slowly let the kids start to create, plan and implement programs around 7 points(economics,cultural,spiritual,athletics,etc) that they have to be leaders and followers in group situations.
We hope to spread Exodus around the South and unto whomever wants to get down with the program. I'm an unpublished writer(check out the poetry site of illuminopolis to see some of my work) and activist working as a Firefighter and personnl trainer(for the navy/cb base). I work with a doctor of African America studies and Boys and Girls Club director(I worked for the B&G for 2 years). I am putting this out there as a witness to what GOD can do through us and what we can do for GOD if we Open ourselves up for use. If anyone else is doing something for their community and wish to network or wishes to know more about Exodus and wants to become a part of the Family email me through this site or post a reply for me see what you want to do.
GOD Bless.