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Stop Fronting Unity on the Outside While You’re Bleeding on the Inside

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The West Monetized the Chaos, But We Preserved the Blueprint Great Umoja Stand at the intersection of Broad and High Streets in Columbus, Ohio during the morning rush, and you’ll see it clearly. The world is moving fast, but it’s moving in circles. Broad splits the city East to West; High cuts it North to South. It is a physical grid designed for economic commerce, but mentally, it’s a meat grinder. Every single day, our people are forced to make a radical internal choice: do you keep burning your spirit navigating a hyper-competitive, frantic system engineered to keep you stressed, or do you drop anchor into the intentional, unyielding rhythm of the ancestors? This isn’t abstract philosophy. It is the life-or-death shift from being trapped in the emotional prison of the Mad, Sad, and Scared to operating in the sovereign authority of Peace, Power, and Joy . We are currently moving through the week of Kujichagulia (Self-Determination) , but today specifically anchors us in Umoja (Unity...

Simba 2012

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Time moves so quick it seems that it was just time for me to leave for Simba, and now it is over. This was a stellar year for the Columbus Chapter (Gye-Nyame Tribe). We had an opportunity to expose 21 young men to a camp that transforms lives, and that is exactly what happened. Simba is unlike any other program/camp that I have ever been apart of, the focus is providing young men with a safe place to transform and see the possibilities of greatness that lie in their soul. While the camp focuses on the young people it remains a transformational experience for everyone involved, from the kitchen staff to the people that care for the camp. The power of Simba pulls people together and forces them to look inward, release pain, and begin to grow. This year was full of spontanaity and emergence. To write about this things is one thing but to watch in action is another. This year due to my age and length of time in Simba I was able to sit back and watch the power of the Nation blossom. If yo...