Daily Archives: October 31, 2009

I’m in desperate need for someone in the community to donate a reliable car to my family. I’m a single mother with three children. My 3-year-old son, Jabree, has acute lymphoblastic leukemia and I need transportation to go back and forth from the hospital. Jabree can't ride the bus because of his fragile immune system.

Scorpio Blues will be performing at Yoshi's, 510 Embarcadero West in Oakland, on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The woman who goes by the name of Scorpio Blues and I have known each other for over half our lives, and throughout that time, she has always been very intelligent, driven and never one to hold her tongue. Her artistry is definitely an extension of her persona.

Maafa 2009 was chillier than usual, but our hearts were certainly no less warmed by the ancestors’ tight embrace as supplicants made their way through the Middle Passage to the Wolosodon rhythms, the slave march through the Doors of No Return to the beach where each person held a piece of string – symbolic of a connection … a philosophical connection to the homeland, family and history.