chokwe lumumba commemoration program booklet

commemorat ion

FEB. 27-28

A Benefit for Cooperation Jackson & The Chokwe Lumumba Center for

Economic Democracy and Development

JACKSON, MS

Saturday, February 28th

Prelude Video Qadir Grandbaba

Open & Welcoming MCs Drs. Kwame Kalimara & Safiya Omari

Libation IyaIfaloa Omobola & Kwame Kalimara

Prayer Rev. Jimmy Jones

Entertainment Blue Light Underground Ensemble

SpeakersShushanna Shakur | Bishop Jeffrey StallworthCouncilman Kenny Stokes/Judge Larita Cooper-Stokes

Entertainment M.U.G.A.B.E.E. | MADDRAMA

SpeakersSekou Odinga (Video), former Prisoner of War | Judge Jaribu Hill | Brittany Gray

Entertainment Tawanna Shante

SpeakersDr. Ivory Phillips | Atty. June Hardwick | Kwame Kenyatta, former Detroit City Councilman

Intermission Chokwe Lumumba, A Final Message

Entertainment OutSpoken

SpeakersAlvin Brown, Pres. Provisional Government of RNA | Akinyele Umoja, NAPO & MXGMJeffrey Edison

Entertainment Deja Abdul-Haqq

SpeakersJesus Chucho Garcia, Venezuelan Consul General | Gerald Eveyln | John Royal

Entertainment C. Leigh McInnis

Speakers Mutulu Shakur (Statement), Prisoner of War Rukia Lumumba | Chokwe Antar Lumumba

Entertainment Tougaloo Students

Closing

Cooperation Jackson, the New Afrikan Peoples Organization, the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, and the Jackson Peoples Assembly are proud to host the Commemorative

Weekend for Jacksons late Mayor, Chokwe Lumumba. The Commemorative Weekend is a celebration of the life and legacy of Mayor Lumumba and an affirmation of the ongoing work of the organizations and institutions - the New Afrikan People's Organization,

Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, the People's Assembly, and Cooperation Jackson - that are continuing to advance the collective vision of self-determination, social liberation, and economic democracy that Chokwe Lumumba dedicated his life to.

Music by DJ Leon Grey Hors-d'oeuvre by Healing Kitchen

Friday, February 27th, 2015Grand Opening Celebration :: 3:00 PM

Drum Call | Baba Ifalowo Asante NallsBlessing Of The Center | IyaIfalola OmobolaCooperation Jackson | Kali AkunoLumumba Center | Sacajawea HallFamily Blessing | Rukia Lumumba & Chokwe Antar LumumbaPrayer | Father Jeremy TobinClosing Song | Judge Jaribu Hill

3:30pm Media Interviews3:30pm Tour of Center and Farm4:00pm Open House & Exhibit

Commemoration Opening :: 6:00 PMEmcees Sacajawea Hall & IyaIfalola Omobola

Libation IyaIfalola Omobola & Kwame Kalimara Drum Call Hasan DrumsWelcome Sacajawea Hall

Speakers (5-minute limit/speaker)Kali Akuno | General Rashid

Qadirs Video - For our Grandbaba Denies Glaspie | Gregory Taliaferro

Kwame Kalimara | Safiya OmariHasan Drums Performance

Bill Chandler | Judge Jaribu HillChokwe Antar Lumumba | Rukia Lumumba

8:00 PM Entertainment - DJ Leon Grey

Cooperation JacksonCooperation Jackson is an emerging network of cooperative enterprises and institutions. The mission of the organization is to build a vibrant solidarity economy in Jackson that democratically empowers working people and builds community wealth and equity. Cooperation Jackson was founded in 2014 in honor of the late Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and to serve as an instrument to advance the Jackson-Kush Plan and the aim of creating economic democracy in Jackson and beyond.

For more information on Cooperation Jackson visit www.CooperationJackson.org, call 601.208.0090, email [email protected], mail P.O. Box 1932Jackson, MS 39215, Twitter @CooperationJXN, Facebook www.facebook.com/CooperationJackson.

The Malcolm X Grassroots MovementThe Malcolm X Grassroots Movement is an organization of Afrikan people struggling for self-determination for people of Afrikan descent living within the United States and the liberation of Afrikan people worldwide. The organization is grounded in six-core principles: Human Rights, Self Determination, End to Genocide, Reparations, End to Sexism and Patriarchy, and Freedom for Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War. 2015 marks the 25th anniversary of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, which was founded in Jackson, Mississippi under the leadership of Chokwe Lumumba and the New Afrikan Peoples Organization (NAPO).

For more information see www.MXGM.org, call 601.879.5116, mail P.O. Box 16051Jackson, MS 39236, Twitter @MXGNNational, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MXGMnational.

The New Afrikan Peoples OrganizationThe New Afrikan Peoples Organization (NAPO) is an organization struggling for sovereignty and self-determination for New Afrikan people. The term New Afrikan signifies people of Afrikan descent who identify with the New Afrikan national liberation movement for land and independence. The New Afrikan Peoples Organization was founded in 1984, and was chaired by Chokwe Lumumba from 1984 to 2013.

Support Cooperation Jackson and the Lumumba CenterThe Lumumba Commemorative Weekend is also a benefit Cooperation Jackson and the Chokwe Lumumba Center for Economic Democracy and Development. Cooperation Jackson is currently seeking to raise $200,000 to help advance strategic aspects of its work. A portion of the funds will support improvements at the Lumumba Center, including a new roof, solar panel installation, entertainment and recording systems, and a state of the art kitchen for the Nubias Place Cafe. A portion will also support the transformative work of Cooperation Jackson to build a community land trust and a sustainable, livework community in West Jackson that will create living wage jobs and permanently affordable housing. Individuals and organizations wishing to contribute can do so by check or money order made out to Cooperation Jackson.

Mail checks or money orders to Cooperation Jackson P.O. Box 1932 Jackson, MS 39215. Online donations can be made at http://www.cooperationjackson.org/donate2/. Donations will also be taken on site at the Lumumba Center and Word and Worship Church.

chokwe lumumba commemoration program booklet

Documents

hardwick kwame kenyatta

legacy of mayor lumumba

jackson peoples assembly

pm tour of center

malcolm x grassroots

pm media interviews3

commemorative weekend

ivory phillips