Uptown Notes

Note: This is a Partner Post to Haiti in Context: Voices. Please check out both. They represent some of the [...]

I write this post with a heavy heart for the people of Haiti and its Diaspora. As you likely well know by now Port-au-Prince, the nation’s capital was hit with a 7.0 earthquake and many sizable aftershocks. Given that Haiti is the most impoverished nation in the Western Hemisphere, the consequences of this “natural disaster” are far beyond what many of us can conceive. I see this as a time for us to join in support in spiritual, emotional, physical and economic ways. I’ve outlined some ways for you to help us do this.

This is my reflection on the principle of Ujamaa – Cooperative Economics… The title of the post is a variation [...]

This is my reflection on Umoja, the first principle of Nguzo Saba of Kwanzaa… Does it make sense that fighting [...]

A year ago, I began a series on Kwanzaa, this year I will finish it (thanks to all who remember [...]

A year ago, I did a tribute post to the late Fred Hampton on Uptownnotes.com and one year later I [...]

I am an African-American man. I am a heterosexual man. I am a middle-class man. These three statements are the [...]

Hip-Hop has been political, you just haven’t been paying it attention. My reflection on the Black August Hip-Hop Project.

The month of August has been the seat of many important events in the history of African people, particularly people [...]

Today marks the birthday of the one of the greatest African leaders of all time, the Honorable Marcus Garvey! While [...]