#blackcommunity — Public Fediverse posts

Island Soul Carries a Family Tradition of Food, Entrepreneurship and Community https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/19666/ #AfricanAmericanCommunity #BlackBusinesses #BlackCommunity #CityOfSeattle #education #IslandSoulRestaurant #KingCounty #PackTheHouseCampaign #Seattle #SeattleMedium #SoulFoodKitchen #SoulFoodKitchens #SoulFoodRestaurant #SoulFoodRestaurants #TheSeattleMedium #TheoMartin

Island Soul Carries a Family Tradition of Food, Entrepreneurship and Community https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/19666/ #AfricanAmericanCommunity #BlackBusinesses #BlackCommunity #CityOfSeattle #education #IslandSoulRestaurant #KingCounty #PackTheHouseCampaign #Seattle #SeattleMedium #SoulFoodKitchen #SoulFoodKitchens #SoulFoodRestaurant #SoulFoodRestaurants #TheSeattleMedium #TheoMartin

Island Soul Carries a Family Tradition of Food, Entrepreneurship and Community https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/19666/ #AfricanAmericanCommunity #BlackBusinesses #BlackCommunity #CityOfSeattle #education #IslandSoulRestaurant #KingCounty #PackTheHouseCampaign #Seattle #SeattleMedium #SoulFoodKitchen #SoulFoodKitchens #SoulFoodRestaurant #SoulFoodRestaurants #TheSeattleMedium #TheoMartin

Whitney Made Dolly Millions—What Dolly Parton Did Next Explains Her Remarkable Legacy

Whitney Houston turned Dolly Parton’s song into a global phenomenon. What Dolly did with some of those millions helps explain why Black America embraced the country legend.

Seattle Native Mari-Yona Shannon Eyes The Next Chapter Of Her Tennis Career

Mari-Yona Shannon By Kiara Doyal, The Seattle Medium Seventeen-year-old Mari-Yona Shannon recently returned to her hometown of Seattle…
#Tennis #News #AfricanAmericancommunity #blackcommunity #CityofSeattle #education #KingCounty #Mari-YonaShannon #Seattle #seattlemedium #sports #TheSeattleMedium
https://www.europesays.com/tennis/57881/

Arkansas trooper slams Black teenager to ground, then punches her

https://tankie.tube/w/2vmpoC3dtCsCVB583QMAsT

https://c.org/YgRsb6BBSN #blacklivesmatter #antiblackhate #blackcommunties #blackcommunity #supportblackcommunties #supporttheblackcommunity #antiracism #banracism #noracism #noracism #america #usa #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #petitions #petition #donate #blacklivesmatter

https://c.org/tJ8BDmTHtC #supportblackbusinesses #supportblackownedbusinesses #blacklivesmatter #blackcommunties #blackcommunity #supportblackcommunties #supporttheblackcommunity #antiblackhate #stopblackhate #noracism #antiracism #banracism #petition #petitions #donate #usa #america #usa #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica

#YYJ #VolunteersNeeded

Please consider volunteering for Victoria’s first #BlackCommunityCentre & be a part of growing this amazing new, #BlackCommunity #cultural space 🙌

https://blackandherecentre.ca/volunteer/

#VictoriaBC #BlackLed #BlackCommunity #CulturalCommunity #CommunityBuilding #CommunitySharing #CommunityCentre #CommunitySpace #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #BlackCanadians #Volunteer #BlackMastodon

Tupac Shakur’s “How Can We Be Free?” [A Guest Post by The Rev. Anthony Stevenson]

During the summer session I taught for BSK Theological Seminary this summer, I asked the students to submit weekly 300-word responses on the weekly assigned readings. For the last week, I assigned some poetry and lyrics by Tupac Shakur and a speech by Malcolm X (“The Ballot or the Bulelt”, 1964). The responses–across the board–were powerful; potentially the best week of responses of the seven (and, tbh, each week collected strong responses!). With that said, the following response about Tupac Shakur’s poem “How Can We Be Free” written by The Rev. Anthony Stevenson (pastor of Macedonia Baptist Church in Cynthiana, KY) demanded a wider audience. With his permission, I am honored to be featuring it here.

I love the impact of my theological education and my pastoral experiences, but what do I say to people who feel stretched thin by political division, economic pressure, and the relentless weight of social unrest? The question of what it means to be free is suspended in the air with new urgency. We live in a climate where people constantly speak of freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of choice, freedom to live without fear, yet many still feel locked up by temporal forces shaped by a lack of feeling free. Where is my liberty in a world shaped by racialized poverty, surveillance of the Black community, and generational trauma? Tupac argues that “freedom” becomes a slogan rather than an experience. Tupac’s poem, “How Can We Be Free,” challenges me to recognize how societal structures, economic, political, and cultural divisions, have and continue to produce a kind of invisible imprisonment.

As I speak from a pastoral, sanctified voice that speaks honestly to the world’s realities while immersing people in the deeper freedom that God offers, I stand boldly before God. My pastoral leadership cannot ignore the pressures shaping people’s lives; it must acknowledge the exhaustion, the frustration, and the longing for something fresh and reviving. Tupac’s question, “How can we be free?” is not just poetic; it is prophetic. Yet I must also send a high alert to the Black community that freedom is not merely a political condition or a social achievement; it is a spiritual reality rooted in truth, justice, and the liberating love of Jesus Christ. In a world where many people feel ensnared by circumstances that seem beyond their control, they find themselves overwhelmed by the rising costs of food, gas, and a decent standard of living. I confess that many feel caught in generational cycles of debt, struggling to break free. As racial inequities continue to limit our opportunities, there is little space left for rest or meaningful reflection. The everyday tension between the promise of freedom, liberty, and justice for all humankind feels fragile, incomplete, or unevenly distributed. In this fork-in-the-road moment, Tupac’s question remains unanswered: “How can we be free?”

This pastoral moment invites me to invite us to imagine freedom not as a distant belief but as a present possibility. If “[t]his so called ‘Home of the Brave, / why isn’t anybody backing us up!” (lines 9-10), “How can we be free?” to live authentically, to stand against injustice, to walk with dignity, and to have faith that God can break every chain. In this pastoral moment, allow me to back you up.  I am thrilled to declare that the gospel offers holistic liberation, freedom from sin, fear, injustice, and every burden that confines us, restoring God’s love within all humanity.

https://www.fogolf.com/1316544/tiger-woods-backed-sports-tech-platform-full-swing-gets-acquired-by-versant-for-530m-afrotech/ Tiger Woods-Backed Sports Tech Platform, Full Swing, Gets Acquired By Versant For $530M – AfroTech #AfroTech #BlackCommunity #investing #Tech #TigerWoods #WealthBuilding

Osaka and Townsend’s Dinner for Black Players at French Open Caused ‘Bit of a Stir’ on Social Media

By Andre…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #DinnerTonight #Frenchdinner #africanamerican #AfricanAmericans #blackamericans #blackcommunity #BlackPeople #community #dinner #francais #france #French #news #SanDiegoVoiceandViewpoint #UnitedStates #VoiceandViewpoint
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2669504/osaka-and-townsends-dinner-for-black-players-at-french-open-caused-bit-of-a-stir-on-social-media-3/

Black LGBTQ+ survivors speak out about conversion therapy in religious spaces

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/religion/black-lgbtq-conversion-therapy

#BlackHistoryMonth 2026, hosted by the Association of #Ghanaians in Victoria.

Free Afro-themed play & learn hangout for kids.
This Black led, cultural free kids event focuses on #African History, Geography, Music, Games, Heroes and Innovations for ages 5-12.

Please register by January 17th, 2026!
https://ghanaiansinvictoriabc.ca/

#BlackCulture #BlackCanadians #BlackHistory #BlackKids #LearnAndPlay #CommunityEvent #BlackFamilies #BIPOC #BlackCommunity #CulturalDiversity #CulturalInclusion #CulturalConnections #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #AfroCulture

#TheseAreAFewOfMyFavouriteThings2025

#Nazis Who Tried to Intimidate #BlackCommunity RUN AWAY After Getting HUMILIATED

#SelfDefence #Ohio

#LincolnHeights

#Evandale ✊🏾

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V_Oqf0zYQ1g&pp=ugUEEgJlbg%3D%3D

#FCKNZS #FightBACK #CommunitySelfDefencei

#SaveTheDate - #VancouverIsland 's only #Ghana #Celebration / #CulturalFesitval 🇬🇭

Association of #Ghanaians in Victoria, BC End-of-Year Celebration.
December 27th, 2025 at Saanich Commonwealth Place.

Pay at the door or via e-transfer in advance; discount for early tickets purchase.

Enjoy Ghanaian cultural #food - #GhanaianMusic - dances & prizes. #AllAges #FamilyFriendly #CulturalConnections #CommunityEvent #BlackCulture #GhanaianDiaspora #BIPOCDiaspora #BlackCommunity #CulturalDiversity #AfricanDiaspora #DisplacedAfricans #CulturalInclusion #Wsanec #Saanich #YYJEvents #CulturalEvents #GlobalSouth #VictoriaBC

A King Like Me released in 2024

Zulu is owned by everybody. Everybody feels a part of us.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29567635

#film #documentary #greatfilm #blackfilm #louisiana #blackmusic #blackculture #blackcommunity #blacklove #neworleans #mardigras #blackmastodon

#RCMP issued an #apology on September 7, 2024, for the historic use of #StreetChecks and other harmful interactions with members of the #African #NovaScotian community. It was an apology too long in coming, for treatment that was, in the words of Rev. Lennett Anderson, “dehumanizing and tragic.” And the RCMP's history suggests we should be deeply skeptical that the proposed action plan will be even close to what is required to remedy these grave injustices.

In his 2019 report, written for the #NovaScotia #HumanRights Commission, Dr. Scot Wortley defines street checks as any occasion in which civilians are stopped by #police and subjected to intrusive questions, and their personal information collected into a database. He confirmed what community members have known for years: people of African descent in the #Halifax region are almost six times more likely to face street checks.

It took five years after the release of this report for the RCMP to apologize for the harms caused. They also committed to an action plan, developed in consultation with members of 13 African Nova Scotian communities and the Association of #Black #SocialWorkers.

https://mediacoop.ca/node/119259

#CDNpoli #NSpoli #DefundRCMP #SystematicRacism #ColonialViolence #RacialProfiling #RacistRCMP #RacistCops #ACAB #BlackCanadians #Maritimes #BlackCommunity #ColonialInjustices #SocialJustice #BIPOC #POCinCanada