The Dust Revolution of Prosperity Carter and Marvin X Hits Oakland's BAMBD District, 14th and Broadway

Marvin X, The Movement Publisher, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, Associate Editor Prosperity Carter 4/20/17


https://www.gofundme.com/prosperitycarter


Prosperity Carter has partnered with her mentor, Marvin X, to launch the Dust Revolution, a myth-ritual of healing, purification, education and liberation. The Dust Revolution is based on Carter's forthcoming book How to Get Off the Shelf Collecting Dust, a creative non-fiction account of sexual, parental and partner violence. The Dust Revolution began simultaneously  a few weeks ago at the Tampa, Florida Black Expo and the Berkeley Flea Market.



After months away from Academy of da Corner, Master Teacher Marvin X returned to "the most dangerous classroom in the world" at 14th and Broadway, downtown Oakland, accompanied by poet/author Prosperity Carter and their Dust Revolution, a project of healing from the plethora of situational disorders rooted in social, political and economic oppression, i.e.,  white supremacy. He was greeted by a welcoming committee from the Oakland Police Department who wanted to know if he had a permit to be on the street? He gave them his BAMBD newspaper, The Movement, which contains the City of Oakland's resolution establishing the BAMBD District, along with Mayor Libbyer Schaaf's proclamation honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Black Arts Movement.

We are not against the police doing their job. The fact that I was harassed is due to political harassment and blocking tactics from City Hall, no matter their proclaiming the district as part of the City of Oakland's Downtown Plan for the next 25 to 50 years. We celebrated Janteenth of January 19, 2017, one year after the district was declared by the City Council but nothing has happened since, especially anything we requested, e.g., banners, vendors daily, budget, contribution to the BAMBD/BAM Billion Dollar Trust Fund, economic equity that will qualify North American Africans to participate in the global economy. Instead, we have enjoyed lies, half-truths, ghost meetings with ghost artists, attempted usurpation of people's power by political heavy handedness, e.g., we the people were told by our district representative to make no community benefits except through her office, which we ignored as a violation of our human right to self-determination. We don't need City Hall controlling our lives, we can think for ourselves, unlike politicians who think at the behest of the 1% Club, i.e., lobbyists, developers, corporations, et al.






 Eastside Arts Elena Serano and BAM/BAMBD co-founder/planner Marvin X, receive proclamation from Alameda County Board of Supervisors  honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Black Arts Movement.

 Post News Group Publisher, Paul Cobb, Dr. Leslie Stratford, Art Professor, Rt. Col. Conway Jones, Jr., BAM/BAMBD co-founder Marvin X, Mayor Libby Schaal holding MX's granddaughter Naeema, below Naeema is her brother Jahmeel; Laney President, Dr. Elnora T. Webb, Dr. Nathan Hare, father of Black and Ethnic Studies, Oakland City Council President, Lynette McElhaney.

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Life is beautiful when you make it beautiful--Prosperity Carter

Stop sexual violence! Prosperity Carter is the author of How To Get Off The Shelf Collecting Dust, a creative non-fiction narrative and manual of recovery for victims of sexual violence, men women & children! It's an EMERGENCY! Click on the link below to contribute to the end of sexual violence:

 https://www.gofundme.com/prosperitycarter

Prosperity Carter is the associate editor of The Movement Newspaper:

www.themovementnewsletter.blogspot.com