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DA CREW PODCAST SEASON 2 EPISODE 25 _ HOST QueenMother Dr_ ChenziRa · DA CREW Podcast

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Hello, Hello, hey, and welcome to the Crew Podcast. I am
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the Visionary Queen Angela and welcome to season two. I want to thank you
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tour join me. Greetings, greetings, greetings, and welcome to another broadcast
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here with the Troop Podcast Season two. This is a bonus episode, so
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you hear a little bit of our sing song have a Purpose Yes with Queen
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Mother, Senate Doctor Chinsera Letten till men, as we prepare to build a
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new legacy as the fifteen a purpose and all you do just make show that
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show purpose, have a purpose in this here life song, your life apel
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Astraighting live a Purpose season every day, so we can live wick. I
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have a purpose in all you do, just make show your life is true.
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Every time we walk on the streets, we see all the children crying.
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Every time we see our dad. It scenes like people are lying everywhere
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that we see. All this girth is supposed to be about the group,
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but it's all them than now we have a world of confusion. I have
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a purpose and all you do is just make sure that shove my fist.
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Truth. Have a purpose, and this in life sounds long life a fool.
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Let's strike live a purpose every day makes show you this and other purpose
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and all you do so your lifeline is fun. And greetings and welcome yet
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again to another broadcast right here with the Crewe Podcast, Season two. I
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am your host, Queen Mother doctor Chen zero. You may hear people say
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senate doctor, which means sister doctor. Because being part of the sisterhood,
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working with our sister and working with women near and far globally, right where
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we drop our bucket is the opportunity for us to really share and take things
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to the highest realm possible. And how we engage, how we learn,
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how we share and operate together. So tonight we're gonna have an opportune unity
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to go over a number of different things. Yes, it's International Women's Month,
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and we bring that all the way live because every March there are observances.
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Some of it is linked to women's engagement in labor, equal rights and
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opportunities for women, breaking the glass ceiling, as if there even is a
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glass ceiling still left. However, it is also an opportunity here for those
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that are seeing that scenery in the background, that is the Maroon Sanctuary lands
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here on the Isle of Saint Croix in the Virgin Islands, adjacent to the
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beautiful Caribbean Sea. And this is a space that holds very sacred, very
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powerful, very historic and very cultural history, tradition and legacy for people of
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African ancestry, people of Native Indigenous ancestral ancestry. I want to make sure
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I highlight that extension, right. So, whether we're speaking of people that
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are coming from the African experience, people coming from that native farm, Marindian
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indigenous experience, people that commanded, demanded and did all that was required for
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them to remain free. This is that space. So these are spaces now
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where there are not that many residential properties. It's really a space that is
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held as part of the Territorial Park of the Virgin Islands, one of the
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first ones. It is also a space where our ancestors of the African legacy
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authentically were able to command their freedom go into these spaces during the times of
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colonization, in the times of enslavement, and move off the island and go
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into this sacred walters and go to other places to command demand their freedom.
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Right. So when you see these lands and I intentionally keep them in part
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of this background so that we stay grounded as sisters, as sister queens,
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as sister queen mothers, alongside with our brothers, our brother kings, our
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brother king fathers, so that we can actually have the balance and speak truth
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to power in all of these different areas. So this is just another opportunity
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for us to be able to have conversation discourse. Want to say a special
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shout out to the sisters that have already tuned in, you know from the
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Crew podcasts. It's just the honor and the privilege to be able to be
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joined by other sistern that are doing this type of work, bringing information,
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sharing their skills, talents and expertise, their business branding, marketing, their
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publications, their productions, and all of the other areas that they are sharing
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with not only our inner communities and our families and our villages, but in
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our regional communities and our national communities and our international communities to the best of
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our ability. So it gives us. It gives us an opportunity to really
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speak about a few things here in the Virgin Islands. March is also Virgin
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Island's History Months, So it's a time that is actually designated by law for
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the observance commemorations, celebrations of the achievements, host of contributions, challenges,
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history, culture, and just the overall social realities around governance, around liberation,
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around Jurisprovence, law, around health and wellness, around creative arts,
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of course, sciences, and much much more, and the contributions made by
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persons from these Virgin Islands. While I sit on the island, reside and
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work on the Isle of Saint Croix, I have the joint privilege of also
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extending my work in our neighboring islands that make up the Virgin Islands of the
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United States, Saint Thomas, Saint John, as well as Water Island.
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And I speak of it in that holistic realm, because sometimes persons may hear
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about the Virgin Islands and only think of one island, but as you see,
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it's plural. So the idea is to remember where Saint Croix is known
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as the twin city and the cultural capital of the Virgin Islands. Because we
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have Frederickstead our western major town, Christianstead our eastern major town, with on
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eighty four square miles, and then in the Isle of Saint Thomas known as
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Rock City, a todd smaller search for square miles, and their main area
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is Charlotte Amie right. And again they do have east and west dynamics,
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a lot of beautiful sites, historic areas, wonderful public spaces. They're known
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more for their engagement. More of the cruise ship tourism focuses there in Saint
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Thomas, and then the Isle of Saint John, which they call Love City,
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which is twenty square miles and of a significant portion of Saint John.
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And I don't hold any bars. Twelve thousand ages right, nine thousand plus
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are goes are leased to the National Park Service and is preserved as a very
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significant pristine Virgin Island National Park. I think it's important for persons to get
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the context. And you might have heard me mention Walter Island and Walter Island
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two square miles tiny, tiny, again carry some of the history legacy of
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some of the Free Africans that have populated that space. Because it's very close,
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very adjacent to Saint Thomas, right by Charlotte Omeiley, you can actually
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see it. Some people swim there and as well as Hassel Island, which
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is Hassel Island is also part of the National Park Service of the Virgin Islands.
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And I just think to just give context. Some persons are comfortable and
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aware and know what our spaces comprise, what our spaces look like, and
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are able to get some context to some of that. So I'm gonna share.
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I like to you know, I am the book person, I'm the
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b and so I know that some of the things that we tend to highlight
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here in our broadcast, especially talking about building a new legacy, it lets
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us speak about things that are happening current, But we want to start from
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a space where it's empowering, where it's also giving us opportunities. And I
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lean to get some other publications so that I can read some things that I
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don't like to just share what's coming from my head off the top of the
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cup. I like to prepare and share things that really bring some wellness,
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some holistic wellness, some uplivement in regards to where we are. And so
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I'm going to share this particular piece again for those persons that may not be
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familiar. Living life is a sacred practice by one of our sisters, sister
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Queen Sharon Chambers. Excuse me, Sharon Paris Chambers. I always know her
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as a sister Oshun, so I tend to speak of her in that form.
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But she has a book, very nice publication, and we've been encouraging
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persons to go online. It's available as an ebook and it's living life as
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a sacred practice, discover yourself as a source of creation. And it's a
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wonderful publication that highlights a number of things in regard to reminding us that you
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were life, and that you are life, You are love, You are
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part of the essence in this case, and I'll read what was inscribed for
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me. You were life and love, the essence of womanhood, a queen,
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a shocked warrior, never change, let your light shine. And this
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was shared with me in her description for me when she gave me this copy
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of for publication by his sister, Queen Sharon O'shoon Parish Chambers and it's available
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online. We can share that link as well. But I'd like to highlight
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like there's different sayings that she has in her publication and then they are followed
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with these descriptors, right, So to just kind of give you some words,
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soundpower, some strength, as sisters, as brothers, as families,
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as leaders, as healers, as scientists, as artists, as creatives,
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and much more. Your ancient future is expressing you in the now. Did
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you hear that your ancient future is expressing you in the now? You are
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the essence of life and greatness. Your genome holds the secret of your timeless
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history. Your ancient future is expressing you in the now. At this very
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moment. You are the song of your past, present, and future.
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Human beings are unique among creatures. They possess a fascinating capacity to advance their
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emotional intelligence. You are unique, having the capacity to reflect, imagine,
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and impact your experience with your thoughts and lucid dreams. Practice living in the
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now and enhance your spiritual development to your imagination and faculties. You only have
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today to challenge yourself move one step close up to your divinity by expressing your
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ancient future in the now. So this is part of the sacred practice.
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So after she gives you the words sound power, and she gives you the
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descriptive, then Sister Queen Sharon Oshun Chambers gives you a sacred practice, and
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in this case it's the Heart of the Rose. Find a quiet place to
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spend a minimum of ten minutes for this sacred practice. Reflect on the heart
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of the rose. Review the Heart of the Rose meditation, which is part
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of the reading, to recall details. The benefits of this practice will lure
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you to repeat this thousand year old practice. Often when practice with full intent,
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you become more energetic, more revitalized, and revivified. I have to
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check up and look up that word. That was a scrabble moment, right,
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But I want you to hear the affirmation that comes with this particular speece.
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I am energy and vibration. I'm going to say that one more time.
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I am energy vibration. What a fabulous way to welcome one of the
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most illustrious young sister queens that I've had to join, privilege of working with
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teaching in certain circles, dancing with working on protests, on commanding publication pieces.
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So it is just an honor and a privilege for me to have joined
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us this evening, one who is skilled in as an international human rights lawyer,
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as a former soon to return to the Legislature of the Virgin Islands former
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senator, as a founder of the Virgin Islands Youth Advocacy Coalition, when she
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was considered a youth and a host of other arcolobes that I could just sit
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here and we could, I would have to sit tea for a while because
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her bio is a broadcast. So for the purposes of tonight, I just
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really want to encourage our listeners, our viewers to remember what we started with
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in terms of I am energy and vibration. So let us welcome our beloved
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sister Queen Attorney Genevieve with a care. You know this can get very animated
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of blessings, blessings, blessings you can blessings of all those who are beautiful
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broadcasts. It is a joy month and celebrate Versional's history and celebrate you see
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there as women and around the world of course you you know have international you
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know city. Yeah, and it's just it's a it's a joyous and for
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me when we look at you know, putting these two months to you know,
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these two again months together and one with children. Some of the things
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you continue to do us as people Universal Islands a very great to share that.
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Yeah, and I would also share that I'm just thank you guys are
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for your continued works and bringing about just the selevation on the selve of education
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and continue to inspire others. And as I continue to envision one day we'll
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have you know, women in English posessions since you see around the personal here
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looking as well how women leadership and thanks to future friends. Grateful. I'm
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I'm also going to do my moment of shout outs because I definitely would like
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to give thanks Sister Prins and that Whiteside Tuning in being part of this the
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Crew podcast you know, made possible do at least the invitation made to me
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by Sister Queen Angela Thomas Smith. So we just want to make sure that
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we highlight the sister Queen Leonia Michelle little John. So I'm really grateful for
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the support as well as author Black Diamond. I see the first Assistant President
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General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association African Communities League RC twenty twenty, none
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other than Baba sant Gore bay Yay. So he's in the house and that
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could be a whole. That's like I said, in the future, I
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know that we're going to be having some variety of persons joining us, so
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the persons can recognize we operate as a family, we operate as a village,
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we operate as nish On people, and we come with governance and ideas
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that are actionable when we're speaking, so some of it, Yes, we're
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gonna have fun. We're gonna speak of things and the light and all kinds
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of elevation conversations and meditation and the vibration and the energetics and all of that.
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But we're also gonna be speaking of things. Remember the hashtag actionable deliverables.
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Things that we can speak about, but things that we can implement practice
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that are tangible that helps save our children, our men, our women,
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our families and our communities long term. I also would like to send a
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special shout out to Sister Queen Thomas. Thank you very much for sharing and
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just bringing this energy with us through us all the time and offering that kind
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of support because each one teach one, while each one heal one. We're
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gonna be bringing some of that into the fruition of our conversation this evening.
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I see brother David Christian who is like the podcast stop. I don't even
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call him podcaster, the podcast stop right because he has been doing this for
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a long time and using different platform right here in the Virgin Islands and making
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sure that just about everybody that has something of substance to say and is doing
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the work on Brother David Christian just no, I see you, I see
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you right, and I want to give thanks and praise for the support in
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that regard. Frederick Beatty would like to say good evening as well as we
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continue this conversation and another one of our form runners, Freedom five Ties.
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You know, trail blazes us right here in the Bulgian Islands. She claimed
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everything. No, she just she claimed Belgian Islands, Caribbean, America's the
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Earth right. But yes, shout out brother David. I love it.
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But I'm also siding a shout out in a lot of respect to our media
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specialists. Like no other powerful artist creative money professor, all of that and
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some in addition to being a mother awesome one at that. And that's nothing
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other than sister be Queen do Anita Cooper. Anybody can go and you see
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Dara Monita Cooper just a bazilion connections, teaching media taking it to the next
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level, so that those of us that may not have all of the skills,
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towns and expertise in some of these media spaces if you don't know,
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link with her again, branding, marketing, that's part of her her em.
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And I'm really grateful to have my god daughter da Anica Cooper join us
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as well. And I see and I don't know if he's been in this
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network and see me in this capacity. So I'm very grateful to see Chief
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Walking Eagle. We know him his brother Testroy Phillips, Senior of Opia Titano
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International. Heling through Saint Thomas, representing the entire virginal in Caribbean Americas in
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terms of indigenous Titano Kalinago culture and traditions. In addition to being a real
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serious, serious, I'm gonna keep saying it, serious athletics coach. We're
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gonna have to have him come on the show. That's gonna be probably a
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little bit of humor, because that's a whole the Phillips tribe. That's that's
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a whole conversation and of itself. And I'm very, very grateful for sisters
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and brothers that are tuning in sharing with us to be part of this conversation
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so we can just go right all up in it like we usually do.
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Sister Queen Genevieve, you know, I'm really grateful that you were able to
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share with us because I know you have your own bad pass you're doing in
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your preparation for your next layer of returning to legislature and continue to serve as
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an ongoing, pragmatic, proactive leader in our community here in the Tern Islands.
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So I would really love for you to just speak about the Virgin Islands
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Youth Advocacy Coalition, what motivated you to establish that, and some of the
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things that are particular to how you feal with observances, you know, whether
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it's URSI Ornaly, its history, Women's history, the United Nations observance from
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March from the Earth, you know, regarding the International Day honoring Victims of
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enslavement and the Transatlantic Slave trade, you know whatever. I know that you've
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served as a representative to different initiatives, whether it's through the Obama administration as
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well as the Permanent Form for People of African Descent, the International Decade for
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People of African Descent, and other iterations of international work. So please share
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some of that with us. What were your motivations? What are the things
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you would like us to bring us a call to action tonight? And I
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can tell you back in the night when one of the things that we leave
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the youth was about how we feen branding that was youth for the persons.
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So I started, I started started the organization in my beach out and I
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how if I really wanted to build back to the organization that is focused on
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getting our bases in between politics and community. And I supported a number.
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So very early on in bioc's history, we were called to testify the number
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of centers in each US. We had one year we actually a youth report
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card to focus on what centers in the first rounds were essentially working on youth
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and civics other legislation. It was very interesting and I do want to thank
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all the centers that time who really said took part a majority, they take
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part, so they take a little offense, but I explained to them and
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their will breakfast system in place. And the senators certainly who offered legislation to
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support youth at higher points, and I'm one of those senators in particular to
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highlight its former Senator Positive Nelson who actually created the legislaty Advisory Council, and
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so in many ways we supported that, testified and supported that legislation and then
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the auto the recruitment of young people from children children exps from both districts in
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Cristonics in district and so I was very proud of that effort. We also
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got very involved also to engaging on a matter of civics many schools and so
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we also testified when we support of France's as measure to mandate a Civice course
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an order to graduate. And there was also the Board of Education on the
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technoledge for a board member Mary more Head, who actually being a Civics conference
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where I was invited as the president to give you my thoughts on why we
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act actually made civics from kindergarten too, puplay and even get into preschool because
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I still believe that if when we get to a point in the vision ales
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who we're teaching civics from preschool to twelfth grade, we're going to see a
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lot more young people interested in politics. They're going to also they're going to
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vote, participate in the process as well as it's going to really help push
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our lead of the leadership as a whole. We live in a country that
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doesn't really support civistics on the national lattage, great alarming as a shared we've
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recently shared in one of our initiatives were pushing through BAIAC and having conversations with
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the youth that by in large it's a twenty two percent in the national base
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in terms of young people who are you know, who are who are basic
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undersensors And that's a very whole number. And so in the verse Nalles my
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industry, we have compiled the information and data is something we're also very passionate
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about and unfortunately it's not done enough. I do urge you know, us
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to really examine how many of our children are graduating from school now being that
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it is, and the course and how many children really understand and it's not
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just do you know who your senators are especially for them that and so I
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will definitely say we have our work cutout for us. But and I also
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don't to acknowledge with this has been involving yourself, doctor europause when we talk
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now about what we've done at the international level, I have the pleasure in
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honor of you know, a number of convenience at the university. Also that
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time I was teaching their part time teaching courses and crime invention teaching course of
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course, a business law, business communication and other courses. And that the
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Gen Zero in her capacity is the as the head of director of the Personal
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Spot and Cultural Center, held a number and she's the one that really introduced
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me to the concepts around the international decade, because before it was the International
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Decade of the Acan Descent, it was international recognition of the National Year to
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recognize school African Descent. And so doctor gen Zerra has been long involved in
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what we term an id pad. Those of future you know, we follow
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me a face book, you say hashtag id pad, and I encourage you
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all to do that with the id padre we're recognizing us, our recognition that
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development justice for us with a black people of Afrinic ascent. And so We
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started that pretty very early, very early on. We actually Bayack took part
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in. We came in at the university held which they held the annual conference
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conference every figure where doctor Carla Corbin was sitting speaker that the corman for those
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who are not aware, and doctor Corbin was the paternal face advisors for several
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governors and up until governor from Turnble and and essentially essentially you have essentially have
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with in the case of doctor Corbin who is mentioned, a lot of people
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who mentioned being other members of the organization. So we presented at that conference.
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We presented basically, you know, our thoughts around econization and intended that
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conference in BIAC has done a lot of things in terms of con contest of
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you know, care Com. We've been pushing, we've been asking for the
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administrations and we're than one now of you know joining as an associate member.
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And I've done that through my capacity by it as well as my as an
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activist. And with that, just fast forwarding to twenty sixteen, I was
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selected as a fellow for the National Decade for the Blackrican Descent we conclude this
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year, and with that, through the fellowship raising my capacity in how to
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advocate at the international level. So it did involve as very intense fellowship where
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we have to present. I had the pleasure of presenting on a matter of
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our colonial issue is like to vote him, that's a major one, our
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help rights, economic you know, every thing you can think of in terms
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of when we talk of human rights, when we say the colonization, we're
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talking about all these things. And with that and and just for by way
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of background to those to listeners, and so's a viewing on my my my,
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I hone. I understanding human rights undergraddit in all school. One of
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my credentials is having actually study international human rights law. So I've been lived
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for quite some time. And so for the Felloso was a great opportunity for
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me to find to really build those skills, build lot those skills even further.
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And I can tell you into presenting an international level is very technical for
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those who are unfamiliar. You have to present in about three minutes. So
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I have to take basically you know, decades of versions oppression and put it
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into a one page documentities for the both points very finance and that's yeah.
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So and with that is you know, the next year when at the end
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enough tony percent, and I say that to say when we're it's something that
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as a zer and I have talked about with others. We have there's a
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training that has to happen. Even though when we talk about local advocacy,
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it requires training. When you study all the movements and the civil rights they
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did a lot of training. If those who can watch most recently, we
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have during that history month, a lot of the advocates, all the things
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that took place, they plan, they plan, and they trained, and
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so we have. One of the things that I'm gonna be thing to work
35:46
on is really training on community action. And there's a method and there's a
35:52
way to get things across in the community. So I'm very thankful for you
35:58
sharing what you shared because to give some context, because you're absolutely correct,
36:02
it was an International Year for People of African Descent for honor about twenty eleven,
36:10
and from that then the actual UN designated International Decade the People of African
36:19
Descent was put in place for being effected from January twenty fourteen, twenty fifteen,
36:27
forgive me, until twenty twenty four December the end of this year.
36:32
However, many persons don't even know that there was an international let me be
36:37
very specific, a United Nations General Assembly designated International Decade for People of African
36:45
Descent that comes to a close December third first of this year. And there's
36:51
a movement now and recommendations and documents and testimony in place to encourage the Gen
37:00
Assembly to extend this international decade, so there will be a second, proposed
37:06
second International Decade for people of African descent where we can actually put some more
37:10
actionable deliverables, boots to the ground efforts to really address recognition, justice and
37:19
development for people of African ancestry. Also, what exists is this permanent Homan
37:24
which has been in place from last year to beivafore and from twenty twenty two.
37:32
They had their first convening in twenty twenty two December, and then they
37:37
have another conveniing last spring in twenty twenty three, and then they will have
37:43
their third convening that is scheduled for this April in Geneva. I believe between
37:50
Honor about the fourteenth to the seventeenth of April. And it's really important for
37:54
persons to be aware that many of the persons that are in the forefront some
38:00
of these efforts are women of African descent. I just need to highlight that
38:06
women of the world are engaged. But these particular efforts have really been led,
38:12
you know, even the current the incoming the poem of president in the
38:16
first situation of the Permanent Forum for People of African Descent with doctor Epsy Campbell,
38:24
and I just think it's important. I think it's important to know,
38:29
well Campbell Epstein, it's I've murdered her her other last name and known as
38:32
doctor Campbell, and I think it's important that people know that. And she's
38:37
a former vice president, one of the first women of African ancestry to be
38:44
a vice president in the country of Costa Rica, and I think it's important
38:47
out coming out of that leadership position. She then led in the first in
38:52
the first rounds with the perminic Forum for People of back from Descent within the
38:57
UN and is continuing to serve in that particular forum. And this year and
39:02
it's moving to a new president, none other than doctor Jims Sumer out of
39:07
Saint Lucian up here. You know, very active in Cara com, you
39:10
know, very knowledgeable, you know, coming out of the academic space of
39:15
the University of the West Indies, but also very close, very tied to
39:22
doing work, you know, with care COM in other Caribbean, America's,
39:27
Africa, Europe global efforts. And I think it's really critical for persons to
39:32
just be aware that these programs, these initiatives, these institutions do exist.
39:40
And here we have a number of Virgin Islanders that are and that and those
39:49
are listening at the forefront and were the forefront of the establishments of the Permanent
40:00
Forum for people I want to do. We were for mm hmm. And
40:07
Michael Esreshian was us leading us engaging people around the world. And so that's
40:12
why I tell folks about and I little I went the version and here I
40:20
know this first time. It's not easy being so small because a lot of
40:23
times I have to go into the rooms and I have to remind people that
40:30
I am present, you are present. Once thinks together and she's happened to
40:45
say that last part, No, say that last part one more time please,
40:49
And so that's what I think you went. I think maybe on the
40:59
conversation and which we haven't attended in years, it's because we ourselves are now
41:06
are moving our It puts the virgions in a very bad position when we don't
41:09
participate in the u N and care count. And that's why I like we
41:14
talk, oh, what's our territories say yes, A lot of times you
41:17
will find that because some of the other territories leaders are advocating at the national
41:23
level and putting that pressure, they they oftentimes aren't being dealt given given much
41:30
better privileges even under the colonial framework. The VIRGIONNS is a lot of absences.
41:36
Myself, I didn't your other advocates at the core venue. While he's
41:39
not, then there's advisor to continues to remain committed to our rights and virginal
41:46
lenders, and so he participates. I mean these meetings where our government,
41:52
I mean that's our governor and the person that he personally appoints to the extrong
41:55
PRIs advisor and that that position has been vacant as to the Young administration.
42:00
It was only a couple of years the Young administration when we actually have someone
42:06
in that position. So as those of you online and those are listening homes
42:12
podcasts to the administration as well call calls, I will say though myself and
42:23
others, we remain committed to this work. So whether the governor decided that
42:29
ever show ups or whatever, we're going to show up, we have,
42:36
but we also let him know. I want to highlight that I don't wish
42:40
this stuff just go like right, we come back and we tell people,
42:45
well, this is what's happening, and this is what they said, and
42:46
this is what it looks like, and these are the questions some of us
42:50
have been For those we'll get the joke from this. Some of us will
42:54
be in these spaces, these international spaces, videotape footage and send it live
43:05
so that our community is aware, our leaders are aware, even if it's
43:08
not necessarily their priority at this particular time, because we recognize that there are
43:14
a number of priorities that are crucial here in the Virgin Islands, within our
43:20
Caribbean America's spaces, et cetera. And I just want to make sure that
43:23
I highlight that because I don't wish for people to think this like we just
43:27
go and just do whatever we want. Our thing is to make sure that
43:30
we are inclusive and not excluded from some of these engagements like that support.
43:38
Because people will say that I've been to Cara com Convenience, I've been to
43:45
Caribbean Pan African Network Convenience. I've been at Latin American Eastern Caribbean Commission Convenience
43:52
and African Union Convene. I can go through this list and people ask the
43:58
minute they hear that you're from the Virgin Islands, and yes, I tie
44:01
my connections to the wider Caribbean because my family's from several islands and grew up
44:06
in these different English speaking, Spanish speaking, Dutch and Parpiamental speaking French speaking
44:10
spaces. But this is which part I live. This is where I get
44:15
to teach and share and engage, and it's really critical for us to be
44:20
able to have this information and offer these sharing so people know that the Virgin
44:24
Islands is part of the Caribbean too, in that we have voice and presence
44:30
and achievements and contributions and greatness and vibration and energy and exemplary scholars, not
44:38
just regular scholars like exemplary right, we have persons that are have contributed to
44:45
significant change for the human circumstance and condition globally, coming from anti forest square
44:52
miles thirty four square of miles, two anti square miles, even two square
44:58
miles, while to Island is really important for persons to get that. And
45:01
then our sisters and brought us in the British Virgin Islands because most of us
45:05
have some kind of tie connection between Tortola, Virgin Gorda, josrend Dyke and
45:12
Nagata, and then it spreads the wider Caribbean Americas, so that that way,
45:16
the minute we start asking about our grandparents and our great great grandparents,
45:22
it will keep us in a very wide space, so that we actually are
45:29
more global than sometimes we even believe we are, while still being grounded in
45:36
the greatness and the richness of this space we know is the Virgin Islands.
45:39
And I want to highlight that Virgin Islands of the United States our legal name,
45:45
according to the Revised Organic Act of the nineteen fifty four that's still in
45:50
effect, legal name Virgin Islands of the United States USBI is easy to say,
45:59
it's more tourists appropriate. However, our legal name is Virgin Islands first,
46:07
of the United States. Afterwards, I just need people to get that
46:12
clarity so that when people think about the Virgin Islands, that you recognize Caribbean
46:16
people, predominantly people of African ancestry, a large population tied to indigenity and
46:23
Native Amerindian culture and traditions grounding this space. Very spiritual, very sacred space
46:31
needs to highlight that. So don't get twists on just San Sea, sun
46:35
and fun. There's a whole realm of greatness around the arts and sciences that
46:40
govern the universe that are connected to this space. So that's why when we're
46:46
speaking about some of these things that we highlight some of these conversations we're saying,
46:52
and people may think, oh, mynd they're a little bit on the
46:53
rabble rousers side. I'm gonna take that as a compliment. I'm sure they
46:59
had names people like Nelson Mandela too. I'm sure they had names for people
47:04
like Martin Luther, King, Malcolm X where we're going, Reverend Edward willman
47:07
Lyde and Ruby Browse. I'm just saying we could say some names, Marianne
47:13
Golden Christopher, we could make some right, Hubert Harrison. You don't know
47:16
where we can go with this. You understand there's a number of persons.
47:21
Even our skis are named after great you know, Edith Williams. I'm just
47:24
saying, you know, Rothschild, Francis, you know, I mean there's
47:29
people right here in the Virgin Islands that made such an impact on global affairs.
47:35
People forget that someone from small space like Saint Croix. And I keep
47:39
coming back to Hubert Harrison for a couple of reasons, because people think of
47:44
him as just being radical and the philosopher, and they used to call him
47:47
Black Socrates. That's not an easy title of whole when someone when a when
47:52
a when a community refers to as the Black Socrates in terms of his philosophy
47:57
and his ability to speak and have skills and journalism, and that he took
48:01
time to teach a very great one how to speak in public, none other
48:08
than the Honorable Marcus Messiah Garvey. I'm just saying there's some things from a
48:15
very small space, small spaces space much larger out of Jamaica, but a
48:22
lot of things come out of this, this this realm. So that's why
48:24
I'm very grateful. I'm looking at I'm looking at some of these comments as
48:28
well, Sister Queen Jenevieve, So I want to make sure I sent a
48:31
special shout out to sister Queen Moya and Zuri of the A p R P
48:38
NANA. I know it's Nana y'aphibia right, and so it's a powerful vibe
48:44
to have her even tune in and sharing and reminding us to stay ready ready
48:47
systems just saying stay ready, right and given thanks to praise to we see
48:53
your rescue. Yes, okay, sorry, got a little excited to just
49:00
there as you know, and I see my, I see one of my,
49:02
one of my, my, my, my, my road system always
49:07
say rolling with Stormy with sister Queen Stormy, you know, coming out of
49:13
planet marketing and tell and travel really offering business opportunities for us to be able
49:19
to take this particular work to the next level. I want to give thanks
49:22
for the support, the presence and again any of the reflections and comments,
49:27
because this is a conversation. Yes, and sister Queen Genevieve and I we
49:31
do this frequent, so we're we're just bringing out a couple of key points
49:36
of things that are linked to International Women's Months, linked to Virgin Island's History
49:42
months, and observances therein observations around the permanent form the people of African descent,
49:47
they just you know, look at the UN site UN dot org.
49:52
Just go there and navigate and see for yourself. What has been taking place
49:57
that is connected to the A lot of resources. Absolutely absolutely, so I
50:04
know that they're gonna look at us because see how that hour just went like
50:09
what, So please share systems, Jeff, there are some things. Greeting
50:15
sister tributa Paris is always an other privilege. Then offer strength, give us
50:23
strength, give us energy, give us that vibration. That's what we're speaking
50:27
of. And the men were on you know, it's it's always powerful.
50:34
I remember when I was a member of the un Women's f many with the
50:38
US National Community and Women. I was in Florida and we had females and
50:45
the you know who were part of the board and supported women's rights. So
50:47
those powerful when you know we have males supporting And I can definitely tell you
50:52
it is about staying righty, I will say, though, it's about us
50:57
skating ready and so for as I was encouraged for those who are interested,
51:01
I've done that before. So about a few years back, four years fighters
51:07
you know prior. Every four years we have an opportunity to take part in
51:10
US called University Universal Periodic Review. I sendated the version US first report and
51:16
they take a while to put together. I basically kind a log about sixty
51:21
seven years of but also history in terms of how many promises we've the US
51:27
has made to us about our status and about the one attempt in version's history
51:32
that we made to address our status. So now and of course for the
51:36
Constitution, I do want to highlight and encourage folks. I am was one
51:39
of the sponsors of the legation that resulted in the creation of the sixth Anti
51:45
Invention Effort. I do athology and Center of General Suo as the transponsoral for
51:51
myself and essentially that is an act in human rights and so soon you know,
51:57
so again two women you know, promote something that which is a private
52:00
constitution document and encouraged persons to run profice and an input. The input as
52:07
an editor for the fifth I remember just you know, was having you know,
52:10
it's a powerful thing to have that gender balance, and I continue to
52:15
ask for that, you know there and also be more intentional, so as
52:19
a senator than from an office as sponsored gender equality. I would like to
52:23
see in the word violence, our wards and commissions be equitable general gender ectly
52:30
and it was it was largest supporter, but I then could definitely tell you
52:35
there were and it was more efforts more Unfortunately, it was a lot more
52:39
men were men and women. And even I'll put out publicly, I was
52:44
really disappointed that we have the daily news editor, said mister female who was
52:52
disappointed by legislation. So as we as we navigate Women's Instrum Month and nomen's
52:59
rights, one of the things I call to action and a challenge show us
53:01
as women is to overcome our personal differences. There is to work in together
53:08
for our common cause. There isn't a sart of require friendship. It is
53:13
a blessing to have friendship. A lot of what keeps us back and within
53:17
the verse rounds, so it is that divide, you know. But I
53:22
do want to say, for my interest, what's successful, and that's really
53:25
just for me, you know, gender putty and our boards. I'm looking
53:30
for more women in public office, you know, publical office. I'm looking
53:35
for that. I spent a decade involved in getting myself ready to run.
53:38
I thought women along with me to these books. Yes, and I encourage
53:46
that, and I do appreciate how many women you have leadership positions, and
53:51
with that, continue to remind yourself that you are a woman. Meeting and
53:55
fighting against a lot of the issues we face as women, and being able
54:00
to reach out and help another sister. And the more we reach out and
54:04
help another system see and so on. Things that I'm working is valuation and
54:09
building. I would like to start building. Be very interested. If you
54:14
should be interested. I want to hear folks, you know, raise their
54:16
hands and say yes, let's let's go along, let's go to the un
54:20
need and as a pertain to women with let's let us let us get together.
54:27
And I do acknowledge some of the things happening locally. We have organizations
54:30
that support women and call to Action is really authentic leadership. There are a
54:35
lot of entities organizations that do bring women together. I say, you're also
54:42
too authenticity is important brand well mm hmm, yeah, I want you to
54:51
come together with some of those cimon goals you keep sharing that point the harmony.
54:57
M yeah, right, because part of what well, two things I
55:04
wanted to take that okay, okay, I was hearing I have to mute.
55:17
I think when we're not speaking, there seems to be some distortion.
55:22
So I just wanted to I'm muting when you're speaking, so that you can
55:25
do the same when I'm speaking, but I just hope, but I wanted
55:29
to thank you because we're getting to our our closing element, but I wanted
55:35
to thank you for just joining us tonight on building a new legacy, which
55:40
is part of the Crew Podcast season two. In this particular platform and network,
55:45
I want to really extend my appreciation for you giving some context to some
55:51
of the things that we do around International Women's Months, around virgin Oalyt's history,
55:55
around the Permanent Forum for People of africanisent, around the International Decade,
55:59
the people of African descent, around activities that support youth. What you've been
56:05
able to do as an academic, what you've been able to do when the
56:07
wider communitarian grassroots work that you're involved in. You know, you've done things
56:12
that cross along not just general political structuring and infrastructure development and improvement, but
56:19
also around preparatory justice, reparations, human rights, education, and specifically not
56:25
just educational reform but transformation of education, which is very different right in terms
56:31
of you know, whether it's curriculu, standards, assessment, evaluation, ethics,
56:38
civics policy. So I just would like persons to just acknowledge and be
56:43
familiar that that's some of the realms of some of the areas that you have
56:46
contributed to and continue to contribute to, specifically making sure that the succession planning
56:53
approach of making sure that as we become elders, that we have already prepared
57:00
another set of generations plural to be able to carry on this work and take
57:05
it to even a more elevated space. You know. For that, I'm
57:07
very grateful for the work and the opportunity to just you know, be part
57:10
of your of the journeys that we share and the journeys that I may have
57:15
started, but that I'm comfortable enough to know that they're going to be,
57:19
that they're in place right and that you have done and you're doing the same
57:22
thing with making sure that there's that next layer of generation builders that are going
57:28
to be doing this particular work. I wanted to also make sure that I
57:30
highlight for our listeners and viewers you'll hear us speaking of doctor Carlyle Corbyn and
57:37
Doctor Carlyle Corbyn not only continues to serve within as an international governance advisor to
57:44
various nations, republics, communities inclusive of presidential councils inside of the United Nations,
57:52
but he served under as an International Governance Advisor and Professional and Specialists a
57:59
k a m b within the Government of the Virgin Islands for five different administrations,
58:07
not one, not two. Five. So what you were hearing,
58:14
Attorney Genevie Whittaker Chaer was based on skills, talents and expertise of a very
58:21
powerful brother that works to replicate and teach his skill, talented and expertise to
58:28
the generations coming forward, so that that way we are able to keep this
58:31
momentum moving forward when we speak of freedom, liberation, recognition, justice,
58:38
development, revolution, reparatory justice, reparations, restitute, whatever it is that
58:44
we need to do to build a stronger community, stronger nation, stronger society.
58:51
So we do our part amongst our shared humanity. Right, So I
58:54
offer that I want to send a special shout out to Reverend Petris Byron,
59:00
who's haling with tuning in for Blarta. I'm very grateful for that sharing as
59:05
well and for all of you that we're able to spend some time with us
59:07
tonight. We know we're at our last network of moments, so I just
59:10
wanted to say, tune in, We'll be coming back again. Read the
59:15
broadcast that I get to host as the first and the third Thursday, eight
59:22
pm Eastern Standard time, which is the same as Atlantic since Daylight Savings happened
59:27
on past Sunday. But remember, culture heals humanity, Land is our foundation
59:32
and spiritual harmony unifies us. We're going to be putting up some of the
59:36
publications that we've shared, some of the marketing workshops and webinars that we offer.
59:42
You heard me speak of what a number of sisters in our sphere as
59:45
well as brothers and our sphere are involved in. So be a part of
59:49
the solution. Do your contribution. Share with us. What are the actionable
59:53
deliverables? You want to know more. We would like to care more,
59:58
we would like to heal more. That means we're gonna do more, and
1:00:00
we'll do it together. Respect. So let's give thanks. I believe that
1:00:07
is my rhythm and I will go to my habit purpose in tuning, hotap
1:00:12
and peace. Thank you everything so we can have suppos We have to live
1:00:21
the life. Life should give it to you all intelligendous. If you have
1:00:28
a purpose, every day you move along a way that all the time you
1:00:34
have a purpose, and all you do so your life, your life free.
1:00:47
UT. Thanks give, thanks give, thanks,