shine1.us
Chicago, IL 60623
United States
PLEASE REFERENCE 03/12-13/21 BELOW THIS DATE ALSO. iT'S IMPORTANT
04/10/2021- I have used liquid oxygen drops in my eyes for several years now. A drop in each eye in the morning, occasionally two. My last two eye exams when fitted for glasses have produced results that have shown improved vision. retina specialist told me my eyes were very good a couple of months ago. I have recommended these drops to two people who have glaucoma, and both have said that the doctor told them the presuure on the eye improved, (although such doctors also prescribe eye drops for glaucoma). For persons who have simple bad eyes as I do, it has worked for me. Passing it along.
C229
I dont think it's a question of "if", but when C229 will be accepted by the people. Why? Because it's the first of it's kind; because it has a utility, i.e., that we can use it's flexibility to push an agenda for healing for the country and perhaps beyond. I can certainly envision C229 having an international appeal. I am need to do something to grab the attention of the public in order to bring about " galvanization". I know where I want to go with this. It's a matter of choosing the right road.
Written in Mid-March- "4 square" (i.e. covering all bases), A scriptural defense of the need for U.S. citizens , et. al., to get the Covid-19 vaccine, for those persons adhering to Judeo-Christian faith doctrines. Added to Notable Persons List: To be added soon.
4 SQUARE
Matthew 16:24
(1) "deny thyself...
follow ME " ( my color accent )
Consider the interest of Matthew 7:12
others. Found in Leviticus 19:18
(2)Phillipians: (3) "Love thy
2: 3-4 neighbor; ...do
unto others"...
(4) "Greater love.. than
a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13
Jesus instructed us to "...follow Me"... Who can lay a credible challenge to His words here, that His intent meant something other than for us to OBEY His instruction? "...DENY THYSELF..." Jesus instructs.
03/13/2021- The greatest authority to press upon the public in this country the need to get vacinnated against Covid-19, especially those professing to follow Judeo-Christian teachings is the Golden Rule, Leviticus 19:18, ..."thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself..."from Leviticus 19:18; also, the teaching of Jesus in Matthew 7:12-... "whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do you even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets"...Don't jeapordize the health and lives of others, as is your position for you and your families. If you are a professed believer in these two religious persuassions, you are bound to follow its clear directive.There is no wiggle room.
03/12/2021- Proactive Pandemic and Good Health Readiness.
The United States delves out more money for healthcare than any other nation in the world. To allow all citizens the right to proper healthcare is a must, a neccesary price tag. Can we offer suggestions that might reduce the cost of healthcare via better citizen oversight and responsibility for their health, along with some degree of government funding?
As I indicated in yesterdays' text, below on 03/12/21, I attribute improvement in both of my health conditions in large degree to consumption of fresh squeezed fruit and vegetable juiceces mixed with leafy greens, etc. (blended in with dragon fruit, wheat grass powder, aloe vera juice, grapefruit juice, and frozen berry mixtures. I freeze them in 8 0z. bottles.
My costs: 2 bags of carrots
4 loose beets
1 stalk of celery
1 bag of prewashed spinach
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= about $5.50 at about 35cents a bottle, to be placed in 15 8 oz. bottles and frozen. This would last me 2 weeks plus.
Produced in millions of acres, these medicines could be juiced, stored ( in the less frigid temperature coolers storing Covid-19 vaccines) and other strategically placed coolers, and grown regionally and locally for a far less expense per capita for their respective populations. Juice bar prices for low income persons might be slightly above their financial means. What does the science and money people say?
OR
Persons living on low incomes with proof of some kind of government assistance, can purchase their fruits and vegetables and have them juiced at allocated juicing locations. Food bank locations may already have in-house facilities that can be converted into juicing stalls for residents in those respective areas. I have seen food box giveaways this winter, where all boxes of food could not even be given away. I don't know what was done with them. (Health experts can determine what juices are permissible for diabetics).
For the nation, a strong ad campaign could brief the people along with more in depth exposure on social media and televsion. This suggestion for the entire nation, as well the implied reasoning for Black people to get vaccinated against the Covid-19, are located in Article 9 of C229.
03/11/2021- Why I must continue with C229. I have received no rave reviews or television interviews. However, along the way, I have had wonderful comments on C229 e.g., " it's brilliant", "creatively inspirational", etc., and that's O.K. The overriding reason for my continued efforts is simply, because I know better in some matters that I have Articled in C229.
Being able to hurriedlly create effective vaccines and boosters for novel and new pandemics is great, welcome, and needed news. Dr. Sanjay Gupta pointed out yesterday on CNN in a question put to him on his view of the origin of Covid-19, in part of his response, included the statement that there will be other pandemics. History supports his view.
That's one dimension of national health for people in America. Another dimension is the general overall health and longer life for all of us, which is an ancient, cherished desire, that is also less costly to health insurance companies, governments, and society in general. When a citizen of value dies or gets really sick, it has an avalanche effect on family, friends, community, etc.
I indicated that I know better due to my personal experiences. I beat out a serious, iife threatening disease in 2015. The attendant told me, " Mr. Wicks, your numbers are lower than a person who doesn't even have the disease", meaning a very good thing. In another health situation, my heartbeats per minute went from 35-40 beats per minute, to 60 beats per minute in just months, (once it was 70 per minute). At 35-40 beats per minute, I was really susceptible to death by heart failure.
My survival can be attributed to the biblical standard of "faith and works", works being the consumption of nutritious fresh squeezed vegetables and fruit juices by themselve and in smoothies; raw greens and salads; exercise; productive "food" for the mind and spirit. You know this to be true of so many hundreds of thousands of others.
In my travels, I have see many people who I believe do not have access to a lifestyle as I have lndicated above. There are food deserts that limit acces to proper nutrition. There are age and health isues that cause limitations. Nutrition incurs expense. Has there a study been done by the government that compares just the cost of healthcare to the government for persons who are lower income? Could the government provide mobile trucks, etc, that would distribute fresh squeezed juices to poor inner-city or rural areas. The juice from fresh squeezed juices and vegetables carries with it minerals and vitamins. Diabetics can aslo enjoy certain fresh squeezed juice,vegetables and leafy greens, That alone would put a huge dent in sickness, death, and hospitalizations cost to those who have to bear the burden of healthcare costs.
Black people have suffered disproportionately from illnesses for decades. Where have we had a standard guide, an accepted national community and individual health code throughout America, that creates a standard code of conduct- healthwise, spiritually, morally (most of us know murder, robbery, and theft is morally unacceptable, or the courts will impress that upon you). educationally, in pursuit of a trade-career, etc., that shall direct us on how we shall move forward?
That is the high purpose of C229 that keeps egging me on. Words without documentation and a standard accepted set of precepts. becomes lost inside the fog of indecision, when people are surrounded by poverty, crime, ignorance, social indifference and mistreatment and in one's own personal sphere. C229 has immmense possibilities that can resolve some of these issues as a lasting resource. I'm working on that.
03/04/2021- I played a pickup game with Cazzie Russell at the old Chatham YMCA ( or Chatham Community Center) one Wednesday evening in about 1968. I was a junior in high school. We were on the same team and when I stole the ball, he gave me the "way to go boy! encouragement. Thanks Cazzie, I needed that.
I need to complete Article 5, Income and Revenues, so that C229 is complete. I have some ideas. I don't have funds to pay for a busines plan-feasibility study. Tring to design a C229 lapel pin. C229 should be published in many Black-owned newspapers across the country each Black History Month. Would love to have non-Black newspapers publish the document as well.
Even in it's rudimentary form, C229 is an original document purporting a Constitution for Africa-Americans. It's an original that we know could be done much better, ( so was first airplane flight by the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina over a hundred years ago!). Need endorsements from Notables persons list. I don't know how toreach them and being thrown into a fans list email would hardly be noticed.
Lastly, roof top snow removal and gutter clearing carried over into two days. With the cleanup outside yesterday after the snow melt, revealed bottles, cans, rags, masks, and paper. That was also a laborious task. I went about 6 houses down. I have to work out because of medical issues. I work three days a week. Tired y'all. I'm tired now.
02/13/21- Been busy thinking of stuff. Can I turn C229 into an adaptable, flexible document that can assume different characters for different purposes? As with other cities across America, Chicago is having a real winter this year- the kind I remember so well over the years. I shoveled the alley, and three addresses today; my neighbor's, mine, and another friend's. I am a little behind in the work related to C229, however, I have put in a lot of work already.
I had a detached retina a month and a half or so ago, causing a "floater" which is something like a blemish that constantly floats across the eye. The floater in my eye has reduced and has lost about 85-90% of its initial mass. My sight is not impeded and I recently passed an eye exam. Laser surgery to reattach it was successful.
My research to eliminate the floater led me to purchase Clearview Muitiple Vitamins which, along with the consumption of eating about three slices of fresh pineapple day, was a game changer in reducing the floater in my eye. I viewed a short video on youtube where a medical doctor was talking about pineapple consumption and floaters. I decided to try eating pineapple as well. My sight is almost 100%.
One of the Articles of C229 asserts a non-endorsement of proliferation of the nations of the world arming themselves with nuclear weapons. Should I also include a Section to Article 16, " Non-proliferation of domestic violence"? We kill each other every day, citizens of every nation, yet our hearts would melt at the thought of hydrogen bombs being unleashed upon humankind for real, an hour after you read this information.
What sense does it make to denounce nuclear war, and continue to kill each other? It is a contradiction of humanitarian perception. The whole matter of nuclear arms is really convoluted- peace through war intimidation. Could a nuclear arsenal of love prove just an effective means to preventing war? This question is the forerunner for the origin of C229 for Black and American communities et.al. in toto.
If nuclear war ever finds its way to our country and my doorsteps for example, or if i died from a pre-meditated shooting out on the street, what diiference would it make in relation to death itself that I would experience, i. e., the manner of death, not a violation of United Nations agreements or international non-armament agreements. Just, HOW I died is the point in question. One could argue radioactive fallout and its after effects on great numbers of people, differs from the family, social, religious-spiritual, and health fallout from a proliferation of domestic murder, violent crime and terror that consumes a typical society? Really?
02/09/21- There are physical and medical limitations that prevent me from making entry each day. Snow shoveling has been constant here in Chicago, and I shovel. I work a few days a week as well. I'll be 70 in June. I feel exhausted at times. Somber refelctions at the passing of Mary Wilson and Leon Spinks who will be added to the Notable Persons list.
The Borges Report on WVON radio here in Chicago is hosted by Attorney Ernesto Borges, a bankruptcy attorney, and co-hosted by Mike Wallace- always a great show.Their show centers around discussion of past and current international, national and local issues and allows call-ins from public.Their show this week invited former United States Senator Roland Burris (ILL.), who also served as Illinois Attorney General, and Comptroller of Illinois, making him the first African American to be elected to a Statewide office in Illinois. ( source, Wikipedia, free online encyclopedia).
I don't want to mistake what Mr. Burris said on the Borges Report this past Sunday morning, so I will suffice it to say that he has plans to raise funds to assist the serious needs in black communities, (I don't know if Mr. Burris' will focus on local, regional, or national interests of African Americans). Mr. Burris briefly mentioned the city of Evanston, Illinois, a beautiful Chicago suburb nestled along Chicago's north Shore, as already being involved in some degree of reparations (i.e.,compensation to help heal the damage incurred by Black American slaves, that has passed on to affect their descendants here in America). You can read the story in; Source, The Guardian, written by Eric Lutz in Evanston
Sun 19 Jan 2020 03:45 EST
" One city's reparations program that could offer a blueprint for the nation":...
02/05/21-
I am going to enter names of other Notable Persons who I have overlooked, and I apologize. I'm old school so I tend to overlook our more contemporary Notables. However, you know who you are, what you have accomplished, which is much beyond the few word of this website. You are family.
First of all, Tio Hardiman, one of the persons on this website's Notable Person's list, is to Chicago, what Jim Brown is to Lo Angeles. Gang members respect him and listen to him. He has watered down rifts between opposing gang members and prevented possible violence. He hosts a morning radio talk show on Chicago's WVON. He ran for Governor of Illinois. Not many of us can do what he does.
Attorney Ernest B. Fenton, who likewise hosts a morning talk show on WVON here in Chicago, had a guest on his show, James H. Lowry ( now on Notable Persons list), who is well known for his many years in the field of consulting, including the field's early beginnings. A very impressive resume I'm sure. Mr. Fenton asked him how the Black community could be improved economically. Mr. Lowery responded that black communities need billion dollar investment ( not sure if he said investment singular, or investments plural.)
Mr. Lowry also suggested that Black college age children can also succeed at colleges other than Historiclly Black Colleges and Universities, (HBCU's), as he himself graduated from Grinnell College in Iowa. Good show Attorney Fenton. New Notable Persons being added now.
02/04/21-
Let us continue to take the high road. More and more people are becoming aware of C229. It's not going to disappear from the public. The first draft of this document was written in 2015-2016, and revisted in 2020 until now. There's still more room for improvement and growth.
Let us be patient with one another. The damage done to black communities, to the minds of those who reside there, was done over a long period of time. Some athletes can run faster than others because they have had training, and possess resources conducive to being fast and swift. Not everyone can operate at the same level and makes them no less important in filling out the roll call of saints in God's kingdom to come.
There were those who contributed huge sums to the Temple treasury in Jerusalem during Jesus' time, yet it was the poor widow who only had few pennies to give that caught the eye of Jesus, for she gave her all. The virtues of Love and patience (to forbear) are also parts of the equation for successful healing in black communities, for they rest upon the spiritual-universal seat of wisdom, not just intelligence.
01/20/21- Suggested leaders for the proposed African American Community Improvement Asociation:
Martin Luther King 111,- President- Council of National Black Men's Community Improvement Association.
Bernice King- President- Council of National Black Women's Community Improvement Association.
***Note- What a proper and moral tribute in kind to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Who better can continue and move forward in sustaining Dr. King"s vision for America than his children, both of whom are committed to spiritual and moral redemption of fallen mankind? The King offspring possess an inherent following among all races, as this agenda welcomes all who desire comprehensive healing for our world.
01/11/21- Article 21, a new addition. On Rev. Sharpton radio show WVON today.
01/07/21- Article 20, a new addition.
01/06/21- An excerpt of the Article I am submitting for publication. Incidentally, non-frican Americans view C229 with an objective kindness.
"... C229; A Constitution For African Americans, (A"To Do" List)"...
..."The nature of C229 (its natural appeal) and its character (its substance) are important factors that will determine its acceptance and success. The document purports to be inclusive, recognizing huge diversity among black people. We need activists, and yet we need non-activist grandmothers and single parent mothers with three kid who have no time for activism, for example. We need them because the grandmother who attends church, needs to share our C229 Health and Longevity proactive health measures found in Article 9 with her parishoners. We need the single mom with kids because we need to help her bring her children along to become future students for our historically black college and universities (hbcu’s). The greatest among us will be known as servants, so stipulated Jesus.
01/04/21- Folks, this man has been busy. I do my own work as I have no staff. I am compelled to write this with love. The bible has accompaniments that are revealed in addition to the words found therein, that co-signs for its authenticity and confirms its truth. Given to people are prophetic dreams and visions, revelations, spiritual discernment-a "quick understanding", gifts to assist in performing the CREATOR's will, a calling to enter the family of saints, etc.
The dispensing of these realities are irreversible as they flow from YAHWEH-GOD to the person(s) intended. The question is, "are they worthy to receive them"?, which can only be answered by the CREATOR HIMSELF, and falls outside the province of human selection. Persons designated for YAH's work can be physically stopped (e.g., John the Baptist. The Messiah, Stephen, Paul of Tarsus, John on Patmos Island, the disciples of Jesus, et.al), but the work given them continues. Persons who are recipients of such favor from YAH, are essentially persons who are fearlessly undaunted and unpersuaded by anything that is adverse to the mission assigned them.
I write from a position of spiritual experience, borne in the bowels of the penitentiary; in places where I lived in which I had no desire to be; healed from a serious chronic liver disease; caught up in a web of circumstances that challenged one's spiritual strength to its core. Through it all, a path was lit and I followed. I am not lost in matters of spirituality. I have studied great teachers and continue to do so. I commit no crimes, nor do I aid and abet. In this work, there is no need to distrust me, as I will have no dealings with any revenues, nor do I want to.
Update on C229
Have been working on articles for newspapers (completed). Have one women's group leader who would like to join in a national a National Black Community Improvement Association. Emailed a few WVON talk show hosts asking for 5-10 minutes to explain C229. Working with one talk show host on recruiting black men into same Association. Working phones. Got through to Rev. Al Sharpton's show today, but car cell phone charger died while I was waiting to get on the call line. Cannot call WVON on Sunday and Monday mornings while I am at work.
New Year 2021- New seeds to sow, new fruits to harvest for growth and nourishment!
12/31/20- Update on C229 implementation activities: Working the phones, constructing articles to submit, researching, writing. Up at all hours. Need all the help I can get. (edited an hour and a half ago-smile).
The spread of the gospel to the world was not an overnight reality. The appropriation of comprehensive legal rights to America's black citizens came hundreds of years after their arrival upon its shores. Having America's black community adopt and implement the provisions of C229 will not happen tomorrow. Further, this work is being done in the middle of a global pandemic crisis which takes priority. Much work must be done by computer and on the phone.
However, it would be negiigent not to embody and propose additional remedies that can thwart and reduce problematic issues within U.S. black communities. This world pandemic crisis will pass on one day, and we must move on with our lives. I am hardly a professional or expert in such matters. What encourages me in my efforts to pursue the merits of C229 are prior activities, previous experiences.
Several years ago, I embarked upon a travel here in the South and Midwestern U.S., in an effort to plant the seeds for an African American unification project. That was easy. Ninety-nine per cent of Black people that I spoke to were in favor of, or were ecstatic at the suggestion of a national unified black community. I know black people are looking for a means, a way, an agenda that will bring some sense of cohesion among us based upon my prior efforts. This is not a simple task, however, there are certain observances that come to mind that keeps encouraging me to continue.
The unification project noted above lacked an accompanying document e.g., C229. No one could point to any of the merits of the Articles of C229 ( "C228" at that time, written over 4 years ago), as having any real time purpose, other than that of some later or futuristic time. Today, I recall Article 8 of C228," Health and Longevity" that was written to suggest that black people take proactive health measures four years ago, an issue that has certainly surfaced during the rise of the Covid-19 pandemic. Thus, today, I believe I can assure the public of the need of C229, or parts of it, to (a) promote or enhance existing mindsets for healing in black communities and among black people who do not reside in black communties; (b) to simultaneously offer an agenda or plan to help assist in this healing that are found within the Articles of C229; (c) to provide an archive or historical document for future reference as to the state of black America at this time, and what work we resolved to address these issues.
There are serious realities of diversity within U.S. black communities; levels of income, Fathers-breadwinners vs absentee fathers with low or no income, black male and female incarceration ( serious crimes affecting the comprehensive future livelihoods of these persons) vs those with no crminal history, married mothers-homemakers vs single moms in huge numbers, educated and skilled persons vs lack of education and no skills, different religious beliefs, those who reside in high crime vs less high crime areas, persons choosing alternative lifestyles or preferences vs straight or conventional lifestyle choices, political vs non political beliefs, health conscious and those who are not, different gang affiliations, homelessness, etc.
Through it all, we must arrive at common issues, common areas of struggle, that most us, most black and non-black people alike face. There we can begin the humongous task of uniting in order to live spiritual, civil, moral, and decent lives. Most of us desire safe schools with neccesary resources, safe communities, gainful livelihoods that are within reach, a want of personal and collective social and civic responsibility, duty, and common moral values that promote societal stability, growth, justice, and equality ( or we must continue to work toward that end) etc.
12/29/20- Dr. Fauci and other scientists for months have been asking people to follow Covid-19 guidelines. Too many people are not complying. TO THE VERY WEALTHY PHILANTHROPISTS!! Hire persons to drive buses-cars with loudpeakers ( as is done during elections),and encourage people to wear masks, social distance, wash hands constantly eat friuts and vegetables, take vitamin D and C, eat solid good home cooking with greens, beans, brocolli, etc, The scientists should prepare the audible message.
When Jesus turned over the tables of the moneylenders and merchants in the Temple, His actions were purposeful and dramatic. It is time for DRAMA to get the point across. The lives of those who try to comply for the most part are at stake. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING DRAMATIC THAT WILL COMBAT THE DISOBEDIENCE, and apparent indifference of persons who don't get it.
SHINE Introduction
Note: This website was created prior to the Covid-19 virus. We pray that our CREATOR have mercy on us, and sends a healing to our world, provides us with health, sustenance, shelter,and financial wherewithal for all. We must treat others fairly and just, as a prerequisite, lest we run the risk of HIS judgement. written 9/18/20.
12/20/20- Had about a 15 minute phone session on WVON talk radio yesterday morning here in Chicago. I was able to give an adequate description of the purpose and msssion of C229. It appears that two additional Artcles will be added to C229; To create and sustain a National Black Men's, Black Women's network.
How about "The National African American Community Improvement Association"? The name speaks for itself in regards to a Mission Statement. It will be not a separatist proposal. Activities that are within are proposed in the Articles of this Constitution, are created for purposes of drawing huge numbers of people, and there is no language therein that suggests that non-African Americans cannot share and partkake in our agenda i.e., that you are not welcome. You are welcome to share this hope for improvement with us.
12/15/20- Confirming date and time on WVON radio here in Chicago in order to present C229. By the way,this endeavor does not encourage separation of black America from the broader society. This endeavor wants to herald the message of Love and duty to mankind. If one does not accept the basic tenets of this aspirational and inspirational work, we will not reject you, rather, we hope that our good works and prayers will draw you to us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0CDl1wuPzM&feature=youtu.be
The above link ( which we graciously offer to everyone) is a video that I took several years ago near Chicago's Lakefront. A Daily Affirmation is to be spoken to children at home in the morning, or at school, will be one of the sections or Articles in C229. The two young boys are Rashan and Fitzroy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mXIdm6kBdU&t=5s
Above is a video I took several years ago, at an elementary school in Chicago's Bronzviile community. The late Phillip Jackson, visionary and founder of the Balck Star Project, gave us The Million Father March ( open to all over the world), will be one of the highly cherished endeavors that our C229 will always extol. Rest in peace Phillip Jackson.
12/10/20- WHY WASHINGTON SHOULD PASS A STIMULUS PACKAGE WITH CHECKS GOING TO MILLIONS OF AMERICANS TODAY. (EDITED 12/15/20)
My girlfriend's mother's caretaker was diagnosed with COVID 19 in early 2020. She said she craved oranges, oranges, oranges which she consumed. She beat the Virus. There are natural immmune building products e.g. fresh squeezed fruits and vegetables, oil of oregano, dragonfruit, vitamin D3 ( I take gummies), etc., that can be converted into immunizing barriers against this Covid-19. My slight heart condition went from 35-40 heart beats per minute to 60-70 beats per minute from using these products. It takes money. We can save Lives. Please pass the Stimulus Package today. Thank you.
December 2020- How do we stop the violence that has set in upon the black communities like Covid19? I think it was Dr. King who used the phrase "...crowd it out..." in reference to overcoming the undesirable non-virtues that destroy human progress. Random shootings like the one in Chicago killing two people on Church doorsteps one Sunday morning. A pastor took me outside of his church and informed me of another killing that took place there. No apparent shame or respect for community, or civil regard of innocent life.
This begs the question of what could be the motive for these horrid acts? Who stands to gain? To spread fear and to arouse a sense of futility at the work of all the " do-gooders ", becomes an obvious motive. In our corner of the boxing ring, our instructions are to keep praying, planning, researching, thinking, implementing, analyzing,singing, writing, growing, until herd immunity purges and "crowds out" this evil from among us.
We need a book as a fundraiser 'cause we will need money-lots of it. I know, "another book Kelsie"? What happened to the first one? Well, our scriptures teach persistence pays off. The persistent woman of the New Testament worried the judge to no end until she received justice. Moses and Aaron was sent to Pharaoh at least ten times before the Israelites were let go.
Proposed Book Contents
Our Notable Persons could produce a good bibliography in a sense, if some of the proposed Framers and signatories were to write a mere paragraph of encouragement of sorts about our new proposed endeavor. Another thought would be to simply write a paragraph about these notables to allow for further reading for fhose who would like to know more about the person(s). A history lesson of sorts to assist in filling the book. Then there is C229 itself. There are reference videos available, e.g. the Million Father March Day 2015, on the south side of Chicago, ( Philip told me there were partakings in over 400 cities in America in the video).
Of particular interest to this endeavor is Rev. William J. Barber 11 and his leadership of The Repairers Of The Breach To me, it is very reminiscent of the principles and work set forth in the earlier struggles for human growth and indiscriminate equality. "Crowd it out"!
12/04/20 We have an in-studio session on WVON talk radio in Chicago this month. This endeavor thanks any and all who can open doors for us. Thank you. During this time of pandemic, limited gatherings,stay at home orders, etc., we should use this time for planning and readiness when things open up.
12/03/20. OPEN THE DOORS OF ACCESS!!!!!!!!!!!! THE BLACK COMMUNITY LOST LIVES AND RESOURCES BY NOT ADHERING TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONSTITUTION PENNED IN 2016.
I am thankful that I am well right now, and share in the grief and sorrow at the devastation that has visited the countries of the world. Like many grass roots people, my cash flow is just above water. HANG ON AND WE WILL MAKE IT THROUGH THIS! I will be taking the vaccine. I will be as brief as possible.
I am compelled to call to your attentions to the document that I drafted in June-July, 2016 , "C228; Constitution For African Americans", so named due to the length of time that had passed since the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1787. The NEW document I have drafted within the last few days, though very similar to C228, correctly lists the passage of time as 229 years-1787 until after the first draft of C228 was first penned in 2016. I have made a tentative scheduling to discuss C229 on WVON radio here in Chicago, which has a large listening audience. Again, I am doing well in body and in spiritual inspiration. I am totally focused on the task at hand.
Some points in the Newly Edited C229 Constitution :
1.Some Native American tribes have Constitutions on their lands, as well as some Native Alaskans ( formally called Eskimos). Great events and movements are often accompanied by documents; The Magna Carta of 1215 , The Ten Commandments on tablets of stone; The Emancipation Proclamation, Letter From A Birmingham Jail, etc. Words and thoughts on so important a issue MUST be documented, lest mere words, as they often are, be blown to the four winds of the universe.
2. C229 creates at least a fresh new dialogue on cohesion
among black Americans. What should our common values be?
What precepts of standard behaviors should be becoming of us in our communities? C229 endeavors to breathe a new MINDSET into black communities. We need growth and new direction.
3. Our first document in 2016, C228, encouraged an ANNUAL FUNDRAISING drive for HBCU's ( our Black Colleges and Universities) ). In the document, Knoxville College was cited as one of our colleges in financial difficulty. In 2015, the college lost accredidation and suspended classes until the fall semester. That was a challenge for Black Americans to keep those doors open. Do you begin to see how C229 is a "to do" list for black Americans.
4. The above issue conjures up thoughts of INCREMENTAL REPARATIONS. HOW MUCH IS THE ANNUAL AVERAGE COST OF INCARCERATION FOR ONE INMATE PER YEAR. RELEASE 10 NON VIOLENT OFFENDERS IN 15 STATES AND REALLOCATE THE REVENUE TO A SITUATION LIKE 2015 KNOXVILLE COLLEGE. The annual endowment for KNOXVILLE College Is $1million. For Harvard University it Is $41 billion!!!!!!! Did Slaves help build some of America's prestigious colleges and universities? YES!!!!!!!!!
5. If we are talking Reparations , let's talk reparations. Reparations means to repair. In my criminal conviction in 1989 for a murder I did not commit, I still suffer the after effects, though I was released in 2002. A background check for employment read, " ...murder, threats and violence". Boy, that really helped out.
Last time I checked my name on the internet, The People vs Wicks was first up. Below in another link was information on my website where I disputed the conviction. My case, as with so many thousands of others over many decades, are in law books all over the country. It's public information .
Instead of People vs Wicks being first up, why not let my REBUTTAL to this conviction be shown first sometimes? That's a spoonful of Reparations .
6.Article 8. of C228 " Health and Longevity" in 2016, encouraged proactive measures in black communities and individuals en masse, to adopt healthy lifestyles which could have gone head to head against the Covid 19 virus.
7. There is natural tie between black churches and HBCU's. Church cake and dinner sales with proceeds to the nearest HBCU. Summer vacation students going door to door to help churches connect with community and parents-students relations,while also being ambassadors for HBCU-college recruitment, and completing high school-go trade school.
Notable Names Suggestions
I don't control the selections, I merely do a little research and select candidates:
The Framers and signatories to this document will drive its success and integrity. This is a list of persons, living and deceased, that we hope would be Framers and signatories for this document; Harry Belefonte, Sidney Poitier, members of The Congressional Black Caucus, Rachel Robinson, Cornell West , Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr., Oprah, Minister Louis Farrakhan, Elder Henry Buie of The Israel of God, both Mikes, Civil Rights leaders ( just missed John Lewis, unless a relative can serve as proxy), relative or proxy for C.T. Vivian, President and Michelle Obama, any descendants of W.E.B. Dubois and Booker T. Washington, Angela Davis, Cicely Tyson, Rev Al Sharpton, family member of Kobe Bryant, Jim Brown, Bill Russel, Earvin Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabber, Lebron James , the living children of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the descendants of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner, Myrlie Evers Williams, descendants of Viola Luizzo, Rev. Dr. Micheal Pfleger, the son of John Conyers, descendants of Fanny Lou Hamer, descendants of Rosa Parks, James Meridith, Nikki Giovanni, Colin Kaepernick, Rev. Dr. William Barber 11, Pastors; Frederick K.C. Price, T.D.Jakes, Bill Winston, Guy Johnson, the son of Maya Angelou on her behalf, Denzel, Morgan, Jay-Z and Beyonce', Spike, descendants of James Baldwin or proxy as I could not find anyone linked to his name, the family member of Philip Jackson, founder of The Million Father March which is one of our proposed Constitutional Articles. The descendants of the following persons, Fred Shuttlesworth, Ralph D. Abernathy, Joseph Lowery, Walter Reuthers, Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross, Otis Wiliams, Smoky Robinsonc, Mackenzie Scott, Robert F. Smith, co-founders of Black Lives Matters, et.al.
a.Article 4 of the first Constitution C228 is " Income and Revenues", which can be viewed on the website, shine1.us
I have provided some ideas, that I feel can best be left in the hands of business persons- the Framers.
The next step is to get on WVON here in Chicago, so that I can explain C229, and the depth and positive ramifications this document carries. OPEN UP THE DOORS OF ACCESS WHICH WERE NOT OPEN WHEN I EMBARKED UPON THIS MISSION IN 2016!!!!!!!!!
In closing let me give a soft reminder-again. I'm a convicted felon, and doing work like this inherently brings conflict or distrust. In matters related to me , don't talk AROUND me, talk TO me. Talking AROUND me creates nothing but an avenue for washwoman gossip.
I'm tired and I've been working day and night on C229 and how to present it. I have a slight medical malady, so I can't rip and run as much as I used to. Any typos etc. I will correct at a later date. LETS OPEN UP THE DOORS OF ACCESS!! Eat oranges, take vitamin C, Oil of Oregano, dragon fruit mixed with smoothies, eat greens,salads, raw spinach in smoothies, aloe vera gel and juice in your smoothies. I breathe stove pot hot steam into my lungs, as I let the steam get into my eyes and ears from a safe distance, seaweed and wheat grass powder into my berry smoothies, that I mix with my fresh squeezed carrot, beets, and celery juice. Be encouraged and safe. Your servant-still,
Kelsie
9/19/20- Rest in Peace Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
Section "In Search of Truth and Justice; The People vs Wicks" has been edited.
(website; shine1.us)
(S)eniors (H)elping and (I)mpacting (N)ow (E)tc.
or
( "SHINE").
Founder and Servant Kelsie Wicks
(708)890-3007 email: kelswicks@yahoo.com
Our Motto: "Vita Longa", which means " Long Life".
Our completed but unpublished book, donated on behalf of Senior Citizens worldwide who belive in peace and justice is: "With Our Dying Breaths: a Gift From Seniors".
Senior Citizens; Builders of America and Living Institutions; a new perspective.
Mission Statement
To recreate the image of the Senior citizens here and abroad, as tenured stewards of our globe, and provide for them a leading role in youth educational impact; spiritual, moral, and social matters, so as to enhance global civility and perpetuity among peoples of the world.
Full 20 minute presentation on SHINE agenda. I come into the video at about 19 minutes 05 seconds. Click on the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixg3I2e5hzc
In Pursuit of The Nobel Prize for Peace and Literature; A global Senior Citizens Undertaking.
Our Motto: "Vita Longa", which means " Long Life".
CONGRATULATIONS!
An Appreciation to global Senior Citizens
An Award of Distinction has been conferred upon you, with or without winning the coveted and prestigious Nobel Prize for Peace and/or Literature. One day this distinction will get to you, whether you are alive or posthumously, as a reward for your life's service and existence among humankind as a global Senior Citizen, an Ambassador of Long Life, and a human "living institution". While acknowledging our mistakes and shortcomings, being humbly grateful in our triumphs, we move onward with the undying belief that our CREATOR has untold blessings for us, if we view human life as precious and beyond our right to destroy. Please strive with us as we embark upon this difficult journey to reshape the image of our Senior citizens worldwide. Please stand with us a we attempt to redirect the values and priorities of our youth everywhere. Please pray with us as we fulfill our commissions as stewards of our planet through daily peace initiatives among nations and each other.
Note*** Should we win a Nobel Prize, those accepting the award will come from the deserving ranks of Seniors; the wounded warrior in our military who still holds peace dear to his heart; the grandmother who has had to raise her grandchildren in the absence of their parents; the refugee who is part of a global crisis, who knows not where he or she will be this time next week.
This is one way peace will come to us, when we work together to save one another.
Kelsie Wicks- servant and founder.
(708) 890-3007
kelswicks@yahoo.com
12/20/19- 1/13/20 Have added a portion of another website that I began work on in 2016- we-grow.net. This site is entered at the bottom of the column section to the right.The majority of the work done in this endeavor centered around applying unification principles within ( but not limited to) black communities in America and abroad, (as well as non-black communites).
The sections on this website are very interesting, some of which include videos; C228, a constitution for America's black communities, that I spoke about on WVON talk radio in Chicago is one section; My World Basketball Challenge to be used as fundraiser ( still in effect by the way- my skills have not diminsihed; Poems for Humanity; etc. Check it out-(we-grow.net).
By the way and for the record. I spend more on my girl friend-lady friend than she spends on me, ( and again, you can talk to me or her if you like). We do go dutch at times, and if she writes me a small check for anything due to quick circumstances of some sort, I have the ready cash to reimburse her right then and there. My banks are always close enough. (smiling).
8/19/19- It is amazing that people (normal citizens) will go to such extremes to make a point, e.g., killing any group of people that they might not like, or might have issue with. If their acts are conceived, (and/or hidden) for want of recognition from some infamous, terrible activity, perhaps we should encourage our children at an early age, to develop talents-skills, that are worthy of recognition. Present them with an award to show our appreciation of their talents and work ethic. (All school curriculum should include at least one individual, and one collective humanitarian school project.) Planting the seeds of respect for life at an early age, is intrinsically adverse to later thoughts of harming others in one's later stages of life. "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Priverbs 22:6 KJV
Biblical precepts can be allotted in schools, without disturbing separation of church and state dictates. Stricter gun laws and monitoring-we can't do without them today,(but they are technical issues). Again, removing the mindset to take up arms to harm others- that is dealing with matters of the heart.
(a).Please read the letter to The President below. (b)Please rally for audio and visual recording equipment inside of America's courtrooms in criminal trials, some of which find people in a fight for their natural lives. Extra protections must be employed to protect the innocent. One's liberty in America is the hallmark priority of the United States Constitution, lest we forget that. Due to this reality, there exists the United States Navy, Army, Marines and Airforce, to assure that we as Americans, are, and shall remain, free.(c) Please read In Search of Truth and Justice; The People vs Wicks in the section column on the right.
7/22/19 SHINE Update.
Not long ago, a year perhaps, I had thrown in the towel on humanitarian work. MY sentiments were expressed online and in the open.The years of walking, talking, doing presentations-preparation, toting bags of flyers in 90 plus degree temps in New Orleans, fundraising in the cold in Alaska, researching typing, all finaced by me. Not one dime ever from anyone else. I was tired then AND now.Those of you coming in on the tale end of this, you need to know that before drawing conclusions. Ask me first please, rather than listen to others. My number is at the top.
By the way, since about a couple of weeks ago I am really trying to get a publisher's permission to use a small piece out of one of their books, to show to you. It's only about two paragraphs and brother, does it fit into our SHINE endeavor; " All rights reserved under Pan American and Universal Copyright Convention by Encyclopaedia Brittanica, Inc." I have hand carried a request to the downtown Corporate offices, as well as emailed a request to use the portion that we need. Almost anyone can join. This connects to the journal just below, "7/9/19"- "...the greatest-we all can be"...
I can't imagine them at some point, accomodating this small request that has so much potential to do good. Besides, I used to sell the books back in the late 70's or very early 80's. That's how I have the Encyclopaedias and the accompanying set of Annals of America, which is where my interest lies. Can anyone help? We might have to do a signature support pleading . I have hard and thumbdrive copies or this date.
7/9/19- My absence can be best be explained with, "... the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak."... I think that once I get a replacement for my board of directors, and and slightly more funds, I'll continue with our agenda.( My salary went down $5000, which was to be directed toward the publishing our book.)
Until then, I have been putting together an accompanying work to promote a teaching of Jesus, whereby many people can the greatest down here, just as it is in heaven. That is part of Jesus' prayer or "The Lord's Prayer" you know, as we refer to it: " ...Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth...". It all ties in to oue SHINE agenda. Have to work on it, but I know the direction I would like it to take. Sorry for the delay, but there have been unexpected circumstances involved.
5/30/19- My work for this endeavor calls for others to assist. I'll be contacting politicians, educators, the public, and the church. I need a board member. I'm putting together a nifty little flyer to pass out. Excerpt:
" ... Choose a family legacy. What legacy will our family leave behind- teachers, ministers, college graduates, college and pro athletes, family business, singers-choir members, etc..."
Any suggestions, please call. Thank you.
5/22/19 The SHINE agenda simplified:
(1) Parents- Guardians-Seniors
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(2) Student > > > > > > > (3)Teacher-Educator
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(4) Church > > > > > > > (5)Community
Parents- Seniors, the church instilling spiritual and moral principles-values; parents provide signature commitments to assist students in their selected career choices; the community provides support by purchasing literature that reinforces comprehensive togetherness, and creating and new dimension of communication and interaction between the above entities, while simultaneously providing financial resources (donations, book purchases) for the agenda to grow and sustain itself; the church continues to work with parents, schools, youth, and educators in the community in a quest to "close the gap" of youth and societal dysfunction.
05/21/19- I need a back-up board member, with neccessary signatures and residences before I submit my Articles of Incorporation to the State of Illinois for approval.
05/08/19- 05/17/19 (just after midnight, made a special trip this Friday night!)
CNN, great award winning coverage on Champions For Change. I haven't seen one segment yet on youth, that should not be employed in total or in part, in every school in America and abroad, if possible, Good job.
(5-18-19)
Click on the video link below for brief book information. Great for substitute teachers!!
Recommended this book to my brother, who is a substitute teacher.This book chronicles the important events in America during the 20th Century. I would recommend the book for all schools, particularly, for the 9th-11th grades. Covers World Wars 1&2, Korean and Vietnam conflicts, labor, industry, etc. Never a day without important history of America and other parts of the world, when this book is around. Great for substitute teachers. Another gift from our Seniors!
I will be working on an extension of our SHINE Senior endeavor, as the weather is breaking. Re:Young persons who commit acts of violence with gun crimes; I wonder how many of their grandparents and other Senior members in their families (et.al.) called them that week and said, " Hi! Your granddad (me)is calling you to let you know that I was thinking about you, and wanted you to know that if your grandma was still alive, we both would want you to know that we are counting on you. You are "bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh".
You represent the family. We place great store by what you do, and we want you to succeed at whatever you do. We are going to be contacting ALL of our family members, young and old, and let them know that we are all depending on each other not to become involved in senseless acts of crime, that will hurt you and others. WE WANT YOUR PROMISE NOT TO DO THIS TO YOUR FAMILY!
" ...But the greatest of these is love"
(1st Corinthians 13;13)
04/012/19- Not-for profit, 501C3 paperwork being sent in today, ( i.e., to company that assists with this type of work). Our work could benefit tremendously from these inputs towards our efforts, but I have faith ( a "mustard seed's worth-smile) that our work could still go forward without either.
03/11/19.- Manuscript submitted to publisher, received notice publisher received. See section column right; ( Post College Auxilllaries or PCA's).
02/22/19- Update- (a) My inqiuiry from a publisher for the donated book from SHINE is as follows; Would cost about $500 for down payment, about $275 for the next 10 months, would take about 7-8 months to publish, could expect about $3.85 or a little upwards of $4.00 profit on each book sold. I kind of like those numbers. (b) I am expanding the book a little to include recent material, e.g., In Pursuit of a Nobel Prize for Peace and Literature; the quest for a global Peace and Justice Initiative, and In Search of Justice, which won't take but a very short time to include, perhaps only a few days. The initial information on these other three topics can be included in our first book, and broadened into a second publication at a later date. (c) I missed the class for start-up not- for profits, as I blew the date.Thought it was in early March. However,there is ample info. online.
02/13/19- Thoughts on the position the Framers of the U.S. Constitution might have had in regards to placing audio and visual equipment inside our nations courtrooms, located in Section column to right.
02/11/19- (1) Churches Should Lead Peace and Justice Initiative. ( in section column right). (2) I will be taking a class in how to start a not-for-profit corp. near mid- February. (3) I will be contacting sources who can assist me in making correct publishing decisions, so as to receive the greatest rate of return on our book. (4) " In Search Of Justice " in column at right, has another page ( picture) from the trial transcript.
02/10/19- I wish I could roll some of the minutes over from this past week, so that I would have 28 hours tomorrow, instead of 24 ! ( smiling). I have been calling churches all over the country, wrote only one church outside the U.S. so far, and have hand carried written and emialed information about SHINE and The Nobel Prize Pursuit to at least thirty six churches in Chicago in almost 2 weeks.
The Mustard Seed Blessing
I am thankful to our CREATOR, and for the parable HIS Son Jesus gave to us about the small mustard seed, a very small seed, being likened unto the Kingdom of heaven. The mustard seed though tiny, grows into a tree so huge, that birds nest in it. So it is with the Kingdom of heaven, always growing, always expanding. The parable in its essence declares growth, new vision, new members or saints for those who can overcome, new ministries, new interpretation, new songs, etc. The kingdom of heaven is self-perpetuating, (the CREATOR generates the power)- it never stops growing- eternally!
SHINE is part of that mustard seed parable, and so are other endeavors and churches around the globe.
I don't think that there has ever been a Nobel Prize awarded to global churches united for a Peace and Justice Initiative. I am already contacting churches about their Seniors, which in reality is my asking that their church join GOD's work( it's not MY agenda, I'm just a hired laborer). So, the mustard seed mission is now to press for global churches united for Peace and Justice. A Nobel Prize would simply put a whole world of icing on the cake! ( smile)
01/30/19- Working our agenda and response has been very, very, warm. ( No dues, we have a book!, smile).
01/25/19- The site is near ready now for our marketing of our SHINE and Nobel prize pursuit endeavors. We will be contacting people on the street and everywhere to inform them. My business cards have even arrived.
View copies of court documents, "In Search of Justice" in column section right. Also, a clearer explanation of the fairness and justice in regards to protections found in the 14th amendment's " equal protection" wording. I explained this earlier this week and someone hacked the site and removed the challenge.
#1 Book Update, :complete 01/10/19; doing cosmetics, proof reading, add ons here and there e.g., a "Generic OUTLINE" for the "Youth No Guns" endeavor.
01/07/19- Udpdate: Our donated Seniors book # 1, "With Our Dying Breaths, A Gift From Seniors",should be complete in a few days ( is now complete), maybe tomorrow, or Wednesday. I like it! However, I want to add a little more. which should be no problem. There is a time gap between now and publication. Want to try and really have dialogue on SHINE ( the organization) becoming a candidate for Nobel Prize for Peace and Literature. We have the agenda. The book is a fundraiser for Peace, etc.
With the Nobel prize money ($$$$$), we could turn night into day! Want to at least include preliminaries in book. We don't have to win. I can make "genuine consideration" ( from anywhere) good copy.
12/05/18- A prolonged study for SHINE might be a good and beneficial idea; the Kerner Commission report of 1968 sold two million copies.
TBC 3
12/3-/18- More youth killings
(***Note; see new Priorities and Values section in right column).
Another gift from our Senior Citizens at S.H.I.N.Etc.
YONG= Youth No Guns (pronounced "Young")
Y NG
Everybody has had enough of youth dying. GOD has had enough. Parents-guardians, friends, teachers, the community have had enough. When youth take the lives of others, it is because they have not been taught properly, ( over and over again) of priorities and values ( should be a class). We all have been there.
In high school, I thought having to wear glasses was the worse thing in the world, and I was on the basketball team to boot. I felt miserable when someone would yell out, "old four-eyes can't play no ball". I needed someone to console me and say, "Kelsie, do you know that some of the most gifted, talented, and finest people in the world wear glasses"?. My value or, how I viewed wearing glasses, might have taken a complete turnaround.
I bet you, most shootings among youth occur over something that they thought was meaningful enough to commit an act of violence of some sort. Let's get started and have children become card carrying Y(O)NG members, commit on paper an oath to their parents, to their school, relatives, church, friends, not to carry weapons.
You see, there's advantages to this;
1.YONG members belong to a fraternity where they just don't get sharp as a tack on prom night. They do it all throughout the year.while they are taught "refinement" in manners at the table.
2. YONG members get discounts to sports events, concerts, on phones, and other products and services. COME ON STOCK HOLDERS, YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU NOW.
3. YONG members are singers, poets, designers, etc., and can start a not-for profit to sell their music, raise tremendous revenues to create their own clothing brands, hire themselves, become philanthropists and help others who cannot help themselves, create publications, help with funeral expenses for other youth who die from whatever reason, send their student peers on nice, educational trips in America, and abroad.
You get the idea. Let's put together an Outline and go from there. WE have to help them reshape their perspectives on what is important and of value, and what is a misconception.
01/30/19- Working our agenda and response has been very, very, warm. ( No dues, we have a book!, smile).
01/25/19- The site is near ready now for our marketing of our SHINE and Nobel prize pursuit endeavors. We will be contacting people on the street and everywhere to inform them. My business cards have even arrived.
View copies of court documents, "In Search of Justice" in column section right. Also, a clearer explanation of the fairness and justice in regards to protections found in the 14th amendment's " equal protection" wording. I explained this earlier this week and someone hacked the site and removed the challenge.
01/22/19- See In Search of Truth and Justice in column section bottom right.
C229, A Proposed Constitution For African Americans,
(A “To Do” List)
In 2015-2016 until now, 2021, C228, a proposed Constitution for African Americans was drafted in Chicago, Illinois on Chicago’s west side. This document does not intend to supersede or replace the United States Constitution. There is no threatening or subversive language in this document. The purpose of writing the document, was the realization that historical events are often accompanied by documents, perhaps to serve short and long term references, legal and historical purposes. This document has now been updated to “C229”, as new perspectives on the purpose and mission of the document has arisen. C229, the letter ”C” representing Constitution, the number 229 representing the number of years that C229 was written after the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1787. The purpose of writing the document was the realization that great events and causes are often accompanied by documents, perhaps to serve short term and long term references, as well as for legal and historical purposes. Great ideas and important works have been lost to the four winds of the universe, due to the negligence of non-documentation
Such examples are Moses’ obtaining the Ten Commandments on tablets of stone, and The Emancipation Proclamation authored by Abraham Lincoln. Both persons are no longer with us, however, the documents remain. Documents possess the character of having staying power. Thus, C229 was written for the purposes (a) to allow for an archive, a historical document that will serve as witness to this endeavor. (b) to support existing efforts to shape and mold mindsets in black communities that strive to provide healing (c) to simultaneously provide an agenda-plan for black community upliftment within the Articles of C229 themselves.
I will attempt to illustrate the letter (c) above. The first draft of this constitution C228, written four years ago, suggested that Article 8 “ Health and Longevity”, proactive health measures, be taken in African American communities. My intent was to push consumption of fresh squeezed vegetable and fruit juices, mixed with blended berries, seaweed, wheat grass, aloe vera, good home cooking, and an a regular exercise regimen ( if one’s health allowed). Had C228, the first draft of C229 been adopted and implemented in black communities in 2016, would the disproportionate numbers of black people who died from Covid-19 been significantly, less? Would our bodies’ immune systems been stronger and more resistant to the virus?
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We will never know. What I can share with you is a project I embarked upon several years ago, when I traveled to New Orleans, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago (where I reside), to inquire of black folk if they were in favor of a national black unification and implementation agenda. The answer was a resounding YES! Truth be told, I knew the answer from the first couple of hours that I spent canvassing in New Orleans, the first city after Chicago. Chicago black folk were 99% in favor of national unity. Black folk were and still are seeking some agenda that will provide some sense of confident cohesion.
C229 does not claim to be any kind of savior for the black community. The document does offer real time suggestions through its Articles, and may be implemented right away; The Youth Daily Affirmation, parental commitment to the Million Father March, proactive Health and Longevity lifestyles, high voter registration and voter turn-out, and the creation and sustaining of a National Black Men’s-Black Women’s Association (The African American Community Improvement Association). C229 offers to American black people a proposed agenda that can only be viewed as helpful and in line with black community healing.
The nature of C229 (its natural appeal) and it’s character (it’s substance) are important factors that will determine its acceptance and success. The document purports to be inclusive, recognizing huge diversity among black people. We need activists, and yet we need non-activist grandmothers and single parent mothers with three kid who have no time for activism, for example. We need them because the grandmother who attends church, needs to share our C229 Health and Longevity proactive health measures found in Article 9 with her parishoners. We need the single mom with kids because we need to help her bring her children along to become future students for our historically black college and universities (hbcu’s). All black persons in America can serve!
Kelsie Wicks (708)890-3007 email: kelswicks@hoo.com website: shine1.us
End
C229, A Proposed Constitution For African Americans,
(A “To Do” List)
In 2015-2016 until now, 2021, C228, a proposed Constitution for African Americans was drafted in Chicago, Illinois on Chicago’s west side. This document does not intend to supersede or replace the United States Constitution. There is no threatening or subversive language in this document. The purpose of writing the document, was the realization that historical events are often accompanied by documents, perhaps to serve short and long term references, legal and historical purposes. This document has now been updated to “C229”, as new perspectives on the purpose and mission of the document has arisen. C229, the letter ”C” representing Constitution, the number 229 representing the number of years that C229 was written after the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1787. The purpose of writing the document was the realization that great events and causes are often accompanied by documents, perhaps to serve short term and long term references, as well as for legal and historical purposes. Great ideas and important works have been lost to the four winds of the universe, due to the negligence of non-documentation
Such examples are Moses’ obtaining the Ten Commandments on tablets of stone, and The Emancipation Proclamation authored by Abraham Lincoln. Both persons are no longer with us, however, the documents remain. Documents possess the character of having staying power. Thus, C229 was written for the purposes (a) to allow for an archive, a historical document that will serve as witness to this endeavor. (b) to support existing efforts to shape and mold mindsets in black communities that strive to provide healing (c) to simultaneously provide an agenda-plan for black community upliftment within the Articles of C229 themselves.
I will attempt to illustrate the letter (c) above. The first draft of this constitution C228, written four years ago, suggested that Article 8 “ Health and Longevity”, proactive health measures, be taken in African American communities. My intent was to push consumption of fresh squeezed vegetable and fruit juices, mixed with blended berries, seaweed, wheat grass, aloe vera, good home cooking, and an a regular exercise regimen ( if one’s health allowed). Had C228, the first draft of C229 been adopted and implemented in black communities in 2016, would the disproportionate numbers of black people who died from Covid-19 been significantly, less? Would our bodies’ immune systems been stronger and more resistant to the virus?
Page 2
We will never know. What I can share with you is a project I embarked upon several years ago, when I traveled to New Orleans, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago (where I reside), to inquire of black folk if they were in favor of a national black unification and implementation agenda. The answer was a resounding YES! Truth be told, I knew the answer from the first couple of hours that I spent canvassing in New Orleans, the first city after Chicago. Chicago black folk were 99% in favor of national unity. Black folk were and still are seeking some agenda that will provide some sense of confident cohesion.
C229 does not claim to be any kind of savior for the black community. The document does offer real time suggestions through its Articles, and may be implemented right away; The Youth Daily Affirmation, parental commitment to the Million Father March, proactive Health and Longevity lifestyles, high voter registration and voter turn-out, and the creation and sustaining of a National Black Men’s-Black Women’s Association (The African American Community Improvement Association). C229 offers to American black people a proposed agenda that can only be viewed as helpful and in line with black community healing.
The nature of C229 (its natural appeal) and it’s character (it’s substance) are important factors that will determine its acceptance and success. The document purports to be inclusive, recognizing huge diversity among black people. We need activists, and yet we need non-activist grandmothers and single parent mothers with three kid who have no time for activism, for example. We need them because the grandmother who attends church, needs to share our C229 Health and Longevity proactive health measures found in Article 9 with her parishoners. We need the single mom with kids because we need to help her bring her children along to become future students for our historically black college and universities (hbcu’s). All black persons in America can serve!
Kelsie Wicks (708)890-3007 email: kelswicks@hoo.com website: shine1.us
End
C229, A Proposed Constitution For African Americans,
(A “To Do” List)
In 2015-2016 until now, 2021, C228, a proposed Constitution for African Americans was drafted in Chicago, Illinois on Chicago’s west side. This document does not intend to supersede or replace the United States Constitution. There is no threatening or subversive language in this document. The purpose of writing the document, was the realization that historical events are often accompanied by documents, perhaps to serve short and long term references, legal and historical purposes. This document has now been updated to “C229”, as new perspectives on the purpose and mission of the document has arisen. C229, the letter ”C” representing Constitution, the number 229 representing the number of years that C229 was written after the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1787. The purpose of writing the document was the realization that great events and causes are often accompanied by documents, perhaps to serve short term and long term references, as well as for legal and historical purposes. Great ideas and important works have been lost to the four winds of the universe, due to the negligence of non-documentation
Such examples are Moses’ obtaining the Ten Commandments on tablets of stone, and The Emancipation Proclamation authored by Abraham Lincoln. Both persons are no longer with us, however, the documents remain. Documents possess the character of having staying power. Thus, C229 was written for the purposes (a) to allow for an archive, a historical document that will serve as witness to this endeavor. (b) to support existing efforts to shape and mold mindsets in black communities that strive to provide healing (c) to simultaneously provide an agenda-plan for black community upliftment within the Articles of C229 themselves.
I will attempt to illustrate the letter (c) above. The first draft of this constitution C228, written four years ago, suggested that Article 8 “ Health and Longevity”, proactive health measures, be taken in African American communities. My intent was to push consumption of fresh squeezed vegetable and fruit juices, mixed with blended berries, seaweed, wheat grass, aloe vera, good home cooking, and an a regular exercise regimen ( if one’s health allowed). Had C228, the first draft of C229 been adopted and implemented in black communities in 2016, would the disproportionate numbers of black people who died from Covid-19 been significantly, less? Would our bodies’ immune systems been stronger and more resistant to the virus?
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We will never know. What I can share with you is a project I embarked upon several years ago, when I traveled to New Orleans, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago (where I reside), to inquire of black folk if they were in favor of a national black unification and implementation agenda. The answer was a resounding YES! Truth be told, I knew the answer from the first couple of hours that I spent canvassing in New Orleans, the first city after Chicago. Chicago black folk were 99% in favor of national unity. Black folk were and still are seeking some agenda that will provide some sense of confident cohesion.
C229 does not claim to be any kind of savior for the black community. The document does offer real time suggestions through its Articles, and may be implemented right away; The Youth Daily Affirmation, parental commitment to the Million Father March, proactive Health and Longevity lifestyles, high voter registration and voter turn-out, and the creation and sustaining of a National Black Men’s-Black Women’s Association (The African American Community Improvement Association). C229 offers to American black people a proposed agenda that can only be viewed as helpful and in line with black community healing.
The nature of C229 (its natural appeal) and it’s character (it’s substance) are important factors that will determine its acceptance and success. The document purports to be inclusive, recognizing huge diversity among black people. We need activists, and yet we need non-activist grandmothers and single parent mothers with three kid who have no time for activism, for example. We need them because the grandmother who attends church, needs to share our C229 Health and Longevity proactive health measures found in Article 9 with her parishoners. We need the single mom with kids because we need to help her bring her children along to become future students for our historically black college and universities (hbcu’s). All black persons in America can serve!
Kelsie Wicks (708)890-3007 email: kelswicks@hoo.com website: shine1.us
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I saw them all play many times when I was a young aspiring player. I couldn't wait to see the college basketball All-Star game with Cazzie Russell and Dave Bing on the same court (1966?). I played a pickup game on the same team with Cazzie at the old Chatham YMCA (or Community Center) on Chicago's south side one Wednesday evening in about 1968. I was a junior in high school. Cazzie made me want to play when I stole the ball and he gave me the "way to go boy!" encouragement. Thanks Cazzie, I needed that.
I'm a little tired y'all. No-for real. Chicago roof top snow and gutter clearance and clean up outside yesterday of mounds of bottles, cans, rags, and paper was exhausting yesterday. I have to workout becaue of medical issues. I'm trying to design a nice C229 lapel pin. At some point we are going to need endorsements from the Notable Persons list. Got to figure out how to reach them- I don't expect them to contact me.
I saw them all play many times when I was a young aspiring player. I couldn't wait to see the college basketball All-Star game with Cazzie Russell and Dave Bing on the same court (1966?). I played a pickup game on the same team with Cazzie at the old Chatham YMCA (or Community Center) on Chicago's south side one Wednesday evening in about 1968. I was a junior in high school. Cazzie made me want to play when I stole the ball and he gave me the "way to go boy!" encouragement. Thanks Cazzie, I needed that.
I'm a little tired y'all. No-for real. Chicago roof top snow and gutter clearance and clean up outside yesterday of mounds of bottles, cans, rags, and paper was exhausting yesterday. I have to workout becaue of medical issues. I'm trying to design a nice C229 lapel pin. At some point we are going to need endorsements from the Notable Persons list. Got to figure out how to reach them- I don't expect them to contact me.
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