Jun 20Member-onlyAre We Free This Juneteenth?As I reflect on the current conditions of Afrikans inside of the empire I find myself stuck between bittersweet tears and fits of rage. I see the beauty in our People, I see the dope work they are doing all over the world in the name of Afrikan Liberation. But…Juneteenth3 min read
Jun 14Member-onlyBattling Anxiety/The Best of MeI am not the same Jordan most people knew. I am a completely new version; new scars, new wounds, new healing to go through. This new Jordan suffers from severe anxiety and depression; it is hard for him to eat and sleep, it’s hard for him to trust people who…Anxiety5 min read
Jun 5Member-onlyA Love Letter To Black DadsThis is a love letter to Black Dads. But really this letter stands as a love letter to any young Black boy in this euro-kkkolonial wilderness; this is a love letter to Black boys that will be privileged enough to grow into Black men. Black Dads mean so much more…Black Lives Matter7 min read
May 21Member-only“The Ballot or The Bullet” Should Lead Us To BuildingIn 1964 Malcolm X delivered his famous “The Ballot or the Bullet” speech urging Afrikans to be prepared to use “any means necessary” to ensure their universal human rights were protected. Here we are nearly 60 years later, arguably in no better of a condition and my only plea to…Pan Africanism5 min read
Apr 25Member-onlyA Defense of My Livelihood To The CommunityTo The Community — the only People who are fit to render judgment; This will serve as my first public comment on my case and it comes after months of waiting and waiting to speak my truth. I have debated with myself many long nights and even longer days; struggling…Education18 min read
Mar 1Member-onlyA Story of Camaraderie: Building the Malcolm X. Academy for Afrikan Educationby mel charles & Jordan McGowan in june 2020, we met in a political education workshop series being taught by mel over zoom. this was the same summer Jordan launched Neighbor Program on Nisenan Land. Jordan was getting ready to run a political education series of his own and thought…5 min read
Feb 27Member-onlyA Leap of Revolutionary Faith“I dream big brah I’m tired of being rational” - Rexx Life Raj At this point I am willing to sound crazy to walk fully in my truth. I am jumping off the cliff y’all, everyone will have a full view of me and my team to see if we…History5 min read
Jan 10Member-only2021 Neighbor Program Wrap-UpWhat you goin’ through isn’t permanent, it’s a transition. — Rexx Life Raj As I reflect on 2021, I thought it was important to share this letter. This is only one of the ways in which I am trying to hold myself accountable to the People. By addressing where Neighbor…Sacramento8 min read
Dec 24, 2021Member-onlyThe Black Elite Won’t Save Us Pt. 4I must admit that I am personally getting away from the term Black and instead, am being intentional about calling us by our true identity: Afrikan. In this case, however, I will be calling this group of Afrikan people the “Black elite.” As I was preparing to write this message…Black Lives Matter8 min read
Nov 30, 2021Member-onlyThe Empire’s Evil EducationThe War On Campus The empire’s evil education system is all a part of the european genocide against Afrikans and we must not only identify this war against our People but take up the fight to educate our children through our own means. This system does not simply attack our…Education7 min read
