here it is…BLAM!!! – the website re-launch and MLK Keynote Address
Good people,
First and foremost, Happy New Year and all that fly ish!!! I know that one of my New Year’s resolutions was to stay heavy on the blog…and it’s already into January. Yeah, I know…however, I have a super-good reason for it!!!
After a lot of hard work (and mad late-nights), the blacker inkwells website is FINALLY re-designed!!! Shouts to my man Steve from Panasonic, who held me down with this one real serious. We worked endlessly at this to make sure it was right as rain! If you’ve been here before, you’ll definitely see the dramatic difference with the whole look and feel of the site. And if you’re here for the first time, well…welcome to the new hotness!!! The most important part (phase one) has been completed with my man Steve, who really did his thing! All that’s left now is phase two – wait til you see what my homegirl Kupi just blessed me with…soon come yo, soon come…
And the website was finished just in time for me to shoot up to Rhode Island and give an MLK Day Keynote Address at the old high school – Saint George’s. This two-day situation involved a book talk on Sunday night, followed by the Keynote Address on Monday morning.
Shouts to all the students of color at SG, as well as all the students who came thru and supported me for the book talk – to show a little alumni love, the St. George’s student community was the first to see the website before I posted this blog! And of course, check out the SG website, as the audio to the keynote address is posted, and footage from the book talk should be coming quite soon. To check it out, click on this spot right here, and it’ll bring you right over to the site. As well, shouts to Kim Bullock, Charles Thompson, Tim Richards, Merilyn Wilbur, Mafalda Nula and all the SG faculty who came thru after my 17-year hiatus. And of course, shouts to all the students up there who came thru and got their copies of tor’cha at the book signing…and to all my students of color up there: y’all stay strong thru the struggle – it is imperative that y’all complete what you’ve started, word!
Aight y’all, I’m out. Bouncing from Rhode Island…next stop: DC for the special guest spot with my man Charles Ellison on his Sirius/XM radio show “The New School”. I just saw the topics of discussion for the show, and it’s gonna be a serious one!!! I’ll be back on the blog before it airs, so y’all make sure you tune in!
Aight, I’m out like shout…more soon come…