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Weekly e-Newsletter, May 19, 2011
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Rosie (host), Deborah (grand prize winner), and Eric (operations director) |
Dear Friends,
This past weekend I spent my time working at events that were put on by the organization that I work for - East River Family Strengthening Collaborative, Inc. (ERFSC). Located in Ward 7 in Washington, DC; the mission is to empower families, youth and communities to become more self sufficient. In observance of Older Americans Month, ERFSC hosted the "Enhancing the Safety & Health of Older Americans" on Friday, May 13 and the event attracted over 200 seniors, Mayor Vincent Gray, Ward 7 Councilmember, Yvette Alexander, DC Office on Aging, and many others.
On Saturday, May 14, the Annual Meeting & Family Conference of ERFSC was held and that event attracted over 200 DC residents. The day was packed with workshops, community resources and an entertainment showcase I had the pleasure of hosting. My real joy came from working with my colleagues all day to ensure that the event was perfect! Isn't it great when you can say you had a FUN day at WORK? I am still smiling each time I reflect on those two events this past weekend -- so many moments that I will always treasure because I am very passionate about working for the community, and ERFSC really pulls out all the stops to ensure that the residents in Ward 7, DC are taken care of.
On Sunday, I met with my fellow executives of Jamaican Nationals Association where I serve as the PR Officer and that was another great day of brainstorming and planning as we get ready to host a
Gala celebrating the 49th independence of Jamaica in three months.
I am truly blessed that I have a job that I love; a company that I am passionate about; and at least one organization that I volunteer for. Many people do not have it that great so I am also humbled and continue to give thanks for all of my blessings.
I hope that you feel truly blessed in all you are doing. It is never too late to start a company doing something you love, and there is no time like the present to volunteer.
Happy birthday to everyone celebrating this week including Cen'C Love and
my friend for life, Mark "Buddha" Reid.
Be well and talk to you soon,
Rosie Peppy Parke
Creative Director
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We are excited to be at the end of Season 1 of PEP Talk! and would like to thank all our guests, our sponsor, LEON STATON and "Friends of PEP" Yasmin Anderson-Smith, Ange Anglade, Claudette Henry, and Tonya Martin for investing in the show.
Many thanks to our cinematographers Alex Flemmings, Jr. and Mark Leeke and our editors Alex Flemmings, Jr., Roan Ross and Mark Leeke.
Special thanks to Keinan "Rastafunk" Roland for the theme song "Hip Hop Nation" which continues to delight our viewers and listeners each time we do a pepisode.
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"I LOVED this pepisode...I watched it again. Rosie Peppy Parke is a woman to watch...great work and an amazing woman."
ANGE ANGLADE, MD
Tune in tonight and every Thursday from 9pm to 10pm EST for PEP Talk! Radio on www.harambeeradio.com and Tuesdays from 12pm to 1pm on www.daflavaradio.com. For both stations, please click LISTEN LIVE, expand your options, and join the conversation via the CHAT ROOM! If you missed last week's pepisode with special guests Carl Malcolm, veteran reggae singer; Donald Bridgeman, Prince's Georges County's gem, and Seestah Imahkus, owner of One Africa Ghana; CLICK HERE to listen. It is so worth it and you will learn a lot. Do not forget that you can go to our Official Radio Site, www.peptalk.podomatic.com to listen to any of the Radio Show you may have missed or just to listen again. Also, go to the Official Youtube page and look on the right hand side to see all the pepisodes in the TV series and watch them when you can. Pepisodes run between 22 to 30 minutes. |
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SEESTAH IMAHKUS
Seestah IMAHKÜS repatriated from New York City to Ghana in 1990, with her husband, Nana Okofo Iture Kwaku I Ababio. She is the CEO and owner of a the One Africa Resort, Restaurant and Wellness Centre located in Elmina, Ghana, West Africa.
She has authored "Ababio, (He/She Who Has Returned)," A 21st Century Anthology of African Diasporan returnees to Ghana, "Returning Home Ain't Easy But it Sure Is A Blessing" and "A Travel Guide, Points to Ponder When Considering Repatriate Home to Mother Afrika to Live or Visit."
Her books are extraordinary manifestations of her personal experiences while demonstrating what it takes to settle and make Ghana their home. IMAHKUS is a prolific writer and her candid sense of humor makes for an admirable, enjoyable yet serious and commendable read.
A dynamic Story Teller, IMAHKÜS stimulates your imagination as she takes you on her journey of repatriation to her ancestral homeland. Her writings breed an air of familiarity, instantly drawing you into her pulsating journeys.
Seestah IMAHKÜS is a Public Speaker and Consultant who knows Ghana like the back of her hand. She travels extensively, covering other parts of Africa, gathering research material for future writings impacting on the image of Africa today.
She offers Consultancy Services ("Prepatriation" Preparing for Repatriation), to provide guidance and information for individuals and families seeking to return to Ghana for the purpose of residence, business, study or tourism.
For the past twenty years Seestah IMAHKÜS has worked within the Ghanaian community. One of her pet projects in addition to the education of the children is finding donors who will assist in drilling Bore Holes in villages that are without water.
READ MORE HERE.
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"OVA MI DEAD BODY"
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Preview of "Ova Mi Dead Body"
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"Paul Beale's latest installment, OVA MI DEAD BODY was simply amazing! The play which features Andrea 'Delcita' Wright and Garfield 'Bad Boy Trevor' Reid, was well written and well executed."
MJ MAGAZINE
"Ova Mi Dead Body" Coming to DC on Saturday, June 25
Ova Mi Dead Body is Stages Productions' latest groundbreaking play which is coming to the Washington DC area on Saturday, June 25, 2011. The plays boasts an ensemble of top-flight actors and is written and directed by Paul O. Beale
The play explores a number of typical significant issues affecting Delcita's family. These issues include single parenting, child abuse, and the death of a loved one. The play tells the very comedic story of Delcita as a widow struggling to make ends meet, after the death of her husband. Melcita is her teenage daughter, hidden from her father due to an unfavourable social situation. She suffers from an eye condition which if not treated will later lead to blindness and Delcita is adamant that Melcita's sight must be saved. This motivates Delcita to leave Melcita with Milton and his common law wife (Mildred) and jets off to New York in search of money for Melcita's eye surgery. Upon her return to the island she is confronted with the death of her husband and the reality of not knowing whether he had made a will.
Melcita, having suffered the abuse of Milton and cantankerous Mildred, is now left with the daunting prospect of a bleak financial outlook. While all of this is happening, Stamma, Delcita's baby father, escapes from prison, having served two years for being innocently convicted of a serious crime. How will he take the news of Delcita marrying while he was in prison?
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www.dcreggaeawards.com 2011 DC Caribbean Filmfest June 3 - 6 In recognition of Caribbean Heritage Month in June, AFI Silver will host screenings of the DC Caribbean Filmfest, now in its 11th year. The festival is co-presented with Caribbean Association of World Bank and IMF Staff (CAWI), Caribbean Professional Network (CPN), Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS) and TransAfrica Forum. 
 '70: REMEMBERING A REVOLUTION
Between February and April 1970, the streets of Trinidad and Tobago were filled with angry young black men and women chanting "Power to the People." This was the legendary Black Power revolution, which captivated black citizens' imaginations and made the government and white establishment very nervous. Forty years later, Afros have given way to grey beards and the Che berets have been stored away, but as this documentary shows, the impact of the Black Power revolution remains fresh and strong. DIR Alex de Verteuil, Elizabeth Topp; PROD Stephen Cadiz. Trinidad and Tobago, 2010, color, 112 min. NOT RATED Fri, Jun 3, 7:00 
 ROCKSTEADY: THE ROOTS OF REGGAE
The remaining great singers and musicians of rocksteady - the successor to ska and precursor of reggae, the prevailing style during Jamaica's Golden Age of music in the late 1960s - come together after 40 years to record an album of their greatest hits, to perform together again at a reunion concert in Kingston, Jamaica, and to tell their story. DIR Stascha Bader; PROD Betty Palik, Valentin Greutert. Switzerland/Canada, 2009, color, 98 min. NOT RATED Fri, Jun 3, 9:30
Double Feature:
 FRANTZ FANON, HIS LIFE, HIS STRUGGLE, HIS WORK
Frantz Fanon, a Martinique-born psychiatrist, became an unlikely spokesman for the Algerian revolution against French colonialism in the 1950s. While secretly aiding the rebels of the Algerian anti-colonial war, Fanon cared for victims and perpetrators alike, producing case notes that shed invaluable light on the psychic traumas of colonial war. Fifty years after his death, this documentary reveals the short and intense life of one of the great thinkers of the 20th century.
DIR Cheikh Djemaï. Martinique/France/Algeria/Tunisia, 2004, b&w/color, 52 min. In French with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Followed by:
 MAESTRA [Teacher]
The Cuban Literacy Campaign in 1961 was one of the farthest-reaching and most successful literacy campaigns to date, one of the pinnacle moments in the social history of the Americas. This documentary tells the story of the campaign through the personal accounts of the female literacy workers who traveled to the mountains and valleys across the island to teach - and found themselves deeply transformed in the process. (Photo courtesy Liborio Noval, 1961)
DIR Catherine Murphy. US/Cuba, 2011, b&w/color, 33 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Sat, Jun 4, 5:00
Double Feature:
 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WATER: THE JOURNEY OF A HAITIAN RARA BAND IN BROOKLYN
Part carnival, part vodou ceremony and part grassroots protest, Haitian "rara" is one of the most breathtaking and contested forms of music in the Americas. This documentary follows the journey of DJARARA, a rara band made up of young immigrants who take this ancient music from the hills of Haiti and reinvent it on the streets of Brooklyn. A Third World Newsreel release.
DIR/PROD Jeremy Robins, Magali Damas. US/Haiti, 2008, b&w/color, 52 min. NOT RATED
Followed by:
 MAS MAN
You might recognize Peter Minshall's spectacular costumes and elaborate puppets from the opening night ceremonies of the Barcelona, Atlanta and Salt Lake City Olympic Games. But this genre-bending artist is best known and respected for his "mobile street theater" during Trinidadian Carnival. Mingling traditional Carnival elements with novel ideas, Minshall goes chic to chic with upper crust art.
DIR/PROD Dalton Narine. US/Trinidad and Tobago, 2010, color, 57 min. NOT RATED
Sat, Jun 4, 7:00
 THE UPSETTER: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF LEE "SCRATCH" PERRY
Discover the visionary Jamaican musician and artist, Lee "Scratch" Perry who burst on the scene in the late 1950s with a brand new sound, inventing a genre of music that would come to be called reggae. Perry gained international recognition, working with The Clash and Paul McCartney while mentoring a young Bob Marley. Narrated by Benicio Del Toro, this film charts 70 years in the life of Perry through his own words. DIR/SCR/PROD Ethan Higbee, Adam Bhala Lough. US, 2008, color, 90 min. NOT RATED Sat, Jun 4, 9:30
 LIFT UP
This documentary follows Clifford and Huguens, two Haitian immigrant brothers who now call Maryland home, on an emotional journey back to their mother country in the wake of the devastating earthquake that left the country ravaged. Collecting stories from the friends and family they left behind, the brothers find a very different place then the one they remember. DIR Huguens Jean, Philip Knowlton; SCR Clifford Muse; PROD Andrew J. Bly. US/Haiti, 2011, color, 86 min. In English and Creole with English subtitles. NOT RATED Sun, Jun 5, 5:30
 AVA & GABRIEL: A LOVE STORY [Ava & Gabriel: Un Historia di Amor]
Formally trained artist Gabriel courts controversy when he chooses the local Antillean beauty Ava to model for his portrait of the Virgin Mary in the town's church. Adding fuel to the fire are the white police officer to whom she's engaged and the wife of the island's governor who has fallen in love with the taboo painter. DIR Félix de Rooy; SCR/PROD Norman de Palm, based on a story by Felix de Rooy. Netherlands/Curacao, 1990, color, 100 min. In Dutch and Papamientu with English subtitles. NOT RATED Sun, Jun 5, 7:20
 RISEUP
Winner, Best Music Documentary, 2009 AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Three Jamaican musicians fight for a place in the overcrowded reggae field. Ice Anastasia hails from a posh neighborhood in Kingston, while Turbulence is from Trenchtown. Kemoy Reid, a weighty female presence, is a country girl at heart. This documentary looks at the grit behind the glamour and explores class and gender issues in Jamaica today. (Courtesy AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs) DIR/PROD Luciano Blotta; PROD Darrin Holender. Argentina, 2009, color, 88 min. In English and Jamaican patois with English subtitles. NOT RATED Sun, Jun 5, 9:25
 ALMACITA, SOUL OF DESOLATO [Almacita di Desolato]
This folktale epic from Curacao focuses on the mythic adventures of Solem, a village priestess and "miracle worker," and little Lucio. Spontaneous songs, rain dances and benta music (performed by Grupo Issoco) become part of the film's folkloric texture. Modest special effects contribute to the moments of magic and hallucination, and photographer Ernest Dickerson (SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT) gives special attention to the film's sun-and-moon imagery (Courtesy Peter Hogue, San Francisco International Film Festival). DIR Felix de Rooy; SCR/PROD Norman de Palm. Netherlands/Curacao, 1986, color, 100 min. In Papamientu with English subtitles. NOT RATED Mon, Jun 6, 7:00 
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