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A time comes when silence is betrayal. MLK, Jr. |
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| Age: | 48 years old |
| Sex: | Female |
| Location: | PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania |
| Country: |  United States |
| Height: | 5' 10" |
| BodyType: | Slim / Slender |
| Zodiac: |  Virgo (Aug 23 - Sep 22) |
| Last Login: | May 29, 2008 (84 days back) |
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About Me |
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MySpace Layouts Roots and Wings. Stories are like Roots that Connect us to the Past... and Wings that Carry us into the Future. My name is Denise Valentine. I am a Storyteller, teaching folk artist, writer and human rights advocate. I tell stories that emphasize the dignity of life, the power of the human spirit, and the interrelatedness of life. I tell stories of opression, resistance, Freedom and Hope. And I tell, Lovestories, Stories to Heal the Heart, Stories of Divine Love, Sacred Love, Love & Respect for Humanity, Love for Mother Earth, and Father Sky, Higher Love, Tough Love, One Love. I made my debut as a storyteller with Keepers of the Culture, Inc.,(K.O.T.C.) Philadelphia€™s Afrocentric Storytelling Group, in 1997. Since then, I have shared stories at schools, libraries, museums, community events and conferences. I use storytelling as a tool to promote cultural literacy and diversity, conflict resolution, and recovery and empowerment for at-risk youth, teen parents, battered women, substance abusers and ex-offenders. I was awarded The Leeway Foundation of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's 2004 Window of Opportunity Grant to study folklore traditions and the influence of politics on contemporary oral stories in South Africa. Since 2006, I have been included in the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts 2006-2007 Artist in Education Directory for Southeast Pennsylvania. I am also on the Pennsylvania Humanities Council’s 2008-2009 Commonwealth Speakers Bureau. I am also a member of Soka Gakkai International (SGI), a lay Buddhist organization, and a United Nations Non-Governmental Organization that promotes peace through education and culture. In my youth I participated in various SGI cultural presentations: a chorus of 1000 young women in the World Youth Culture Festival in Hawaii; The Cultural Exhibition of the World's Ethnic Peoples; the United Nations 50th Anniversary Celebration and Exhibition, and the Books for Africa Project, in which 15,000 books were collected nationwide and presented to two universities in Ghana. In 1992, I met South African exile, Godfrey Sithole, and was inspired by the selfless determination of Nelson Mandela. I attended the National Conference in Support of a Democratic South Africa, on the 80th Anniversary of the ANC and was one of the founding members of the Philadelphia Chapter of the ANC Anti-Apartheid Committee, along with Godfrey Sithole, Rosita Johnson and others. In 1993, I was on the Welcome Mandela Committee when he came to Philadelphia to accept the Liberty Medal. These events inspired me to become an activist, and then a storyteller for social change. Visit MyMusic to Listen to my Stories: http://www.myspace.com/roots4wings Also, Check out my website: www.denisevalentine.com Original Poems and Stories: Great Zimbabwe: Search for the Seven Great Stones (* Published in Poems, Stories, Etc., an eclectic experience, by Shirley E. Riley, Spiritual Press, 2002) Pee Wee the Great, The Story of Who Owns the Land, Haven’t We Met? Sadie and the Sax Man, Romance of Volcano and Ocean Great Zimbabwe: Search for the 7 Great Stones©, is an original composition. It is a fictional account of how the ancient ruins of Great Zimbabwe, which stand to this day, might have been built using the Nguzo Saba, the 7 principles of Kwanzaa. Music tracks by Todd Porter. Romance of Volcano and Ocean was inspired by ancient Hawaiian folklore about the volcano goddess Pele, based on a version of the same title in the Storyteller's Goddess, by Carolyn McVickar Edwards. Music tracks by Todd Porter |
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My Interests |
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| Tasting life, meeting new people, seeing new places, reading, writing, watching documentaries, music and cultural arts, dancing, my children's laughter, swimming, lying on the beach in the sun, sand in my toes. Nothin better than chocolate and strawberries on top ...well almost. I find great fulfillment in speaking out and taking action against things that violate the sanctity and quality of life. Freedom from Robben Island Won't you help to sing These songs of freedom? 'Cause all I ever have: Redemption songs. -- Redemption Song, Bob Marley London Coffee House, Phila - Former site of slave auctions Links of Interest Keepers of the Culture, Inc., Philadelphia's Afrocentric Storytelling Group KOTC.org copyright©; Keepers of the Culture, Inc. National Association of Black Storytellers (NABS) NABS, Inc. National Storytelling Network (NSN) NSN Soka Gakkai International (SGI) a Buddhist network that actively promotes peace, culture and education through personal change and social contribution. SGI SGI-USA SGI-USA Get my banner code or create your own banner As each group seeks their separate roots and origins, society fractures along a thousand fissure lines. When neighbors distance themselves from neighbors, continue your quest for truer roots, in the deepest regions of your lives. Seek out the primordial "roots" of humankind. Daisaku Ikeda, Sun of Jiyu Over a New Land "Stell dir vor, es gabe Krieg und keiner ginge hin. Imagine there was a war and no one went." NEWS .. In remembrance of the victims of 9/11, I pray for their families. And I pray that a tragedy like this never be repeated, anywhere on the planet. I have no sympathy for Terrorists, homegrown or foreign-born. However, the current war in Iraq has no connection to the attack on 9/11. The following statement was issued by the group September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, made up of families of the victims of the 9-11 attacks. It reads in part: "The timing of [Gen. David Petraeus’] testimony is another attempt by government officials to force a non-existent connection between the events of 9-11 and this administration's disastrous policy of invasion and war in Iraq. The 9-11 Commission found there was no operational or cooperative relationship between Al Qaida and Iraq. It is widely understood today that this administration's actions in Iraq have in fact created a terrorist sanctuary where none previously existed, at a cost of more American lives than were lost on 9-11, tens of thousands maimed and wounded, and over 100,000 Iraqi dead. "Six years after September 11, 2001, politicians, from the White House to the halls of Congress, continue to abuse the memory of our loved ones who died in that attack by attempting to invoke their and our suffering to further this administration's political goals. As we have stated on previous occasions, we ask any and all politicians and candidates for office to respect the memory of the innocent lives lost on 9-11 by refraining from using the 9-11 sites, memorials, and anniversaries for political ends, either explicitly or as political 'backdrop.'" Video website: http://www.911pressfortruth.com/ September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows www.peacefultomorrows.org Jerusalem Women Speak: Three Women, Three Faiths, One Shared Vision I GOT ISSUES: When the Levees Broke Listen to 'Louisiana 1927' Read the lyrics 'Louisiana 1927' Voices from the Flood See also: Come Hell or High Water, by Michael Eric Dyson Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America, by John M. Barry DarfurGenocide.org Save Darfur Support the Soldiers, Bring them Home JUSTICE OR JUSTUS? Political Prisoners in the U.S. You said he reached sir but he didn't have no piece sir But now he rest in peace sir in the belly of the beast sir. -- from Diallo by Wyclef Jean Can't Jail the Spirit Political Prisoners and POW's in the US Can't Jail the Spirit FOREIGN POLICY, magazine of global politics, economic news and commentary. JUSTICE FOR THE "JENA 6" Incarceration, Narrative and Performance Incarceration, Narrative and Performance 'In overthrowing me, you have cut only the trunk of the tree of liberty. It will spring again from the roots for they are numerous and deep. -- Toussaint L'Ouverture, 1802 Domestic Abuse This candles burns for my friend Witney Rose, and Crystal Floyd my daughter's best friend, both killed in the same year. www.womenagainstabuse.org W.O.R.T.H. AIDS The members of Sinikithemba, a South African Choir are all HIV Positive Listen Human Trafficking Human Trafficking Amnesty International Children I met in Langa Township, Cape Town, South Africa The Deeper the Roots The Stronger the Tree |
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I'd like to meet:Mumia, Tupac, Elie Wiesel, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Harry Belafonte, Danny Glover, Desmond Tutu, Alex Scott, and you...************************They say Myspace is full of nuts, perverts, pimps, and ego-trippers. This may be so, but I have found (or been found by) some of the warmest, the most wonderful, talented, and proactive people on the planet. I may not be able to send out individual messages to each of you to say “Thanks for the add.” So, to new friends and old, YOU ARE APPRECIATED. THANKS FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND SUPPORT.Yeah, you might find some nuts sprinkled in here too. Take some time to visit my FRIENDS' pages, you’ll have a blast. I would love to collaborate with musicians, other storytellers, poets, spoken word artists, and vocalists. I'll try to feature the work of a different friend each week or so. To check out my work, you'll have to visit My Music Page: www.myspace.com/roots4wings. THESE ARE OUR STORIES, MARK ANTHONY JOHNSON Spoken word performance by Mark-Anthony Johnson, on police brutality during the Los Angeles May Day march, New Orleans, bus fare increase in L.A., Obama, Clinton, Chavez, and who are real leaders of today. Performed May 5, 2007 at the annual Political Party for the Labor/Community Strategy Center where Mark-Anthony is a community organizer. .."425" height="350"OAXACA R.I.P. NATASJA 6/24/2007 NATASJA - 45 QUESTIONS .. Add to My Profile | More Videos |
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Music:Bob Marley, Santana, Chicago, PFunk, Cassandra Wilson, Hannibal Lokumbe, Wynton Marsalis, Hugh Masakela, Wyclef, Zap Mama, Marvin Gaye, Jimi Hendrix, Nina Simone, Prince, Sting, Jon Lucien, The Rough Guide to the Music of Africa, Public Enemy, Wu Tang Clan, Stevie Wonder, Jill Scott, Michael Franks, Sam Cooke... so many more.Visit MyMusic to Listen to my Stories: http://www.myspace.com/rootswings Bob Marley War guns and politics .. Add to My Profile | More Videos Make Love, Fuck War James Brown, MIchael Jackson, Prince The 3 Baddest (and probably the craziest) Motha's on the planet. RIP James Brown Hugh Masekela - The Coal Train (Stimela)Woodstock - Hendrix Add to My Profile | More Videos |
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Movies:Sankofa, The Great and Mighty Walk, Bowling for Columbine, The Green Mile, Farenheit 911 Cab Calloway and Nicholas BrothersIn the movie Stormy Weather (1943) Paul Robeson Dorothy Dandridge with Sidney Poitier in Porgy & Bess (1959) Billie Holiday, Strange fruit "ASAP" and Darfur Add to My Profile | More Videos Modiba's short video about the crisis in Darfur and the connection between music and politics that is the basis of ASAP. Birth of a Nation A conversation with actor-filmmaker Tim Reid who talks about the detrimental impact the film "Birth of a Nation" had on American society and the independent spirit of pioneer black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux. Why Do we still honor COLUMBUS DAY? So who your Vasco da Gama be So who Prince Henry your navigator be So who was your Sir Walter Raleigh So who your Christopher come bluff us I man is the living archeology They talking bout them mek Some kind of discovery I man is the living anthropology --from Great Zimbabwe Walls Jubilees Of Zion CD, by Midnite |
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Television:Not game shows, not springer or maury. no tabloid talk shows, no minstrel shows, nor any other idiotic, mind-numbing stuff on tv, except The Jerk.Free SpeechTV.org TVNewsLies.org |
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Books:Amiri Baraka, Gwendolyn Brooks, John Henrik Clark, W.E.B. DuBois, Maya Angelou, Manning Marable, Chiek Anta Diop |
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Heroes:My Mom, My 3 adult children are my #1. Nelson Mandela, other freedom fighters, liberators, visionaries and humanists.Get Your Own! | View Slideshow |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | Single |
| Ethnicity: | Black / African descent |
| SexualOrientation: | Straight |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Children: | Proud parent |
| Education: | In college |
| Occupation: | Professional Storyteller/Intn'l Ed/Peacemaker |
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My Blog |
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Say No to Africom |
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| The United States will soon establish permanent military bases in subSaharan Africa. The US Africa Command (Africom) set to launch by September 2008, will oversee all US military and security interest... Posted by Denise Valentine, Storyteller on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:59:00 PST |
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Repost: JUSTICE FOR THE "JENA 6"-TAKE ACTION NOW |
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| Repost from Roots Recovered Travel
JUSTICE FOR THE "JENA 6" - TAKE ACTION NOW!!!(please forward!!)THE FACTS:In a small highly segregated rural Louisiana town of Jena in September 2006, a black studen... Posted by Denise Valentine, Storyteller on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:01:00 PST |
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
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How can this anniversary pass in Silence?
In the early morning hours of August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay took off from the island of Tinian and headed north by northwes... Posted by Denise Valentine, Storyteller on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:46:00 PST |
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I Conscientiously Object |
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| I Conscientiously Object
My Son-shine, my one and only son
will reach the age of 18 soon.
The age at which this government
says he must register for selective service;
the death draft, the dea... Posted by Denise Valentine, Storyteller on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:07:00 PST |
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An Evening of Culture - 212 Lounge - Delaware |
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| An Evening of Culture
Storytelling
; &... Posted by Denise Valentine, Storyteller on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:04:00 PST |
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PHOTOS FROM THE PROTEST TO FREE MUMIA ABU JAMAL |
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| Today, lawyers for journalist and political activist Mumia Abu-Jamal presented oral arguments in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia on why Mumia, who has now spent almost 25 years on... Posted by Denise Valentine, Storyteller on Fri, 18 May 2007 05:59:00 PST |
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Do you need permission to be Black? |
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If more than seven slaves be found together in any road without a white person, they shall be liable to twenty lashes each.
&... Posted by Denise Valentine, Storyteller on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:47:00 PST |
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FROM MAAFA TO MAAT A Healing Journey |
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| FROM MAAFA TO MAAT A Healing Journey
The MAAFA is a Kiswahili term for "Disaster" or "Terrible Occurrence". Specifically, it refers to the Middle Passge or the TransAtlantic Slave Trade. The term is... Posted by Denise Valentine, Storyteller on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:44:00 PST |
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Good Doggie |
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| How to Train a Sheepdog
Brother Dawud Akbar, Director/Founder, Nzinga Institute (Pittsburgh, PA). Presenter: The Afrocentric Conflict Resolution Model, shared this with me.
1) The dog is taken ... Posted by Denise Valentine, Storyteller on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 05:50:00 PST |
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MOJO RISING: CONFESSIONS OF A 21ST CENTURY CONJUREMAN |
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Excerpts from MOJO RISING: CONFESSIONS OF A 21ST CENTURY by Arthur Flowers, New York State University professor of English, Vietnam veteran, blues singer, co-founder of the New R... Posted by Denise Valentine, Storyteller on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 08:40:00 PST |
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