Hi Guys,
I know its been a while I've been mad busy, anyway I know you guys missed me and just because I know you did, Here Is a little something to keep the minds awake, a motivational word sound for you DIYers out there. Stay tune, keep it locked, be safe and stay diying.
AFRICAN PROVERB
"GOD GIVES NOTHING TO THOSE WHO KEEP THEIR ARMS CROSSED"
The D.I.Y Activist
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Monday, December 3, 2012
Medi Medi Special Medi
Blessed Luv DIY its your DIY Activist here, today its about get motivated and still educated. Seeing that this is the a blog all about doing it your self, and seeing that black history months is just a few months away. I say it fit to share with you guys a very special woman in black history that was not only a freedom fighter but a wonderful seamstress. Yes a seamstress who what, you guest DIYed her own clothing and clothing for the oppressors. So hope you fuljoy today's post and please don't stop seeking knowledge check out the link and feed the minds. Leave your comments and keep following and stay tuned for more.
Peace and Blessed Luv.
MOTIVATIONAL WORD SOUND
"My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition." —Indira Gandhi
ROSA PARKS- HISTORY'S DIYer
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/rosa_parks.htm
Peace and Blessed Luv.
MOTIVATIONAL WORD SOUND
"My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition." —Indira Gandhi
ROSA PARKS- HISTORY'S DIYer
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/rosa_parks.htm
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks will always be associated
with the Montgomery Bus Boycott of
1955-56 which many regard as the start of a major civil
rights offensive in America. Rosa Parks was a seamstress when the boycott
began but she was far from ill-educated.
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Rosa Parks was born on February 4th
1913. America was effectively a segregated society, whether it was in the South
or in the cities of the north and east. Job prospects for African Americans were
poor and many could only look forward to the lowest paid jobs – and be
thankful that they had a job. Education, if it existed
for African Americans, was done within the community, especially in the south,
where schools were segregated. Buses and restaurants were also segregated in the
South. Whereas segregation in the South was obvious and open, the writer Zora
Hurston has pointed out that it also existed in many other parts of America,
though more disguised. This was the America in which Rosa Parks grew up.
Her mother was a teacher. She was also a
member of the NAACP, as was her step-father. Parks was
taught to read and write by her. Her first school only had one teacher in it to
teach all the children there, aged between five and their teens. Parks recalled
in an interview that there were as many as 60 students at her school - taught by
just the one teacher. The law stated that schools could be separate but equal.
Rosa Parks had a five month school year – the rest of her time was spent
working on farms.
Parks went to an all-black college, the
Alabama State College, but could only find work as a seamstress in Montgomery.
However, Rosa Parks was involved with the NAACP. She served as a local secretary
to it and was later an adviser to the NAACP Youth Council. In 1943, she had
experienced discrimination on the buses in the South firsthand. Having paid her
fare, she was told to use the back entrance of the bus to get to the ‘black’
seats at the back of the bus. As she walked to this door, the bus drove off
leaving her where she was. However, as a member of the NAACP, Parks would have
known about the Claudette Colvin story.
On December 1st, 1955, Rosa
Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man who was standing as
all the ‘white’ seats had been taken. She was arrested and on December 5th,
a boycott of the buses started that lasted for 381 days. The boycott only ended
when shop keepers in Montgomery urged a settlement as their livelihoods were
being ruined as so few African-Americans went into Montgomery to do any
shopping. In 1956, the Supreme Court deemed that segregation on buses was
unconstitutional. Along with the ‘Brown’ decision
of 1954, this legal ruling is seen as being of great significance in civil
rights history. Parks was given the title “Mother of the Civil Rights
Movement” – though it is a title she is modest about.
“Four decades later I am still uncomfortable with the credit given to me for starting the bus boycott. I would like (people) to know I was not the only person involved. I was just one of many who fought for freedom.” |
When asked why she refused to give up
her seat when three other African-Americans did, Parks replied:
“Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it. I kept thinking about my mother and my grandparents, and how strong they were. I knew there was a possibility of being mistreated, but an opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.” |
The success of the boycott and the decision by
the Supreme Court did change Montgomery – but it also made Parks enemies. She
and her family moved to Detroit to escape racists. In 1987, Rosa Parks, with her
husband, established the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute of Self-Development.
This organisation provides career training for black youths but it is also
involved, via its Pathways to Freedom, with educating youths on civil rights
history by visiting the scenes of important civil rights cases.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Medi Medi My Medi
WORDS TO THE WISE
"LET OTHERS LEAD SMALL LIVES, BUT NOT YOU. LET OTHERS ARGUE OVER SMALL THINGS, BUT NOT YOU. LET OTHERS CRY OVER SMALL HURTS, BUT NOT YOU. LET OTHERS LEAVE THEIR FUTURE IN SOMEONE ELSE'S HANDS, BUT NOT YOU."---------- JIM ROHN
WORDS FROM THE WISE
THROUGHOUT HISTORY, IT HAS BEN THE
INACTION OF THOSE WHO COULD HAVE ACTED; THE INDIFFERENCE OF THOSE WHO SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER; THE SILENCE OF THE VOICE OF JUSTICE WHEN IT MATTERED MOST; THAT HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR EVIL TO TRIUMPH.-- HAILE SELASSIE 1st.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Medi Medi Need Medi
AFRICAN PROVERB
ANY WEALTH THAT TAKES ONLY A MARKET WEEK TO ACQUIRE IS SURE TO CONTAIN IN IT THINGS FOR WHICH THE GODS WILL SURELY COME TO MAKE CLAIMS.
WORDS TO FEED THE MINDS
" A MUSICIAN MUST MAKE MUSIC, AN ARTIST MUST PAINT, A POET MUST WRITE, IF HE IS TO BE ULTIMATELY AT PEACE WITH HIMSELF. WHAT A MAN CAN BE, HE MUST BE." - ABRABHAM MASLOW
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Meditation can heal the Nation
AFRICAN PROVERB
AN AUTHORITY WITHOUT WISDOM IS LIKE AN AXE WITHOUT AN EDGE
WORDS OF HAILE SELASSIE 1ST
“Education develops the intellect; and the intellect distinguishes
man from other creatures. It is education that enables man to harness
nature and utilize her resources for the well-being and improvement of
his life. The key for the betterment and completeness of modern living
is education. But, ' Man cannot live by bread alone '. Man, after all,
is also composed of intellect and soul. Therefore, education in general,
and higher education in particular, must aim to provide, beyond the
physical, food for the intellect and soul. That education which ignores
man's intrinsic nature, and neglects his intellect and reasoning power
can not be considered true education.”
― Haile Selassie I
― Haile Selassie I
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Wake Up- Its not a Competition
Hi Guys,
A little bonus for the morning medz, something to keep the minds ever flowing. A quote from Haile Selassie 1st, Kings of Kings. A man that promoted self reliance or in other words DIY (doing it yourself) and DITHO (doing it to help others). Its something for all to learn from no matter your so call religion , whether your a Rasta , Muslim, Buddha. Check it out vibes it and leave your comment and let us reason.
Peace and Blessed Luv.
HAILE SELASSIE 1ST
“The temple of the most high begins with the body which houses our life, the essence of our existence. Africans are in bondage today because they approach spirituality through religion provided by foreign invaders and conquerors. We must stop confusing religion and spirituality. Religion is a set of rules, regulations and rituals created by humans, which was suppose to help people grow spiritually. Due to human imperfection religion has become corrupt, political, divisive and a tool for power struggle. Spirituality is not theology or ideology. It is simply a way of life, pure and original as was given by the Most High of Creation. Spirituality is a network linking us to the Most High, the universe, and each other…”
― Haile Selassie I
A little bonus for the morning medz, something to keep the minds ever flowing. A quote from Haile Selassie 1st, Kings of Kings. A man that promoted self reliance or in other words DIY (doing it yourself) and DITHO (doing it to help others). Its something for all to learn from no matter your so call religion , whether your a Rasta , Muslim, Buddha. Check it out vibes it and leave your comment and let us reason.
Peace and Blessed Luv.
HAILE SELASSIE 1ST
“The temple of the most high begins with the body which houses our life, the essence of our existence. Africans are in bondage today because they approach spirituality through religion provided by foreign invaders and conquerors. We must stop confusing religion and spirituality. Religion is a set of rules, regulations and rituals created by humans, which was suppose to help people grow spiritually. Due to human imperfection religion has become corrupt, political, divisive and a tool for power struggle. Spirituality is not theology or ideology. It is simply a way of life, pure and original as was given by the Most High of Creation. Spirituality is a network linking us to the Most High, the universe, and each other…”
― Haile Selassie I
MEDI , MEDI
AFRICAN PROVERB
THE OWL IS THE WISEST OF ALL BIRDS BECAUSE THE MORE IT SEES, THE LESS IT TALKS.
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