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How To Interact With the Police in Your Vehicle by Cathy Harris, Author of "Police Interactions 101"

Support Cathy Harris 3 Movements

I am no longer in a position to lead up a movement or a boycott, however, I am available as an  Injustice Adviser, Consultant, and Coach . My first book in my 3 part empowerment book series  "How To Take Control of Your Own Life: A Self-Help Guide to Empowering Your Family and the Entire Community" (Series 1)  lays out a  plan of action  for all families and communities. It is available as an e-book and paperback book.

At the age of  61, I am trying to PASS THE TORCH  on to tons of younger black women (and men) that I mentor and turn them into brave leaders and visionaries of tomorrow with my own 3 movements. 

I can't currently lead up a boycott movement  because I have my own 3 movements. My 3 new movements include: 

• The Essential Women's Movement for African American Women (www.OneMillionClassrooms.com)
  (Jan. 2017).
• Virtual Organic Garden Clubs (www.VirtualOrganicGardenClubs.com) (June 2017).
• Mobile Learning Clubs (www.MobileLearningClubs.com) (Jan. 2018)

Use the hashtag 

#MotivatingWomenToGreatness,

#OneMillionClassrooms, and

#TeamEssentialWomen 

There needs to be a system set up to deliver early warning signs to identify "at-risk" officers. Find out who becomes a cop. Are they just warm bodies put in place? Are they accredited? What is the extent of their training? What's in the training manuals.

Do they have sensitivity, cultural diversity, integrity, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) (sex and race discrimination, sexism, sexual harassment, etc.) training? Should there be more training? If so, what kind? 

In order to understand police incidents and clearly define the issues, the  Criminal Justice Coalition members and attorneys  need to know:

• What happened?
• When did it occur?
• Why did it occur?
• Who was involved?
• How did it happen?
• Where there any witnesses?

Members of  Criminal Justice Coalitions  must have no sympathy for police. To be effective, they MUST NOT be afraid of the courts, prosecutors, and/or law enforcement. 

When I lived in Atlanta before becoming a business owner, I sat on the  Criminal Justice Committee  with a local progressive advocacy group.  While sitting on that committee, we had members of the community come in and tell us their stories of mistreatment by local police. 

The stories were not only horrific but these dangerous acts of aggressions by  the police cannot go unchecked.   Just some of the stories I remember include -- when two, young, black males, who were identical twins -- openly discussed how the police tried to run them down with their vehicles, while they were crossing the streets. 

They said they were actually hit with police cars when walking and even caught under the police cars, but escaped without injuries. They said they were constantly stalked and stopped several times a day by the police, when they were on foot or in their vehicles.

I got stopped 3 times one day on Memorial Drive. I finally told the last officer who stopped me, who was a black woman, "Can you tell your friends to at least allow me to get off Memorial Drive." I had all my documents in order, but I was tired of getting stopped.

Everyone has to remember what the cop did to Walter Scott. He was shoot at 8 times (struck a total of 5 times -- 3 times in the back, once in the upper buttocks, and once on one of his ears) even though he was running away from the police so he wasn't threatening to the police -- but still was gunned down like a wild animal. 

Many times people are shot by the p olice because they are   TOO BIG or TOO OVERWEIGHT to run after you. They will shoot you in the back if need be. The police is most 

aggressive   when they first go on shift and they are full of coffee and sugar from donuts. H owever, they will only stop you if they know their buddies, who are also aggressive is also working that day and is right down the street. Their only goals are to go home alive so they won't bother you unless they

know they will be backed up -- in a safe manner.

They are probably less aggressive when it's time for them to get off shift, especially when they have security jobs that they need to show up for. 

Jus t remember most acts of Racial Profiling can be stopped by  first line supervisors , so if you are stopped by the police -- both men and especially ALL WOMEN should call 911 and tell them that they don't feel safe and to send a sergeant to the scene, because these officials can de-escalate a situation -- sometimes -- but not always. 

Police Departments Ticket Writing Policies

Did you know the police is now even ticketing people today for smoking in a car with a minor child inside. They are coming up with all kinds of reasons and ways to make money for police departments. 

On Tuesday nights, in close proximity to the police station on Memorial Drive, the police would already have up to 20 wrecker trucks already lined up to take violators in for not having a driver's license, insurance and those who had  bad attitudes and these types of operations are carried out for years. 

Now I am finding out that WRECKER DRIVERS in many cities...many...if not all of them are the children and other relatives of police officers and government agency workers. This is why these wrecker drivers are "TOW HAPPY" or "TOW CRAZY" because this money is going directly to police officers. 

When federal government workers (Special Agents, Criminal Investigators, etc.) retire, they take over these wrecker businesses and/or continue to run these businesses with family members. And this has been going on since the 90's.

And this is just one way they make money for their police departments--so make sure when you are driving a vehicle that you have all your documents in order ALWAYS (driver's license, insurance card, and car registration); Make sure you don't have damage to your car lights; Put your signals on when you turn; Don't speed; Don't run red lights; and/or don't drive around with loud music. Don't give them a reason to stop you.

When you are out walking, jogging or riding a bicycle and you encounter a police officer -- you don't need to have an ID on you. But if you get hit by a bus, it would be nice for someone to be able to contact your next of kin, so you might want to have an ID on you at all times. And make sure if you have a telephone -- put your EMERGENCY CONTACTS in your phone.

Employees, including police officers, have a lot of pressure put on them to get results. It's mandatory in some police precincts  and  departments  to  WRITE AT LEAST 3 TICKETS A DAY . And many officers are even being fired for not writing enough tickets for even minor fender benders. 

An Alabama cop was fired as a whistleblower for recording his sergeant stating that they had to write a hundred (100) tickets a month. 

When the police pull over the big trucks, they will reach in and break the brake lines on these trucks then give them a $500 ticket -- according to Alex Jones. That seems a little extreme just to make money for police departments, but I am sure it can happen.

In Dekalb County, GA, where tickets are paid, all you ever have are  ELBOW to ELBOW  - black folks paying tickets given to them by the police.  You mean to tell me that black folks are the ONLY GROUPS receiving tickets from the police -- looks like it. Black police officers are probably afraid to give white folks tickets -- too -- so only black people were receiving tickets.

Are the Police Jealous of Individuals?

Yes, the police is very jealous of black men (and women) because of how they look, dress and what types of vehicles they drive. When I worked for Customs, we had UNWRITTEN RULES/PROFILES to go after everyone with an afrocentric hairstyle. This is how dumb they were so the mindset of police officers aren't any different. 

Just some of the reasons police target blacks:

• If you wear dreads or some other Afrocentric type hairstyle, there is a 99% chance you will be targeted by the police. They think people with dreads look like criminals so they will target and stalk you in your neighborhood.
• If you are wearing nice clothes, the police will target you.
• If you are driving a nice car, they will stalk and target you.
• They will also target you because of your build. For some reason white police officers are jealous of nice looking black men with nice bodies.

Why I Am 'Passing The Torch' to Millennials

No city in the U.S.A. is ideal for black folks right now -- no matter where you live. Gentrification tore black families apart and their support systems. It killed their spirit!  So you need to find a way to uplift and motivate future generations to come. Be humble, be grateful and always use integrity in everything you do. 

I left Atlanta after 20 years in 2013. I have at least 20 reasons for leaving and one was not really wanting to continue to watch the police go after innocent young, black people. 

Since being in my current city and area, Austin, TX, in the past 3 years I have only seen police cars less than 10 times, so the atmosphere is much different here so it's much better for my psyche (mental well-being). 

You see them everyday go after certain groups -- after black people -- the people you love -- the people you want to see better themselves so they can live their best lives.  You know it can happen to your family. You hear the stories over and over again and this can do something to your pysche.

As a Baby Boomer, I fought alongside of civil rights groups with print journalism, community radio, and Public TV and we won on many fronts. It's up to the younger generation today -- TO YOU -- to pick up the torch - become "foot soldiers" and "freedom fighters" -- and come out of the shadows and fight for your ownself and your families. We wrote the playbook on fighting back so we are passing our knowledge, our courage and our strength on to you. 

If you grew up in the social media/digital age, then use that to fight back. We never had these, so therefore, we had to become "foot soldiers" fighting in the trenches doing all this hard work like our ancestors.

You have online news, podcasts/internet radio and social media platforms that can reach large audiences - far and wide. This is not "Rocket Science" -- use whatever tools you have and keep "agitating for change."

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Comments from Facebook.com:

Unlawful Jim Crow laws and Slave Codes in full effect. Mr. Trump, the original Americans are being killed and assaulted and traumatized by police officers and racist Europeans/So-called white people, and you are talking about people taking a knee because of these hateful brutal crimes, instead of the evil murdering terrorist that keep violating the rights of the original people. Where are the so-called Christians? 

Anonymous

Damn clown ass. The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not one is obligated to stand up for the 'Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States'. And because the National Anthem was written by a slave owner, we shouldn't stand to honor it either. 

Anonymous

@ShaunKing

Breaking: Several star @NFL players have told me  they are considering sitting out the season until the de facto ban of Eric Reid and Colin Kaepernick is removed and both men are given spots back on rosters. 

They aim to get 25% of the players to sit out with them.

https://twitter.com/shaunking/status/100086267045365760 2

Eagles' Malcolm Jenkins on Donald Trump, 

White House

 

So where are all these black financial and  business

leaders, civil rights leaders and others who should be launching  LEGITIMATE, national, ongoing boycotts

because of police brutality and killings? They don't exist so we must do this ourselves.

With the apparent  Boycott of the NFL  looming or just around the corner  (#BoycottNFL)  and the action plan laid out by Colin Kaepernick (#TakeAKnee), we are in a prime position to move forward and hold police departments accountable.   

Despite the fact that these football player's salaries are paid from funds earned at these games -- or are they? It's all or nothing! All of these players can become motivational speakers and authors and we will buy their books so they will still make money -- if they are kicked out of the NFL. So we need to see more than Colin Kaepernick MAKING A STANCE.

We can't stop while we are still  ahead and we are ahead. No one has ever been able to make a stand like this before so it would be silly to stop now.  We no longer have the luxury of sitting back and sparing any industry that devalue the lives of black folks . 

The way I see it -- the only way to back up  Colin Kaepernick and other black men in the NFL , is to go ahead with a  FULL BLOWN OUT BOYCOTT  of this industry, especially before the NFL season begins on Sep. 6, 2018.

 

Just like a Criminal Justice Coalition to challenge police departments, we also need to put together a Boycott Coalition made up of black people who sincerely have a GREAT LOVE for the black community to challenge police departments, NFL and other corporations, which will be added to the BOYCOTT LIST.  

Boycott Coalition Website and Membership Forms:

Just remember during this ongoing boycott , this is a great opportunity to:

Companies to Boycott For Sure:

• All U.S. Police Departments and any companies affiliated with them (These companies will be listed on upcoming Boycott App and website).
• The NFL and all the companies that sponsors the NFL should be boycotted (These companies are listed below). Leave the TV off and don't go to the games and stop buying products from the sponsors (The list is below).
• Starbucks: Has Starbucks really learned a lesson? NO...so put them on the list, even though there is now a black female leading the company. We, black people had the perfect opportunity to launch a national boycott with the Starbucks incident. They should never have taken the apology.
• Walmart: Wal-mart should certainly be on the list. It has put up to 90% of mom and pop businesses out of business so we can boycott them and bring back black mom and pop businesses. Women Wal-mart employees had the LARGEST CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT EVER IN HISTORY but it was dropped. They said women don't deserve to hold management positions so with their reputation and their affiliation with the police, they need to be on the boycott list.
• Coca-Cola: Their products include Fanta, Diet Coke, Coca-Cola zero, Coca-Cola Life, Dasani, and Minute Maid (Boycott all of them). This company is headquartered out of Atlanta, where tons of black folks are killed by the police every single day. The first action the new black female mayor took when she was elected a few months ago was to hire more police officers so this company deserves to be on the list. Coca-Cola  had the largest discrimination case ever.
• Delta: This company has many big problems and treat their employees horribly. If Customs said fire a female employee because she WAS NOT receptive to advances by Customs's men, Delta would fire them.
• Home Depot: They are also out of Atlanta and need to be boycotted. They were sued for disability discrimination.
• Waffle House: There has been tons of documented cases at this company, where black folks have been treated horribly or locked out of the restaurant despite it being a 24-hour establishment so they need to be on the list.
• American Airlines: They have a major reputation for treating black folks horribly. They had 29 racial discrimination complaints in 20 months and the NAACP called for boycott of the airline in 2017.
• Safeway: This company has a history of discrimination against their employees.
• Campbell Soup Company: They are on both the NFL and Monsanto boycott list so we need to boycott them. Campbell's just offered retirement packages to anyone over 55 who had been with the company at least five years. How is this NOT discrimination? For years they have only hired young, white and thin people who have zero work ethic. Anonymous
• Pepsi: They discriminates and had to pay $3.13 million for not hiring African Americans and don't forget the racist ad when a Pepsi commercial fail that was promptly skewered on social media for centering Kendall Jenner in a problematic visual that co-opted social justice movements like Black Lives Matter. 
• Dr. Pepper: They had to pay $17.7 million in age discrimination case.
• Tyson Foods: The lawsuit involved 5,716 people who, between 2007 and 2010, applied and were rejected for jobs at six Tyson facilities located in Texas, Arkansas, and New Mexico. Four companies owns all the meat in the U.S. and Tyson is one of them. They had a recall on their chicken and they lie about their chicken being natural.
• Anheuser-Busch: They had a racial discrimination boycott in 1982 so let's hit them up again.
• Heineken: They have racism in advertising -- stating sometimes lighter is better.
• H&M: They had an ad with a racist children's hoodie.
• Ihop: This company forced black customers to pay upfront.
• Applebee's: Applebee's has fired three employees at a Missouri mall-based restaurant that it determined were involved in the racial profiling of two African-American customers, whom they falsely accused of skipping out without paying their bill.
• Old Navy: During a press conference held at his attorney's office in Des Moines, James Conley III describes what the encounter felt like as store employees accused him of trying to steal a jacket he wore into the store. 
   

• Anheuser-Busch
• Barclaycard US
• Bose
• Bridgestone
• Campbell's Soup Company
• Castrol (BP)
• Courtyard Marriott
• Dairy Management, Inc.
• Dannon
• Extreme Networks
• FedEx
• Frito-Lay
• Gatorade
• Hyundai Motor America
• Mars Snackfood
• Microsoft
• Nationwide
• News America (News Corp/Fox Entertainment Group)
• Papa John's
• Pepsi
• Procter & Gamble
• Quaker Oats
• Verizon
• Visa
• USAA

Companies that Supports Monsanto (New name "Bayer") to Boycott:

• Aunt Jemima
• Aurora Foods
• Banquet
• Best Foods
• Betty Crocker
• Bisquick
• Cadbury
• Campbell's
• Capri Sun
• Carnation
• Chef Boyardee
• Coca-Cola
• ConAgra Foods
• Delicious Brands cookies
• Duncan Hines
• Famous Amos
• Flowers Industries
• Frito Lay
• General Mills
• Green Giant
• Healthy Choice
• Heinz
• Hellmann's
• Hershey
• Holsum
• Hormel
• Hungry Jack
• Hunt's
• Interstate Bakeries
• Jiffy
• KC Masterpiece
• Keebler
• Kellogg's
• Kid Cuisine
• Knorr
• Kool-Aid
• Kraft
• Lean Cuisine
• Lipton
• Loma Linda Foods
• Marie Callender's
• Minute Maid
• MorningStar Farms
• Mrs. Butterworth's
• Nabisco
• Nature Valley
• Nestlé
• Ocean Spray
• Ore-Ida
• Orville Redenbacher's
• Pepperidge Farm
• Pepsi
• Philip Morris
• Pillsbury
• Pop Secret
• Post cereals
• PowerBar brand
• Prego
• Pringles
• Procter & Gamble
• Quaker
• Ragú
• Rice-A-Roni & Pasta Roni
• Schweppes
• Weight Watchers Smart Ones
• Stouffer's
• Tombstone frozen pizza
• Totino's
• Uncle Ben's
• Unilever
• V8

States and their Fortune 500 Corporations:

Georgia is home to:

• Coca-Cola
• Delta Air Lines
• The Home Depot

Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation

Rosa Parks took a stand by keeping her seat on the bus. When she was arrested for it, her supporters protested by refusing to ride. Soon a community of thousands was coming together to help one another get where they needed to go. Some started taxis, some rode bikes, but they all walked and walked.

With dogged feet. With dog-tired feet. With boycott feet. With boycott blues.  And, after 382 days of walking, they walked Jim Crow right out of town. . . 

Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney present a poignant, blues-infused tribute to the men and women of the Montgomery bus boycott, who refused to give up until they got justice.

I think we also need to throw in these books so people can understand fully how the criminal justice system works. 

  Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces

The last days of colonialism taught America's revolutionaries that soldiers in the streets bring conflict and tyranny. As a result, our country has generally worked to keep the military out of law enforcement. But according to investigative reporter Radley Balko, over the last several decades, America's cops have increasingly come to resemble ground troops. The consequences have been dire: the home is no longer a place of sanctuary, the Fourth Amendment has been gutted, and police today have been conditioned to see the citizens they serve as an other-an enemy.

Today's armored-up policemen are a far cry from the constables of early America. The unrest of the 1960s brought about the invention of the SWAT unit-which in turn led to the debut of military tactics in the ranks of police officers. Nixon's War on Drugs, Reagan's War on Poverty, Clinton's COPS program, the post-9/11 security state under Bush and Obama: by degrees, each of these innovations expanded and empowered police forces, always at the expense of civil liberties. And these are just four among a slew of reckless programs.

In Rise of the Warrior Cop, Balko shows how politicians' ill-considered policies and relentless declarations of war against vague enemies like crime, drugs, and terror have blurred the distinction between cop and soldier. His fascinating, frightening narrative shows how over a generation, a creeping battlefield mentality has isolated and alienated American police officers and put them on a collision course with the values of a free society.

 

(Paperback - Revised Ed.); 2012 

"As the United States celebrates the nation's "triumph over race" with the election of Barack Obama, the majority of young black men in major American cities are locked behind bars or have been labeled felons for life. 

Although Jim Crow laws have been wiped off the books, an astounding percentage of the African American community remains trapped in a subordinate status - much like their grandparents before them." In this incisive critique, former litigator-turned-legal-scholar Michelle Alexander provocatively argues that we have not ended racial caste in America: we have simply redesigned it.

Alexander shows that by targeting black men and decimating communities of color, the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control, even as it formally adheres to the principle of color blindness. The New Jim Crow challenges the civil rights community - and all of us - to place mass incarceration at the forefront of a new movement for racial justice in America. The website is   http://www.NewJimCrow.com. 

The Failure of Homeland In-Security: The Government's Dirty Little Secrets from an Insider

(Available as E-book and Paperback)

I wrote this book to inspire and encourage other trailblazers facing crossroads in their lives to listen to their hearts - do what's right - stand up for justice.  Not only will other lives be enriched, so too, will your own.

MESSAGE TO EVERYONE FROM 

CATHY HARRIS:

Before You Call The Cop

#BeforeYouCallTheCops

The "New Norm" in This Country

• A black man (Stephon Clark) talking on the phone in his OWN BACKYARD was shot 7 times and killed by the police.
• A black man who was pushing a baby stroller down the street, trying to be a responsible dad -- had the police called on him.
• A black female yale university student sleeping in the common area in her dorm had the police called on her by a white female.
• In the same dorm area a yale university student, a black male, also had the police called on him.
• A black family that was barbecuing in a park, trying to enjoy themselves -- had the police called on them.
• A black man moving into an apartment, who had worked for President Obama, had the police called on him.
• A sister trying to get inside her own home -- had 19 cops show up.
• A lawyer and her daughter shopping in a store (Shopping While Black) had the police called on them.
• A brother driving his own car had the police called on him, thinking the car was stolen. Despite the fact that he did not fight back, they did not run his tag until after he was beaten up. 
• A black real estate investor checking out a home, had the police called on him. 
• A racist Texas white neighbor has called the police on a black family over 20 times.
• Permit Patty, a white female, called the police on a black child for selling water without a permit.
• A black female had the cops called on her by a white lady for smoking in a garage.

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How To Come Alive Again

If all the wrongful and illegal police killings and harvesting of your  black children's organs can't get you moving -- consider yourself to be almost hopeless. 

I know that GMOs (aka "Processed Foods") have rendered many people brainless in this country, but you can move back into the light and take back your life. 

But you need to heal your brain and body first and foremost. The best way to do that is by reading my 3rd book in my 3-part empowerment book series  "How To Take Control of Your Own Life: A Self-Help Guide to Becoming Healthier in the Next 30 Days" - available as an e-book and paperback.

Out of all my  26 non-fiction books, this is the one that will bring you back from the brink of despair and hopelessness. Like Oprah said we need to get with the people  who have come alive again and work with these individuals. 

And these are the individuals that need to head up a nationwide boycott against the police, NFL, Starbucks, and any other group that dare to defy the power of black folks. 

The bottomline is many of you are about to run out of time. So therefore, it's time to  Circle Your Wagons. 

It's time for you to look at the changes that you can make and forget the rest -- and realize nothing will ever be the same again in this country. 

Cathy Harris Releases 

2nd Book on Gardening 

(Book #26 Total & 

6 Health Books Total)

Green Thumb  At 60:  

How I Started My Gardening Journey With Raised Beds and Pots and Containers

PREFACE - A NOTE TO THE READER

 

What we are experiencing right now in this country is a  "food fight." So therefore, we need to fight for those who deserve saving, especially those that fought for us our entire lives.

 

There is no one or nothing standing in our way to building sustainable, holistic and natural communities again throughout the land. I know this for a fact!

 

You see I was raised on a farm in rural Georgia and everything my 8 siblings, my mother and father and I ate came from the land. We had several apple, pear and peach trees, cows, mules, pigs, chickens, etc. -- the usual things you find on a farm.

 

We knew no other way of living, so despite many people today making all kinds of excuses for not growing foods, I know 'first-hand' we can get back to nature - back to our roots and start growing and eating delicious, home-grown foods again.

 

At 60 years old -- many people would probably be too embarrassed to admit that they are finally growing their first garden - but not me.

 

Our first raised bed garden was planted on June 14, 2017, for our Summer crop and contained Honeydew Melons, Cantaloupes, Watermelons, Peppers, Cucumbers, New Zealand Spinach, and Swiss Chard. 

 

Our Winter crop on Nov. 1, 2017 contained Swiss Chard, Beets, Lettuce, Spinach, Turnips, Cabbage, Broccoli, Mustard Greens, Kale and Cauliflower.

 

Our Spring crop on April 19, 2018 included Sweet Potatoe Slips, Peppers, Swiss Chard, Tomatoes, New Zealand Spinach, Cucumbers, Watermelons, Cantaloupes and Honeydew Melons.

 

Each season we doubled-up (or planted extra rows) of green foods because of their "nutritional value," and also had 2 citrus fruit trees (a lemon and tangerine tree) in pots on the back porch. 

 

It's especially Seniors today that need to start growing their own foods because homegrown foods taste better; to make sure foods are safe to eat and are Non-GMOs; to fight diseases and keep down doctor's visits; to save money and cut down on grocery bills, and in order to have a healthier environment -- as they age.

As an Empowerment and Motivational Speaker along with being a National Non-GMO Health and Wellness Expert, I see growing my own foods as a necessity. And it's certainly nothing that people need to be embarrassed about - no matter your age.

 

Despite the fact that over 40% of people stop growing foods after one year, my family is still going strong. I wanted to grow foods successfully for one year before I wrote a book about growing foods. So this book is the completion of my own one year gardening journey.

 

I can't tell you what it has been like to be able to look out of our kitchen window of our own home and look at something we started from scratch - our own backyard, raised bed garden.

 

We can't bring this gardening project to an end without telling you first how successful it was. Remember, never let anyone define success for you, whether you are looking at your personal or business life.

 

Success is in the eye of the beholder. Success is a journey not a destination. Success is simply moving forward and accomplishing whatever it was you set out to accomplish and -- that we did.

First of all I am not going to tell you our journey was easy. There were a lot of hard work and many challenges, which taught us what to look out for in the future.

 

Sure we made mistakes, but we have owned up to them and will be using them as guidelines for our future gardening journeys. If we are truly working to save our families and communities, then it's vital that we all be on the same page.

 

Remember, your ultimate goal should be to educate yourself, your family and others in your own community. The goal is to teach everyone how to fed, clothes and shelter their own families. 

And one of the best ways to get everyone, especially teenagers, who can't find work, especially in the summertime, and former prisoners involved in job's programs and business ownership is around growing foods.

 

However, not everyone will be able to start a business so they will need to seek employment opportunities in urban farming, agriculture, and gardening. 

The sooner we get back to basics and start growing our own foods again by becoming gardeners, farmers, or join food co-ops or food coalitions - the sooner we can save generations upon generations of families. Good luck with your gardening journey!

Cathy Harris, Gardening Coach,  Actual backyard 

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• Boycott for Real Change
• Cop Watch America
• Black National Rifle Association
• Idriss Stelly Foundation
• Huey P. Newton Gun Club
• Black Gun Owners and Education
• Sisters in Arms Sorority Chapter USSGC
• Urban Sharpshooters Political Science
• Black Urban Gardeners for Liberation
• Black Urban Gardening Society (BUGS)
• Black Holistic Health: Melanin-ites, Natural Healers of The Planet(herbs)  
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