Mobilizing Philly’s Black men for safer communities
FCNNEWSSOURCE An exclusive interview with Joe Certaine, a key organizer for the 10,000 Man Call to Action Over 10,000 Black men answer call in Philly (FCN, 11-12-2007) FinalCall.com - On Oct. 21, over 10,000 Black men filled Philadelphia’s Liacouras Center responding to a call made by Dennis Muhammad, founder of ENOTA (Educating Neighborhoods to Obey Those in Authority; local Millions More...
Families of six Black youth charge police officials with misconduct
Blacks moving targets for cops (FCN, 06-14-2004) WASHINGTON, D.C. (FinalCall.com) - It’s been said that there is a “Jena Six” case in every city: Black youth wrongfully prosecuted for offenses that White youth would have just received a slap on the wrist. What happened to six students from Woodrow Wilson High School may be a similar case in the nation’s...
Report offers grim look into America’s education system
High schools or ‘drop out factories’? “There is a system in place to keep a plantation running, for the benefit of the rich and powerful. The only way to destroy it is with proper education, both for the Black and White child.” –from the book “A Torchlight For America,” by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, 1993. Death by...
D.C.-area church holds ‘Fugitive Safe Surrender’ program
WASHINGTON, D.C. (FinalCall.com) - Non-violent criminals in the nation’s capital with arrest warrants recently avoided the sometimes violent and deadly risk that comes with being tracked down by U.S. Marshals by turning themselves in through the program “Fugitive Safe Surrender” held at Bible Way Church Nov. 1-3. At Final Call press time, the Superior Court had 231 offenders who...
Practical Application: From study to action (exercise)
Have you ever learned something from a book or tape that you couldn’t wait to put it into practice? How will you know if it works unless you put it into practice? The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad states in How to Eat to Live, Book II: “I am often experimenting as I teach you, so that I...
Over 10,000 Black men answer call in Philly
Philly’s Black men answer the call to become peacekeepers in their communities PHILADELPHIA (FinalCall.com) - Nearly 11,000 Black men answered the call to show up at Temple University’s Liacouras Center on Oct. 21 for “A Call to Action: 10,000 Men–It’s a New Day,” which helped start them on the path to becoming “peacekeepers” in a city that has seen too...
California Burning: Nearly one million displaced
Nearly one million displaced from onslaught of California wildfires Severe weather patterns produce drought (FCN, 11-07-2007) LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - “Apocalyptic,” “monstrous,” and “a disaster of biblical proportions” are just a few words used to describe the army of wildfires that recently swept across Southern California. Over a 7-day period, fires killed nine people, uprooting at least one million...
Severe weather patterns produce drought
Georgia Governor to host prayer services for rain (AP, 11-07-2007) (FinalCall.com) - A season of abnormal weather patterns that has drawn severe flooding and firestorms in various U.S. cities, have been transitioning into severe water shortages in several major states, including North Carolina and Georgia, which are experiencing droughts of historic proportions. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor of North...
U.S. immigration policies threaten farm industry
LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - Several days after Northern California farmers declared that the U.S. government’s crackdown on “illegal” immigration or undocumented residents has forced a reduction in labor and threatens a spike in grocery prices, a federal judge ruled against a program designed to punish undocumented workers by sanctioning companies that employ them. On Oct. 10, San Francisco...
NYC Arabic school principal a victim of growing national ‘Islamophobia’
FCNNEWSSOURCE Islam is not the enemy! (FCN, 09-10-2007)‘Islamophobia' spreading in U.S. and Europe (FCN, 01-04-2005) NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - The Khalil Gibran International Academy (KGIA) is the first publicly financed institution in the United States committed specifically to learning the Arabic language and culture. However, when the Brooklyn-based school's doors opened in September, the one person that was missing was...