ABOUT US
“Endangered? The Choice Is Yours” is a solution-based publication focusing on empowering the urban community.Our demographics are young adults thirsty for an accurate depiction of urban culture that is positive and uplifting.
I really enjoy watching some men move, stand, and flow. Some may call it swag, but no, what I write about is much more than that. Some men just naturally have style, carry themselves with a certain class and sophistication. They don’t need to say a word; they just pull you right in… I enjoy the strong silent type. However, my fascination is not sexual; it’s more like observing art. My dad has the same mannerism and so does my armor. I first took notice when I was a young girl. Don’t ask at what age, because I can’t remember, but a man in a black and white movie called A Patch of Blue impressed me. The first thing that got me was, the fact that he is a black man in a leading role, something I didn't see much of back then. The second was his style and the way he spoke. I believe this was a few years after my Bruce Lee obsession. (Don’t ask, long story.) I later learned from my father that his name is Sidney Poitier. Many months ago, after clicking through channels, I came across a movie, Limits of Control. I could not change the channel. I was transfixed and memorized by Isaach De Bankolé. I believe he said no more than one hundred words. He seemed very aware, wise and focused. He played the character very well. I enjoyed the movie even more because it is so eclectic. There are clues he has to put together in order to reach his destination. I've seen it several times since and still enjoyed it, as if it were the first. These roles are played by amazing actors who caused me to pay attention. Whether it’s rescuing a blind girl from a lonely and abusive life- A lean mean fighting machine, who never messes with anyone but trouble somehow always seem to find him- Or a wise, quiet hit man, who doesn't say much. Men can be very fascinating to watch. However don’t get caught, they may think you like them or it may seem a tad bit creepy. Author/Writer Shauna Jackson http://shianwrites.wordpress.com
Steve Lobel spoke with Endangered Magazine after an heartfelt, inspirational talk with students at South high school in Columbus, Ohio. Lobel was in Columbus, Ohio this past weekend for the "Ohio HipHop Awards and Conferance".The man behind the Adidas sweat gear who model his life behind the philosophy " life is not easy, hard-work pay off. If your not motivated you will not be given nothing."
His demeanor is that of a high school principal which seem fitting for the environment. Steve Lobel passion for dedicating his life to hard work is evident by his success.
Artist Manager,Executive Producer,Author,Motivational Speaker are among the few titles he proudly hold down. Lobel's music affiliations he has worked with include; Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Run DMC, Easy-E, Big Pun, 3-6 Mafia, Master P to name a few.
As he stood in front of the student filled auditorium in his usual laid back style' sitting on top of the chair, Lobel's intensity,passion and brutal honesty came to rest upon innocent ears.
"You can't teach loyalty it has to be inside of you" Lobel's most recognizable accomplishment is showing loyalty to his artist; A trait that is so rare in today's music industry.
The future for Steve Lobel is defined by one word "success" followed by commitment to his skill set and craft. Lobel passionately confessed his blue print for success to the high school students yet did they listen? "The coach last longer than the player" was a powerful phrase I will never forget.
Anthony Alden
Steve posing with South high student and performing artist Jay Mel
Back to School is here! It’s that time of the year again,
and emotions seem to be all over the place. Some are excited, while others are
anxious, even fearful.
Of course, looking beyond the obvious we know back to school
can be a fun experience for most. It is also understood that extenuating
circumstances exist for some, and that can make Back to School a problem, even
a burden.
Social expectations exist in the form of new outfits,
styles, school supplies and so much more.While Administration handles the execution of educational expectations
right away.A new grade, school, and
friends combined with the change of schedule, having to wake up early, take the
bus, and getting back into the “routine of things” are just some of the changes
that can be hard for the first few weeks.All these things can sometimes be the recipe for a stressful moment for
both Parent and Child.
Now, you wouldn’t wear your bathing suit in the winter or
your jacket during the summer right? So with the Seasons naturally, and
educationally changing right before your eyes, why not adjust accordingly?
This Back to School season, remember not only to grab a
sweater, but also to also pause, enjoy, educate, and encourage your kids, and
those around you.
I was shocked when I discovered the growing numbers of children who are dealing with poverty, chronic illness, broken or dysfunctional homes in inner -city schools. Children are exposed to drugs, violence, a lack of supervision; and perhaps most significantly, the lack of positive male role models.
Education experts agree there have never been more of a need for Black males to step-up to the plate and serve as positive role models for our children. Female-headed households with absent fathers are far from rare in African-American family life (70%); especially inner city school aged children. According to the Department of Education, it is not uncommon for a Black child to enter middle school without having interacted with a positive male figure.
Photo by Anthony Alden
The decreasing number of minority educators is so dramatic that some authors have referred to Black teachers and school administrators as an endangered species.
African American parents are far too dependent on teachers who have no cultural understanding about the needs of Black children to educate them.
It’s is a proven fact that in suburban school districts teachers are not majority Black unlike inner-city schools teaching staff that’s disproportionately white (80%) in some school districts.
This has become a race issue because Black children academically are receiving a failing grade and in some cases inferior education not because of the race of the teachers but cultural insensitivity and awareness.
In order to understand the needs of Black children you must understand the culture differences and upbringing styles that drastically differ between white children and Black. If you don’t show authority and set clear limitations its easy to loose control over a class room especially in Black communities.
Traditionally Black parents and our educational institutions had strict styles of discipline that were laid down by generations of Blacks. Children were made to understand the consequences of negative behavior. Corporal punishment was a means of disciplining that seem to make our children behave. You have a lot of negative influences (gangs, drug abuse, crime,teen pregnancy) that have the potential to consume Black children if they are not discipline.
“Integration integrated new ways of parenting that conflicted with the “boy go out and get me a tree branch” approach my parents used. They put more fear into me then gangs or peer pressure so quit naturally I conformed to their rules”.
I was a substitute teacher for a year in a major inner-city school district and quickly learned children play on perceived weakness of an instructor. I also worked in suburban white districts compared to inner-city schools it was a day at Disney. Kids in inner-city schools act out more because they are frustrated, depressed, often profiled as under achievers, suffer low self-esteem, and lack discipline. Because of the absent of fathers gangs and drug dealers become some children surrogate fathers. When you have dysfunctional role models and environments you have dysfunctional behavior. If you come from a middle to upper class upbringing without any reality of the environments that shape the children your teaching it’s hard to relate so you grow impatient and give up hope.
When I was growing up I went to Ella P. Stewart Elementary School in Toledo, Ohio. Stewart was 100% Black student body. Now mind you this was before forced integration, you went to the school that was in your neighborhood so you walked to school everyday. Toledo schools were still voluntarily segregated. I remember having only two white teachers from grades kindergarten through eight and I got a great education. More importantly, I had a strong bond with my teachers. They were strict and had zero tolerance when we acted out but I thank them to this day.
Teaching back then was a career not a job. They truly cared about you and often they taught at the same school for two or more decades so they were responsible for educating several generations of children. The parents knew each teacher by their first name; schools not only served the community to educate our young but also acted as an extended family.
There weren’t many Black male teachers when I was in elementary school; however, unlike today 80% of my classmates came from two-parent homes. We were poor, but our communities were not shattered with absent fathers and violence. The few male teachers we did have were strong minded and fearless. We respected them like we respected our fathers; their authority was not to be challenged nor was disrespectful behavior tolerated.
After I graduated from middle school, the tradition continued for about another two years and then slowly city school districts they started transferring the teachers who had tenure and seniority to suburban schools in the name of integration. Like one-way busing, our brightest and best teachers went to segregated suburban schools and the Black schools became a training ground for new inexperienced college graduates who had no cultural knowledge about Black children and the community in which they lived.
I always said schools in the Black community were the first line of defense like the church that insulated our children from what we didn’t get at home. When these institutions broke down, the communities that surrounded them also deteriorated.
There’s enough research out there to document why schools in the inner cities failed and are still failing, administrators and educators know the problems but refuse to fix them. Our schools have failing grades because our children are getting inferior education. Parents are failing their children because we haven’t created secure, safe, nurturing environments for them to develop to their full potential.” Ignorance is no excuse for failure.” We need to get back to basic self-help strategies (strong PTA) and old school values (each one teach one). If our children are our future we better wise up to the chalk writing on the board.
NEXT SOUL FOOD AND VINYL October 24 @ Method Gallery
Soul food meal included $10.00 donation requested.
This event will be a communal effort to unite generations and promote cultural awareness. What better way than to do it with food, live performers, fun and music. In our effort to develop community projects, programming to uplift our youth Endangered Magazine, will be hosting a series of fund raising events.
“Soul Food and Vinyl” an evening of home cooked soul food, with "DJ O' Sharp" spinning your favorite old school /new school vinyl’s. A silent art auction and musical guest performers will headline the evening of food, music, fun and community awareness. Endangered? “The Choice is Yours” youth magazine and after school program is a solution base print and online magazine created by youth for youth,through an entrepreneurial mentorship program.
October 24, 6:30pm- 10pm we will be holding the third event at: Method Gallery 889 East Long St. Columbus, Ohio 43203. (On top of the Gene Walker Cafe)
This event is open to the public. A $10.00 donation is requested For additional information and sponsorship: 614-304-1637 or 704-312-0452
Bring your favorite old school or new school vinyls
PHOTOS OF SOUL FOOD AND VINYL 8-14-2012 UPPER CUP COFFEE
We would like to thank the following community sponsors for volunteering their in-kind support making Soul Food and Vinyl a huge success.
UPPER CUP COFFEE
FIRST LADY CATERING
DJ OTIS SHARP
BLACK CENTRAL.com
SOUL ON CANVAS MEDIA
ZANZIBAR
METHOD GALLERY
LADIES OF LUXURY
SAFIECCENTRICS
HUGE DEAL INC
AND ALL THE ARTIST WHO HAVE DONATED THEIR TALENTS!
Written by: Vida Michelle - Contact: graciasgod@yahoo.com
Photo by Anthony Alden
“Bath salts” which carry street names such as Cloud Nine, Snow Leopard, or Meow Meow for example have quickly become the new way to abuse yourself, if that is what you are into.
Turns out the hallucinogen known as “Bath Salts” have absolutely nothing in common with actual Bath Salts. It is only marketed that way so that it can be legally sold. And, because it is not currently being regulated, once it is sprinkled with a little perfume, and labeled “Not for Human Consumption”, the drug is in full disguise.
What are Bath Salts? -It is a powder that contains a combination of chemicals including a synthetic derivative or a “fake” form of cathinone (stimulant).Bath Salts are typically taken orally, rectally, snorted, smoked, injected and even mixed with water as a “drink”.
What are the effects? In short if, you take ALL THE WORST effects of– LSD and Ecstasy with their hallucinogenic-delusional properties, PCP with its superhuman strength and combativeness,and the stimulation of Cocaine and meth =The effects of Bath salts is what you get.
Treatment – No antidote for bath salt toxicity currently exists. Treatment is directed by symptoms.Results are usually hospitalization or death. Emergency Room Staff are having a hard time treating such Patients because they are uncontrollable even with high doses of sedatives available such as valium.
The Twist – Unlike other drugs where the effects are temporary and after hours of sedation the Person returns to “normal”, the effects of Bath Salts are longer lasting and sometimes permanent. With cases showing that, some People have been sedated for hours, and days only to wake up with the same level of psychosis.Users describe the experience as horrible. Unfortunately, they also describe the craving for the drug as intense.
"Black Power the Soul of Columbus, A Place to Remember"
Written by: Vida Michelle
"The Scene was so thick, Low rides, Seville’s, nothing' but the 'Llacs...
All the Business Owners, all the Leaders, Teachers, I'm talking about Black Man heaven, you know what I'm saying?"...
When talking about the "Old" Mt. Vernon/Long st. District of Columbus, Ohio also known as The near Eastside, well - it was kind of like that.
The journey begins with "Black Power The Soul of Columbus, a Place to Remember" a film done by David Maurice Bailey, and Kwodwo Ababio based on a play written by Stefanie Moss. The Film, Poetry show and Play are also referred to as "The Series", and are sponsored by The New Harvest Urban Arts Center, and the Ohio Historical Center. The Series takes us back to a time where everyone could finish that sentence - "Say it Loud!" -A time where the Mt. Vernon District was a neighborhood full of business, and art. Back when the atmosphere on the Near Eastside was full of pride, and Black Power.
That may be hard to imagine for some who now look at the Near Eastside, and see it plagued by the total opposite. The same neighborhood known for its greatness is now run by drugs, crime, and poverty.
As I watched the Film and listened to Band Leader Gene Walker, a native of Columbus, who has played with the greats including The Beatles speak I noticed something stood out. It was the pride in his voice, and in his eyes. I realized, it HAS been quite a while since I've heard anyone yell "Say it Loud!", and heard someone else answer "I'm black and I'm proud!"
Where did the Black Power go? How and why did it leave?
Because of my age, I wondered, did the power go to Hip Hop? Did it knock on the door and get an answer - yet?
The old Mt. Vernon district had the elements necessary for Power because it had Pride. There was trust between businesses and customers. Entrepreneurs’ and Black owned shops existed for black children to look up to. Leaders emerged and were respected because of the work ethic that they lived. The Community financially supported each other and supported itself. All the qualities necessary to make a neighborhood productive and powerful existed.
When those elements are present, the result is pride. Pride that is then expressed through art, and music, and even in the way people dress. When The Pride left, The Power went with it.
Some say the struggle The near Eastside/Black Community faces is simple. It comes down to "The ignorant vs. The intelligent" One Community split in two mindsets, and lifestyles. This may or may not be true. All things considered times have changed. Maybe the people and places look different but some formulas are forever.
1. A house divided against itself will not stand.
2. Education + hard work = Power and Pride.
The Mt. Vernon/ Long st. Near East Area embodied The Pride and Power of the Black Community, and can live again. It is currently living through projects such as "The Series", and people like David, Kwodwo, and Stefanie who continue to remind us that - Once we were Warriors.
One thing is for certain, the time, the mindset, the lifestyle, and the atmosphere; is definitely "A Place to Remember".
It is with the utmost pride that Youth Endangered Magazine presents our first publication, “A World of Possibilities”. The publication contains a collection of career options featuring up and coming young entrepreneurs.
We started this project with the vision that youth entrepreneurship is an important and most of all promisingticket out of poverty and unemployment for young people in urban and rural communities. This publication is just a first step, but a pivotal one, towards unveiling the specific aspects of the processes involved in setting up Endangered youth entrepreneurship chapters in different parts of the country. We truly feel that this preview issue will prove to spark an interest on potential career opportunities. It’s our hope that our efforts will put the importance of youth entrepreneurship on the map and highlight youth who inspire discipline,vision and leadership. Order Form To order the new Youth Endangered publication, simply fill out the information requested on the form below and email it to us at: endangeredmag@gmail.com. We can then send you an invoice and the Pay Pal payment information and instructions.
About Endangered “The Choice is Yours” Endangered, serves both youth 13-19 and young adults. Through our Entrepreneurship Education, which operates entrepreneurship programs in schools and community out reach facilities. The mission of Endangered? is to accelerate entrepreneurship in America among those who are economically challenged. It was established in 2012 as a non-profit to train, educate and encourage the entrepreneur spirit. We collaborate with educators, entrepreneurs and business owners who act as mentors to nurture the development of program participants with hands on training. Entrepreneurship education offers a solution. It seeks to prepare people, particularly youth, to be responsible, enterprising individuals who become entrepreneurs or entrepreneurial thinkers by immersing them in real life learning experiences where they can take risks, manage the results, and learn from the outcomes.
Through entrepreneurship education, young people learn organizational skills, including time management, leadership development and interpersonal skills, all of which are highly transferable skills sought by employers. Volunteer We are looking for community support and business involvement of available entrepreneurs who are willing to mentor program participants. You generosity fit your schedule.
Mentor a youth at your business
Speak to youths about benefit's of owning a business.
Help plan, critique a student business plan
Provide on the job training to a mentor
Donate time,services,equipment,venture capital to a emerging entrepreneur.
Inspire the entrepreneur drive of a student mentor.
Please volunteer:help somebody to help themselves ,to help someone.
