Why is BlackLivesMatter sending 11-17 year olds to Dubai for 9 months?

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Youth Empowerment Strategy program at Dubai
September 2, 2016 @ 9:00 am - May 2, 2017 @ 11:00 am UTC+0

9-month Youth Empowerment Strategy program, for children between the age group of 11 to 17 years. The Purpose of this program is “To empower our youth with the knowledge, skills and confidence to conduct themselves with poise and professionalism”.
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http://blacklivesmatter.com/events/

[midnight rambler]

To teach them that 70 virgin farm animals await them in paradise if throw their lives away for their indoctrinated beliefs.

[palani]

Is this a program only open to Nubians? Can white guys apply (Bill Clinton for example?)

[cheka.]

lmao -- from op link, this...and i only pasted part of it (left out the part of them claiming zimm and ferguson cop got away with murders) and they demand RESPEK!

http://blacklivesmatter.com/herstory/

When you design an event / campaign / et cetera based on the work of queer Black women, don’t invite them to participate in shaping it, but ask them to provide materials and ideas for next steps for said event, that is racism in practice. It’s also hetero-patriarchal. Straight men, unintentionally or intentionally, have taken the work of queer Black women and erased our contributions. Perhaps if we were the charismatic Black men many are rallying around these days, it would have been a different story, but being Black queer women in this society (and apparently within these movements) tends to equal invisibility and non-relevancy.

We completely expect those who benefit directly and improperly from White supremacy to try and erase our existence. We fight that every day. But when it happens amongst our allies, we are baffled, we are saddened, and we are enraged. And it’s time to have the political conversation about why that’s not okay.

We are grateful to our allies who have stepped up to the call that Black lives matter, and taken it as an opportunity to not just stand in solidaritywith us, but to investigate the ways in which anti-Black racism is perpetuated in their own communities. We are also grateful to those allies who were willing to engage in critical dialogue with us about this unfortunate and problematic dynamic .And for those who we have not yet had the opportunity to engage with around the adaptations of the Black Lives Matter call, please consider the following points.
Broadening the Conversation to Include Black Life

Black Lives Matter is a unique contribution that goes beyond extrajudicial killings of Black people by police and vigilantes. It goes beyond the narrow nationalism that can be prevalent within some Black communities, which merely call on Black people to love Black, live Black and buy Black, keeping straight cis Black men in the front of the movement while our sisters, queer and trans and disabled folk take up roles in the background or not at all. Black Lives Matter affirms the lives of Black queer and trans folks, disabled folks, Black-undocumented folks, folks with records, women and all Black lives along the gender spectrum. It centers those that have been marginalized within Black liberation movements. It is a tactic to (re)build the Black liberation movement.

When we say Black Lives Matter, we are talking about the ways in which Black people are deprived of our basic human rights and dignity. It is an acknowledgement Black poverty and genocide is state violence. It is an acknowledgment that 1 million Black people are locked in cages in this country–one half of all people in prisons or jails–is an act of state violence. It is an acknowledgment that Black women continue to bear the burden of a relentless assault on our children and our families and that assault is an act of state violence. Black queer and trans folks bearing a unique burden in a hetero-patriarchal society that disposes of us like garbage and simultaneously fetishizes us and profits off of us is state violence; the fact that 500,000 Black people in the US are undocumented immigrants and relegated to the shadows is state violence;.the fact that Black girls are used as negotiating chips during times of conflict and war is state violence; Black folks living with disabilities and different abilities bear the burden of state-sponsored Darwinian experiments that attempt to squeeze us into boxes of normality defined by White supremacy is state violence. And the fact is that the lives of Black people—not ALL people—exist within these conditions is consequence of state violence.

When Black people get free, everybody gets free

#BlackLivesMatter doesn’t mean your life isn’t important–it means that Black lives, which are seen as without value within White supremacy, are important to your liberation. Given the disproportionate impact state violence has on Black lives, we understand that when Black people in this country get free, the benefits will be wide reaching and transformative for society as a whole. When we are able to end hyper-criminalization and sexualization of Black people and end the poverty, control, and surveillance of Black people, every single person in this world has a better shot at getting and staying free. When Black people get free, everybody gets free. This is why we call on Black people and our allies to take up the call that Black lives matter. We’re not saying Black lives are more important than other lives, or that other lives are not criminalized and oppressed in various ways. We remain in active solidarity with all oppressed people who are fighting for their liberation and we know that our destinies are intertwined.

And, to keep it real–it is appropriate and necessary to have strategy and action centered around Blackness without other non-Black communities of color, or White folks for that matter, needing to find a place and a way to center themselves within it. It is appropriate and necessary for us to acknowledge the critical role that Black lives and struggles for Black liberation have played in inspiring and anchoring, through practice and theory, social movements for the liberation of all people. The women’s movement, the Chicano liberation movement, queer movements, and many more have adopted the strategies, tactics and theory of the Black liberation movement. And if we are committed to a world where all lives matter, we are called to support the very movement that inspired and activated so many more. That means supporting and acknowledging Black lives.

Progressive movements in the United States have made some unfortunate errors when they push for unity at the expense of really understanding the concrete differences in context, experience and oppression. In other words, some want unity without struggle. As people who have our minds stayed on freedom, we can learn to fight anti-Black racism by examining the ways in which we participate in it, even unintentionally, instead of the worn out and sloppy practice of drawing lazy parallels of unity between peoples with vastly different experiences and histories.

When we deploy “All Lives Matter” as to correct an intervention specifically created to address anti-blackness,, we lose the ways in which the state apparatus has built a program of genocide and repression mostly on the backs of Black people—beginning with the theft of millions of people for free labor—and then adapted it to control, murder, and profit off of other communities of color and immigrant communities. We perpetuate a level of White supremacist domination by reproducing a tired trope that we are all the same, rather than acknowledging that non-Black oppressed people in this country are both impacted by racism and domination, and simultaneously, BENEFIT from anti-black racism.

When you drop “Black” from the equation of whose lives matter, and then fail to acknowledge it came from somewhere, you further a legacy of erasing Black lives and Black contributions from our movement legacy. And consider whether or not when dropping the Black you are, intentionally or unintentionally, erasing Black folks from the conversation or homogenizing very different experiences. The legacy and prevalence of anti-Black racism and hetero-patriarchy is a lynch pin holding together this unsustainable economy. And that’s not an accidental analogy.

In 2014, hetero-patriarchy and anti-Black racism within our movement is real and felt. It’s killing us and it’s killing our potential to build power for transformative social change. When you adopt the work of queer women of color, don’t name or recognize it, and promote it as if it has no history of its own such actions are problematic. When I use Assata’s powerful demand in my organizing work, I always begin by sharing where it comes from, sharing about Assata’s significance to the Black Liberation Movement, what it’s political purpose and message is, and why it’s important in our context.
The Appropriation of Black Struggle

When you adopt Black Lives Matter and transform it into something else (if you feel you really need to do that–see above for the arguments not to), it’s appropriate politically to credit the lineage from which your adapted work derived. It’s important that we work together to build and acknowledge the legacy of Black contributions to the struggle for human rights. If you adapt Black Lives Matter, use the opportunity to talk about its inception and political framing. Lift up Black lives as an opportunity to connect struggles across race, class, gender, nationality, sexuality and disability.

And, perhaps more importantly, when Black people cry out in defense of our lives, which are uniquely, systematically, and savagely targeted by the state, we are asking you, our family, to stand with us in affirming Black lives. Not just all lives. Black lives. Please do not change the conversation by talking about how your life matters, too. It does, but we need less watered down unity and a more active solidarities with us, Black people, unwaveringly, in defense of our humanity. Our collective futures depend on it.

[cheka.]

nigs will have to go to class once/week for 2 hours

http://www.uvconsultants.com/youthempowerment/

The sessions happen every Saturday from 9am to 11am at the Al Futtaim Learning Center in Umm Ramool, Rashidiya, Dubai. We cover one module each month (8-10 hours), where the participants understand concepts and imbibe them through interactive sessions like group discussion, role plays, hands-on application and simulations and use Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) tools to sustain their learning.

[cheka.]

poking around on 'uv consultants'

http://www.uvconsultants.com/our-story.php

UV Consultants focuses on providing ‘Unique Value’ to our customers offering Customized Training Solutions and focused coaching to individuals and Corporates.

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http://www.uvconsultants.com/your-value-generators.php#youth

YOUTH VALUE

"Our most valued treasure is our people, especially the youth" – Nelson Mandela. Young adults respond better to a hands-on approach when it comes to assimilating concepts and putting them to practical use. Active participation, learning while doing and interaction with peers thus becomes the cornerstone of youth development.

Our ‘Youth Value’ modules provide young minds the inspiration to dream big and achieve bigger. This improves their personality, their communication, their skill-sets and overall outlook on life, equipping them to make sound decisions and paving the way towards becoming socially responsible, productive contributors to society.

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uv is sketch looking outfit....also tied to another sketchy outfit: http://www.dreamdoers.ae/

What do we do?

We Do Dreams. We do dreams for anyone and everyone – individuals and organizations across the globe – who have a vision and a will to achieve it.

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tied to another sketchy outfit called everguard -- http://www.everguardlife.com/aboutus/

MISSION

To become India’s most well respected brand in the personal well-being domain.

“The ultimate purpose of the organization is to help our customers achieve Peak Potential in the Key Areas of their Life“

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also picked up a hit on this: Neuro Linguistic Programming

https://mn.wordpress.com/tag/neuro-linguistic-programming/

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so to sum it up...a skype sponsored american black terrist group has contracted with an indian personal wellness consultant to train american negroes for 2 hours per week in dubai

seems legit