Comments on: Bloggers Unite : Jamaica’s Violence A Human Rights Concern

By: Crime And Violence Escalates In Colon Panama | Marvia's Panama Journal

Crime And Violence Escalates In Colon Panama | Marvia's Panama Journal — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:24:20 +0000

[...] crime and violence in Colon like Jamaica is not an isolated issue. And as in the case of Jamaica, the challenging issues that contribute to the increasing levels of [...]

By: Jamaica's Violence Spirals Further Out Of Control | Marvia's Panama Journal

Jamaica's Violence Spirals Further Out Of Control | Marvia's Panama Journal — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:42:34 +0000

[...] month ago, I shared my integrated approach to violence and crime in Jamaica in the Bloggers Unite campaign for Human Rights. At the time of writing that Blog post, I was [...]

By: Marvia

Marvia — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:05:41 +0000

KA,
Your card says something else and it’s not ‘loony’ at all. I do share your concerns for us a people – sometime ago I coined the ‘loony’ term – ‘the power of we’.

‘We’ sit down and wait for governments and politicians to do it for ‘we’ and then pass the blame on. Fact is much of what needs to be done whether it is applying pressure to policymakers or reject living off the spoils of criminal activities demands personal action on the part of everyone. But again ‘we’ are not prepared to go as far as it takes to solve the problem.

And I hear you re the cable TV. Listen, the rest of the world has never been able to safeguard or recover its moral values with the onslaught on its cultural values with the spread of Cable TV. And the sad thing is, at least in the US you have some kind of ‘legislation’ (even if it only works for some)…most of us have nothing at all to protect our children. And worse majority of parents don’t give two hoots!!

Take care girl.

By: Kinky Awakenings

Kinky Awakenings — Tue, 27 May 2008 08:22:52 +0000

oh, i forgot to mention…..getting rid of that NYC cable would be a great start!

Peace,
KA

By: Kinky Awakenings

Kinky Awakenings — Tue, 27 May 2008 01:22:57 +0000

Hey Sis,

I am not an eloquent writer and can’t think of a nice way to say…. This s*cks!

The issues you mention are so “in your face” all the time that it becomes the norm (the matrix) and will take a large jolt to wake us up. We do not realize that as ordinary citizens, we have the power to unplug from the matrix and stop being psychological slaves. Many of us choose the easy way out. Inaction.

I am the most layperson there is. I don’t profess to have the answers but from my point of view, youth are the answer. Imagine our youth –pre K on up- being taught by conscience teachers to challenge our matrix way of life. Teachers (not necessarily school teachers) who are not afraid of the bs bureaucracy of ANY institution…not even the church (as promised before I won’t get into my rant about the Black church). Instead of conditioning our youth to conform to the matrix, we steep them in true history of their respective cultures, encourage them to learn all they can about their perspective fields, instill in them the importance and operations of community/nation building, problem resolution, respect for nature among other things and last but not least…teach them the difference btwn entertainment vs.reality as well as the importance of challenging the norm.

Since I’ve let the cat out the bag, I’ll stop here because you have now confirmed that I am a proud card carrying looney tune.

Peace,
KA