Welcome to the BLAC Foundation

1. "Sumthin Good from ...." competition - The "Sumthin good from ..." competition is designed to give our readers an opportunity to exchange their favorite "black" recipes. If your entry is deemed by our judges to be more sumptuous than the rest, you will be sent an "Early African Presence in NYC kit" (as described on our website in #3 below) free of charge. Use the submission made by Eddie Faulk (#1 under papers submitted / black cuisine/ sumthin good from... competition) as your model. Note that a submission in that format will also satisfy the prerequisite requirement (i.e. the submission of a paper) for competing in our annual $500 research grant. We are all eagerly looking forward to hearing from you and in tasting your special dish.

2. Century and Millennium Clubs - These two clubs were established in 2009 to recognize and reward foundation supporters for their financial contributions to the foundation. Those donors who make a single contribution of $100 or more (but less than $1000) gain membership in the "century club", and those who make a single contribution of $1000 or more are enrolled in the "millennium club". As a member of either club supporters will receive an "Early African Presence in New York" kit (as advertised below) and will also be eligible for other gifts and subscriptions as they are developed. In 2010 the foundation plans to make t-shirts for current club members and there are other planned items on the horizon such as electronic newsletters, electronic journals, etc. All contributions to the Foundation are tax deductible and so all donors will receive certified confirmation of their contribution for IRS purposes.

3. Educational Programs - Early African Presence in New York.

4. BLAC Foundation's B-Boy of the Year 2010 - © Lima Limon 2010

5. For carefully selected youtube videos put on your ear phones, click on the flag of your choice and then open the link(s) beneath it.

7. Talk To Us Blog - Do you have any questions or comments about material on our website? If so, now is the chance to communicate to us and others what you like or dislike and what you would like to see more of. You may also wish to ask specific questions about anything posted thus far and we will do our best to provide you with satisfactory answers. This blogging opportunity is temporary so please make use of it while you can.

8. BLAC Foundation aims at Serving BLACK Communities Worldwide - "Serving is different from helping. Helping is not a relationship between equals. A helper may see others as weaker than they are, needier than they are, and people often feel this inequality. The danger in helping is that we may inadvertently take away from people more than we could ever give them; we may diminish their self-esteem, their sense of worth, integrity or even wholeness.

When we help, we become aware of our own strength. But when we serve, we don't serve with our strength; we serve with ourselves, and we draw from all of our experiences. Our limitations serve; our wounds serve; even our darkness can serve. My pain is the source of my compassion; my woundedness is the key to my empathy."
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"... serving is different from fixing. In fixing, we see others as broken, and respond to this perception with our expertise. Fixers trust their own expertise but may not see the wholeness in another person or trust the integrity of the life in them. When we serve we see and trust that wholeness. We respond to it and collaborate with it. And when we see the wholeness in another, we strengthen it. They may then be able to see it for themselves for the first time."

Source: http://www.dailygood.org/view.php?qid=4994