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Blogging While Brown treat: The JOBA Group
by Brandon Q.
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What’s up fam,
You will be getting slightly dated feedback/analysis from yours truly regarding the super excellent Blogging While Brown Conference that took place in Chicago about a week and a half back. As stated in my title, one of the real gems from BWB was one Curtis Baker, founder of the blog (and movement) known as The JOBA (Joint Organization of Black America) Group: a group of progressive Americans seeking to organize on a national scale for the benefit of our institutions, communities, and families. I met Curtis over lunch and we broke bread about the dilemma regarding how expanded broadband access is useless unless people (Black people) learn to use the internet as an educational and professional tool and not just to check social media/gossip sites. We talked about other things as well but I don’t want to scoop myself or him over future posts. Just know that he is a good brother and he is in a word…sharp. Here is an excerpt from the blog, 
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- Gem2001 commented on Blogging While Brown treat: The JOBA Group:
Where's my POLO? I didn't get a parting gift
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Thanks for the love, Brandon! Enjoy the gift! I am looking forward to working with you in the future.... - Brandon commented on A better way to talk about prison reform:
Wow, I bet. i would love to see Angela Davis in person. It actually went better than I thought it would. This is an extremely conservative environment. However, my students are nontraditional and working class. Most of them took the lecture to heart and it opened up discussions and dialogue about their own knowledge and... - Garlin II commented on A better way to talk about prison reform:
I'm curious as to what questions and conclusions came from that discussion. Seeing Angela Davis speak at Michigan when I was there was one of the most memorable guest lectures I attended. One Love. One II.... - Brandon commented on A better way to talk about prison reform:
Interesting you post this. I just had my class listen to Angela Davis' lecture "The Prison Industrial Complex." We had a great discussion surrounding it.... - Goddess Intellect commented on SuperSpade in Chi-town at Blogging While Brown:
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