Wake the Masses or Close Ranks?-gctid57316

[Agbede]

What's your personal strategy and why?

(1) Get the information out to as many Kmtyws as possible by any means necessary (passing out flyers/literature/dvds, kwk in the streets; going to where our people are - church, public schools, fb - and spreading the word). Ku jëkk yeewu, war nga yeewul sa moroom. The first one to wake up must wake up his neighbor.

Or, (2) Taking the information that you have learned, closing ranks and focusing on building with those who are clear around you? Adeɛ pa na ɛtɔn ne ho.​ A good thing sells itself.

What successes have you seen from that strategy? What are some of the challenges of your particular strategy?

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

A combination of the two, though not necessarily by choice or because i "want" it to be that way. In my experience, those who are ra-ra gung-ho get burnt out and kind of trail off over time. This brings in the necessity of new people having to step up to replace the old core. Ideally, I would prefer to close ranks and only work with those who are clear on building, but, up to this point that hasn't been the experience/reality I've been presented with.

[NyameNti]

Yaw Àgbẹ̀dẹ;57316 wrote: What's your personal strategy and why?

(1) Get the information out to as many Kmtyws as possible by any means necessary (passing out flyers/literature/dvds, kwk in the streets; going to where our people are - church, public schools, fb - and spreading the word). Ku jëkk yeewu, war nga yeewul sa moroom. The first one to wake up must wake up his neighbor.

Or, (2) Taking the information that you have learned, closing ranks and focusing on building with those who are clear around you? Adeɛ pa na ɛtɔn ne ho.​ A good thing sells itself.

What successes have you seen from that strategy? What are some of the challenges of your particular strategy?

Today my strategy is solely focused on children.  I have no desire to talk with the dead (adults moving thru life in the eureurasiaan reality).  Based on observation and experience it is a waste of time/resources/energy.  This stance is based on the knowledge of natural inclination.  You either have it or you do not.  
I feel that it is more important to be there to offer support to individuals once they wake up.

Because it is not enough to just wake up ACTION is required.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

?errthang;57345 wrote: I think it is a combination of the two.  #1, because "Knowledge kept to oneself is as useless as a candle burning in a pot."-Oromo proverb
and #2--after you gained enough knowledge to begin building....the building on that thing can start, but there is still other work that has to be done.  "Riches are like perspiration: if you rest, they dry up."-Ganda proverb   & "Work that can be finished in one day is not real work."-Tshi proverb

True--we get warrior fatigue (those who are constantly doing), but those that are committed (not just involved) will not walk away.  Our mission is inter-generational and has to be done in steps (like building a ladder).  If we close ranks and get that first rung complete, but those who built it get tired and give up--those who come behind to work on the ladder are left with neither the knowledge of how the first rung was made nor what is needed to keep going.  New people always will be stepping in to replace the old core, but the old core will only pass that baton when they are ready to take it.

I'm glad you're on our team! (not that you had/have/will have a choice...well you do, but you don't )

NyameNti;57387 wrote: Today my strategy is solely focused on children.  I have no desire to talk with the dead (adults moving thru life in the eureurasiaan reality).  Based on observation and experience it is a waste of time/resources/energy.  This stance is based on the knowledge of natural inclination.  You either have it or you do not.  
I feel that it is more important to be there to offer support to individuals once they wake up.

Because it is not enough to just wake up ACTION is required.

Focusing on one's children is the most rewarding work there is. How is the home-schooling going? Any updates, landmarks, breakthroughs?

[Kweli Mayasa]

Plant the seeds don't watch them grow. "No One can do everything but everybody can do something"...Preserve the Living, contain the sick..

[Agbede]

Obadele Kambon;57317 wrote: A combination of the two, though not necessarily by choice or because i "want" it to be that way. In my experience, those who are ra-ra gung-ho get burnt out and kind of trail off over time. This brings in the necessity of new people having to step up to replace the old core. Ideally, I would prefer to close ranks and only work with those who are clear on building, but, up to this point that hasn't been the experience/reality I've been presented with.

@Obadele Kambon, Can you elaborate on the experience/reality that you've been presented with that moves you towards both strategies? In your experience, has being maneuverer by circumstance into both strategies affected your effectiveness in either strategy individually? Do you feel that if you had the option of only working with those who are clear on building you could be more effective?

?errthang;57345 wrote: True--we get warrior fatigue (those who are constantly doing), but those that are committed (not just involved) will not walk away.  Our mission is inter-generational and has to be done in steps (like building a ladder).  If we close ranks and get that first rung complete, but those who built it get tired and give up--those who come behind to work on the ladder are left with neither the knowledge of how the first rung was made nor what is needed to keep going.  New people always will be stepping in to replace the old core, but the old core will only pass that baton when they are ready to take it.

@?errthang, what do you say we should do with those recently awoke who are eager and have lots of energy to spare? How should we best put them to work to ensure that they don't fizzle out and that they stay committed?

NyameNti;57387 wrote: Today my strategy is solely focused on children.  I have no desire to talk with the dead (adults moving thru life in the eureurasiaan reality).  Based on observation and experience it is a waste of time/resources/energy.  This stance is based on the knowledge of natural inclination.  You either have it or you do not.  
I feel that it is more important to be there to offer support to individuals once they wake up.

Because it is not enough to just wake up ACTION is required.

@NyameNti, I'm with that 1000%. How would you deal with a situation where you had chosen to focus solely on your children but found that a critical component - like-minded families with children for yours to associate with - was lacking? Would this situation move you towards trying to wake up some folks to build some sort of family collective for your children? How do you see it?

[QueenWarriorNefertari]

I had to reply Wake the Masses. In my most humble opinion, we can return to a combination of both, but our People have gotten to lazy in self-determination to simply plant seeds and not tend to the garden like masters of earth. It is so apparent, being around our seeds, and so many my worldwide family, we have lost, let go, dropped the truth of our condition, existence, living and way around these parts. We were there, and plenty of us still are, but not enough of us remain(ed). So, I'm all for another gargantuan, Universal shake-up to get everybody waking up. Then we can introduce the rest. This may be my bursting passion toward us, but I'm deeply feeling it's necessity around me. So it's the page I've been on lately. We're all reading the same book though! RESPECT.

[tare]

Close ranks, consolidate power. Build. Once a foundation is set soldiers fall into line, especially when food clothes, shelter medicine kwk are provided. And for those that don't want to they wont have a choice. Law will be enforced. When you control energy you can control people its that simple. We don't need to wake the masses up in my opinion. We just need to be able to have influence. Influence and control over our institutions. But from what i can discern when we close ranks and consolidate power that tends to be contagious. And the very act of closing rank precipitates growth and awareness. I think they are one in the same.

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Ourstory shows that that very act of closing ranks is the most tediously combated against because it is the key. Tulsa comes to mind. Closing ranks is nothing more but the beginning of a tidal wave.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Yaw Agbede;58592 wrote: @Obadele Kambon, Can you elaborate on the experience/reality that you've been presented with that moves you towards both strategies? In your experience, has being maneuverer by circumstance into both strategies affected your effectiveness in either strategy individually? Do you feel that if you had the option of only working with those who are clear on building you could be more effective?

@Yaw Agbede, Abibitumi Kasa is that experience. Those who would otherwise be around to build fade off due to life, dependence on krakkkaz or any host of other reasons. This makes it necessary to constantly strive to get new blood. We have a good core now called [aK] Liberation Collective which, hopefully, can work to build something together in addition to being the backbone of our digital home here at aK. I'm sure that being dependent on support from the masses (read as the trickle) is a diversion from focusing on other things, but this is something that I'm working on remedying within the next, say, 3-6 months. One observation is that the majority of those who "should" support won't do so simply because they're "supposed to" (ie to be constistent with one's ideology, politics, kwk). Yes at being more effective.

[NyameNti]

Focusing on one's children is the most rewarding work there is. How is the home-schooling going? Any updates, landmarks, breakthroughs?[/quote]
@Obadele:Home-schooling is very progressive (and far away from a classroom).  We recently arrived back from "my roots"..the girls are working on the matriarchal family tree...I don't know one classroom that has anything on a conversation that we had with my 88-year-old aunt-born in 1924...or pictures of my great-grandparents.  Yes, my ancestors are dancing right now.

  It has recently been communicated to me that knowledge is everywhere around:

 It can leap from a frog, from one person to another, from a person to an animal or from an animal to a person.  But it is something you cannot see or capture like a butterfly or lizard.  It comes to you on 1 condition only-that you have the desire for learning. -Grandma Sabou