Attention All Moyo Students, Family and Friends

Please save the dates for the following events for the end of the month of February 2010:
February 17th, 18th, and 20th, there will be health screenings for all Healthy Youth Healthy Future participants.

*Moyo Special Event*

Moyo Nguvu Presents Movie Night

Movie: Diary Of A Tired Black Man

This is a film that highlights the relationships between black men and women from a black man's perspective. This event is for people 18 years old and above. Be prepared for a lively passionate discussion!

All donations will benefit our youth programs. Feel free to bring a snack!



Movie Night At Moyo Nguvu Cultural Arts Center Inc.
Time:7:00PM - 9:00pm Friday, February 26th
Location:Moyo Nguvu Cultural and Healing Arts Center Inc.


February 27, 2010, Student Exams

Not all History of African Americans is Not About Slavery

By Lateef Hodge


Not all history of African Americans is about slavery…………………..Read this.
The African American inventor Benjamin Banneker was renowned for his genius and his contributions to society as a whole.
Benjamin Banneker was born in Ellicott’s Mills, Maryland in 1731. At a very young age he was allowed to enroll into a school system that was hosted by another immigrant group called the Quakers. The education that he gained in school and the oral tradition of agricultural sciences that was passed down from his Grandfather (who was royalty in Africa) gave Mr. Banneker the foundation to become the prolific genius the world came to know.
After receiving a watch as a gift, Mr. Banneker studied its operation passionately and with some self taught study in Geometry and Newton’s law of Motion, built the first clock in the United States. This clock maintained the correct time for the next seventeen years. Furthermore, with his knowledge of agriculture, Mr. Banneker contributed to the “Revolutionary War”, by growing wheat for the soldiers in an area where previous farming attempts had failed miserably by others.
Mr. Banneker, continuous dedication to learning, led him to the field of astronomy. His process of learning came from an astronomy book, telescope, and other tools that were left, after a friend of the family had passed. From there he began to predict accurate astrological events, including a solar eclipse in 1789. He published his first almanac, which was called the “Farmer’s Almanac” in 1792. This gave birth to Mr. Banneker civil rights activism, when he sent a copy of his almanac to the Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson. In this submission, he argues that mental intellect could not be based upon race and urged Thomas Jefferson to help take a stand against this belief. Thomas Jefferson recognizing his genius, appointed him to a committee that was to design the layout of what would become Washington D.C. As member of this committee, he began to study the original drafts of Major Pierre L’Enfant. Eventually the French designer left the committee due to mistreatment that he received for being a foreigner. Mr. Banneker took over the project and recreated the entire draft plans from memory, since they were taken by Major Pierre L’Enfant.
Benjamin Banneker died October 25, 1806
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”There’s nothing Impossible to a willing mind”- The Books of Han Dynasty

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Anyone Interested in Drumming Classes

Do you live in Denver and are interested in learning how to drum? Do you prefer to learn in a group or in private setting? Whatever is your forte’, it doesn't matter. Dr. Meeks is building a class roster for people who are interested in learning how to drum. No matter if you’re a beginner or have intermediate drumming experience, come learn from one of Denver's Master Drummers. If you are interested call “The Moyo Nguvu Cultural Arts Center” at 303-377-2511 or e-mail us at afrikanarts@netzero.com. Please include your name, methods of communication and put, "class interest" in the subject title.

Take the time to learn

By Lateef Hodge


“The goal of education is to build character plus intelligence”, Martin Luther King Jr. I start off with this quote to remind people that learning requires responsibility, which is equal to character and intelligence has to do with the ability to gather, compare, and contrast information. So when all of these concepts are combined is when education is achieved. With this being said how does one begin to take responsibility and use intelligence for what they are learning?
Is your method of learning working? One of the first steps is to understand how you learn. For instance do you need visual ads, do you have to rewrite information, do you have touch it, etc. Once you can understand how you learn, then you can begin to diversify ways you input information into your brain. By doing this you are committing information to your long term memory vs. your short term memory. Your short term memories have the least amount of neurological connections attached to it. For example, one of the first topics of discussion when learning a new subject is to learn vocabulary and/or terminology of the subject. When we get these set of words we usually learn them well enough to regurgitate them for a test. Have you ever study for a test to discover that the test is not written in the way you memorized the information you being tested on? This method of learning requires us to be dependent on a key word that triggers the recalling of information in its learned sequence. So, for you to be success in taking test is now going to be dependent on whether the test is given in multiple choices vs. a critical thinking format. Keep in mind that you have hard wire your memory with one connection or pathway, which can only be found once you access it in the way you train or wire your mind to retrieve it. What I am simply stating here is to train or wire your memory with multiple ways to access its contents. This comes from learning within and outside of your normal learning style, therefore diversifying the ways your brain can access information that is stored inside of it. So back to our example, first just get familiar with each term, its meaning, and how it applies to the whole function of the subject at hand. Then learn it in many different sequences, not just one. Finally question yourself as to whether or not you can explain the terms to someone who has no knowledge of the subject. This step requires you know the information, to apply the information and to be able to explain the information.