August 2007 (iZania) -- Representatives of the Movement to "Bring Back Black" today announced plans to hold a "Birth-Giving" Convention for a new national organization of Black Nationalists and Pan-Africanists to be named the NATIONALIST Black Leadership Council (NBLC). The convention will be held on Saturday, October 13, 2007 at the Dudley Conference and Retreat Center in Kernersville, North Carolina.

What makes the convention unique and unprecedented is that three national organizations will hold their annual conventions in the same location at the same time. The New MATTAH Movement and the National Black Alliance Network (NBAN) will hold their annual conventions at the Dudley complex on Friday, October 12, 2007.

The Movement to Bring Back Black (BBB) is the brainchild of Professor James "Jim" Clingman of Cincinnati, and grew out of a meeting he convened at Cincinnati State Technical & Community College on December 9, 2006. That gathering attracted over 100 self-described Black Nationalists, Pan-Africanists, and self-determinists from around the country. The BBB Movement itself is an organized effort to bring into existence a much-needed national organization to rally self-determinist and self-reliance sentiment among people of African descent in America, and by extension, throughout the "African Diaspora." "For too long we have allowed Integrationists and assimilationists to set the agenda and speak for Black people," say BBB spokespersons. "The over- arching result of this unhealthy situation is the deplorable conditions too many of our people find themselves in today." We have been made dependent upon people who do not have our interests at heart, with the result that we have been marginalized to the fringes of American society." Amefika Geuka, Co- Convener of the BBB organizational effort contends that: "As things stand now, we are at serious risk of facing the same kind of annihilation committed against native Americans, Jews in Germany, and the Herero people in Southwest Africa."

The New MATTAH Movement is emerging out of the ashes of its predecessor, the MATAH Network, a trail-blazing mechanism for the distribution of goods and services produced and offered by Black manufacturers and providers. The MATAH Network fell on hard times in the aftermath of the death of its charismatic co-founder and inspirational leader, Ken Bridges at the hand of the infamous "DC Sniper" several years ago. The New MATTAH Movement is being revived under the leadership of a Board of Managers which includes Mr. Raymond King, whose company manufactured many of the products distributed by the MATAH Network. Their immediate goal is to sign up 10,000 customers for the MATTAH AutoShip Program whereby one agrees to have a minimum of $24.50 worth of MATTAH products delivered automatically each month. "Revenues from this AutoShip initiative will enable the MATTAH Movement to be the catalyst for creating a vibrant economy among and for the Black Community," states Mr. King. "Hundreds of employment opportunities can be created for our people in the first year after our goal of 10,000 is reached, along with numerous business opportunities for Blacks who are entrepreneurially inclined, and the sky will literally be the limit thereafter!"

The National Black Alliance Network (NBAN) is the result of a cooperative effort among several successful Black entrepreneurs and businesspersons, most notably Dr. Jackie Mayfield (Beaumont, Texas); Mr. Joe Dudley (Greensboro, NC); and Dr. John Raye, also of Greensboro. Dr. Mayfield created the ComproTax system, the nation's largest Black-owned income tax preparation company; Mr. Dudley is founder of Dudley Beauty Products; and Dr. Raye is President and CEO of John Raye & Associates, a business consulting firm specializing in entrepreneurship training and professional development. He is also Conductor of the "21st Century Underground Railroad." NBAN seeks to have Conscious Black businesspersons, entrepreneurs, and professionals join forces and pool resources to create a powerful mechanism for under girding and promoting self-reliance and mutual support among the African-American community.

These three organizations, and their joint convention planning committee are calling all Blacks who believe in self-reliance, self-determination, and mutual support among our race, to join them in Kernersville, North Carolina from October 11-13, 2007. It promises to be a new day for the Black collective; advancing a new way for us to practice racial uplift.

Make sure YOUR face, is in the place!

We Are
Bringing Back the SPIRIT of the Million Man March!!!
And in the process,
"Strengthening the Weakest Patch in the Quilt!"