The document outlines the goals of an educational program which are: 1) To expose learners to African American leaders and the history of struggles for civil rights. 2) To teach an African-centered curriculum using online lectures, interviews and commentaries to efficiently convey information. 3) To develop an appreciation of African oral traditions and music genres like drums, spoken word, blues, and reggae. 4) To draw lessons from struggles against oppression and foster socio-political activism through analyzing videos, essays and presentations. 5) To increase comprehension of issues impacting African Americans and develop strategies for learning and responding.

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5. 1. To familiarize and expose learners to a wide
variety of 19th and 20th century African-American
leaders and our rich history of struggles for human
and civil rights, national liberation and self
determination.
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6. 2. To expose learners to a Concentrically Integrated
African-Centered Liberal Arts Curriculum-including,
online mini-lectures, commentaries and interviews
from our authors, playwrights, poets, activist and
scholars-that will enable large amounts of
information to be comprehended in a relatively
short period of time.
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7. 3. To continue the development of an appreciation
of Afrikan-Centered Education propagated through
the Afrikan oral & musical traditions; including
Afrikan Drums, Spoken Word / Rap, R & B, Blues,
Jazz and Reggae.
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8. 4. To draw lessons from the rich legacy of struggle
and resistance to oppression within the New Afrikan
(Afrikans in America) community through critical
analysis of videos, photo-stories, multimedia essays
and PowerPoint shows and scholarly charts, tables,
graphs and PDF documents; thus fostering socio-
political activism in the learners own lives.
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9. 5. To develop, encourage and diversify strategies for
learning about and responding to social, political,
cultural and moral issues impacting Afrikans in
America, thus increasing psycho-cultural and socio-
political comprehension , interpretation, action and
reaction skills.
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10. 6. To synthesize serious community issues using
multi-faceted content and learning objects which
represent the perspective of those who are in an
American minority group; and apply said principles
and generalizations in investigation of societal
issues and problems from an Afrikan-Centered
perspective.
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11. 7.(1) Finally and most importantly, to teach and
learn from aspiring and seasoned teachers within
sophisticated Socio-educational , SDL (Self
Directed Learning) and e-Classroom environments
how to become more effective teachers, leaders
activist and New Afrikan Nation Builders…cont.
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12. 7.(2)…We sharpen academic professionals and
community educators / street scholars skills in the
areas of public speaking, reading and writing
critically and designing captivating presentation
suitable for both large-group and small-group
settings…cont.
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13. 7.(3) In other words, this is where the tutors (RBG
Street Scholar) and other learned facilitators teach
you how to become inspirers, healers and
developers of New Afrikan Peoples and
Communities...cont.
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14. 7.(4) Not only do we develop your skills, but we
also provide you with the content to do your own
thing. You will even learn how to modify the
content provided such that it becomes a new
derivative product entirely your own; to do what
you will, ie. teach from it, barter it etc.
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15. RBG Blakademics 2012 Core Curriculum:
OUR-STORY Video Playlist
ALSO CHECK OUT:
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17. VISIT RBG BLAKADEMICS
AROUND THE WEB
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