RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE: NEW POWER WORKSHOP!

With the historic election of Barack Obama, America’s first Black president, many people are wondering whether racism still exists. Osayande responds with a new POWER workshop that shows, not only how the system of racism is still real, but how it impacted the campaign and will continue to plague our society until it is confronted with honesty and integrity. This workshop also addresses  the struggle for Black voting rights that made this major event in American history possible, and what it will take to maintain the progress.

NEW VIDEO: OSAYANDE SPEAKS ON INAUGURATION EVE

On January 18, 2009, Ewuare Osayande gave a keynote speech entitled “First Black President: Honoring King on the Eve of History” at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Trenton, NJ. In this speech Osayande views the election of Obama through the prophetic lens of King’s radical analysis.

MISOGYNY & THE EMCEE: SEX, RACE & HIP HOP

The latest book of critical essays by Ewuare Osayande takes an uncompromising look at the rap world and its mistreatment of Black women. According to Aishah Shahidah Simmons, writer, director and producer of “No! The Rape Documentary,” Osayande’s Misogyny and the Emcee “Takes no prisoners and cuts straight to the chase on challenging all forms of inter and intra-racial violence perpetuated against Black women and girls. Too fierce!”

BURNING ALL ILLUSIONS: OSAYANDE’S BLOG IS BACK!

Read the latest poetry, essays and speeches by poet and activist Ewuare Osayande. Some of his latest work posted on the blog include “An Open Letter to Will Smith,” the poem “A New Day Has Come” and the speech “Black President: From Hope to History.”