Good Day People,

I hope this post finds you well.  Unfortunately, we lost a few more lives to gun fire this week. I sincerely believe it’s time for us to become advocates for gun control.  Although I do believe that if used correctly (hunting and security for example) guns can be positive.  Unfortunately, we see in our urban communities, how access to guns, remains an issue, which continues to stunt the growth of our communities. It’s a simple question y’all, “when are we going to come together to STOP the nonsense?”

As a citizen of New York, we deal with strict gun laws.  Although these laws are in place, we continue to come up short.  How does a one year old, Davell Gardner Jr., get killed by a stray bullet, in his stroller at a cookout in Brooklyn?  How has there been over six hundred shootings this far in 2020 (AND IT’S ONLY JULY)?  Statistics show that we had 394 total shootings in 2019.  At this rate, we will easily double the number of shootings in NYC this year, once again, THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!  It’s time to take a look in the mirror, we can blame people outside of our communities for the rise in these numbers, my suggestion is that we begin by looking in.

Please join us Saturday as we congregate to shut down gun violence.  This rally is dedicated to the lives that have been lost to gun violence, we will stand together to initiate change.  Furthermore, I am scheduled to rock out with my band UC (Underground Collaborative), as we are requested to play Sam Cook’s “A Change Is Gonna Come”.  Please meet us at Morningside Park Saturday, as we work with Silent Cry and other organizations in the movement, to share the message of justice & peace through unity.  Until next week be blessed, it’s time to Heal Together.  

A Change Gonna Come

by Sam Cook

I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh, just like a river, I’ve been running ever since
It’s been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change’s gonna come, oh, yes, it will

It’s been too hard living, but I’m afraid to die
‘Cause I don’t know what’s up there above the sky
It’s been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change’s gonna come, oh, yes, it will

And I go to the movies, and I go downtown
Somebody keep telling me, don’t hang around
It’s been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change’s gonna come, oh, yes, it will

Oh, when I go to my brother
I’d say brother, help me, please
But he winds up knockin’ me
Back down on my knees

There been times that I thought I wouldn’t last for long
Now I think I’m able to carry on
It’s been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change’s gonna come, oh, yes, it will