KPFT Outreach Meeting

On Monday, I was asked to sing at the KPFT Outreach Meeting downtown. The organizers wanted to create an atmosphere of harmony, and felt my music would do that.

I was excited as Rev. Robert Muhammad, a peace activist and radio programmer who had worked with Rev. Martin Luther King in the 60's, was going to be speaking. I have heard him numerous times on the radio, and find his unabashed, political humor to be warm and familiar.

The meeting was quite powerful. Brother Muhammad started off by cutting-to-the-chase. He thundered like a lion, letting us know that we all had to work together and support one another during this time of change in the world. The room filled with his majestic presence as he spoke.

Hitaji Aziz, another programmer was also there and spun her magic web around us all with a wonderful synapses of how people can undermine others - how we need to have unity amongst diversity, even when we don't agree with one another. Sister Akua H. suggested that we be documenting our strong, black leaders of today - that we left off in the 60's with MLK, and others.

The rest of the meeting went off smoothly. The organizers thanked me for my contribution, and felt that the music definitely transformed the vibration to one of peace.