MJoTA 2011
The Schomburg
Center is a jewel in Harlem, New York. Click
for the story by Chief Lookman Mojeed Bashiru Sulaimon Arounfale 'Fale MS (aka Olaoshebikan, L&K, Kassha Massha Dadda), click for stories by and about Lookman. a member of the exceedingly wealthy Ojora royal family of Lagos. Click for stories about and by After more than 2 decades in the US, he lives in East New York in housing subsidized by New York City, (he pays USD403 a month for his 4-bedroom apartment); he rents out rooms to Nigerian small businessmen. He is the constant companion of
Dr Nkechi Agwu, 2009-2011 president of AAUW NYC Inc, and was appointed by her public relations officer of AAUW NYC inc. She also hired for him an assistant paid with AAUW NYC Inc funds. Only he and Dr Agwu have
access to petty cash and bank accounts at AAUW New York City Inc, which
has liquid and real estate assets of over USD6million. When Mr Sulaimon was
elected assistant treasurer of AAUW NYC Inc in 2010, he immediately
started moving money from accounts and has since set up, with Dr Agwu,
19 bank accounts according to the lawyer they meet with in secret and
pay with AAUW NYC inc funds. This article was given to MJoTA in 2010 by
Mr Sulaimon. (Full disclosure: MJoTA Publisher has 2 New York Civil Court judgments
against Mr Sulaimon of USD4,520 and USD2,830, and the New York Police
Department returned to the MJoTA Publisher her car when Mr Sulaimon
would not. Mr Sulaimon's criminal trial for unlawful use of a car has been adjourned until March 20, 2012, according to New York database ecrims. He was arrested in 2006 for assault, of one of his wives, these charges were dropped in 2007, according to NYS records.)
AAUW is a professional organization for professional women and has for 130 years advocated for women and girls empowerment and equal opportunities. AAUW has 1,000 branches throughout the United States and 100,000 members. The New York City branch since July 2009 has had a Nigerian-Sierra Leonean-American president. On February 27, 2011, AAUW disaffiliated the New York City branch, the first time in history a branch has been disaffiliated. Members want AAUW to take the branch back, this essay explains why and how, click to read.
The president of AAUW NYC Inc, Dr Nkechi Agwu (she has a PhD from the School of Education at Syracuse University) is a cousin of Sierra Leonean social worker Cecil Samba. An article published about Dr Agwu in the Women's House at 111 East 37th St, New York in 2010, click to read.
Sierra Leonean agricultural engineers have a vision for the future in the land in Sierra Leone, click here. Cecil Samba, who is Sierra Leonean and a social worker, moves back to Freetown after some decades in New York, and works hard to stop women dying in childbirth, click here.
2011 is the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Global Caribbean Representation by Brother Austin Tuitt, reggae player whose steel drum playing makes non-swooners swoon. MJoTA published 3 articles about this group, and about the flag that was raised by Marcus Garvey's son, in 2009. Click to access these by Austin Tuitt, by MJoTA Vicepresident, by MJoTA Publisher. An article published in 2010 includes a picture of Brother Tuitt addressing a Yoruba Egbe Omo group, click here.
Bed Stuy Vollies were first on the ground in Haiti in January 2010, in the days after the devastating earthquake that killed 10% of the population and disproportionately more of its educated professionals. Mrs Tamsin Wolf Esq has been with Bed Stuy Vollies since it started: she explains why an Orthodox Jewish lawyer, who is also a former professional classical musician, is so committed to volunteering to work with and build the world's first Black volunteer ambulance corps. Click for article.
Okey Ndibe PhD, academic and writer, was detained in Nigeria at the international airport in its biggest city, Lagos. Dr Ndibe is Speaker of the Nigerian People's Parliament of the Diaspora (NPPID). MJoTA Publisher is an avid supporter of NPPID, as are Nigerian Democratic Liberty Forum leaders and Sahara Reporters. Click for article.
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