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Happy New Year’s to all of the Rise Above community. Commit to do more, more often this year. Here are a few of our resolutions.
1. Create more do-it-yourself action programs in schools and communities.
2. Celebrate the successes of our current action teams in the Pembroke area.
3. Grow our communication network
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“We believe in Good and God”.
On Sunday at the Victor Scott School there will be an interfaith Service at the Victor Scott School Field from 11am until 1pm on Sunday April 18th under the leadership of Bishop Reverend Doctor L Duncan. The purpose is to re-consecrate the field after the tragic death of Kimwandae Walker and simply Pray, Praise and Worship.
Followed by Rise Above Bermuda giving back to the Youth what was taken on Good Friday; A beautiful Family Fun Day at the Victor Scott School field this Sunday April 18th from 2pm-7pm. We want to send a very clear message: “We still believe in the Good in our community.” We are looking for everyone from the neighbourhood and community to come out and enjoy a day of fun, no speeches no talk just fun. We will be providing a fun time for our Youth Fun Castles, food, egg hunts Running Races, face Painting, and so much more and everything will be free, that’s Sunday from 2pm until 7pm on Sunday, at the Victor Scott school Field and Security will be in place.
We believe in the Good in the Community, we believe in the Good in us, we believe in the Good in you.
For more information contact info@riseabovebermuda.org or Bishop Duncan shandloihaven1@yahoo.com
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Come out and support Bermuda’s youngest author Malaikah Abdul- Jabbar as she launches her first book “Stop The Shooting”.
Click on the link to access the invite: http://www.youthnet.bm/Invite.htm
The Book launch will take place on April 20,2010 at City Hall between the times of 4:00- 6:00 pm.
The book will be on sale for $10.00 and will be available to be signed by the author Malaikah!
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“We believe in Good”.
NEW DATE – Sunday April 18, 2010 2pm – 7pm
Come and join Rise Above Bermuda as we give back the Youth what was taken from them on Good Friday;
A beautiful Family Fun Day at the Victor Scott School field this Sunday April 18th from 2pm-7pm.
We want to send a very clear message: “We still believe in the Good in our community.”
We look forward to spending a day with the neighbourhood and community, so bring your family and friends to enjoy a day of fun, no speeches no talk just fun, fun, fun!
Fun Castles, Food, Egg hunts Running Races, Face Paintings, much more!
FREE! FREE! FREE!
Security will be in place.
We believe in the Good in the Community, we believe in the Good in us, we believe in the Good in you.
For more information contact info@riseabovebermuda.org
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Here is the link to the Bernews article where we restated out commitment to promote peace and nonviolence.
http://bernews.com/2010/04/rise-above-suggestions-to-stem-crime-wave/
Our official statement is as follows:
Our prayers go out to the families of those who continue to be impacted by the gun violence that has rocked Bermuda over the last few months. The gruesome shootings and violence are bitter reminders that the work that was begun in earnest months ago by committed Bermudians must continue.
With each shooting, a piece of the moral fabric of this country is chipped away. Like so many of you here, we are drained as we stand here on the ground of my childhood playing field. We reflect on the senseless acts of the weekend and we know that there are no easy solutions. No magical wave of the wand can undo the damage that has been already done.
Yet, we would like to encourage you on this holiday weekend to not be weary in doing well. In these times that test our resolve, our communities need you more than ever. The Victor Scott school community needs you. We need you.
We came here this afternoon to restate, repeat, reclarify and reclaim our public messages of peace and nonviolence. We are here to make a bold statement that even now we still believe that there will soon be an end to this ongoing gang violence. We are here today because we refuse to let one our school grounds become saturated with the stains of blood and violence.
Rise Above, Bermuda first began its efforts to mobilize Bermudians from all corners to address the escalating gang violence with a series of actions focused on crime-monitoring, mentoring, counseling, intervention, prayer, and education. We were very much aware that even under the best of circumstances these efforts should not be seen as the immediate answer to peace. The journey of non-violence, peace and justice is a lifelong one that will require the tireless efforts of all Bermudians. With each act of violence, we must redouble our efforts and strengthen our resolve to get involved. We can do this by continuing to mentor young children in affected neighborhoods, be vigilant reporters of crimes, and offer our expertise and service to organizations in action and families in crisis. To this end, Rise Above, Bermuda continues its work. We will not give up. We will never give up.
We will rise above.
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Rise above Bermuda is giving back to the Youth what was taken on Good Friday; A beautiful Family Fun Day at the Victor Scott School field this Sunday April 11th from 2pm-7pm. We want to send a very clear message: “We still believe in the Good in our community.” We are looking for everyone from the neighbourhood and community to come out and enjoy a day of fun, no speeches no talk just fun. We will be providing a fun time for our Youth Fun Castles, food, egg hunts Running Races, face Painting, and so much more and everything will be free, that’s this Sunday from 2pm until 7pm on Sunday, on the Victor Scott school Field Security will be in place.
We believe in the Good in the Community, we believe in the Good in us, we believe in the Good in you.
For more information contact info@riseabovebermuda.org
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Hello RAB family, we will be having a Community Planning Meeting this Thursday at the Victor Scott School at 6pm. We have not been discouraged but we do need to continue to adapt as the events lately have shown us. Let us come out and continue to encourage and more importantly, make a stand.
It will be a time to expand our current agenda of direct action while taking on a renewed focus to promote policies and ideas that need to change to support justice and crime prevention. We will be mostly concerned with ‘what are the next actions’. Hope to see you all there!
Agenda:
Goal 1: To expand the work of community actions teams local schools and neighborhoods in areas directly affected by gang violence.
Goal 2: To propose policy and legislative solutions that can be implemented to immediately address the escalating violence.
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Hello everyone. Happy Easter. It is so difficult to send out messages like these. Even will all of our efforts in schools, neighborhoods, and with families, the killing and shooting continues.
With each shooting, a piece of us is chipped away. We are tired and weary of the news.
Yet, I would like to encourage you on this holiday weekend to not be weary in doing well. In these times that test our resolve, our communities need you more than ever.
TODAY at 4:30, we will be meeting down at Victor Scott School to restate our public messages of peace and nonviolence. We are also not going to let one our school grounds be saturated with the stain of blood and violence.
If you can pause your Easter holiday to join us, we will be greatly appreciated.
We will not give up. We will never give up.
Lou Matthews
Rise Above, Bermuda
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