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Wednesday, October 23, 2019

The Year Of RAturn 2019 - TCXPI's Trips To The Motherland - Ghana - My Accommodations - Vivians AirBnB

This is Vivian's AirBnB. Vivian is affectionately known as Dr. V. a lecturer at the University of Ghana in the Family and Consumer Services Department.

This is the second time I have stayed at Vs. I happened on it by chance during my first visit in 2018.  This is just one of two AirBnbs Dr. V host. Each have a living room, dining room, fully equipped kitchen, 3 bedrooms, two baths w/hot water, and patio. 
It is a gated AirBnb and very quiet.

It is located in North Dzorwulu - near Fiesta Royale Hotel. Near restaurants, grocery stores, etc. 
To contact Vivian AirBnb visit: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/22763097?source_impression_id=p3_1571877434_f7YZg6EVCFWFT71t





Front Entrance (roof construction - completed while I was there) 
Front View of the two apartments
Kitchen view #1


Kitchen view #2




Dining Room and Living Room


Bedroom #1


Bedroom #2


Bathroom #2


Bathroom #2 - Shower


Master Bathroom




Master Bedroom - My Room

Friday, October 4, 2019

The Year Of RAturn 2019 - TCXPI's Trips To The Motherland - Ghana - Day #2

On my first morning in Ghana, I take a walk through the community. The very first thing I do is go the the local pharmacy to purchase the pills for prevention of malaria. There are two pills that you take weekly to prevent contracting malaria. 

The Pharmacy Clerks were very helpful and resourceful. I asked them where
I should have lunch and they told me Perfect Touch, so I went.

A gown shop in North Dzorwulu

My Taxi Driver. He waited while I ordered my food. 

Perfect Touch Restaurant
It's best to call in if you're going to Perfect Touch for take-out. 


The wait was long. Call in orders is prefered.

My Order. 


Banku and Chicken, Plantain, Red Red (black eyed peas in red sauce) and Fish. Seasoned just right. I absolutely love Ghanaian food. It reminds me of my childhood. 

Monday, September 30, 2019

The Year Of RAturn 2019 - TCXPI's Trips To The Motherland - Ghana - Day #1

I left San Francisco, CA on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 7:25am.
I arrived in Accra, Ghana on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at 3:30pm.

I had two layovers - one in Trenton, NJ, the other in Toronto, Canada.
Overall the travel to Ghana was uneventful.


I hired a driver, Mohammed, who was very patient with me and assisted me in re-activating my Ghanaian phone, and converting my currency to Cedis while at the airport. He gave me his card in case I needed his services. 


It felt good to be back on the Soil of the Motherland.

I AM HOME!
Kotoko International Airport



I arrived at my housing accomodations in North Dzorwulu, which also serves as an AirBnb - Vivian AirBnB. I stayed here also during my first visit in the Spring of 2018 and Dr. V and I have formed a bond. I was welcomed by the family. I went up and began settling in and unpacking. I was welcomed with a homecooked dinner. Such a wonderful surprise. 


Vivian AirBnB

Jolof rice, red sauce, fried chicken, plantain, yucca, and veggies.
Fruit presented to me upon my arrival - papaya, pineapple, avocado, oranges, bananas.

The Year Of RAturn 2019 - TCXPI's Trips To The Motherland - Ghana

My personal journey TCXPI's Trips To The Motherland - Ghana. My second trip home, occurred September 11-22, 2019. 

TCXPI made its first trip to Ghana in Spring of 2018. We made the decision that if we could, we would RAturn every year. 


Fall of 2019 was a similar yet different experience during our visit. 

In my next several blog post, I will share a bit of my visit.

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Thursday, July 18, 2019

2019 TCXPI BACKPACK GIVEAWAY


This year's 2019 TCXPI Backpack Giveaway will be in honor of my Beloved Sista Friend Love, Zena Long Cash.


We will be distributing 30 backpacks to young scholars, ages 5-11 yy. at The Umoja Festival, Saturday August 17, 2019.


A parent will need to be present to complete a form to receive backpack.


We need your assistance in filling these backpacks for THIRTY Oakland, California young scholars.







Monday, April 29, 2019

TCXPI Presents Dr. and Mrs. Martin L. King, Jr. A Story Of Love, Dedication, and Commitment


TCXPI Presents Dr. and Mrs. Martin L. King, Jr. 
A Story Of Love, Dedication, and Commitment 

Born and raised in Marion, Alabama, Coretta Scott graduated valedictorian from Lincoln High School. She received a B.A. in music and education from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and then went on to study concert singing at Boston’s New England Conservatory of Music, where she earned a degree in voice and violin. 

Coretta Scott, met Martin Luther King, Jr. who was then studying for his doctorate in systematic theology at Boston University. They were married on June 18, 1953, and in September 1954 took up residence in Montgomery, Alabama, with Coretta Scott King assuming the many responsibilities of pastor’s wife at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. 

During Dr. King’s career, Mrs. King devoted most of her time to raising their four children: Yolanda Denise (1955), Martin Luther, III (1957), Dexter Scott (1961), and Bernice Albertine (1963). From the earliest days, however, she balanced mothering and Movement work, speaking before church, civic, college, fraternal and peace groups. She conceived and performed a series of favorably-reviewed Freedom Concerts which combined prose and poetry narration with musical selections and functioned as significant fundraisers for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the direct action organization of which Dr. King served as first president. In 1957, she and Dr. King journeyed to Ghana to mark that country’s independence. In 1958, they spent a belated honeymoon in Mexico, where they observed first-hand the immense gulf between extreme wealth and extreme poverty. In 1959, Dr. and Mrs. King spent nearly a month in India on a pilgrimage to disciples and sites associated with Mahatma Gandhi. In 1964, she accompanied him to Oslo, Norway, where he received the Nobel Peace Prize. Even prior to her husband’s public stand against the Vietnam War in 1967, Mrs. King functioned as liaison to peace and justice organizations, and as mediator to public officials on behalf of the unheard. 

After her husband’s assassination in 1968, Mrs. King founded and devoted great energy and commitment to building and developing programs for the Atlanta-based Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change as a living memorial to her husband’s life and dream. Situated in the Freedom Hall complex encircling Dr. King’s tomb, The King Center is today located inside of a 23-acre national historic park which includes his birth home, and which hosts over one million visitors a year.

As founding President, Chair, and Chief Executive Officer, she dedicated herself to providing local, national and international programs that have trained tens of thousands of people in Dr. King’s philosophy and methods; she guided the creation and housing of the largest archives of documents from the Civil Rights Movement; and, perhaps her greatest legacy after establishing The King Center itself, Mrs. King spearheaded the massive educational and lobbying campaign to establish Dr. King’s birthday as a national holiday. In 1983, an act of Congress instituted the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission, which she chaired for its duration. And in January 1986, Mrs. King oversaw the first legal holiday in honor of her husband–a holiday which has come to be celebrated by millions of people world-wide and, in some form, in over 100 countries.

For complete bio, please visit: http://thekingcenter.org/about-mrs-king/

Saturday, March 2, 2019

TCXPI WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH! DONATE TODAY!

On This Day In TCXPI History
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March is Women’s History Month!

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Wednesday, February 20, 2019

A TCXPI Experience - One Africa Health Resort & Restaurant, Cape Coast, Ghana

My Experience as a guest of One Africa Health Resort & Restaurant
EXCELLENT Accommodations, View, Food, and HOSPITALITY!
AN ABUNDANCE OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE MUSEUM
History Compliments of Loved One Queen Mother Imakhu
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