Sankofa Vision Inspiration

My fellow conscious and green friend Leia Lewis, founder of Sankofa Vision Inc. a community based organization organized in 2004 located in Shreveport, LA. Sankofa Vision, Inc. is working to make green and conscious education and benefits available to local residents who are primarily low income by celebrating and cultivating the art, culture, and community life of people of African descent.

Sankofa Vision offers programs to increase public awareness of the rich history and interconnected traditions of black people in Louisiana, the south, the
U.S.A., and throughout the global African Diaspora. These programs include:
organic gardening, performing arts, music, literature, cuisine, business, science, and spirituality.

Sankofa Vision Inc. plans to build a "Green School" designed by students Louisana Tech.

articles here:

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20090518/NEWS01/905180313

http://shreveporttimes.com/article/20090517/NEWS01/905170313/Local+Sankofa+organization+plans++green+school+

What's In Your neighborHood?

The planet is dying and we are closing our eyes flocking to beauty supply and liquor stores, nail shops, and fast food establishments in our neighborhoods owned primarily by businesses that are not helping or lift our communities or save the planet. The truth is, we as a culture, are being left behind in the efforts to have a positive impact our environment because we lack knowledge, resources, and balance.

The global crisis affects all who reside on this earth, and my fear is that if we don’t make an effort to get involved, our survival as a human race is in stake. We must find new ways of patronizing and conducting business in our communities regardless of our socio-economic status. We must demand a standard of quality and social responsibility from those profiting from us. We can act together to do it.

Education is the key to addressing the global crisis we are facing, there is hope for creating opportunities to heal and lift our communities out of poverty, but we must first we must learn how to use natural resources more wisely and efficiently, and collectively. It is imperative that we become more conscious of the products and services being marketed to our unconscious and disadvantage communities by asking, is this product serving a purpose? is it helping or hurting our minds, bodies, and/or spirits?

Let us not be left behind, instead, let us help build our communities on values and standards that benefit us equally as partners on this planet.