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February 24th, 2015 Tuesday
Mr. Tracy Charles Gibson reach me at 1 (215)
921-2065 or BlockBoi75@Yahoo.Com
Please put I Support You Brother Gibson in the
subject line of all e-mails.
Dear Stevie Wonder, The Spirit of Maya Angelou
& John Legend:
I Am writing you to let you know who I am AND
HOW I HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY THE WONDERFUL WORK YOU HAVE DONE TO MOVE OUR WORLD
more towards decency for all of humanity. You have always been a good and
wholesome role model for me. The fact that you are a Black man, as I Am, is
part of the equation, [or in the part of Ms. Angelou's Spirit, a Black women],
but your wholesome stewardship in helping Black People always do their best
must also be mentioned. Your music, especially Songs in the Key of Life,
Evolver and InnerVisions, [and Ms Angelou's acting,writing and directing] have
served to lay a fantastic foundation for us as Black People working to loosen
the oppressor's Grip. New generations of Black Youth will be inspired and held
accountable for their actions and for making this world a better Place, as you
have. I must mention one thing that I'm very concerned with about you Mr.
Wonder, and it is something I also suffer with and that in a weight problem. I
know many of us, and please don't take offense because it is mentioned in
kindness and LOVe, many of us as advocates for the soon-to-be no longer
oppressed, soon-to-be no longer downtrodden & soon-to-be no longer
beleaguered don't take the proper time to eat correctly and get the proper
exercise & rest we need. It took me ten years to finally listen to my
doctor --Doctor Joseph Bosselli of Center City Philadelphia -- and join Planet
Fitness Gym. Now that I go at least five times a week, [I actually do my best
to go seven times a week for three weeks and then take three days of, to be
totally accurate] my life has changed for the better in many Ways. I am more
energetic, more focused, my blood pressure has gone down [I need a new
blood-pressure cuff to determine this is a constant]; and I have a more
determined attitude about the future as well as a better outlook about
life and my role in the world as an advocate for Black People, other People of
color and the Down Trodden. [I have actually called myself an Earth Father, and
say I have 7.9 Billion children -- that includes everybody on the earth.]. Mr.
Wonder, we all LOVe you and want the best for you, so please take this issue of
weight seriously and see a doctor about your issues and concerns involving
weight. We, as Black advocates for Black People and for general Human Rights
and the environment, want you around for a long, long, long time to help
inspire and guide us, so of course we want you to be healthy, wealthy and wise.
[You can't be beat on the wise part, and persistent too!] There is one thing I
heard about that you did that moved me to tears literally and made me know I
was following the correct leader as I listen closely to your words and music
and watch your actions. When I heard that you actually pay for blind People of
all ages, and races who can, to be lifted up with a cherry-picker to feel the
face of the new Martin Luther King Junior statue. By hearing that I know you
are made of great stuff and have True Grit. This is such a thoughtful, kind and
wonderful thing and it helps King remain alive and new in all our hearts, minds
and lives. You hold GOD Himself or God Herself in Your heart and I will never
forget such kindnesses on your part. There in no Way I could write you and talk
about only my achievements and not mention your great achievements as well. I
have three movie ideas I want to share with you in hopes you can get them to
the proper People who can make these ideas into real, full-length quality Black
movies that we can all LOVe, share and appreciate. Here they are: 1] I am a man
and I never want to forget our Black Sisters. I would LOVe to see a movie made
to reflect the life of famed actress Vonetta McGee [1945 -- 2010]. She starred
in Blacula, Thomasine & Bushrod; Brothers; Hammer; and Malinda and several
other Black Hollywood films during the 1970's & 1980's. Unfortunately,
but many of our Black youth, especially our young Black girls, need
desperately to be reminded of who She was and the fantastic style and grace
with which She took charge of the Hollywood Screen in Her day. I Am a
homosexual, but let me tell you something, I was, as a high-school teen totally
infatuated and in LOVe with Vonetta McGee. She was our Black Audrey Hepburn and
She lit up the screen with Her Black beauty, Grace, elegance and positive attitude.
I know a movie about Her is not only in order, but is chomping at the bit to be
written, produced and starred in by a new Black leading lady. If there is
anything at all I can do to help get such a major film project underway, please
let me know. I know such a film about a Black woman with such style and Grace
would be a big help in our young women toning down some of the negative
behaviors We hear so much about in the media. And, frankly, I have seen some of
those negative behaviors first hand and even among family members. I have
also seen Black women abused and, with no self-defense training, found myself
unable to do anything much about it. So, I think Ms Mc Gee would be a top
selection to make a film about for the reasons I have outlined here. 2] The
second Movie project I want to see produced is a film about famed
Back-to-Africa leader, statesmen, business Gigantor, and Black Nationalist
Marcus Garvey. This Brother, who lived from 1887 to 1940 , had an uncanny
ability to motivate, lead and organize Black People in an effective &
sustained manner. He started the Universal Negro Improvement Association [UNIA]
which was part of Garvey's legacy and included ownership of a major newspaper,
a major shipping line and other major businesses. Black women always played a
forward-moving and dynamic role in the [Unia], taking part of the leadership
and organizing at every level & every stage. The [Unia] was not a
religious organization or a religious movement, but was a movement to help
Black People build Black Self-Pride, Black LOVe, Black Self-reliance, Black
Political awareness, a successful Back-to-Africa mentality and respect &
appropriate LOVe for all our Black People world wide. If you were a member of
the [Unia], you were respected in the Black community and you were known to be
very serious about Black liberation and our economic advancement as well as our
social healing and a general moving forward of our Black community in thought,
positive thoughts and positive theories, effective economics & stable social
status. The individuals involved with the [Unia] had a mechanism in their hands
to move our Black people and our movement ahead with a Progressive, Black
Nationalist device [the UNIA itself] that was authentic and known to be
effective. The UNIA still, 100 years later, has an office near 16th and Cecil
B. Moore Avenue in North Philadelphia. They still hold organizational meetings
as well as public events there. Mr. Marcus Garvey definitely deserves to
be the topic of a First Class, major Black North American film to be
distributed among the masses and with the needed money for advertising,
previews and promotions. I suggest Denzel Washington --if He is available -- as
the director because of the LOVing, and careful Way he sculpted the film ``The
Great Debaters,'' in which He also starred. For the part of Marcus Garvey I
strongly suggest a world-wide search for new Black talent. [While the more
known faces maybe considered more ``bankable,'' a world-wide search, when
implemented properly, will help propel the film itself through the box-office
roof and establish it as a master work as well as a stable critical success. I
Am sure there will be no lack whatsoever of financial support for producing and
executive producing such a magnificent film. On ward: 3] The third movie I
would like to see produced by positive Black efforts is a film depicting the
life and times of world renowned Black publisher John Johnson, who took a
$500.00 loan and turned it into one of the biggest Black publishing companies
in history. I am presently reading Mr. Johnson's autobiography entitled,
``Succeeding Against the Odds: The Autobiography of a Great American
Businessman.'' I found the fact that Mr. Johnson chose to publish the photos of
massacred Black youth Emmett Till at the request of young Till's mother, Mamie
Bradley Mobley both courageous, timely and even constructive in helping
formulate the foundation and the jumping off point for the whole Freedom
Movement that ensued in the middle to late 1950's. [A so-called trial of the
two men accused of the brutal murder of young Till, who was said to have
whistled at a White woman to be greeted with murder in August of 1955 in Money,
Mississippi.The to Caucasians were acquitted by an all-Caucasian jury. Till's
mother said ``I want the world to see what they did to my boy.'' Thousands of
Black mourners walked by the open casket and saw the ``badly mangled body'' of
Till according to Page 239 and 240 of Mr. Johnson's book. [There is a
well-researched documentary of the Till case available on DVD. This excellent
film is called ``The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till'' [2005].] Some of
the other high points of any movie version of Mr. Johnson's life need to show
His decision to run photos of Till's body as well as His meeting with Presidents
Johnson, Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Ford and Clinton; as well as His rubbing
elbows with African Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana in 1957 and President
Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya. His stable personal family life also needs to be
highlighted as well as how He broke ground with major Caucasian Corporations to
get them to advertise in the un-tested waters of Ebony and Jet Magazines. What
Am I, Mr. Tracy Charles Gibson, as a journalist, writer, businessman,
philanthropist and Black community Advocate, asking for? 1] I would like to be
owner / editor of One Step Away--The Homeless Newspaper in Philadelphia.
Presently the paper does not serve the public well and is not taken very
seriously by City leaders & / or City Fathers and City Mothers in Philadelphia.
The One Step Away Homeless Newspaper as I envision it will take on local, state
and National issues in a Progressive and even radical Way. The One Step Away
Homeless Newspaper can and must be used to economically empower poor, Black and
Homeless People in a consistent and on-going manner. The paper needs to be
bought from its present owners and I want to be part of the leadership team.
{If you look at my resume you will see years of business experience as well as
years of experience as a Public Relations man and a writer. My blog is
available for view at http://thepoliticsofreal.blogspot.com. All Brothers and Sisters who work for the
One Step Away Homeless Newspaper must be paid a good, stable salary in a
consistent and on-going manner and they must also be paid for each paper they
sell. Grants must be researched and provided to sustain funding and corporate
support must also be sustained by finding and maintaining stable advertisers and
charitable donations. The paper itself must be a center of information to
make sure the city's Homeless get proper services, jobs, mental & physical
health services and access to stable housing at an affordable price. Good
access to good, healthy food in an on-going and consistent manner for all
People living in Philadelphia including Homeless People. This is also a center
piece of any work I would do for One Step Away. 2] There is plenty of room for
expansion of property ownership in Philadelphia and Poor and Homeless People of
every race MUST be included in this expansion at every step of the Way. [And
NOT as gentrification victims.] Poor and Homeless People can no longer fall
victim to starvation [Please see separate file about the Wooden Spoon Restaurant
System]; Joblessness; hopelessness &; poverty -- I don't know about you but
I'm tired of fighting on all fronts for what should be basic rights of all
people such as decency, a good home, a good job if they want to work and can
work, good schooling, & decent food. [Please see the newsletter: ``Nine
Things to do to AVOID POVERTY'' sent separately]; We all need to avoid
violence:[PLEASE SEE ``MEN ORGANIZED AGAINST RAPE, VIOLENCE AND ABUSE''
STATEMENT I sent To Women Organized Against Rape sent separately. I Am asking
for a salary of ___________________________ for serving as editor/ owner and
Major Writer for the Homeless Newspaper, One Step Away, in Philadelphia. This
will help stabilize not only the newspaper, but will help establish my advocacy
work & Brand through out the City, State, Nation & World. What I want
to do with such money is invest in myself and my Black People First. Generally
speaking, the Salary and the proposed award I'm about to receive will be used
to fight militarism by offering peaceful alternatives to war, hatred &
destruction; build better more ethical values among our Black youth, our elders
and the rest of us; build positive non-violent modalities to peacefully work
for true justice, real peace, real equality, real economic parity, real &
true freedom, jobs for Poor People and job training; and build authentic hope
for every person on the earth -- especially Black youth. Please see the budget
offered here to give you an idea of the scope of How I want to spend any money
offered to expand and build on the 30-plus years I have spent working for the
betterment of Black youth, Black People, the left out and
disenfranchised. Even the well-to-do Black People,well-to-do Black
families; and Black middle class families and Black middle income People
need to stabilize themselves economically. I am sue I'll do my part with such a
viable position I plan to take as part of my consulting work. There are many
aspects of my companies that are in the development stages. The Parent company
is Brother Tracy Gibson & Associates, Inc., primarily a Public Relations,
Advertising, Research, Education, Black Advocacy, Human Rights, Environmental
Rights firm, & a major proponent of making the world a safer and more
sustainable place for all humans, plants and animals on this Space ship earth
we sometimes take for granted. We only have one inhabitable planet that I know
of & that is earth. Let's treat it special as we learn respect and decency
for ourselves and each other as Black People… I'm learning also.
Staff for my parent company:
President & Chief Executive Officer
1st Vice President for Staff Management
2nd Vice President for Staff Management
3rd Vice President Head of Public Relations,
Advertising & Promotions
4th Vice President Head of Sales
5th Vice President Head of Human Resources
6th Vice President Head of Internal Operations
Four Receptionists
Twelve Secretaries
6 Creative Consultants [2 for music; 2 for ads
and promotions; 2 for design]
Fifteen members of the youth brigade
Seven Assistants for research and promotions
Head of research and development
Head of Publishing
Factory workers for tee-shirts & Greeting
Cards [About 100 workers]
Coordinator for OCEA Regulation conformity
Seventeen Staff Writers
Ten in-house cleaning staff
Three experts in Computer Hardware maintenance
and expansion
Three experts in Computer software maintenance
and expansion
Supervisor for in-house day care
Five Day Care workers for children
Eight Middle Managers
Seven in House messengers and Mailroom clerks
for the mail room
Fifty Nine other employees to be hired later
Projected Business Expenses for February 2015
to February 2017.
1]Tee-Shirts: [Before printing].
2] Twenty vending tables for teams to go out
and vend.
3] Twenty Table Cloths.
4] Bags for shirts, labels & Mailing bags:
17,000 of each item.
5] Publishing Cost.
6] Promotions & Advertising for books,
tee-shirts & Greeting cards [at Black Progressive Publishers].
7] Office Space.
8] Phone Bill.
9] Electric bill.
10] Employee's Salaries.
11] Payroll, accounting and check delivery
costs.
12] Accounting and record-keeping:; Lawyers.
13] Internal cleaning expenses.
14] Consultants.
15] General Business Advertising fees.
16] Black Greeting Cards [Wholesale].
17] Computers.
18] Office Furniture and Partitions.
19] Panasonic Phone Systems.
20] Building Maintenance.
21] Health Insurance for all employees.
22] Employee's Good Nutrition Program.
23] Spring Water.
24] Stock Options, investments, mutual funds,
certificates of deposits. [Progressive, non-military, non-violent,
green-friendly, earth friendly companies only.].
25]Rear Estate investments & research: $5
million dollars.
26] Research & Development.
27] Employee relations
28] * Erasing personal debt.
29] Printing work outside of the office.
30] Camera equipment.
31] On-call doctor, nurses & First Aid
Training for employees.
32] Ink Pens, Pensels, Envelopes, paper,
staples, rulers, erasers, desk blotters, etc.
33] Charities & Corporate Philanthropy.
* Erasing my personal debt will help me
stabilize economically and help these visions come into reality that much
quicker.
** Philadelphia Fight: $6,000.00.
** Paul Newman Foundation: [a grant giver to
progressive causes.].$6,000.00.
** Oxfam America: [An international effort to
stave off poverty and build healthy living modalities in developing countries
especially.]. $6,000.00.
** Blacks Educating Blacks About Sexual Health
Issues [works on Aids education and awareness].: $6,000.00.
** The Attic Youth Group:[A group dedicated to
providing shelter and programs for Same Gender Loving and transgendered young
people in inner city Philadelphia] $6,000.00.
** Adodi National and chapters [A support
organization to build self-esteem and survival skills for Same Gender Loving
Black men.]
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