About Us
"Know Thyself."
Sages throughout time have declared this the key to wealth
and happiness. The more you know your true self, the more
you experience health, abundance, fulfillment and joy.
What is OnePeoples, Inc. About?
We are a “spiritual people” who
have the common interest of being about the recognition of
One God as our guiding principle. We assert our ethnicity
seriously by proclaiming our African heritage as the ONE bonding
ingredient for the empowerment of African peoples spiritually,
culturally, politically, economically, and intellectually.
Our efforts are to see beyond the “isms”, and
separateness, of any particular doctrine, or philosophies,
that UsFolk have adopted thru the ages. We recognize our ‘uniqueness’
in that our strength in perseverance has been unmatched by
any other peoples throughout history, attests to the fact
that wefolk are truly blessed by the Almighty One. We, at
OnePeoples, Inc., celebrate our rich culture and desire to
spread this love of self throughout the diasporas by means
of our newsletter. We do not promote any one particular way
of life, philosophy, doctrine, religion, or political party.
Therefore, we see our people as one force, one spirit, and
one people.
Whom Do We Service?
From the horrific holocaust that usfolk
experienced, via the so-called Atlantic slave trade, we have
been forcefully dispersed in various lands only to learn the
customs and languages of those who were the slave masters.
We’ve learned the cultures of the French, British, Dutch,
Portuguese, Italian, Spanish and German peoples to name a
few. Hence, many of us have lost our proud heritages and rich
culture from our Homeland and wefolk now are immersed into
ways and languages that divide us. It is with great pride
to know that many of usfolk have regained and returned (Sankofa)
to ways of our glorious past. Some of those who have returned
have now adopted the Cultures of Islam, Hebrew Israelite,
Traditional African Religions (Akan, Yoruba, etc.), Ethiopianisms
and Rastafari, and Khemet (Egyptian) ways of life. For those
who have made that journey, we give special tribute and dedicate
much of what we are trying to accomplish toward them, because
we recognize we all are One people and we are determined to
bring our Cultural folk together to share in our views of
unity.
The Community is Our Focus
The Cultural folk we speak about are those
who have dared to be out of the mainstream in their way of
life. They have their own news & views, schools, events,
conferences, newspapers, art forms, clothing, and social gatherings.
It is our intention to highlight those things in our e-zine
because the need for a collective informational source for
people of the African culture is seriously lacking among any
media source. We intend to publish monthly the happenings
in and around our East Coast communities so that more people
can be supportive and share in participating in the things
that we do.
Additionally, we seek to cater, not only
to Cultural folk of African decent, but also to the issues
and news of the African American community in general. We
desire to be that link where usfolk can come to find out what’s
going on in our communities that the mainstream media doesn’t
cover. Again, we see ourselves as One People, not to be divided
by any particular personal doctrine some may hold.
Our staff is committed to the cause of bringing
our folk together in unity with knowledge of self and information
that can be useful to aid in our survival in this land. From
health concerns to politics we will provide the latest of
information that usfolk can utilize. We recognize that we
can’t do this all alone and do need the input of community
information from you, the reader. So, we do ask that you write
to us, via input@onepeoples.com and give us your listings
you want included in our e-zine. We want to know those private
African schools, businesses, conferences, dedications, community
events, etc., so that we may spread the word for ourfolk to
support whatever your community is doing.
With that all said, we welcome you, our African
family, for joining us and we hope to have you back with us
again and again, and use OnePeoples.com as your source for
alternative news, views and issues of OurFolk.
“It’s not what we wear, or how
we style our hair, or where we worship, that makes us together,
for it is what is inside of us that makes us OnePeople.”
Peace In The One Continously,
Amiyr Abdul-Latiyf Abu Hamin
Editor/Publisher
OnePeoples Staff
Senior Editor - Amiyr-Latiyf Abu Hamin
Web Manager/Senior Programmer - Carlos Thomas
Graphic & Webdesigner - LaNeia Hamin-Thomas
Advisor/Accountant - Shoshana Levi of INET
Business Managers
Staff Writer - Jalilah Hamin
Teen Writer - Leah Hamin-Gilliam
Guest Editors - TBA
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