From Left to Right in front: Bongo Bush-I, Ras Jabarie, Ras Nathaniel,
Ras Denroy Morgan jr.
From left to right in back: Ras Ravin-I, Ras Trinity.
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Greetings and Blessed love to the International Rastafari Immunity
January 17th 2004,
Greenfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Dear Idren and Sistren,
Discussion: Repatriation
It is with great joy and much
love I n I write to you this update as concerning the recent
reasonings we have had with the OAARU AND IRIE, over the last three
days we have had the opportunity to meet and reason with Ras Nathaniel
and Ras Jaberi concerning H.I .M visit to the United
States in 1954. and upcoming plans for a jubilee summit in Chicago
tentatively from June 1st to June 14th of 2004.
These meetings were attended
by members of the WMRCC, Ras Ravin-I, Ras Bongo Bush-I, Ras trinity,
Ras Denroy Morgan jr, Sister Marcie and Sister Jharna, who met with
the visiting idrens on Wednesday night (15th) in Greenfield ,
Massachusetts, and again on Friday (17th) specific questions were
raised and an investigation into the concerns and needs of Rastafari
involved in the repatriation movement was taken to the table,
out of these meetings we saw the need to for the Rastafari
nation to link the chain together as this is a most important works
that would involve all of I n I across the united states and the world
at large if we are to realize the vision of repatriation. The meeting
was both very informative and cordial as we sat down it was below 15
degree weather outside.
The WMRCC delegation arrived
at the decision that it was most important to identify and address the
proper organization of repatriation and examine all the parameters
surrounding its effectiveness, one of the key factors of this
examination was the need for the houses of Rastafari to see the need
for taking a census of I n I people in the United States and the world
at large, thereby identifying by process of elimination the exact
amount of services I n I will need in a repatriation exercise, also
the departments and offices of duties to be performed, one of these
exercises will be the need to have a correspondent or
correspondents on the ground in Africa (perhaps the need for one in
every major city) the duties of these correspondents will be discussed
and developed as soon as we have sealed up the inification process,
the WMRCC delegation feels comfortable in its decisions to collaborate
with IRIE AND OAARU and any other house that accepts in good faith and
see the need to issemble I n I for repatriation, we also stress the
need for the houses of Rastafari here in the United States to issemble
and conduct a valid and proper census that will determine the needs
and wants of a repatriation movement.
The WMRCC , as outlined in the
IRIE STAR ORDER 5 YEAR PLAN, will submit a regional report to IRIE
Jubilee planning committee and also to form and commit to sending a
delegation to the Jubilee conference in June of 2004. these reports
are due by March 5th of 2004, WRMCC strongly encourages all Rastafari
Mansions families and individuals to submit the same, this information
is highly important to determine the logistics of the conference and
the proper care and accommodations of the delegates, your
participation is highly important to this process.
WMRCC will also organize and
work with the House of Rastafari of Brockton, Massachusetts, to ensure
the newspapers coverage of H.I.M visit to the United States, including
H.I.M trip to Boston on June 2nd 1954 is documented and sent to IRIE.
The WRMCC endorses and have
agreed to willing cooperation to the process of repatriation in
collaboration with IRIE and the OAARU and we are committed to sending
a delegation to Chicago in June 2004. May the blessing and the love of
I n I father be with I n I in our decisions.
Ras Ravin-I
Coordinator WMRCC
I-mail
One Blessed and Heartical love
H.I.M Haile Selassie 1st
Conquering Lion of The Tribe of Judah
Interested Houses can go here
to obtain repatriation news and updates:
Repatriation News
/ also more news from the Ites-zine
All inquiries and submissions
should be forwarded to:
Ras Nathaniel, Coordinator of the Issembly for Rastafari Iniversal
Education (IRIE)
I-mail
c/o Shashemane Creations, 427 E. 75th Street Chicago, IL 60619
(773) 488-2063
