Black Possibilities Showcased In a Buffalo Black Caucus

By BaBa Omowale Eng

On May 10, 2024, Black Buffalo came together under the leadership of Zeneta Eberhart, and it came together in the most exciting informational and inspirational showcase of Black people who talked clearly about making ways out of no way.

From: “Hood Tales to Black Food Equity and from Health Equity to “Why Black folks need to run for Elected Office”, Offices that we regularly vote for. These talks were presented to our community in a language that all could understand. What made it so exciting was that these were conversations with groups of Black people, not just Black leaders lecturing to Black folk. These were acknowledged experts in each of those areas of critical importance; each of whom had turned failures into success stories that were shared with our community.

These are just highlights that only convey a small portion of the enormous joy experienced by all who truly love Black people. Through out this caucus, experts told stories of harm and forgive ness that laid foundations for our collective under standing of Black people’s and this societies’ need for reparations.

This writer felt privileged to have had a conversation with a man who has served the Black community and all communities under his do main for every year that he has been in office.

I am talking about Tim Kennedy, a Caucasian human being, who stated to this writer that his reason for sup porting reparations for Black people is that it is a “Healing” – “A Healing for All of Us, in this Country.” To me that means a healing that is necessary for us all to move forward as a human family rooted in a true justice that demands repairs for all of us.

At this Black Buffalo Caucus, Black intellectual genius, Black Entrepreneurial genius and the genius of true Black faith orientation was on dis play as Pastor George Nicholas, in his presentation on Health Equity, was not just inspirational, but also motivational in that at each point while presenting hard data on each issue, there was a plan for anyone who could take the reins and move us forward as Black people who have always been and will al ways be at the foundation of all that is good about Ameri can society.