``Let the People Gather'' ! From GOD and Tracy Gibson

``The world is made up of a multitude of ideas, people, places and thoughts. Who am I as your GOD to force my ideas and thoughts on you. That ole book from 2000 years ago is nice to read, but we be needing something new. READ my book ``Let the Children Gather,’’ and you’ll see what  I mean.  The churches make a lot of money, but are they really expressing what GOD wants them to express, or further towing people along with restricted ideas that no longer work? Just askin! The book is available at www.lulu.com for $10.00 Please call me , Tracy Gibson, the author if you are having difficulty or need advice or just to talk. Number:  1 – 215 – 823 – 9985. ‘’

( The real irony of writing this article is that I actually have very little food at home due to the cost of the food I need as a surviving Black man with high blood pressure. I also have a very low income and only work for the community at little pay, for my Herculean efforts. I can't eat hardly any salt, white flour, white rice, or white bread. I need your help. Please send certified envelopes with postal money orders - whatever amount you can afford - I am already thanking you and am very appreciative!  Send to Tracy Gibson; 670 North 41st Street; Apartment - Office B; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 - 5202 )  My opinions are my own and not those of any corporations or individuals who will support me. ) 

Black Gay Activist Visits Center City to Demonstrate Against Food Insecurity!

Black Gay Activist Visits Center City to Demonstrate Against Food Insecurity!

By Tracy Gibson

 I did a live and active food-security demonstration at the Rittenhouse Market at 18th and Spruce Street’s ritzy Center City area of Philadelphia. The reasons are four fold:

1] I almost always have to borrow money or a friend’s food stamp card to make it through the month. Last month { JULY} I had to borrow $153.00 from a friend just to have enough food for that month.

2] As a Black prideful Gay man of 62, I find it demeaning to have to constantly borrow from friends and family. People, bureaucrats, rich businessmen, investors, the wealthy and successful politicians often fail to realize that most poor people have pride, dignity and respect for themselves and don’t want to take government handouts.

3] I have a college degree, several years of experience in my chosen professions { writing, public relations, BLACK community relations and BLACK youth advocacy }, and have taken several classes and workshops including two free two-day free classes at the Wharton School at the Univ. of Pen. ( 38^th and Walnut Street in West Philadelphia ) ; Also: I took several workshops at Delaware’s Money School; and a free parenting class at the Salvation Army at 55^th and Market Street in West Philadelphia. I am qualified to work at least 12 to 15 hours a week even though I’m disabled.

4] According to Van Jones’, who is a very qualified writer, lawyer ( YALE LAW SCHOOL ), and environmentalist, his  book ``The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems,’’ says at the last paragraph of page 126 and the top of page 127: ``Meanwhile, people in our own country are actually going hungry. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture ( USDA ), in 2006, 35.5 million Americans lived in ``food insecure households,’’ comprising 22.8 million adults and 12.6 million children. Many low-income communities, particularly in urban settings, don’t have access to a single real supermarket. They are forced to patronize liquor stores selling Cheetos and Snickers – if they’re lucky maybe a potato or a banana – all at 30 to 70 percent higher prices than regular stores. And of course there are the ubiquitous (  from Webster’s dictionary ubiquitous means to be everywhere at the same time ) fast-food chains. Medical costs to treat diet-related ailments like diabetes and heart disease run more than $75 Billion a year in the United States.’’  END QUOTE.

5] The brash emotions of deep-seated guilt and equally deep-seated shame are part and parcel of living in poverty. Poor people are criminalized. I don’t want it to be this way, but it is true and has been for many years.  { But the criminalization of the poor needs to end today ! } We must not forget that our country once had debtor prisons. They might as well call prison time the same thing here and now because a large preponderance of poor people are either the same people going through the court systems, out on parole or criminalized in some other ways just for being poor - from being looked at ``funny’’ while shopping in the department stores like Macy’s, Barney’s New York or Bergdorf Goodman’s , to having guards follow you at the WaWa Food Markets, at Broad and Walnut Street in Philadelphia, to having people ``mistakenly’’ think you were the other brother down the street who just robbed the jewelry store around the corner, to thinking you ``gave’’ some diamond necklaces broches, and diamond rings to another brother who asked to see them way back when you worked as an associate at Macy’s in some far-off suburb you forgot all about several years ago. . .  These things are compounded when your sexuality is also criminalized and again, even when the race you belong to is criminalized in 50 ways I didn’t even mention here. There are too many excuses to put BLACK men in jail. IT ENDS TODAY!

   As machines take human jobs at the check-out lines, less and less people are able to afford to check out at the supermarket anyway. All too often getting food at a church mission means not being able to eat the fresh leafy green vegetables nutrition authorities like myself ( I have a up-to-date Serv.Safe certificate)  say you and I are supposed to eat -  along with fresh organic fruits, good bead like Rye bread, pumpernickel bread or 12 grain bread from Arnolds’, or organic Quakers Oat Meal, raw organic honey, and Wheaties with determined Wimbledon Tennis Champion and human rights activist Sistah Sarena Williams on the box or Brotha Russell Wilson, who plays for the Seattle Seahawks and is also concerned with the issues facing our youth and human rights. .  .

      I strongly suggest BLACK  and progressive people do what I did today and go to a ritzy neighborhood and put the best food possible in your cart. Don’t take a dime, a penny or any money or credit cards or your food stamp card with you to the supermarket. Let me be clear, I AM NOT SUGGESTING THAT PEOPLE STEAL ANYTHING  from anyone OR at any time! ( We don’t want you stealing like our labor was stolen from our BLACK African ancestors years ago). Don’t take anything! When you get everything added up at the checkout counter tell them : ``This is a demonstration against food insecurity. Here is a pre-written letter for your managers and owners. Have a great day.’’ My bill for the food I couldn’t afford to purchase today came to about $202.58 for one and a half weeks of good, wholesome and nutritious items. Leave the food right there for them to put away or put back on the shelves. I know this takes courage, but think of the courage it took for the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Junior and the Freedom Riders Down South { don’t forget some of these Freedom Riders were of European descent  as well } to sit at Woolworths lunch counters and get spit on, kicked and beaten just to be served food back in the early 1960’s. This was done just to get things to where they are today. Things, places and situations may not be where we want them to be, but I think we have made some improvements and progress. Some Freedom Riders paid for their bold and courageous actions with their very lives such as Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner  ( plese look them up and read about them. I will be advocating for a major motion picture about them soon ) who were murdered in Mississippi on June 24<sup>th</sup>, 1964. I know what you are going to say, and you are correct, Brother Eric Garner was killed by police on July 17, 2014 just a few years ago just for selling cigarettes in Staten Island, New York. I know you, like me, will never forget Brother Eric Garner  and carry Him and His Spirit on your shoulders with you when you go to your local ``uppity’’ supermarket.  Remember when you take this action, that you are not really breaking any know laws that I know of. Ask your parents, grandparents or guardians if you are under 21, and make sure NOT to take any money at all with you.  Don’t get an attitude, this is a quiet demonstration.

     I honor and thank myself for doing this demonstration today and I equally honor and thank you and your family and your friends for taking similar peaceful actions to make situations better for us today and for our children and grandchildren in the near and far future.

GOD Almighty,

Peace, POWER, and Justice through sharing,

Many Blessings,

Tracy Gibson,

Fellow activist and businessman in Philadelphia.

( The real irony of writing this article is that I actually have very little food at home due to the cost of the food I need as a surviving Black man with high blood pressure. I also have a very low income and only work for the community at little pay, for my Herculean efforts. I can't eat hardly any salt, white flour, white rice, or white bread. I need your help. Please send certified envelopes with postal money orders - whatever amount you can afford - I am already thanking you and am very appreciative!  Send to Tracy Gibson; 670 North 41st Street; Apartment - Office B; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 - 5202 )  My opinions are my own and not those of any corporations or individuals who will support me. ) 

a prayer for our world.....from GOD

*******Wednesday, January 16th, 2019 12: 00 Noon. Edited recently on August 23rd, 2019 Friday. The Day after Martin Luther King’s Birthday.  Corporate Prayer; Unity Fellowship Christ Church of Philadelphia

Dear GOD: First I am thanking You for the Trees, Birds, Bees & Natural Plants. Thank You for all of humanity  --  both Women, Men & those who otherwise describe their sexuality. I appreciate all you do each and every Day to help stabilize the earth, the Seas and the Polar caps. Please help everything I do and Say bring Peace, justice, & economic balance & economic Justice to all People & all countries & all Societies & all institutions on our planet. Your servant Millie is LOVed by many People here on earth even though She is gone from us now. GOD Bless You, GOD & Please let me help You, myself, my family, my friends & as many other People as I can reach out to humanity and show their true inner greatness as they reach a higher level of decency, a higher level of ethics & a higher level  of economic balance on this Precious Planet. GOD, I will LOVe you Forever & ever.

A – Men &

A – Shay.              Tracy Gibson

Please remember I may be GOD and I may be great, but I am no more GOD than you are. He or She ( GOD ) is  inside you as well as you do good and great things to help yourself and others. 

Quality Taste a Jamaican Restaurant in West Philly - 40th and Lacaster AVenue

Quality Taste

at 40^th and Lancaster Avenue

     When I walk by Quality Taste Restaurant, a Black Jamaican restaurant in West Philly, I am very pleased to see all the bright beautiful BLACK faces there waiting in line for the delicious food. I have been there twice and I find the jerk Chicken very good as well as the peas and rice. Their vegetables are also quite yummy and the restaurant has my endorsement. I don’t so much mind Black people going to other restaurants owned by other people who are non-BLACK, but I LOVe it when we buy Black and support ourselves.  Sometimes the line here is out the door! This makes me very happy!  

Tracy Charles Gibson…

An Open Letter to Black Parents.

My Dear Black Parents, Are You Hiding Behind Your Children?

     I have a lot of nerve writing this book.  First of all, Like Oprah Winfrey, I do NOT have any children of my own.  What I do is call each and every person on the planet and each and every person who ever was in human existence and each and every person who ever will be, my own children.  This is quite empowering and enlightening. It also comes with an incredible amount of responsibility.  It stands firm and doesn’t say I need any approval for myself as a Black Gay man, even thought my human existence doesn’t need approval from the government to be, just because I have children.  Have you ever noticed how ``true families’’ are raised and promoted above everyone else? As if when you have children you are a direct descendent from GOD and more deserving of fresh air, clean and healthy food and fresh and clean water and a nice place to live? I say everyone deserves  these things regardless of who you are, your station in life, your income level or you immigration status.

     This brings me back to what I wanted to talk about in the first place.  Are you hiding behind your children? Did you have children for altruistic reasons, or did you just want little versions of yourself?

Do you think it is OK to want to have a ``clone’’ of yourself in a mini formation and call them children?

We need to procreate to keep the cycle of life going, but I have news for you.  Too many people on this planet could be the most difficult problem we face as humans if it is not already.  It is NOT what is going on in the so-called Middle East ( which some Black Nationalists call a part of AFRICA, and which can and will be solved by 5^th - graders); it is not racism ( which can easily be solved by more separate places and businesses and more control covertly or overtly, of things by Black people and a retooling of so-called intelligence agencies and their missions; it is not the environment ( which comes in a close second). It is the problem of overpopulation.

     If you think you are more of a person because you have children, that might have held true five years ago.  It is how you are raising those children that is of the utmost importance.  Are you raising them to walk in the same footprints you walked in and are your foot prints racist, ethically wanting, non-religious, hateful and greedy?  These are the questions that need to be answered.

     If you don’t have children than you can’t hide behind them while not making sure they have their homework done; that they are fed properly ( and I mean good healthy food, clean water, not so much fat, not so much white flour, not so much white starches like regular rice and white potatoes, not too many desserts). Are you making sure they get the right amount of exercise on a regular basis? Are you not cursing or hitting them, but making sure they are schooled properly and disciplined in a fair and proper way that is helpful and gracious and not hurtful?  It is up to you to make sure these things are done to the best of your ability, even if you have a very small income.

     My feeling is, as your GOD, I feel you should not have had any children if you were not ready to take on the responsibility of caring for these children. Why don’t you consider adopting children if you want more than two children?   Do you realize that you are responsible for them until they are 18? That is a long time. I can tell you that my Mother, GOD take care of Her in Heaven, my mother still helps me even though she has passed away.  My Father also care for me even to this day, when He died in 2012.

     Have you ever felt yourself saying to yourself ``I wish I had never had these children!’’  Well, they are too young to understand that they are not pleasing you. Are you being treated for your own anger and your own irresponsibility? Or are you still stuck in the mud immaturely saying ``I don’t want therapy.’’ Saying this is old hat and not about the humanity we need as BLACK people.

     These are some of the things I suggest for new parents:

1] Say to GOD each and every morning ``I will take  full responsibility for the children I brought into this world and I seek your guidance and help in doing so.’’

2] I will scold or curse at my child or hit or hurt my child EVER! No matter what! I will learn more effective ways of disciplining my children such as talking to a health care provider, or a pastor or a therapist to keep calm and in control of myself and never lose my temper because children are a gift directly from GOD Herself or GOD himself.  I forgive myself for what I did wrong in raising them in the past.

3] Watch ``Fix My Life,’’ by Iyanla Vanzant and discover ways to interact that are more positive and helpful ( The show airs on OWN and can be seen on You Tube.)  Also: Please read Her book entitled ``Trust: Mastering the Four Essential Trusts – Trust in Self; Trust in God; Trust in Others; Trust in Life.’’

This book is excellent and really teaches one a great life path and is more caring, whole, real, workable, flexible and doable.  We have to stop expecting grandparents and others to care for what we brought here as humans. Our Children are our responsibility.

4] Going to school and taking on reasonable expectations is part of being an adult. Having reasonable expectations is a big thing to learn, but it will help you have less frustrations and end-run anger, hatred, and resentment. Often the voices you hear who are making you angry are really the voices of people who want to help you and want to lessen your burden. Take time to cool out and listen to other people who you think are responsible people in your community. Try leaving the ear phones home and watch and listen to what goes on in your Black community.   

5] Learn to forgive and understand yourself.  Often we want people to forgive us and understand us when you or we haven’t done this work even for ourselves.

6] When you listen to music, try listening to music that is not so ``hard’’ or `` repressive’’ ( I want you to look up the word ``repressive’’ in the dictionary.  It means something that is not about positive improvement and that holds people back and down. We need music that lifts us up as BLACK people.

I don’t know for sure why, but much of the older music was about healing and self-preservation. All the other stuff, just try not to listen to it for about a few days. You will see a new person born inside you after those three days.  Music can be healing and full of self-preservation and LOVe. Below are some of the songs I want you to listen to:

``I Never Knew LOVe Like This Before,’’ by Stephany Mills.

``Rubber Band Man,’’ by the Spinners.

``Ain’t No Stoppin Us NOW’’, by Whitehead and McFadden.

Caston and Majors ``Light in My Window’’

Stevie Wonder’s ``Happy Birthday Song’’

``Keep Your Head to the Sky,’’ By Earth, Wind and Fire.

``Walking in Rhythm,’’ by the Black Birds.

The Sounds of Blackness ``Optimistic’’

``That’s the Way of the World,’’ by Earth, Wind and Fire.

``When Will there be a Harvest,’’ by The Isley Brothers.

7] Become more politically aware. Much of what you are going through is part of a political and economic solution that is at a peek of achievement.  The Harvest is today! Don’t fret. These are some books to read and videos to listen to and watch that will make you understand that you are not just a voice in the wind , a voice that will never be listened to or heard. What you are is legitimate and real and has a real focus, and a beautiful ending, no matter what others say, or how much others don’t understand.  Here are some things you might want to listen to even if it is only as a short time because you have a rather short attention span.:

1] Lectures by Black Historian John Henrick Clark on You Tube. ( He published a book called ``Africa World Revolution,’’ that is quite good.

2] Lectures by Professor Walter Rodney about AFRICA. ( He wrote a book called ``How Europe Underdeveloped AFRICA,’’ that is also quite good. I read it at least twice.

3] Poetry by Maya Angelou. On You Tube look up the first inauguration of Bill Clinton and you will find Her poet about a Tree and a Lake. It is phenomenal.

4] Lectures by Claud Anderson about economics. ( He wrote a book called ``POWERNOMICS: The National Plan to Empower Black People,’’ . I read this and found it refreshing, helpful and it gave me hope and inspiration.

5] READ my book ``Let the Children Gather,’’ by Tracy Gibson. It is poetry, and is designed to take the anger you have and turn around and into something that will propel you into a brighter and more lucrative future where you don’t have to do anything but think more positively as things work out for the betterment of you, your family, and your friends.

6] Listen to the lectures and look at the art work of Aziza Gibson Hunter. You can find my sister on You Tube. Her work is classically BLACK, yet ornate, thought – provoking and as complex as it is simple and beautiful.  She did a piece of art work dedicated to Aretha Franklin that is superb. Don’t miss it. You will not be disappointed.

7] Watch the Film ``The Learning Tree,’’ that was directed by Gordon Parks, a true, BLACK cultural master.  A Black writer, photographer and director, Mr. Parks also directed  the first ``SHAFT,’’  starring Richard Roundtree.

 One Last thing. You know how you call yourselves as BLACK youth, DOGS, well I think you need to turn that around. YOU are GODs.  You walk a path set before you by GOD and you have hope, and capabilities that are not only verifiable, but REAL and actual. You can be that best person in the world, if this is your goal.  Remember until a few years ago, we had never had a BLACK president. With your help, Mr. Barack Obama turned that around and became the first BLACK President of the United States. WE as a people are doing great things each and every day. You are a part of this incredible success story.  

Hasan Gibbs gets an honor from GOD Almighty.....

The Review Below is offered to Hasan Gibbs who worked for much of His life to save the lives of street hustlers and others needing his outreach on the sexual health issues critical to people living in Philadelphia several years ago. 



A Prism of HOPE Shows Through Poverty!

By Tracy Gibson

     Brilliantly depicted: The international tragedy  of inner-city poverty. highlighted: a Texas ``stud muffin'' travels to New York City and struggles with no income to make his way as a male prostitute. Jon Voight is ``Midnight Cowboy'' who quits the 4 P.M. to Midnight shift as a dishwasher in the Lone Star State to sell His services to lonely men and women in the city that never sleeps. This 1969 movie won best picture from the Academy of Motion Pictures and { mention the other awards it won.} The film is the jumping off point for incredible performances from Voight, and Brenda Vacarro ( check spelling).  Cameo  and short roles were also expertly portrayed and directed as the stereo-typically cruel and heartless personalities of the Big Apple come to light in this dramatic movie. How our North American aspect of Turtle Island is under-serving the poor, left out and weak is the political bent taken in producing and directing this ground-breaking, history making movie. Look for it on television soon.

Take this without the grain of salt! BUT with LOVe!

Don’t let them get away with it again! First of all, it is not really 2020 next year. Watch Gil Scott’s dit, dit dot, dot dash!

        THIS IS WRONG! Will we Never have a female president of the United States! Oh, YES WE WILL!  According to some private sources, The Skull and Bones and the Trilateral Commission, and the Masons, they have all conspired to make sure there is never a female President of the United States because the President of the United States MUST ALWAYS BE a Male with a penis intact. So they say. I, as YOUR GOD ALMIGHTY, OFFICIALLY OVERRULE THIS! We can and will have a female president!  The women running have to take this into consideration and do something to reverse this or have it overridden by CONGRESS to have a first President of the United States who is also an official for real, for real female.  { WHAT I HAVE DONE HERE IS ENOUGH, BUT SOMEONE NEEEDS TO RECOGNIZE THIS OFFICIALLY! } … Look at ``FAREHNEIT 11 – 9,’’ by Michel Moore and you will see a review of the 2016 election where The Gentleman who now occupies the White House ``handed’’ Hillary Clinton a defeat. He did not ``win’’ the election or the White House.  This is the third time that the Republicans won when they actually lost. They have a problem in Kamala Harris because the  California Democrat is NOT of European descent and has every qualification to win even though She is not a male.  Please be ever vigilant on this issue! Watch those English folks over in Europe and how the media lifts them in high esteem when we need to look back at their documented theft of land, wages, and the enslavement, torture and mistreatment of hundreds of people. ``Crowns are quite important things,’’ the Queen says, never saying anything about the jewels, diamonds and rubies that come from India and Africa and were never paid a dime for. The Royal jewels are stolen property of Africa and India! The Queen thinks she is cool, but She never met my Mother and Grandmother who are being taught the history of the world as they sit on  thronEs provided by formerly oppressed women of the world.  It doesn’t have jewels or gold or diamonds. It is made with paper clips, hard work, patients, balanced thinking, fair thinking, justice and economic sharing. UNDERSTAND THIS. Times have changed, no matter how many watch companies you steal in my sleep!  History does not repeat itself as long as we remember it and bend it and learn from it!

Tracy Gibson, GOD ALMIGHTY!