Community Capacity Development’s Executive Director, K Bain, embarked on a significant journey to Washington, DC, participating in a pivotal Safer States Initiative conversation hosted at the White House. The focus of this gathering was the recently inaugurated office, the first-ever dedicated to preventing gun violence, established in September. During this crucial discussion, the administration highlighted […]
K. BAIN Celebrating Women Who Tell our stories. Community Capacity Development celebrates Women’s History Month with the Women Whotell Our Stories. This year presents another opportunity to highlight the selfless contributions of women who have been active in storytelling, Art and media through several formats such as stage, print, television, podcast and many more. CCD […]
Black History Month: Celebration of Courage & Black Resistance“Because it helps us to remember, there is no more powerful force than a people steeped in their history” – Lonnie G. Bunch 111 African-American renown historian, Carter G. Woodson popularly known as the “father of Black History” set out in 1926 to designate a time to […]
Message from Executive Director K. Bain Americans mourn once again as we watch the horrific videos of five police officers brutalizes Tyre Nichols, a 29 years old black man to death in Memphis. The bestiality of this Killing is condemnable, inhuman and a violation of the sanctity of human life. We at Community Capacity Development […]
The frequencies and energy vibrations embedded in language (Makoni, et al, 2003; Skipper, 2022) help to shape the consciousness levels of a people. Language has been weaponized as an instrument of oppression (Roche, 2022; Hawkins, 1999), a tool for dehumanization, and as an enabler of various forms of emotional and psychological abuse (Bolinger, 2021). But […]