Travelling, Poetry, Spoken Word, Hip Hop culture, learning, growing, meditating, spirituality but not necessarily religion, teachings of Buddha, motivating and inspiring young people, Bringing common spirits together, meeting interesting beings, listening to music, learning about people and cultures, watching unique movies, chillin', roaming the earth and being outside...some people ask me how a person like myself lives in the places that i do in the US...i just tell them that i stay mindful of myself in relationship to all those amazing people i've met around the world and remember that they are with me and i am with them and that our connections give us strength to do the work that we were put on the earth to do to play our role in contribution to the collective consciousness...so irrespective of my surroundings, i feel transcendant in that i'm never alone or disconnected...in regards to the places i've been living, i try not to judge but simply learn about the perspectives of others and respectfully integrate various aspects of our humanity into my being...i love engaging people in constructive, meaningful dialogue that can lead to discovery and realization...things that stimulate me really get me enthusiastic and immersed in the moment...although it's all one continuous fluid moment anyways...
Music
Lyrics Born, Blackalicious, Alex Schein, IsWhat?, The Beduoin, Shamako Noble, K'naan, Bob Marley, Stevie Wonder, The Roots, Common, Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Digable Planets, Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, Outkast, Tupac, Anthony Hamilton, Mos Def, Damien Marley, Jill Scott, C.O.R.E., Kanser, Talib Kwali, Afrika Bambaata, Rakim, Immortal Technique, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Billie Holliday, Bela Fleck, Beastie Boys, Black Uhuru, Toots & Maytals, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Ozomatli, Ben Harper, J5, Dialated Peoples, Habib Koite, Abdullah Ibrahim, Manu Dubango, Amadu & Miriam, Ravi Shankar, Zaakir Hussain, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Cheb Mami, MC Solar, Talvin Singh, Roots Manuva, Sean Paul, Sade, John Legend, Kwaito African music and all sorts of other music from around the world
Movies
Baraka, Matrix, Amandla!, When We Were Kings, Malcolm X, Rize, Run Lola Run, Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme, Momento, Pilgrimage, American Chai, Scratch, Bowling for Columbine, Fight Club, Gandhi, Tupac: Resurrection, Lost Highway, Crash, Pulp Fiction, I'm Gonna get ya Sucka,
Television
Chappelle Show, Daily Show, Colbert Report, Simpsons, Family Guy, In Living Colour (old school!!!), that's pretty much it...i don't find too much else on tv entertaining
Books
Autobiography of Malcom X, Toa of Physics, Everything by the Dalai Lama/Rumi/Kahlil Gibran, al-Qur'an, Baghvad Gita, The Souls of Black Folk, Caucasia, Ishmael, How to get Stupid White Men out of Office, Bomb the Suburbs, Invisible Man, Yellow, Race Matters
Heroes
Bob Marley, Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Nelson Mandela, Dali Lama, Ghandhi, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Jesus, Mothers (givers of life)
About me: Amer Ahmed is an individual with an eclectic personal and professional experience. As a teacher, student, spoken word poet, Hip Hop activist, consultant and college administrator, he channels his diverse experiences into work geared towards effective change serving to create mutual benefit for all. Born in Springfield, Ohio to Indian Muslim immigrants, Amer has dedicated his life to engaging and facilitating diversity across human difference. As an undergraduate student at Miami University in Ohio, he studied Anthropology and Black World Studies enhanced by powerful study abroad experiences in South Africa and Nepal. Amer’s education, world experiences and his Indian-Muslim-American upbringing helped him understand the need for respect and dignity of all people. He went on to Indiana University for his graduate studies in Anthropology and African American/African Diaspora Studies.
During his time in Bloomington, Amer was an Associate Instructor, PR Officer for the Muslim Student Union (during 9/11) and also became integrally part of strengthening Diversity and culture on campus through a fast-growing student non-profit organization named Hip Hop Congress (www.hiphopcongress.com). Amer now serves as Co-Chair of the Board of Directors for Hip Hop Congress, which has become the largest grassroots Hip Hop organization in the United States.
Following his graduate studies, Amer was employed as Director of Intercultural Programs at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa and later at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. His education, global experience and prominent role in the Hip Hop Congress assisted him in addressing pressing issues of Diversity on these campuses. In addition, Amer is also opening up important discussion and dialogue regarding Islam in a post-9/11 context both in the world and in the U.S.
In Amer’s career he has consistently expanded the discussion on Dialogue to address all forms of marginality that impact how individuals experience institutions and society at large. He has become engaged in the field of Intercultural Communication drawing from the work of Dr. Milton J. Bennett and others who focus on a developmental approach to Intercultural competency. Such approaches have been useful in his work in Organizational Assessment and Development, Workshop facilitation, Public Speaking, Leadership Development and Student Support. Amer is continuing this work at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor where he serves as Associate Director of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs.
Amer strives to be an inspiration to young people who see purpose in the pursuing of their ideals. He stresses the need to identify one’s own talents, abilities and the importance of articulating them effectively in order to reach positions in which we can enact what he calls “Realistic Idealism”. Today, his work continues to prove that the millennial generation has an opportunity to shape its own future through passionate energy and a dedication to create effective positive change.
Who I'd like to meet: everyone...i especially love meeting peaceful beings...people who recognize who they are and trust that the journey is moving exactly how it needs to...
Brother Ali, Three Generations, Pop Master Fabel, DJ K-Salaam, and New York Gnawa Ensemble. Live art by Revise CMW. Hosts: Cap D and Ethnosis. 6-11pm @ The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Center 3940 Broadway at 165th St. NYC 10032. $5. All Ages. Trains A, C or 1 to 168th. Presented by IMAN! www. ImanCentral. org.
GAZA ‘Peace And Justice’ Petition Drive + Major Protests World Wide
Check http://petition. cair. com for a great and balanced petition. CAIR (Council of American Islamic Relations) is looking to gather one million signatures to present to elected officials and our future administration. There's a long list of demonstrations throughout the world today, tomorrow and on going gathered by http://answercoalition. org.
"Fear the cry of the oppressed, for there is no barrier between it and God. "
TOWN BUSINESS NETWORK PRESENTS "WAKE YO GAME UP!" THE ALBUM
The "Wake Yo Game Up!" Album aims to engage the urban & Hip-Hop communities in a series of events and activities that encourage voter participation & political activism, leading up to the October 20th voter registration deadline.
The album includes songs by Ise Lyfe, San Quinn, Too Short, DLabrie, J-Stalin, Mistah FAB, Beeda Weeda, Kev Choice, Del Tha Funky Homosapien and many more great artists!
whats up how are u doing things have been busy for me and rolling in a good way for me the truth does set the realness off lol but yea bro how are thing going for ya pce
I have a great idea about HHC working with a local school in Detroit, and possibly forming a chapter with high school students. Hit me up when you get a minute.
