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If you get Uptown Magazine's online newsletter, you can check us out on Uptown Social
regardless.....go to a news stand near you and pick up a print version and check us out in, how fitting 'THE TRAVEL ISSUE'...
right now we're also killing it on BlackEnterprise.com.
Check our article on how the Nomadness Travel Tribe has cumulatively traveled to over 200 countries!! Peep it HERE!
The Nomadness College Takeover RV pulled into Morgan State University, the first HBCU on the tour, bright and early on Tuesday morning. The RV Crew was joined by a few Tribe members from Baltimore and DC to spread the Nomadness throughout Morgan's campus. Nomadness partnered with the Alpha Gamma chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated to spread the world and raffle off travel goodies. The energy on Morgan's campus was live and we had so much fun inspiring the student's through our mission. We hope to see all the new MSU Tribe member soon at our meet ups! Morgan was the perfect start to our 2013 College Takeover. Full steam ahead!
Hard to fathom that the Nomadness RV was officially underway and approaching the first stop. Along our trip, not only will we be presenting to schools about the importance of travel and diversity, but Nomadness Tribe members have organized meet ups for us along the route, from New York City to Los Angeles.
Our first stop was with member, Stacey G. who put together a feast as we hit Delaware. Many of the Philly members came down to welcome the RV Crew into the gates of the Oberod Estate. We were merely given an address. Unbeknownst to us, the area was noted specifically for being active on the Underground Railroad. We were guided around the compound, during twilight hours, searching everything from hidden doors, to travel décor around this multi-level landmark.
Being an urban travel group, primarily African-American, it was poignant to have the first stop on the entire tour be a place associated with many of our ancestors, and their journeys North. It was an emotional start for the RV Crew, and exactly the type of inspiration needed to send us off along the rest of the country. A remembrance, a moment in time that allowed us to breathe, and set the tone for how influential this tour actually will be, for students and ourselves. Perspective from the underground, as we travel, in a thirty foot long RV, over ground.
Photo By: Pete Monsanto of Fly Life Images
This photo is the epitome of what makes the Nomadness Travel Tribe as amazing as it is! Only in the Tribe will you see a group that looks like this, representing the make up of our biggest initiative to date. Sponsors on board, majority of funds raised, RV crew members identified.
These are the faces of the Tour that will students will engage with over the next three weeks. Comprised of a chef, graphic designer, middle school teacher, documentary photographer, police officer, graphic novel producer, music producer, and radio host-- it's my pleasure to introduce you to the 2013 crew of the Nomadness RV College Takeover: HBCU Edition. Check out their profiles below.
@evierobbie - Evita: Creator of Nomadness
@Kswing23 - Keith: middle school teacher
@macariojames, macariojames.com - Macario: graphic/web design guru
@TrueOmegaNexus, blubloggington.blogspot.com - Jason: graphic novel producer
@NubianNomad, nubiannomad.com - Shavaun: documentary photographer
@tastykeish - Keisha : radio show host/personality of TKintheAM
@airisthechef - Airis : chef
@GhanaSands - Ghana : music producer/fashion designer
@Einalem312 - Melanie : one of NYPD's finest
............ and of course the dopest crew member of them all, our 2013 RV itself!! Shouts to Tony Concep for the artwork on the outside.
Hit us on Twitter with the hashtag #NomadnessRV !!
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'Nomadness, you ain't gotta ask where your ass is/ You be pulling out passports like hall passes'
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3 years since experiencing my first Holi, in India. To come back, 3 years later, with the Tribe is inexplicable, yet I will try. To see Bhati's family. The children have grown, the men have grayed, and the women have matured. The feeling, represented so accurately by the vibrant colors smeared across our face. I cried as we were on the bus driving around Jaipur drinking Kingfisher and screaming at the top of our lungs. Nomadness has officially reached a point I always wanted it to. Get people, even avid travelers, outside their comfort zone.
As we looked at the foreigners around the city, we were the only one of our kind. Welcomed, with open arms, even into the homes of Jaipur locals. A man begged for me to bring the Tribe to his home, as his daughter had just given birth to his new grandson, over the last few weeks. His family was honored to have us over just to hold and admire the baby. It's moments like this that let you know you are exactly where you are supposed to be. You have no choice but to be touched. I am again reconfirmed in my purpose with Nomadness.
Mission Accomplished. Fitting. My Tribe, My Legacy, Our movement. india Holi 2013 we were here.
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working on the Nomadness movement from my temporary 'office' in India...
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