Moderated by esteemed visual artist Fahamu Pecou, distinguished panelists Dr. Mark Antony Neal, professor of African & American Studies at Duke University, Ed Garnes, founder of From Afros To Shelltoes, photographer and educator Susan Harbage Page, and literary performance artist John W. Love, Jr. discuss how a legacy of racism and oppression have come to influence the behaviors—inherited and accepted—of black men today.

Award winning humanitarian, activist, writer, and educator Edward M. Garnes, Jr., founder of From Afros To Shelltoes (F.A.T.S) and an Atlanta Tribune Man Of Distinction, joins international acclaimed artist Fahamu Pecou as F.A.T.S, co-sponsors a candid conversation on black male development. Passage of Right: Call & Response Episode 3: Stuntd Like My Daddy will take place on September 18, 2010 from 1pm to 2pm at the McColl Center For Visual Art (721 N. Tryon St; Charlotte, NC 28202) and is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Moderated by Pecou, Garnes joins a distinguished panel including scholar and activist Dr. Mark Antony Neal, photographer and educator Susan Harbage Page, and literary performance artist John W. Love, Jr.

Fahamu Pecou Art, Inc. proudly announces Clark Atlanta University Collections of African American Art’s acquisition of Martyr, Inc. – a painting from Pecou’s acclaimed body of work, ALL FALLS DOWN. The Clark Atlanta University Collections of African American Art collects, preserves, studies and exhibits fine art works that document American history and culture.

Fahamu Pecou, Killer Mike, Neycha, and Shannon McCollum will question, comment and dialogue about the popularization of certain trends and social behaviors celebrated within black male culture such as “saggin”. They will discuss the inherent social commentary made by this fashion statement as well as the proliferation of celebrated negative behaviors within black male youth culture.

Award winning writer, activist, and counselor Edward M. Garnes, Jr., founder of From Afros To Shelltoes, brings his “Sweet Tea Ethics” to an uncensored documentary film entitled The reMixed Mind: Crossfaders, Visionaries & other Revolutionaries starring Joi Gilliam, stic man( dead prez), Killa Mike, Dionne Farris Jason Orr, Shannon McCollum, Lil John Roberts, Fahamu Pecou, DJ Kemit, Rich Medina, Ndea Davenport, and others.

Fahamu Pecou’s “All Falls Down” is what happens when truth telling comes knocking at your front door. Pecou’s work proclaims: “I see you (America).. and how you see me (the Black man).” Like all of his installations, style does not supplant substance. Pecou audaciously answers a very weighty question: “What happens when self-preservation becomes self-destruction?”

Artist Fahamu Pecou continues to strut his lyrical stuff pushing role models in a blog inspired by Dr. Cornel West & Sweet Tea Ethics.

Edward M. Garnes Jr, founder of From Afros To Shelltoes and 2009 Atlanta Tribune Men Of Distinction, is featured in world renown artist Fahamu Pecou’s latest solo exhibition entitled Blak Presidential debuting at VOLTA 5, a cutting edge art fair taking place during Basel’s Art Week (Basel, Switzerland).

Sugar gets down in a new comedy!!

To parallel Obama’s intricate policies and a monkey running the streets is less than unacceptable. It seems as if a black person in the U.S. cannot rise to a position of power without some major form of belittlement – whether it’s being the head cook in the high school cafeteria or the undisputed heavyweight champ.

The following joint is an exclusive excerpt– Ed Garnes’ essay– from FAHAMENON, internationally acclaimed artist Fahamu Pecou’s art catalogue.

Black is the new cool. With the superstar status of Obama and suburban youth still bumpin’ hip hop in their Volvos, black identity continues to be redefined and appropriated by mainstream consumer culture. And as we all the weather the Matrix, burgeoning photographer Carla Aaron-Lopez captures the grace and underappreciated complexity of black folks with her visual playground My (black)American Life.