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The Learning Tree Cultural Preparatory School :

The primary mission of The Learning Tree Cultural Preparatory School is to nurture, educate and graduate students who: Are Competent communicators; Are Skillful problem solvers and critical thinkers; Are Civic minded and prepared to make ethical decisions; Are Career motivated; Are Knowledgeable of global and technological societies;Are appreciative of the arts and humanities; and Desire Lifelong learning.

Program/s :

TLT SONIC BOOM (S.O.N.I.C. 101)

Testimonies

"HOW WONDERFUL THE OPPORTUNITY IS FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH TO CREATE A MUSICAL ALTERNATIVE TO THE MASSIVE DEGENERATION OF CONTEMPORARY HIP-HOP MUSIC SO READILY AVAILABLE ON THE RADIO TO DESTROY THE VALUES AND ASPIRATIONS OF YET ANOTHER YOUNG GENERATION. BLACKCREE/SUNZ OF SANKOFA'S INSPIRING THE LEARNING TREE (TLT) YOUTH TO CREATE HIP-HOP ALTERNATIVES AS WELL AS PROVIDING THEM WITH THE USE OF ITS RESOURCES HAS ALLOWED THESE YOUTH TO FINE-TUNE THEIR OWN AESTHETIC BAROMETERS TO CLARIFY THE STARK DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PURPOSEFUL, CONSCIOUS MUSIC AND MUSIC DIE-RECTED TO DESTROY THE MENTALITY OF THEIR GENERATION. THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT IN THE WAR AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE'S RISE. WE CAN'T EXPRESS ENOUGH THANKS FOR THE VISION OF BLACKCREE/SUNZ OF SANKOFA FOR CREATING THIS BUNKER FOR CONSCIOUS ARTISTS WHO WISH TO BATTLE AGAINST THE DOWNPRESSIVE MUSIC ESTABLISHMENT AND AWAKEN THE PEOPLE FROM THE SLUMBERING MENTALITY IN CONTEMPORARY POPULAR BLACK MUSIC. MORE STRENGTH AND ASHE' (POWER) TO BLACKCREE/SUNZ OF SANKOFA..."

AS IT IS WRITTEN, THE MOST HIGH'S BLESSING IS WITH HIS SINGERS AND PLAYERS OF INSTRUMENTS, AND ALL HIS SPRINGS ARE IN THEE (BIBLE, 87TH PSALM).

Doctor Rodney Shabazz
TLT Rites of Passage Instructor



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