May 30, 2006

For Immediate Release May 30, 2006 "We are way overdue for a change in black leadership …A few 21st-century originals or, better yet, many of them" The above quote is from Thulani Davis Columbus, OH (BlackNews.com) One of the most out spoken voices in the new lineage of Black African American Leaders is Joseph H Chapman AS, BS, MBA, ICAADC. of Columbus Ohio; Mr. Chapman states eloquently " We need to come together as a community and love ourselves, educate ourselves and put down our addictions instead of marching and blaming and staying stuck in a past oriented slave mentality." Joseph Chapman is part of the new Black African American leadership. He is not only out spoken on all of the issues facing black America he is a visionary in the sense that he is creating tools and programs that act as a catalyst for positive transformation. In a recent two-hour interview on XM satellite radio channel 169 the power; Mr. Chapman expounded upon his ideas to provide actual new direction, tools for change, and workable solutions that address the real and indisputable difficulties facing African Americans in the new millennium. Joseph Harrison Chapman is not a democrat or a republican he is not a liberal or a conservative; he is actually creating a synergistic dialectic between the two dichotomies. He is an independent thinking Black family man with a MBA who is concerned about poverty, addiction, crime, obesity, bi-racial relationships and children, the residual slave mentality – (which leads to the victimization blame syndrome), and the lack of education in the African American community. Walter Mosley deals with some of the pertinent issues profoundly when he says "The truth hurts. We all know that. But if we can see that we need leadership and that we don't have the leadership we need, then we might begin to question why. . This problem has to be approached by using a two-tiered process. First, we (the elders) have to realize how we exclude young people from taking leadership roles in our community…why do we get so upset when young men and women of African descent also want to identify with their other racial sides? Are we afraid that they're trying to abandon us? Do we want to hold them back so that they don't have a broader and more sophisticated view of their identities? Don't we know that this is their world and it is our job to support them while they gain a solid footing? Joseph Chapman of Columbus, OH (a former addict in recovery for more than 13 years) has developed in conjunction with a non-profit corporation Recoverlove.com an Afro centric recovery program called "Recovery for the new millennium." Mr. Chapman states passionately "The 'Recovery for the new millennium' goes beyond the traditional 12 step approach and looks at the vestiges of deep seated inferiority complexes and how African American addicts are also simultaneously facing poverty, slave mentalities, poor education and a lack of marketable job skills." DR. ALVIN POUSSAINT on a controversial PBS special commented "Of the two million people in jail, about 45 percent are African-American, most have been males. Of the homicides in the country, about 45 percent are African-American males, mostly killing other black people and black males. So there is a crisis, and the dropout rate from high school is still very high. It's better, but it gets camouflaged in the statistics. In Baltimore again, 50 percent of 9th graders don't graduate from high school. Well, if you get pockets like that in urban areas like Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, there's a serious problem for the black community" Joseph Chapman states discerningly "the need for new African American leadership to address the above-mentioned problems in an unfeigned substantial way that does not continue in the blame game is imperative". Mr. Chapman has also created a recovery from dysfunctionality program that is designed to combat and alleviate the crisis in the African American Community. Mr. Chapman has developed through thorough exhaustive research and perspicacious insight - practical tools, CDs, DVD’s, lectures, and workshops in order to facilitate the instituting of the necessary mental, emotional, and behavioral changes that need to take place in the African American community. Joseph Chapman goes on to say unwaveringly " People need real workable tools in order to facilitate real workable change in their life situation" Reference: 1. http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0407,davis,51107,1.html retrieved 4/28/2006 2. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060227/mosley/4 retrieved 4/28/2006 3. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec04/cosby_7-15.html retrieved 4/28/2006 4. Recoverlove.com retrieved 4/28/2006 CONTACT: Joseph Chapman AS, BS, MBA 614-668-2075 pokpom@yahoo.com recoverlove.com Recovery From Negativity, Poverty, and Unconscious Relationships (A 12 Step Program for All African Americans) 1) We admit we are powerless over the future, the past and the lives of other people. 2) We come to believe that a higher power of our understanding can bring us back to a sane state of mind - free of the programmed negativity. 3) We make a decision to learn the conceptual framework, logic, and the practical applications of capitalism. 4) We make a thorough and fearless positive and negative inventory of ourselves. 5) We humbly ask our higher power of our understanding to remove our negative traits especially our slave mentality. 6) We ask ourselves what we really, really want to do with our life. 7) We make a decision to be completely committed to doing whatever is necessary to legally get what we really, really want out of life. 8) We make a decision to live in the now and accept what is. 9) We make a commitment to ourselves, & a higher power of our understanding to increase our education through high school, GED, Jr College, College, and Universities to acquire marketable job skills and raise ourselves above the poverty level. 10) We continue to look at our thoughts, feelings and behaviors and when engaged in negativity, we promptly admit it. 11) Through meditation and prayer, we seek a moment by moment contact with a higher power of our understanding. 12) After becoming spiritually enlightened and financially self sufficient as a result of working the previous steps, we will carry this message to all human beings who are still suffering.

April 24, 2006

For Immediate Release April 24, 2006 How Do We Overcome Addiction, Poverty, and Residual Slave Mentality in the Black Community? Joseph Chapman, Former Addict and Founder of the "Recovery for the New Millennium" Program Columbus, OH (BlackNews.com) - According to William H. James and Stephen L. Johnson, "Crack cocaine use by African Americans grew so dramatically that most African American communities were in their second decade of a crack cocaine epidemic in the 1990s. Increased crime, prostitution, and gang violence has resulted in a "War on Drugs," which has more often appeared to be a war on addicts. Thousands of African American men remain in prison for drug charges that in the white community may have resulted in no more than a fine, probation, or community service." There is no doubt that more tax dollars need to be spent on rehabilitation programs, housing, education and job placement for substance abusers, the homeless and ex-offenders in the African American Community, but who is going to take that responsibility? There should be comprehensive services to reach them and let them know that there is a better way for them to live and that the nation founded on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness has not forgotten them. There needs to be addiction treatment and job training, education (mental, psychological and emotional) and some form of housing assistance so that recidivism and crime rates can be diminished. The end result will be a stronger community for all Americans. William H. James and Stephen L. Johnson go on to say, "The ability of African American communities to confront this crack cocaine epidemic will determine the character of African American urban life well into the next century. Traditional alcohol and other drug treatment programs have been unable to stop the wave of addiction that has engulfed the African American community. A coalition of the strongest resources in these communities, including families, churches, schools, and community agencies, is urgently needed to address such widespread drug use." To aid in this fight Joseph Chapman of Columbus, OH (a former addict in recovery for more than 13 years) has developed in conjunction with a non-profit corporation an Afro centric recovery program called "Recovery for the new millennium." Mr. Chapman states "The 'Recovery for the new millennium' goes beyond the traditional 12 step approach and looks at the vestiges of deep seated inferiority complexes and how African American addicts are also simultaneously facing poverty, slave mentalities, poor education and a lack of marketable job skills." According to Joseph Chapman, "The truth is that people do recover from various life damaging circumstances and they have wonderful stories that can shed light and inspiration to millions of people. The fact that people do recover from active addiction, crime, poverty, and a lack of education is a powerfully healing message. In the African American community where substance dependence, poverty, and a lack of education is such a blight up on the societal landscape, we need a message of healing." References: 1. www.utexas.edu/utpress/excerpts/exjamdoi.html, retrieved 2006-04-10 by Joseph Chapman 2. www.recoverlove.com CONTACT: Joseph Chapman 614-668-2075 pokpom@yahoo.com recoverlove.com