Our Story
The KERNE Project, started off as an Awareness Magazine based in Seattle. The founder, L. Michel with a team of producers, photographers and musicians, were determined to create a publication for the black community in the Northwest. As the project developed, many things began to change. The demand from the community became more apparent that a platform that documented their story, as well as helped them navigate forward, was more important than the original design. The publication continued more as an online/social media based organization, that would provide insight on the information missing in the story of the black community. As the project expanded, the KERNE team created Kernepedia, presentations, video series, educational pictures and articles, to further expand the minds of our community.
Who Are We?
Before we get into describing who we are, let us first acknowledge that our name is of Irish background. Even though, the name originates from Irish tongue, it is not of a supremacist legacy. We represent all of the roots of melanated legacy.
Kerne is defined as a band of foot soldiers. We are not a band of supremacist propaganda but a band of melanated foot solider delivering the message. We have been told that our name should "sound" of Kemet origin. But we believe that to limit our title on the bases of oppressive stereotyping would actually mean that we would therefore have to ignore millions of years of history, that our ancestors bestowed upon this earth. We refuse to represent the oppressive stigma which has kept our community in the dark for almost a thousand years. We, KERNE, choose to represent a rich legacy attached to our bloodline.
We are taking back our legacy of forgotten history, as well as providing our followers with a clear direction towards building a greater future.
The letters in KERNE, also stands for:
- K represents Knowledge: Empowering the community with information to develop stability and security
- E represents Endurance: In order to remain empowered, we believe in educating our community in wellness and health
- R represents Remembrance: We believe that in order to go forward, we must first understand where we came from
- N represents Navigation: We put our heart and soul into developing a way to lead our community to spiritual ascension and self awareness
- E represents Experience: The experience that we bring to our community from all of our efforts
Everything we construct (from videos, presentations, stories, articles, publications, etc.) all reflect these five focal points.
What Do We Believe?
We believe that in order to progress, we need to change the overall perception of our community. We have discovered that in order to change the perception of our community, we needed to implement this project platforms designed to broaden our mind.
Like what we are about...?
We are looking to expand our team and are seeking individuals who are as passionate as we are, when it comes to black awareness. Learn more about positions available in the KERNE project, HERE.
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