Buddy Jones & Friends
Buddy Jones & Friends is about preservation, renewal, and celebration. Our cultural activities include West African drumming, agriculture/construction wood reclamation and sculpture (old growth grapevines and old buildings), storytelling, food, and African American history. Our activities are designed for all ages and particularly engagement of youth in the larger community and in culture and art. We have recently started a historic touring program that celebrates Allensworth State Park and the contribution of African American contractors to California’s National Parks (Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon).
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Buddy Jones Activist, Artist,Community Builder
Artist, activist Buddy Jones to be presented Marjorie Brandon Award for his community work
Stories from the Eastside - Blocking and Tackling While Black - Sports in the Sixties
Blocking and Tackling While Black - Sports in The Sixties
Buddy Jones Is A Man With A Mission - Written by Tom Valtin
Buddy Jones is a man with a mission. “I want to get more Black people to visit our national parks,” says the retired contractor and former elite rock climber. “A…
Stories From The Block: McElroy Street in the Oakland 1970's
Buffalo Soldiers - Black Stewards of our National Parks
The following are excerpts from Wikipedia article. To read more go to: “Buffalo Soldiers”
Stories from the Eastside - Black Roots in the National Parks
Buddy Jones has put down many Black Roots in our National Parks. In the past 50 years he has floated down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, hiked in…
Stories from Harlem - Dr. Melissa Freeman, after 65 years is still delivering care
Dr Melissa Freeman began practicing medicine in Harlem in 1955. At 93, Dr. Freeman is still delivering medical care to her patients. Here is a short profile.
Living History - An Interview of Doris Kearns Goodwin and Ken Burns
The following discussion speaks to the reasons and the purpose for collecting living stories, first hand accounts of our elders’ personal history. The sharing of lessons learned. Their stories of…
People of McElroy Street - Photo Essay by Rod Mullen
People of McElroy - A Photo Essay by Rod Mullen
Building Bridges - Justice Defenders: Teaching African prisoners to use the law
Alexander McLean, founder, shared the story of how he founded the nonprofit. And articulated his belief that justice can be achieved when the power of the law is put into…
Building Cultural Bridges - How To Overcome Biases
Our biases can be dangerous, even deadly — as we've seen in the cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner, in Staten Island, New York. Diversity advocate…
Welcoming African Americans to their National Parks
Like the Buffalo Soldiers of the early 1900’s, I find a strong connection to the beauty and majesty of the National Parks. It is not typical for a former city…
NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR GOOD HAIR
NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR GOOD HAIR
CUZZIN LEON BIG BROTHER
Leon has always been like a big brother to me, my mama was a teenager when he was born and babysat him a lot. They always had a strong bond…
GRANDMA LUCY
GRANDPA GONE-EE?
RABBIT AND JOE
Rabbit and Joe were BrothersSons of one ungrateful FatherNo doubt they loved each OtherUnlike the Love of a Daughter-PeeCee/2020
IT'S ALL IN THE DETAILS
SUNRISE CITY
UNCLE HERMAN'S YEARNING: X-FILES INCIDENT ANGIOLA 1957
THE MOUSE WOMAN OF ANGIOLA
ME AND BLACK SAMBO
STORIES OF ANGIOLA
A reflection on the occasion of my 77th birthday
Rod Mullen
The Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives - TED Talk
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we're left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral…
Finding My Voice
A spontaneous sharing of song between a black opera singer and a white Portland State student seen as a moment of healing amidst a racial protests.
Alyce Storytelling with Buddy Jones Drumming
Buddy Jones Drumming to the storytelling of Alyce
Stories from a Self-Help Therapeutic Community - Instructions for Sleeping with a Grand Dragon
An interview with Buddy Jones
