Here are some of the main topics and features in the book:
- The Power of Mindfulness and the Ancestors
- 26 Hip Hop Flavored Spoken Word Poems from A to Z
- Short History and Status on HIV/AIDS in the Community
- Current Statistics from the Center for Disease Control
- How and Why HIV/AIDS is Continuing to Spread in the Community
- Abstinence and Saving Sex for Someone Special
- A Special Message to the Hip (Parents, Mentors and Educators)
- A Special Message to the Hop (Adolescent/Teenagers)
- Information on Illegal Drugs, Substance Abuse and their Descriptions and Street Names
- Current Surveys on the CDC's "At Risk" Youth Behavior and National School Health Policies
- Definition of "At Risk" Sexual Activity
- Definition of Safe Sex, Safer Sex and Safest Sex
- Hepatitis C and Other STD's
- HIV/AIDS and STD Symptoms and Transmission
- HIV/Testing and the New 30 Minute Rapid Testing
- Condom Facts for Hip Hoppers
- Moving into Mindful Intervention and Remaining Responsible
- Living Life with HIV/AIDS (8 African and African Americans share their stories)
- 10 Ways for "Mindful Messengers" to Volunteer and Heal the Community
- Real Facts about HIV/AIDS and African Americans
- The Mindful Messenger: My Choice to Abstain from Sex and Drug Agreements
- A Simple Mindful Meditation and the Health Benefits of Meditation
- 103 Adinkra Symbols and their West African Origins
- Tattoos and Body Piercing and the Spread of STD's
- Current National HIV/AIDS Resource List with over 700 Listings
- Ancient African Proverbs
- Africentric Art Illustrations by Adrienne Drayton
Mindful Messages is spoken word and more. It drives a powerful n "ancestral wedge" and infuses our youth once again with Africentric consciousness and values.
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