 |
|
 |
 |
|
 |
|
|
AN INFORMAL HISTORY OF THE AFRICENTRIC PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT SHOP, INCORPORATED (APDS)
By: Niambi (Barbara J.) and Moriba (Richard C.) Kelsey
July 2004
The history of the Africentric Personal Development Shop (APDS) has now been unfolding for over seventeen years. It began when Niambi (Barbara) and I knew that I was going to retire from The Ohio State University. We acknowledged that I was not going to sit and do nothing. We also knew that we had been active in the African community throughout our marriage. Therefore, what ever I did would continue this community work. So, we examined what work had been done in order to get clues for future activity.
Some of the community work included participation in independent African schools, private African centered counseling offices, Africentric counselor and teacher development and the development and implementation of the African Center for Study and Worship. After looking at all of these areas of activity, we recognized several common threads and needs.
Niambi and I also noted that we had participated longer and more intensely with the African Center for Study and Worship than we had with any other single community institution. Thus, as we examined the building blocks proposed by the African Center for Study and Worship which were a food cooperative, home remodeling, African school, physical fitness center, African social service and counseling center and others, we decided that we would implement the building block referred to as the African Social Service and Counseling Center. It is out of this that the seeds of APDS were formed.
Home / Programs & Services / CEO Corner / Staff
Board of Trustees / Partnerships / History & Culture
Contact Us
This site created by
Nehemiah Enterprises
|
|
 |
|