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A few months back I was honored to have an interview with some amazing people from a charity called HEART HEROES.   (You can listen to the interview at the link below.)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/superhero_academy/2010/12/12/superhero-academy
These folks are doing something simple, yet powerful.   They provide custom superhero capes for children with congential heart disease. These capes help the kids to find their inner hero and gain the courage they need to face the surgeries and other issues that plague them in their day-to-day lives.
At the beginning of 2011, they had given out over 200 capes.  However, they still had a waiting list of over 200 more kids who needed capes but could not afford to send them yet.
So I had an idea.
We have decided to take the path of being a real life superhero…why dont we take this side path and help these little ones who need help finding their own inner heroes.

What I am proposing is a pledge drive. Each hero…or villain…or citizen…or Wal-Martian being…or whatever…that reads this, please search your soul and see if you can help out by donating to this cause. The cost to purchase and ship one cape is $25. Thats not much to give the gift of hope and courage to a child in need. How many capes do you think you could provide to HEART HEROES in the year of 2011?
I would like to see us step up and provide enough capes to overcome their backlog, and possibly even provide enough to see that they dont get behind again. If we use their numbers from 2010, we can estimate a need of 400 capes plus the 200 they need already…thats 600 capes heroes…I believe we can do it?
I have  personally pledged to provide at least 6 capes to HEART HEROES in 2011…I will do more as I am able. Who will join me in this mission? Add your name to the list and lets see how fast we can reach 600 capes for 600 little heroes!
Another friend has pledged a portion of the income from her online business toward this cause.
Donations can be made at your discretion – be it weekly, monthly, or one lump sum – and should be sent to HEART HEROES directly…just follow the link below.
http://powercapes.com/heart

As a Black member of the Adam West Generation I HAD to be my own superhero growing up.
Local society ignored my merit; dismissed concerns and accepted only its LIMITED role for me.
In college I had a poem published in Catalyst Magazine called, ” If Batman Were Black “. This literary journal was based out of Atlanta and had me walking on air. The poem offered an alternate reality where Bruce Wayne and his alter ego funded both the NAACP and South Africa’s freedom movement in addition to a very busy state side schedule.
Comic books then, as now, fueled my rage to achieve. An accompanying anger toward ( particularly Southern ) discrimination remains to this day.
Boyhood supervillains from print or TV couldn’t match the local racist domination of politics; law enforcement; education and private industry. They spewed obstacles in Black youth path the way Caesar Romero’s Joker did gadgets.
Portrayals of the Soviet Politburo; the KGB; East Germany’s Stasi secret police, etc. paled beside the intimidators of Savannah, GA, during that era.
Southern-friend totalitarianism is an evil worthy of Adam West’s Batman.
I’ve always practiced a civic ” theology ” if you will that seeks the super self in pulp novels; comic books; science fiction and all other genres.
In this pantheon Adam West and his Batman character approach secular sainthood.
Damon Wayans 1994 Movie ” Blankman ” illustrated West impact on Black fans in this generation.
Superheroes hold special appeal for anyone who’s been marginalized. In my case the marginalization was due to color while with other Gen Westers different culprits apply.
I had to be my own superhero growing up and Adam West’s Batman was excellent inspiration for deadly serious activist crusading- minus the cape but a wardrobe upgrade is in the works ( lol ).
NADRA ENZI AKA CAPT. BLACK is a super rights activist who promotes crime prevention and self-development. http://www.captblack.info
 

i got my first super-groupie tonight too..she loved my outfit,and told me she’d help me fight the crack dealers downtown while making googly eyes at me..but i realized she doesn’t love me,just the suit and the idea of me..and to make things worse, some random woman at the bus stop tried to get Mr. Silent to strip…but none of that on the job!please ladies,we’re trying to do the city a service,and we’re very flattered at the intentions and sexual attention,but please..not while we’re on patrol,ok?