“American race prejudice must be destroyed.” That statement is number one on a list of nine goals in the Chicago Defender Bible. They are just as
America was first introduced to Ameena Matthews in the Emmy Award-winning documentary “The Interrupters” in 2011. The film followed three violence interrupters over the course
Kenneth Braswell is the executive director of Fathers Incorporated, which serves as a leader in the field of Responsible Fatherhood. “The organization’s international, national, and
As temperatures heat up in Chicago, so does the violence. It roils neighborhoods, with youngsters and innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire. Echelon Media Sports and the Chicago Bears have
David Bass, displayed his philanthropic work recently at a pro-football summer camp in Chicago. The NFL player took the initiative to train and mentor several
Grammy-nominated producer Marcos Palacios aka Kosine, one half of the music collabo Da Internz, is reaching out this summer to inner-city youth. The music producer recently hosted
Kenny “The Jet” Smith, TV analyst and former NBA star, recently joined Coors Light to make a $125,000 donation to the New York Urban League
Sisters of Today and Tomorrow hosted its eighth annual National Leadership Conference for Girls, “WE MATTER II, Sharing Our Story,” at Georgia Tech last week. The day-long program
STEM is all the rage in these parts. An acronym that stands for the academic disciplines of science, technology, engineering and math, there is a strong
It was never Ralph Martin’s intent to pursue a career in the law profession for recognition and personal glory. The retired federal criminal defense attorney
Bree Newsome praised for Non-Violent Direct Action this Morning in Charleston Bree Newsome’s “act of prayerful non-violent civil disobedience, scaled the flagpole in front of the
Recently, the Black McDonald’s Operators Association presented “My City’s Fly” peace rally and block party on the West Side of Chicago. The block party is
When Kanye West co-founded the organization Donda’s House, his intention was to honor his later mother, Dr. Donda West, and give back to his hometown of
Kenny “The Jet” Smith, TV analyst and former NBA star, joined Coors Light to make a $15,000 donation to the Metroboard of Chicago Urban League.
Devine Creations is a nonprofit organization that has worked with over 100 young women in the greater Houston and surrounding areas. Our mission is to empower young women through etiquette.
Ambassador Andrew J. Young celebrated his 83rd birthday by hosting the Andrew J. Young International Leadership Awards at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta. The ceremony
Youth Entrepreneurs® Georgia hosted its first annual fundraiser on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at Atlanta’s Fabulous Fox Theater. The Dreams to Dividends event “brought together
The Home Depot held a live awards event bestowing more than a quarter million dollars in grants to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, funding their campus
“I was on the board from the very beginning when the Center was really conceptual. The Papers hadn’t even been purchased at that time. It
It’s almost hard to believe the Center for Civil and Human Rights is only a year old. Taking into consideration this writer has visited three
