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Oscar Winners

nospam@example.com (Edrea) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:25:23 -0500

Best Picture
The Hurt Locker - Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro

Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christoph Waltz -Inglourious Basterds

Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side

Actress in a Supporting Role
Mo'Nique - Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Film
Up - Pete Docter

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UNCF Digital Media and Public Forum Series at Morehouse College Feb 4

nospam@example.com (Edrea) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:19:31 -0500

Check out UNCF's Digital forum, TO BE YOUNG, DIGITAL AND BLACK, TOMORROW Feb 4 at Morehouse College 6:00 8:30 pm (404) 302-8607 Ext.8507 clarissa.myrick-harris@uncf.org. For more information click here.

AP reports Teddy Pendergrass has died

nospam@example.com (Edrea) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:54:50 -0500

AP is reporting that 59-year-old soul singer, Teddy Pendergrass, died Wednesday at Bryn Mawr Hospital in PA. Read the full story here: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9557397.

Wyclef Jean leads charge to help Haiti earthquake victims through Yele Haiti charity

nospam@example.com (Edrea) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:57:26 -0500

Wyclef Jean Haiti earthquake: Singer leads charge to help through Yele Haiti charity - and Twitter
Hip Hop artist Wyclef Jean is urging people to donate $5 to his Haitian charity, Yéle Haiti, by texting "YELE" to 501501. (The donation will be automatically charged to your cellphone bill.) His is one of many Haiti earthquake relief efforts underway.

By Matt Clark Staff writer / Christian Science Monitor
Platinum-selling Hip Hop artist Wyclef Jean - a native son of Haiti - is leading the charge to help his beleaguered homeland ... through Twitter.

Mr. Jean's platform of choice seems to be Twitter, where the former Fugees star is urging people to donate $5 to his Haitian charity, Yéle Haiti, by texting "YELE" to 501501. (The donation will be automatically charged to your cellphone bill.)

"I cannot stress enough what a human disaster this is, and idle hands will only make this tragedy worse," said Jean in a statement. "We must act now... Haiti needs your prayers and support." Read the full story here

Arriving Port-au-Prince, Earthquake Damage Can be Seen Everywhere

nospam@example.com (Edrea) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:23:12 -0500

Brian Wagner, Voice of America (listen here MP3)
As rescue operations accelerated to help victims of the earthquake in Haiti, correspondent Brian Wagner flew into Port-au-Prince Wednesday to begin covering the story for VOA. He did not have to travel far to give a detailed account of the devastation, which damaged the city's airport. Here are his first impressions of the severe impact of the earthquake:

Our small plane landed in Port-au-Prince shortly before twilight. Getting into Haiti has been extremely difficult because there has been a lot of confusion about whether the airport here in Port-Au-Prince is operational.

Several people told us that only planes carrying humanitarian aid, doctors, supplies or journalists were allowed to enter the country. Read the full story here.
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Eunice W. Johnson, Publishing Pioneer & Producer of Ebony Fashion Fair, Dies at 93

nospam@example.com (Edrea) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:55:04 -0500

Eunice W. Johnson, 1916-2010: Widow of Johnson Publishing founder gave Ebony magazine its name By Trevor Jensen, Tribune reporter January 5, 2010

Eunice W. Johnson gave Ebony magazine its name and for almost 50 years produced an influential traveling fashion show that brought haute couture to African-Americans while raising millions of dollars for charity.

The widow of Johnson Publishing Co. founder John H. Johnson, Mrs. Johnson, 93, died of renal failure Sunday, Jan. 3, in her Chicago home, according to a company spokeswoman.

A close business partner of her husband's since the beginning of Johnson Publishing in 1942, Mrs. Johnson remained the company's secretary-treasurer at the time of her death and for years wrote a monthly fashion feature for Ebony magazine.

Johnson Publishing's flagship, conceived as an African-American version of Life magazine and published since 1945, was named by Mrs. Johnson to reflect the mystique of fine black ebony wood, said Wendy Parks of Johnson Publishing. Read the full story here

President Obama addresses crowd in Copenhagen

nospam@example.com (Edrea) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:49:35 -0500

In a quiet, monotone manner President Obama spoke urged nations to come together and reach an agreement in Copenhagen. He said:

All major economies must put forward actions to stop climate change.
We must have a mechanism to review whether we are living up to our obligations. There is no international agreement if there is no way to monitor.
Must have financing that helps developing countries.
Mitigation, transparency, financing - that's what's important.
Right now will tell whether we prefer posturing to action.

Time for talk is over. Embrace this accord and continue to refine it. Or, fall back into same divisions with same stale arguments while the danger of climate change grows until it is irreversible.
Now is the time for people of the world to come together. Better for us to choose action over inaction.

President Obama to speak at Climate Conference in Copenhagen

nospam@example.com (Edrea) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:52:14 -0500

I am here in Copenhagen waiting for President Obama to speak. Very high level officials are here from all over the world including Hillary Clinton. Nancy Pelosi brought a US delegation that includes Congressman Charles Rangel. Everyone is eagerly waiting for President Obama to speak as if he can solve the impasse here.

Protesters arrested at Copenhagen climate summit

nospam@example.com (Edrea) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:33:33 -0500

Over 1,000 people were arrested as activists marched in Copenhagen in support of world leaders signing an ambitious, legally binding agreement on emissions cuts. I was there for the full program at the beginning of the march and the crowd was lively and peaceful. It was cold so I headed back to the hotel at the end of the program. A reported 100,000 people marched from Parliament where we were assembled for the program across town (4 miles) to the conference center where officials are meeting.

I dont know what the protesters did to prompt the police to start arresting people but I can say there were loads of vans filled with police that looked like SWAT units. All of the police seemed very polite and were not intimidating at all. You got the feeling that they were really PEACE officers - there to keep the peace. It's almost 2010, you would think that young people would understand that violence will not get you anywhere.
This was the peaceful demonstration

Copenhagen climate summit: 1,000 anarchists arrested
Nearly 1,000 people were arrested in Copenhagen yesterday as anarchists and left-wing activists fought running street battles with police in the Danish capital as negotiations continued at the climate summit.
By Colin Freeman

Cobble stones were thrown through the windows of the former stock exchange building and foreign office buildings in the city, but police made a large number of pre-emptive arrests under a controversial anti-hooligan law.

Suspected troublemakers were herded into a closed-off street, made to sit down and then tied up with plastic cuffs. They were then bused to a detention centre set up for the climate conference.

Copenhagen climate summit descends into row

Police said four cars were set on fire during the evening. One policeman was hurt by a stone and a Swedish man injured by a firework. Read the full story here

Climate Conference in Copenhagen

nospam@example.com (Edrea) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:57:30 -0500

I am in Copenhagen at the UN Climate Conference coordinating media for a number of organization's participating in the conference including Black Women's Roundtable and Environmental Justice and Climate Change. I am finding out quite a few alarming facts about the dangers of climate change and how it disproportionately impacts people of color. The Black Diaspora is represented here. There's a lot of anticipation about a climate agreement. There's also excitement from people around the world about President Obama's decision to attend the conference. He will be here on the 18th.

To see photo's, video and updated information on COP 15 in Copenhagen visit: http://beyondcopenhagen.ning.com/

Federal judge rules mismanagement by Army Corps responsible for flood damage after Katrina

nospam@example.com (Edrea) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:21:34 -0500

Wow! Tonight a federal judge ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers mismanaged the maintenance of the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet which was directly responsible for flood damage of homes in St. Bernard Parish and the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The decision could result in the government paying billions in damages. Read the full story here.

Mother of murdered 5-year-old to be charged with prostituting her daughter

nospam@example.com (Edrea) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:44:09 -0500

Criminals are getting sicker by the minute so Im not surprised by some of the crazy, vicious activities perpetrated by heartless crooks; but the story about Shaniya Davis, the missing Fayetteville 5-year-old, sends chills though my body. This is one of the most shocking and tragic stories Ive ever seen. Shaniyas body was found in the woods in North Carolina and now her mother has been charged with child prostitution. How sick is that?

Body of child 'sold as prostitute by mother' found By Tom Leonard
The mother of a five-year-old girl has been charged with prostituting her daughter as police on Monday discovered the child's body hidden in woodland in North Carolina.

Shaniya Davis had not been seen since last Tuesday when a security camera recorded a man carrying her into a hotel room in Sanford, 40 miles from her home at a trailer park in Fayetteville.

Acting on a tip-off, 250 police officers and volunteers scoured a wooded area off a local main road, discovering the girl's body seven miles from the hotel.

Her mother, Antoinette Davis, 25, has been charged with human trafficking, child abuse involving prostitution and filing a false police report after she declared the little girl missing last week. Read the full story here.

Black lawmakers subjected to ethics probes

nospam@example.com (Edrea) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:35:05 -0500

You have to admit this does not look good, there should be equal opportunity ethics investigations. But, I hope in 2010 the House ethics committee can't do anything to the lawmakers if the are innocent....

Racial disparity: All active ethics probes focus on black lawmakers

The House ethics committee is currently investigating seven African-American lawmakers more than 15 percent of the total in the House. And an eighth black member, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.), would be under investigation if the Justice Department hadnt asked the committee to stand down.

Not a single white lawmaker is currently the subject of a full-scale ethics committee probe.

The ethics committee declined to respond to questions about the racial disparity, and members of the Congressional Black Caucus are wary of talking about it on the record. But privately, some black members are outraged and see in the numbers a worrisome trend in the actions of ethics watchdogs on and off Capitol Hill. Read the full story here

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Bernice King elected SCLC president - by Ernie Suggs

nospam@example.com (Edrea) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:10:19 -0400

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - The Southern Christian Leadership Conference on Friday named Bernice King, the daughter of SCLC co-founder Martin Luther King Jr., as its next president.

Bernice King was selected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Rev. Byron Clay (left) watches as Helen Butler, of the Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda, opens the sealed envelope containing the votes for a new SCLC president on Friday.

SCLC interim President Rev. Byron Clay (left) grabs sealed votes from the safe as Executive Director Ron Woods closes it.

King was elected over Arkansas Appeals Court Judge Wendell Griffen.The vote by the board of directors was 23-15. King was not present when the vote was announced. The Rev. Byron Clay, interim president, phoned King with news of her victory. Read the full story here

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Sound Bites of Protest Book Talk and Book Sign to be Taped by C-SPAN

nospam@example.com (Edrea) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:20:32 -0400

The grande dame of the civil rights movement, Dr. Dorothy I. Height, will be on hand to introduce Dr. Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich, author of Sound Bites of Protest, at a Book Talk and Book Signing next Thursday November 5th from 5 to 7 PM. The event is being taped by C-Span Book TV and will take place at Howard Universitys Book Store, 2225 Georgia Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.

Sound Bites of Protest is an intellectual memoir, a chronicle of written thought and protest about specifically debilitating indignitiesagainst African Americans, other people of color, women, and poor folks. The book has a foreword by dR. Dorothy I. Height and published by Third World Press. Click here to read a review of Soundbites of Protest, or visit www.yscruggs.com to read more about Dr. Scruggs-Leftwich.