http://www.dogonvillage.com Connecting the Black Diaspora with news, politics, and issues important to African-Americans Fri, 10 May 2013 16:19:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/10/pinkpoleparty-org-teams-with-livingsocial-to-promote-pole-dancing-for-the-cure-for-national-breast-cancer-awareness-month/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/10/pinkpoleparty-org-teams-with-livingsocial-to-promote-pole-dancing-for-the-cure-for-national-breast-cancer-awareness-month/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:00:45 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3613 Los Angeles – Pole fitness instructor Selenia Scott is passionate about the subject of breast cancer. She has watched her best friend battle the disease for years. Her non-profit organization, PinkPoleParty.org is a vision born from her passion to help support finding a cure. A creative concept that combines the aspects of fitness, femininity and [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/10/pinkpoleparty-org-teams-with-livingsocial-to-promote-pole-dancing-for-the-cure-for-national-breast-cancer-awareness-month/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/08/20th-annual-cutting-edge-music-business-conference/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/08/20th-annual-cutting-edge-music-business-conference/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2012 22:34:25 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3532 New Orleans – The Cutting Edge CE (formerly Music Business Conference) announced that it has confirmed Music Dealers’ co-founder Eric Sheinkop as a panelist for one of its sessions during its annual music business conference. Music Dealers represent the world’s largest pre-cleared catalog of real, emerging artists from around the planet. The Cutting Edge CE [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/08/20th-annual-cutting-edge-music-business-conference/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/07/lawyers%e2%80%99-committee-for-civil-rights-under-law-honors-corporate-leaders-lawyerscomm-ncbcp-greencampuses-bwroundtable/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/07/lawyers%e2%80%99-committee-for-civil-rights-under-law-honors-corporate-leaders-lawyerscomm-ncbcp-greencampuses-bwroundtable/#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2012 01:41:23 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3449 Washington, DC – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law bestowed upon DuPont and its Chair & Chief Executive Officer Ellen Kullman its 2012 A. Leon Higginbotham Corporate Leadership Award for exemplary corporate leadership in advancing diversity in the workplace and fostering economic opportunity. The gala black-tie dinner, themed “Together, we can accomplish what [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/07/lawyers%e2%80%99-committee-for-civil-rights-under-law-honors-corporate-leaders-lawyerscomm-ncbcp-greencampuses-bwroundtable/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/05/bet-television-executive-lea-walker-takes-career-to-new-heights-opening-an-aerial-yoga-and-pole-dance-studio/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/05/bet-television-executive-lea-walker-takes-career-to-new-heights-opening-an-aerial-yoga-and-pole-dance-studio/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 16:49:11 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3378 North Hollywood, CA – As a busy television executive, Lea Walker knows the demands of a grueling career. A current Director of Production for Original Programming at BET, Walker can boast not only having worked on a roster of hit shows including “Sunday Best,” “Tiny & Toya,” and “American Gangster,” but also having interacted with [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/05/bet-television-executive-lea-walker-takes-career-to-new-heights-opening-an-aerial-yoga-and-pole-dance-studio/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/04/nabj-awards-usc-annenbergs-eric-burse-student-journalist-of-the-year/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/04/nabj-awards-usc-annenbergs-eric-burse-student-journalist-of-the-year/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:00:24 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3310 Washington, DC – The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) announces that Eric Burse, a student at the University of Southern California’s (USC) Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, is the 2012 Student Journalist of the Year. Burse will be honored this summer amongst other honorees at NABJ’s 37th Annual Convention and Career Fair, the [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/04/nabj-awards-usc-annenbergs-eric-burse-student-journalist-of-the-year/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/03/health-care-organizations-inaugural-gala-honors-supporters-of-healthy-communities/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/03/health-care-organizations-inaugural-gala-honors-supporters-of-healthy-communities/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:52:31 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3277 ]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/03/health-care-organizations-inaugural-gala-honors-supporters-of-healthy-communities/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2011/11/bronzelens-film-festival-presents-new-interactive-summit/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2011/11/bronzelens-film-festival-presents-new-interactive-summit/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:21:08 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=2822 The BronzeLens Interactive Summit will tackle new challenges and opportunities for Content Producers, the emergence of different devices – connected TVs, tablets and mobile phones, digital distribution strategies, social networking popularity and other growing trends. Given the rapid pace of innovation and shifting dynamics, the BronzeLens Interactive Summit will address the major digital trends that [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2011/11/bronzelens-film-festival-presents-new-interactive-summit/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2011/11/helping-hbcu%e2%80%99s-move-students-to-and-through-college-is-the-focus-of-the-uncf-institute-for-capacity-building-conference-in-atlanta-this-week/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2011/11/helping-hbcu%e2%80%99s-move-students-to-and-through-college-is-the-focus-of-the-uncf-institute-for-capacity-building-conference-in-atlanta-this-week/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:48:57 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=2829 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2011/11/helping-hbcu%e2%80%99s-move-students-to-and-through-college-is-the-focus-of-the-uncf-institute-for-capacity-building-conference-in-atlanta-this-week/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2011/10/gulf-coast-task-force-releases-ecosystem-restoration-strategy-for-public-review/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2011/10/gulf-coast-task-force-releases-ecosystem-restoration-strategy-for-public-review/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:05:23 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=2691 Washington, DC – The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, chaired by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, today released for public review and feedback its comprehensive preliminary strategy for long term ecosystem restoration. The strategy, which will be presented to President Obama at the end of the public review period, represents an [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2011/10/gulf-coast-task-force-releases-ecosystem-restoration-strategy-for-public-review/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2011/08/doj-files-suit-to-block-attt-mobile-merger/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2011/08/doj-files-suit-to-block-attt-mobile-merger/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:43:55 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=2576 By Brittany Danielson, CRN – The U.S. Justice Department has moved to block AT&T (NYSE:T)’s proposed $39 million acquisition of T-Mobile, with a civil antitrust lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. In a statement, the DOJ said that the merger would lead to reduced competition, increased prices, and lower quality products [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2011/08/doj-files-suit-to-block-attt-mobile-merger/feed/ 0