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/2013/05/black-people-out-voted-whites-black-women-surpassed-all-voters-in-2012/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/05/black-people-out-voted-whites-black-women-surpassed-all-voters-in-2012/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 16:19:40 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3766 Washington, DC – Melanie L. Campbell, president and CEO of The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (The National Coalition) and convener of Black Women’s Roundtable issued the following statement in response to a U. S. Census Bureau report released yesterday finding that about two in three eligible blacks (66.2 percent) voted in the 2012 [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/05/black-people-out-voted-whites-black-women-surpassed-all-voters-in-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/04/bassist-anthony-crawford-fuses-musical-genres-with-urban-jazz-my-story-release/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/04/bassist-anthony-crawford-fuses-musical-genres-with-urban-jazz-my-story-release/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:25:23 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3747 Los Angeles – One might easily contend that bassist Anthony Crawford has music flowing through his veins instead of blood. When you take into consideration that his dad is the noted funk and rock drummer Hubert “H bomb” Crawford, who has played with greats like James Brown, Cyndi Lauper and Mother’s Finest, and his uncle [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/04/bassist-anthony-crawford-fuses-musical-genres-with-urban-jazz-my-story-release/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/03/roland-martin-named-nabjs-journalist-of-the-year/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/03/roland-martin-named-nabjs-journalist-of-the-year/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:27:20 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3729 WASHINGTON — The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) announced today that Roland S. Martin, nationally syndicated columnist, television host, and radio and television commentator, is to receive the organization’s Journalist of the Year award. It is one of NABJ’s most coveted honors celebrating the accomplishments of black journalists and those who support blacks in [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/03/roland-martin-named-nabjs-journalist-of-the-year/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/03/black-women-get-the-job-done/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/03/black-women-get-the-job-done/#comments Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:45:07 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3724 Washington, DC – Over 300 Black women from ten states traveled to the US Capitol last week to urge representatives to pass policies and programs that empower Black and underserved families, especially single mothers and the working-poor. Issues the women addressed as they visited the offices of their congressional leaders included: public education, gun violence [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/03/black-women-get-the-job-done/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/03/first-lady-michelle-obama-kicks-off-momsrising-orgs-food-power-conference-with-video-appeal-to-fight-childhood-obesity/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/03/first-lady-michelle-obama-kicks-off-momsrising-orgs-food-power-conference-with-video-appeal-to-fight-childhood-obesity/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:44:44 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3706 Grassroots group kicks off National Nutrition Month with screening of award-winning film “Soul Food Junkies” New York – MomsRising.org answered First Lady Michelle Obama’s call for parents to get involved in the fight against childhood obesity. The grassroots organization kicked off National Nutrition Month with a “Food Power” conference and film screening to promote healthy [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/03/first-lady-michelle-obama-kicks-off-momsrising-orgs-food-power-conference-with-video-appeal-to-fight-childhood-obesity/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/03/the-harlem-shake-gets-shook-with-dama-tequila-at-heather-wests-luscious-maven-pole-dance-studio/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/03/the-harlem-shake-gets-shook-with-dama-tequila-at-heather-wests-luscious-maven-pole-dance-studio/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:11:12 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3699 North Hollywood, CA – The luscious mavens at Heather West’s Luscious Maven Pole Dance Studio took to the poles and shook up their own version of the viral dance craze, The Harlem Shake. The performance took place inside the dance studio after a recent open house gathering. Participants included instructors, students and well wishers who [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/03/the-harlem-shake-gets-shook-with-dama-tequila-at-heather-wests-luscious-maven-pole-dance-studio/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/03/black-women-assert-their-agenda-with-visits-to-capitol-hill-and-the-white-house-during-bwr-women-of-power-summit/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/03/black-women-assert-their-agenda-with-visits-to-capitol-hill-and-the-white-house-during-bwr-women-of-power-summit/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:40:03 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3694 Washington, DC – Women of power from ten states will celebrate International Women’s History Month with a bang, converging on the nation’s capitol to visit elected officials reminding them that Black women who voted in record numbers expect our leaders to stop the partisan politics and pass legislation that creates good paying jobs with livable [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2013/03/black-women-assert-their-agenda-with-visits-to-capitol-hill-and-the-white-house-during-bwr-women-of-power-summit/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/11/black-women%e2%80%99s-roundtable-unites-a-diverse-group-of-women-leaders-and-organizations-in-support-of-united-nations-ambassador-susan-rice/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/11/black-women%e2%80%99s-roundtable-unites-a-diverse-group-of-women-leaders-and-organizations-in-support-of-united-nations-ambassador-susan-rice/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:51:27 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3653 Washington, DC – A diverse group of women leaders and organizations have joined forces with the Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) to launch a campaign to express their unequivocal support of United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice and to encourage senate and congressional leaders to treat the esteemed public servant with respect. In addition to signing on [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/11/black-women%e2%80%99s-roundtable-unites-a-diverse-group-of-women-leaders-and-organizations-in-support-of-united-nations-ambassador-susan-rice/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/10/black-youth-vote-hustles-hard-to-keep-the-swagger-going-with-ithink2012-campaign/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/10/black-youth-vote-hustles-hard-to-keep-the-swagger-going-with-ithink2012-campaign/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2012 01:45:38 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3617 Washington, DC – Determined to keep the swagger going among their peers, Black Youth Vote! (BYV!), the youth program of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP), is hustling hard as they transition their iThink 2012 Campaign efforts from voter registration to voter education and mobilization for the last days of the 2012 Presidential [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/10/black-youth-vote-hustles-hard-to-keep-the-swagger-going-with-ithink2012-campaign/feed/ 0 http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/10/ncbcp-black-women%e2%80%99s-roundtable-gets-%e2%80%9cin-the-spirit%e2%80%9d-at-%e2%80%9cpower-of-the-sister-vote%e2%80%9d-policy-forum/ http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/10/ncbcp-black-women%e2%80%99s-roundtable-gets-%e2%80%9cin-the-spirit%e2%80%9d-at-%e2%80%9cpower-of-the-sister-vote%e2%80%9d-policy-forum/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:23:56 +0000 villagechief http://www.dogonvillage.com/?p=3584 Washington, DC – A group of black women called on the spirits of the ancestors to empower them to fight against current efforts to suppress the Black vote during the fourth annual Power of the Sister Vote Intergenerational Policy Forum Series hosted by the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation’s (NCBCP) Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) [...]]]> http://www.dogonvillage.com/2012/10/ncbcp-black-women%e2%80%99s-roundtable-gets-%e2%80%9cin-the-spirit%e2%80%9d-at-%e2%80%9cpower-of-the-sister-vote%e2%80%9d-policy-forum/feed/ 0