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PinkPoleParty.org Teams with LivingSocial to Promote Pole Dancing for the Cure for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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 […]

Third Annual BronzeLens Film Festival to take place November 8-11, 2012

Atlanta – Now in its third year, the BronzeLens Film Festival (BronzeLens) continues to be one the nation’s most anticipated film festival events. The festival takes place November 8-11, 2012 and will offer content for filmmakers, industry professionals, students and the general public. Attendees may choose from a variety of BronzeLens expert signature panels, workshops, […]

We Are One – By Gary L. Flowers

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – National politics in the United States of America has not been so divisive since the American Civil War 150 years ago. Similar to the period leading up to the American Civil War our nation is divided along entrenched ideological lines. Unlike the Civil War the possible second term of a sitting president may […]

Don’t Believe The Hype! It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over – by Julianne Malveaux

TriceEdney Wire – In late September the “nonpartisan” website Real Clear Politics reported that President Obama leads Republican nominee Mitt Romney is several battleground states. According to the polls, President Obama leads by 5.2 percent in Ohio, 4.5 percent in Virginia, 4.2 percent in Nevada, 4 percent in Iowa, and 3 percent in Florida. Do […]

Supreme Court To Hear Major Affirmative Action Case – by Marc H. Morial

(To Be Equal #39) – On Wednesday, October 10, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that once again challenges the right of colleges and universities to consider race as a factor in ensuring that all students receive the educational benefits of diversity. In Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, […]

Race Card Romney – By Lucius Gantt

The Gantt Report -If President Barack Obama wants to win his 2012 reelection effort he should start fighting for it! By now, everybody knows the President got his clock cleaned by a modern day Uncle Remus dipped in flour. Romney told more fairy tales and fables than Aesop and Hans Christian Anderson during the first […]

V-103’s Greg Street and We Need 2 Read honored at Rainbow PUSH Coalition Keep Hope Alive Gala during the Creating Opportunity Conference

Atlanta, GA – Greg Street, long-time CBS Big Station D.J., whose trademark, “Six o’clock, Six o’clock, it’s time for Street to Rock” is an urban legend in Atlanta. Street is being honored as entrepreneur of the year at the Keep Hope Alive Gala taking place during the 13th Annual Creating Opportunity Conference on Friday, October […]

NCBCP Black Women’s Roundtable Gets “In The Spirit” at “Power of the Sister Vote” Policy Forum

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) […]

National Coalition on Black Civic Participation Applauds Judge Simpson’s Postponement of Voter ID Requirement in PA

Washington, DC – The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) issued the following statement in response to Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson’s decision to postpone the state’s new voter identification requirement: Melanie L. Campbell, president and CEO of NCBCP and convener, Black Women’s Roundtable said, “I commend Judge Simpson for recognizing the fact that […]