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Some of the Most Accomplished Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Divine, Jennifer Holliday, Paula Madison, Jasmine Guy, Eugenia Yuan and Ziah Colon Featured at Bronze Film Awards

Leading women in the film and television industry will be honored at the BronzeLens Film Festival (BronzeLens) signature Women Superstars Luncheon. Honorees include retired media executive Paula Madison who will receive the Legendary Behind the Lens Superstar Award. Madison is the first person to hold the position of Senior Vice President of diversity at NBCUniversal, […]

BronzeLens Film Festival Presents New Interactive Summit

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 […]

Dogon Village Books Celebrates Drug Sentencing Reform with Release of Ebook Version Urban Saga “SnitchCraft”

Atlanta, GA – When author Edrea Davis debuted her fictional saga, “SnitchCraft” in hardcover back in 2007, everyone from readers to activists to academics took note of this creative approach to advocacy. Davis cunningly fused hip-hop with a civil rights agenda to offer a glimpse into the corrupt environment created by the use of informants […]

Among Minorities, a New Wave of ‘Disconnected Youth’

By Lauren Weber, WSJ.com – Men and women in their late teens and early 20s are struggling, but some are especially hard hit. According to U.S. Census Bureau figures, the unemployment rate last year among high-school dropouts between ages 16 and 24 was 29%—up from 17.7% in 2000 and seven points higher than that of […]

CBCF Chairman Payne Creates Fellows International Community Service Project in South Africa

Washington, DC- Today, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) Fellows departed to join volunteers from Ireland and South Africa to build homes in South African townships. This is the first time CBCF Fellows will travel abroad to complete their community service project. Rep. Donald M. Payne of New Jersey and Foundation Chairman partnered with the […]

Helping HBCU’s Move Students To and Through College is the Focus of the UNCF Institute for Capacity Building Conference in Atlanta this Week

Speakers include educator, Dr. Belle S. Wheelan, civil rights leader, Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, author, Jawanza Kunjufu, college president, Dr. Julianne Malveaux, and Meldon Hollis from the White House Initiative on HBCUs Atlanta, GA – This week, November 8 – 11, 2011, The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Institute for Capacity Building will host Partnerships […]