LOS ANGELES – Ten years ago Ed Roche started recruiting students for his trade program from the most unlikely of sources – street gangs. He and Eighth District Councilman Bernard C. Parks recently appealed to the Los Angeles City Council to help fund Roche’s unique initiative that has taken gang members off the street and […]
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‘Lockdown for liberty!’ exposes prison conditions
By Charlene Muhammad, FinalCall.com – Fed up with bad food, unjust treatment, poor education and inadequate health care, thousands of inmates in Georgia’s prison system staged “Lockdown for Liberty,” a peaceful protest on Dec. 9, according to activists. The Black, White, and Latino inmates from Augusta, Baldwin, Hancock, Hays, Macon, Smith, and Telfair State Prisons […]
Mayor Kasim Reed, Lisa Rayam, and Vandarray party with over 1500 senior citizens of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA – Over 1500 Atlanta area senior citizens dressed in their Sunday Best enjoyed a little opera, gospel, square dancing, gifts and a good turkey dinner, during SCLC/Women’s Organizational Movement for Equality Now’s (SCLC/WOMEN) 31st annual Senior’s Christmas Party last week at the Georgia International Convention Center in College Park. The party got live […]
After a Successful Launch Lowery Boulevard Clean-Up Project Continues Through Holidays
Atlanta, GA – After successfully launching the CLEAN, GREEN & HONOR PROJECT (CGH) with over five hundred volunteers on hand to clean-up Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard in honor of civil rights icon, Dr. Joseph E. Lowery’s 89th birthday, the Georgia Coalition for the Peoples Agenda (Peoples’ Agenda) executive director, Helen Butler, announced plans to continue […]
Spelman Students Win AT&T Mobile Challenge with ‘HBCU Buddy’ Mobile Application
AT&T* is pleased to announce that Jonecia Keels and Jazmine Miller of Spelman College, a historically black liberal arts college for women, have won the 2010 AT&T Big Mobile on Campus Challenge(SM) with their next generation e-learning mobile application, HBCU Buddy. HBCU Buddy is a mobile application created to educate and inform users, including both […]
Sheryl Lee Ralph, E. Faye Williams, & Evelyn Gibson Lowery Challenged Women to Get Out the Vote at Multicultural Forum
Atlanta, GA – A diverse group of women representing all walks of life, faiths, and ethnicities assembled recently at the Atlanta Civic Center for the “Women in Power Multicultural Forum,” a spirited get-out-the-vote rally featuring a mixture of local, state, and national speakers that discussed women as “Game Changers” and urged the audience to visit, […]
Global Novations Launches 2011 Honoring Differences Diversity Calendar
(AANEWSWIRE) BOSTON, MA – Global Novations, a global consulting firm focused on diversity and inclusion, talent management, and market optimization, announced the release of the 2011 Honoring Differences® Diversity Calendar. The Honoring Differences calendar was created to help organizations demonstrate their commitment to diversity beyond the training classroom. Featuring detailed, factual information on practices, holidays, […]
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Shirley Franklin, Greek Organizations & Community Leaders Join Rally To Encourage Women To Vote
Nonpartisan event aims to underscore the power of women as ‘Game Changers’ in the upcoming election Atlanta, GA – The ballot power of women will be the focus this Saturday as actress, singer and activist, Sheryl Lee Ralph; chair of the National Congress of Black Women, E Faye Williams, Esq; former Atlanta Mayor, Shirley Franklin; […]
Atlanta neighborhood celebrates Lowery’s birthday
ATLANTA (AP) Oct. 9 – Friends and volunteers are gathering in Atlanta for a neighborhood clean up to help celebrate the Rev. Joseph Lowery’s birthday. The civil rights icon turned 89 on Wednesday. To honor him, the Georgia Coalition for the Peoples Agenda is bringing people together Saturday to clean Joseph E. Lowery Blvd. Birthday […]