Maintaining a healthy, wealthy and wise lifestyle will be the primary focus as celebrities, physicians, financial advisors, chefs, and women and girls from greater Atlanta assemble for The Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) Healthy Wealthy Wise National Empowerment Tour, Friday Oct. 21 thru Sunday Oct. 23. Created to empower Black women, veterans and girls, the 3-day […]
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Can Obama hold on to African American voters in 2012?
By Krissah Thompson, (Washington Post) – For several months, radio host Tom Joyner has pleaded with his 8 million listeners to get in line behind the first black president. “Stick together, black people,” says Joyner, whose R&B morning show reaches one in four African American adults. The Rev. Al Sharpton, an ally of President Obama […]
Hundreds to join civil rights ‘dean’ on his 90th birthday
By Melanie Eversley, USA TODAY – One of the last icons of America’s civil rights battles turns 90 Thursday, and hundreds of his relatives, friends and fans will celebrate with him at Atlanta Symphony Hall on Sunday. The Rev. Joseph Lowery, “the dean of the civil rights movement,” who worked with Martin Luther King Jr., […]
Black Women Unite to Protect the Village and Demand Respect for their Vote
By Edrea Davis – “The village is burning,” exclaimed Susan L. Taylor speaking to over 200 diverse women attending the “Power of the Sister Vote Forum,” a 3-hour conversation focused on leveraging the Black female vote hosted by the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation’s (The National Coalition) Black Women’s Roundtable and the Congressional Black […]
Urban League Empowerment Summit Kicks Off with Press Conference (@NatUrbanLeague)
National Urban League president and CEO Marc H. Morial and Urban League of Greater Atlanta held a press conference this morning and addressed the housing and economic crisis in Atlanta and the across the nation. The press conference was the kick-off for the Urban League Empowerment Summit taking place Saturday and Sunday at the Georgia […]
International Diva of Hip Hop Dance Lauren N. Outlaw Lights Up Another Season of Europe’s Hottest Reality Series “Star Akademi”
Houston, TX – Hip hop’s favorite international dancing diva certainly takes dancing with the stars to a new level … and location! Choreographer Lauren N. Outlaw just recently wrapped her third series for one of Europe’s hottest reality shows, “Star Akademi” filming in Istanbul, Turkey. Displaying the hottest moves to a viewing audience of millions […]
President Obama to Attend @CBCF Phoenix Awards Dinner
Washington, DC- The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) announced President Barack Obama is scheduled to attend the Annual Phoenix Awards Dinner Saturday, September 24. The dinner concludes the Foundation’s 41st Annual Legislative Conference (ALC). President Obama is scheduled to address more than 3,000 expected attendees at the evening’s event. Four distinguished individuals will receive the […]
CBCF Statement on President Obama’s Jobs Act Proposal
Last week, President Obama posed the question, “What’s the best way to grow the economy and create jobs?” Millions across the country tuned in to hear the president’s answer to rebuilding our nation’s economy, among them African Americans and other communities of color who remain disproportionately affected by the recession. The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s […]
President Endorses Three National Urban League Job Creation Proposals, But Expansion Is Necessary
New York, NY – National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial said he was encouraged to see that President Obama’s job creation plan includes three components of the National Urban League’s 12-Point Jobs Plan, but Morial urged expansion of the proposals. “While it’s important to recognize the limitations imposed on the President by […]