by Joseph Williams (Politico.com) – Stung by summertime allegations that they neglected their bedrock African-American constituency, the White House and President Barack Obama’s reelection team have cranked up their outreach to black voters, selling the president’s first-term achievements as accomplishments that will pay long-term dividends for the black community. Top administration aides and Cabinet officials […]
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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 […]
Gospel Great Vickie Winans To Grace 2011 WOW Women International Conference
Chicago – Darlyn C. Turner, the First Lady of Liberty Temple Full Gospel Church and the World Outreach Ministries Network and Vice President of Clifford E. Turner Ministries, takes her mission seriously. As the founder of WOW Women International and host of their annual W.O.W. Conference, she has been instrumental in bringing a powerful message […]
Vivica Fox and Demetria McKinney Inspire Young Women at Black Women’s Roundtable Empowerment Tour
Women’s rights leader, Rita Jackson Samuels, and Riverdale Mayor, Dr. Evelyn Wynn Dixon, were honored as champions for women’s equality Atlanta, GA – After honoring women’s rights leader, Rita Jackson Samuels, and Riverdale Mayor, Dr. Evelyn Wynn Dixon, actress/singer, Demetria McKinney, and actress/producer/businesswoman, Vivica A. Fox shared inspirational stories about overcoming obstacles like single parenthood […]
Vivica A. Fox, Demetria McKinney, Kellie Williams, and Fire Chief Rosemary Cloud Promote Healthy Living at Black Women’s Roundtable Empowerment Tour
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 […]
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 […]