By Carol Josel As you read on, keep these facts in mind:
• The 2015 Kids Count report found that children living in poverty jumped from 18% to 22% between 2008 and 2013.
• According to the 2013 U.S. Census Bureau, the child poverty rate among Africa
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“Do we Love ourselves enough to Buy our own Products”???
As Long as…people of African descent continue to buy product brands produced BY OTHERS:
We will continue to have:
- Lowest Income
- Highest unemployment
- Highest crime and Police Terrorism
- Poorest Housing
When we WAKE UP…and buy the PRODUCT BRANDS produced by O
Read more…The Greatest Love of ALL
Dr. Earl Trent, Pastor of the Florida Avenue Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., wrote in his book, “A Challenge to the Black Church,” that Blacks are taught to “love everybody, especially Whites and other groups,” but we are not taught to a greater
Read more…The Black and Latino Filmmaker’s Coalition & 19th African American Women in Cinema Festival to host workshops for struggling film makers
The Black and Latino Filmmaker’s Coalition announces p
Women’s History Month: Racism and Sexism in America: Verdadism Exhibition at Women's Rights National Historical Park
Women’s History Month Exhibition at Women's Rights National Historical Park features Soraida Martinez’s historically significant Verdadism paintings on racism and sexism. 
Seneca Falls, NY, February 28, 2017 --(PR.com)-- Established in 1980, The Women
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Do we love ourselves enough to buy quality products from Black manufacturers?
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Read more…On The 160th Anniversary of the Dred Scott Decision Decision: Apology to Be Given, Maryland Capitol Building
A historic apology will be offered at The Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney Statue in front of the Maryland Capitol Building by descendants of Roger Brooke Taney to the Dred Scott family and to the African American community on The 160th Anniversary o
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Everest Base Camp Helicopter Tour
Everest Base Camp Helicopter Tour
Everest Heli tour is the most amazing way to discover a close view of the Khumbu Himalayan range including Mount Everest, Cho Oyu, Makalu, Lhotse, Ama Dablam and many other mountains together with the glacier, blue co
Black Economics
From Richard Younge to KWASI AkyeampongRead more…
Sent Jun 3, 2013I am new to this Site and I am not sure I am posting this in the right place. However, if there is to be a call to action that call to action needs to be in the area of Business Development. Ou
BlackTradeLines introduces Interactive Technology for African American businesses to increase productivity, efficiency & customer acquisition
New Interactive Technology for African American Businesses
Creating a company directory structure has been simplified by assigning extensions like Press one for Customer Service ...
BlackTradeLines, an economic development company focused on the bla
Read more…BlackSci-Fi & Pyroglyphics Studio Brings Creators of Color To the Forefront of Speculative Fiction
"The Scribes of Nyota” features a unique blend of new and talented voices within the genre of speculative fiction. By incorporating themes of space travel, feminism and sexual violence,"The Scribes of Nyota" owns the many narratives of people of colo
Everest base camp trek and Island peak climbing, an unforgettable trip and lifetime experience
Island peak with height of 6,192 m, which lies at Khumbu Himalayan range end of Lhotse shar, most climbing trekking peak in Everest region can do along with the Everest base camp trek or Everest high passes trek
Island first ascent in 1956 mean to per
Read more…Make 2017 the year you visit Ghana, the "gateway to Africa". Come, bring a relative with you!
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Dr. Maulana Karenga: Righteous Resistance - Upholding the Good, Uplifting the People, Upturning the World
~ Dr. Maulana Karenga ~
There is an increasing sense among those most thoughtful and active among us that the important issues raised and the struggle rightfully waged against the tragedy and catastrophe we call Trump, marginalizes and misses the
Read more…White Power v Black Power: Don’t Get it Twisted
During the presidential campaign of Donald Trump, a number of radical groups, like the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), have risen from the shadows. The American people are now calling this group “White Power” activists, the “alt-right,” White supremists and Whi
Read more…Dr. Cornel West and Attorney Malik Z. Shabazz Debate, and National Town Hall Meeting on Donald Trump Feb. 21, National Press Club, DC
On Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, a critical national town hall meeting and historic debate will take place by the illustrious scholar and Howard University Professor Dr. Cornel West and Black Lawyers for
Hispanic Homeownership Rate Increases for the Second Consecutive Year According to National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals
National homeownership rate drops for the 12th consecutive year, with lowest levels in almost 50 years. Hispanics were the only ethnic demographic with increase in homeownership rate.
The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAH
Guadeloupe: C'est aujourd'hui que le Comité International pour les Peuples Noirs fête son 25ème anniversaire.
Petit rappel historique:
Il y a 25 ans, le 4 février 1992, des afrodescendant(e)s parmi lesquels des militants ant-colonialistes occupèrent à Paris le parvis des Droits de l’Homme au Trocadéro pour contester les festivités officielles de commémora
Scholarship Opportunities for African American Students Highlighted During Black History Month
Fastweb (www.fastweb.com), the leading website for scholarship and financial aid information and a member of the Monster network, is honoring African American History Month with a focus on important scholarship opportunities available now for gradu
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