"LIVING LEGENDZ” FILM FUNDRAISER

Filmstress Filmz is sponsoring two film fundraisers for their documentary series Living Legendz, which highlights the lives of iconic African & Latino icons who have made contributions to their culture; stories rarely heard in mainstream media.

Please come and join us along with Jaylene Clark, Ngoma, Baba Wesley and many other spoken word artists in helping to raise funds for this film.

A work-in progress will be screened with the audience and will conclude wit

Is This America, their America, Civilized? By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo

Posted: December 15, 2012 - 16:13

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President Barack Obama

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I have two kids in an elementary school, less than 60 miles from Newtown, Connecticut. They had a half day yesterday. When I went to pick them up at 11.30 am, I did not know that over 20 parents like me, in a town just one hour away, would not be able to pick up the children they dropped off at school. Never!

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My kids jumped into the car and immediately our c

Kathmandu Lumbini Tour is short tour and popular holidays tour in Nepal. Lumbini Tour is the land of precious historical and cultural heritage tour package. Asides from a discovery of harmony of Buddhism and Hinduism, kathmandu and Lumbini are important places. Kathmandu is home of temples and Buddha was born at Lumbini, the founder of Buddhist religion.
Kathmandu is a culturally and histories places and fascinating cultural encounters that never disappoint, making it one of the most popular and

President Obama on The Crazy House Called America

Friday, December 14, 2012

President Obama on the Shooting in Connecticut This afternoon, President Obama made a statement from the Briefing Room on the shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. Watch the President's statement on the shooting in Connecticut. President Obama's Remarks Read President Obama's full remarks: This afternoon, I spoke with Governor Malloy and FBI Director Mueller. I offered Governor Malloy my  condolences on behalf

Jan Carew Joins Ancestors

Police Interactions 101:

How To Interact with the Police in Your Car,

On the Streets, In Your Home

by Cathy Harris

Do you know what to do when stopped and questioned by the police -in your car, on the streets or in your home? If you answered "NO" to this question --you need to read this book! Not only should you read this book but you should tell everyone you love and care about to read it also.

Do you trust the police? The goal is to arm yourself with the knowledge and power you need so you don't be

Nepal is paradise for wildlife tour. It offers bird watching tour in different places in Kathamandu. Kathmandu valley is surrounded on all sides by wonderfully green hills covered with dense forests. This forests and hills provide a safe heaven for various species of birds. Shivapuri National Park is very popular for bird watching hiking (tour), is situated on the northern of Kathmandu valley.
Shivapuri national park lies around 1050m to 2600 m above sea level. In the spring rhododendrons, magnol

WHAT IS THE BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR AN ULTIMATE FOOTBALL FAN?

• What is that best Christmas Gift for the ultimate football fan? DMG Travel International believes it should be a trip to Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans at Mardi Gras Time.

Mardi Gras festivities will already be in full swing, when Super Bowl Fans arrive. Mardi Gras Time consists of music, parades, picnics, floats, excitement and one big holiday in New Orleans for several days! Everyone wears Mardi Gras colors which are purple,

I have been reading the story of President Jose Mujica — the leader of Uruguay (please note the word “LEADER”) and I find it to be a singular example of humility, sacrifice and an uncommon disdain for all worldly material and other acquisition. In my opinion, this is a leader who may be worthy of emulation by our so-called leaders in Nigeria, and indeed, in Africa.

However, please let us recognise that being "poor" has not necessarily made Mr Mujica a successful or good leader (Uruguay is hardly

Car Tip of the Week…

Excerpts from

“A Woman’s Guide to Buying a New or Used Vehicle: Everyday Secrets You Should Know” (Part I & II).

Are You in the Market for a New or Used Vehicle?

According to experts -- the best time to buy a new vehicle from a dealership is in the fall when the new cars arrives or two weeks before the end of the year. You will be able to save hundreds of dollars at this time.

While buying last year’s model, follow this rule – “If you are not saving at least $1,500, yo

Only two weeks left to sign the petition against „racial/ethnic profiling“ in Germany

During the past two weeks, 8,000 people have signed the petition against the police’s discriminatory identity checks. Over 15,000 signatures were obtained for the first petition that was submitted to the German Parliament.

http://www.stoppt-racial-profiling.de/english/

The petition can be signed by non German citizens and residents!

The practice of identity checks without suspicion conflicts the Equal Rights Law in

by Gloria Dulan-Wilson •

On Tuesday, December 4, 2012, a 6:00 PM, there will be an emergency community meeting to save Boys and Girls High School from being closed. It will be held in the Auditorium of the school, which is located on Fulton at Malcolm X Boulevard (Utica Ave.).

And, I personally don't care who you are, or if you ever attended Boys High before it became Boys and Girls, or if you attended a rival high school in the community, or what – if you're Black, or of African Heritage, you had

Marvin X takes midnight flight to Puerto Rico for much needed R and R

Marvin X's peripatetic journey across America extended beyond the USA mainland to the US colony of Puerto Rico where the poet enjoyed some R and R after three months on the road promoting his Revolution of the Rocks Book Tour 2012, including his Wisdom of Plato Negro, parables and fables, Black Bird Press, 2012. But his How to Recover from the Addiction to White Supremacy, a Pan African 12-step model, was the most requested tit

Once again, Israel is in a rage, bombing a weaker Arab neighbor, one that would be hard pressed to face the most powerful armed force in the Middle East.

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one ruler named Mentuhotep, meaning Montu is satisfied, took the prenomen of Nebhepetre, and it is he who is credited with once again reuniting all Egypt under one ruler, and beginning the 11th Dynasty, what Egyptologists call the Middle Kingdom. Nebhepetre ruled for 51 years, and built the temple at Deir el-Bahri that most likely served as the inspiration for the later and larger temple built next to it by Hatshepsut in the 18th Dynasty.

Once again Thebes declined politically, as Amenemhat I of