INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK AND AUTHOR SHARON R. WELLS CELEBRATE NEW BEGINNINGS ON JULY 16, 2011 IN IRVINGTON, NJ

The event celebrates the launch of both the Angel Wings Bridge Foundation and the “Speak Up! Speak Out! Breaking the Cycle of Sexual Abuse” Campaign

Union, NJ – July 15, 2011 – On July 16, 2011 Author Sharon R. Wells and Investors Savings Bank in Irvington, NJ will be celebrating the launch of her new non-profit organization the Angel Wings Bridge Foundation (AWBF) located in Union, N

On Sunday July 17th, 39 U.S. citizens coming from 7 states, 25 of whom reside in the New York and New Jersey area, will participate in the Venceremos Brigade and will publicly engage in civil disobedience by defying the U.S. government’s travel restrictions on Cuba by traveling to the Caribbean island without a license.

For 8 years, the Venceremos Brigade, an education project, which has sent over 9,000 U.S. citizens to Cuba for the past 42 years, has organized a public “Travel Challenge” to

July 14, 2011

Raynard Jackson

Last month I was stunned while watching and listening to Beyonce being interviewed by Piers Morgan (from CNN).  Beyonce was promoting her new album and agreed to do what would normally be considered a routine interview.

Morgan asked Beyonce one question that was totally inappropriate.  I was quite offended that he would totally disrespect his interviewee; but what was even more offensive was the response that was given by the interviewee—Beyonce.  You can watch the

Taj Smith to host a FREE 1-Day Football Skills Clinic on July 16, 2011 at

Weequahic High School’s Untermann Field in Newark, NJ

Newark, NJ—June 21, 2011— Indianapolis Colts Wide Receiver Taj Smith will be hosting a

free football skills clinic for Newark football players in the 5th—12th Grades on July 16, 2011.

Registration runs from 9:00am—10:00am. The clinic will run from 10:00am to 3:00pm.

Participants will receive practice tips from professional NFL athletes as well as run 1-on-1 NFL-style

She brings her message to the public as she prepares for her 3rd Annual Charity Goddess Luncheon in Warwick, NY on July 16, 2011.

Plainfield, NJ – July 11, 2011 - “I was excited to bring my message of Radical Self-Love to Vanessa Jasey Radio! I believe that sexism, racism, homophobia, and other forms of bigotry are systemic and prevalent in our society and that

hetep,

i've read where the negro tom joiner has been beefing with tavis smiley and cornell west. so what, neither of them negroes are going to buck the system because they are part and parcel of it. they are just the latest versions of the clique that was started in 1904 by a group of well-to-do negroes, who have made it their business to serve their white slavemasters in return for access to material comfort. tom joiner ain't no more radical than the negro armstrong williams. tavis smiley ain't

On Tuesday, July 12^th, the People’s Organization for Progress (POP) will host its annual memorial rally to observe the 44^th anniversary of the epic 1967 Newark Rebellion!

The rally will take place at 5:30pm at the Newark Rebellion Monument located on Springfield Avenue at the intersection Irvine Turner Blvd and 15^th Avenue. It will feature presentations by area activists and surviving family members of the Rebellion’s casualties.

On July 12, 1967, Newark erupted in a rebellion against the sc

The New Mandela is a Woman: Samia Nkrumah

Laura Kiss
Journalist of La Repubblica Representative of Nobel Peace prize Betty Williams in Italy

She was only 5 years old when she woke up one morning at the sound of gunshots coming from the garden. It was hard to overcome the fear but she and her brothers did, eventually. It was February 24, 1966, the military coup that changed the history of Ghana for ever. On that day her mother told her to pray and immediately after insisted that "if they fire at y