Posted by Maureen Guest on September 8, 2008 at 2:17am
Fund raising needed for the start up of Mbodyment's Action Against Obesity Foundation, Co.. All proceeds will be applied to the start up, related charities and future event planning. Volunteer(s) will participate in various fund raising and marketing by means of public relations and web promotion. Each volunteer will receive a one page website for purposes of raising donations for the start up and the execution of our cause. Volunteer must have a strong passion for the MAAOF's cause along with s
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August 12, 2008 was the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of Lovinsky Pierre Antoine, one of Haiti's most respected human rights advocates. The Haitian Blogger remembers him fondly: “It's a…sad commentary that Lovinsky has not returned to his family. Lovinsky embodied Haiti. Haiti's spirit of independence, struggle, wisdom and knowledge of self.”
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Posted by Jim Neusom on September 4, 2008 at 12:32pm
Greetings Family,(Contact Information At The Bottom Of The Page)It's your friendly neighborhood "Digital Drummer" again...smileAs the Executive Producer of Fresh Faces2u, one of my primary missions is to expose new talent to the entertainment industry. This is why a majority of my readers, subscribers, and friends are involved in the entertainment industry.I'm a strong advocate of traditional education, such as a degree from a top rated college, but I realize that college is not for everyone. Th
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You are invited to The 'State and Future of Black Philly" Forums 2008
https://theblacklistpub.ning.com/events/event/show?id=2055350:Event:10480&xgi=8hIiHL5 Time: September 22, to September 28, 2008Location: various locations throughout PhiladelphiaOrganized By: The Million Woman Progressive Political PartyEvent Description:Call for Papers/Presenters forThe "State and Future of Black Philly "Embracing and Respecting the Past, Examining and Addressing the Present, and Responsibly & Realistically Pre
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From The RampartsJunious Ricardo StantonRepublican HypocrisyI told myself I would not watch the Republican National Convention coverage, but I found myself walking by the room where my wife was watching i,t peeking my head in to see what was going on every now and then. I knew something was amiss when I saw the stunned expression on my wife’s face as she watched the convention. She was astounded at the hypocrisy of the all white GOP conventioneers.I told her two days ago the Republicans were des
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The ONLY way to stop those who would bleed our nation dry, dismantle our constitution, and dissolve our national sovereignty is to sayI will not work for you, buy from you, fight for you, or die for you, until thecriminals are gone from the halls of our government.EXIT STRATEGY:General Strike
www.votestrike.com/We the people...The Constitution of The United States of America spells out in the first line where the power of our great democracy lies. Unfortunately we the people have allowed the pow
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Ory Okolloh tells the story of her life and her family -- and how she came to do her heroic work reporting on the doings of Kenya's parliament. About Ory Okolloh<
There was a Black man, a White man, a Native American man and aLatino man. All four of them were on top of a cliff discussing the difficulties that their people had gone through.The Native American said, "My people have suffered the most, and inhonor of what they have endured, I will fling myself off this cliff inhopes that my blood will change things." So he yelled "THIS IS FOR MYPEOPLE", and jumped off the cliff.The Latino, not wanting to be outdone, quickly looked at the
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Posted by Maureen Guest on September 2, 2008 at 1:00am
Mbodyment is calling to action the fight against obesity by launching the Mbodyment’s Action Against Obesity Foundation (MAAOF). As many know, America is one of the fattest countries on Earth and has plagued our society. Obesity is the leading cause of diseases such as Type II Diabetes, Cancer, Heart Disease, Liver Disease, Sleep Apnea, Osteoarthritis, Depression and many more. These disease are life threatening and will shorten a life span by ten to twenty years.
From The RampartsJunious Ricardo StantonLabor Day 2008“Very few Americans experience the power of a union anymore. U.S. unions today represent just 7.8 percent of all private sector workers. Organized labor can't stop wages from falling; hours from increasing; jobs from being offshored; or health and pension benefits from disappearing. Conditions in unionized garment and meat-packing factories here have regressed to the point where they actually mirror those described in muckraking exposes of a Read more…Africa
Thank you for your mail and for agreeing to step-down as Chairperson of the Honorary Board and agreeing, as Kola says, ‘to remain on Board’, by being a member of the Honorary Board of the Sudan Sensitization Peace Project (SSPP)That said and to reverse the order of proceedings, I come to the ‘Charges’ as you call them. Please do not take these questions personally. We are all in a learning curve, with some more advanced in their knowledge of Afro-Arab relations than others. The fact that these i
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From The RampartsJunious Ricardo StantonRandom Thougths About Current EventsThe last few days and weeks have been historic and quite memorable. Of course I have my thoughts and opinions about much of what has happened. For one day Back Obama was the rage. His acceptance speech in Denver was watched by thirty-eight million people on televison and seen in person by seventy some thousand people. I watched at a viewing party at the Philadelphia African-American Museum. The atmosphere was giddy and h
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Greetings Family,(Contact Information At The Bottom Of The Page)As a Digital Drummer, I'm always looking for something good to put on this virtual drum line...smileArlena Richardson, is a relatively new friend, I met on We Are Creative People (see www.wacptv.ning.com) I've watched this sister selfishly put out positive, proactive and empowering information for the last year.She exemplifies what social networking is all about; sharing, supporting, and encouraging those of us in the Black online D
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On Monday, I reported that the City of Philadelphia--for the moment, at least--had informed the Institute for the Study of Civic Values that the city contract that supports PhillyBlocks would not be renewed for the coming year.We asked everyone on our lists who values what we do to use the Hallwatch.org service to fax letters to City Councill and the Mayor telling them how PhillyBlocks benefits you and why the City should continue to support it. You can access that service easily from the home p
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On Monday, I reported that the City of Philadelphia--for the moment, at least--had informed the Institute for the Study of Civic Values that the city contract that supports PhillyBlocks would not be renewed for the coming year.We asked everyone on our lists who values what we do to use the Hallwatch.org service to fax letters to City Councill and the Mayor telling them how PhillyBlocks benefits you and why the City should continue to support it. You can access that service easily from the home p
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Posted by Jim Neusom on August 21, 2008 at 12:57pm
Greetings Family,(Contact Information At The Bottom Of The Page)It's your friendly neighborhood "Digital Drummer" again...smileSpam is a consistent problem in our online world. Now personally, I believe everyone has a right to tell you about their business/products/service. It is called free speech or in this case "Business Speech", and protected by Constitutional law. But that does not change the fact the Unsolicited Commercial E-mail or UCE is more then just an inconvenience (like traditional
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