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Vinson 'Sheku' Irby Masters the Art of Portraying Black Feminine Power
This summer, mixed-media artist Vinson “Skeku” Irby unveils a captivating art exhibition centered around the beauty and power of the black feminine identity. The exhibition titled Turning Inward: The Art of Vinson ‘Sheku’ Irby features 15 works of art and will take place on August 4, 2022, from 6pm-9pm at You’re Cordially Invited [1877 Springfield Ave, Maplewood NJ, 07040.]
Being Black Can Cost An Arm and a Leg
COVID-19 is not the only epidemic plaguing America’s Black community today.
Legal, Grassroots Gains Against ‘Most Pervasive Violence’
50 years ago, a domestic violence survivor wanting to tell someone about their abuse could expect silence.
My Plan For Us To Win
First, we need to know Our Win Number and make sure that all of our Precinct Chairs, County Party Chairs, SDEC Members, Democratic Caucuses, Clubs, Candidates, Officeholders, Donors and Allied Organizations know Our Win Number and what they need to do to do to turnout their share of Our Win Number. (On Average-800 votes per precinct, 25,000 per county and 200,000 votes per senate district. More numbers will be shared at the State Party Convention, in Dallas, July 14-16, 2022.)
Looking for ways to protect against pandemic PTSD
As many places start to look forward to life after the first wave of the coronavirus, another type of illness could be about to follow in its wake.
Back-to-School and Back to Excessively Punishing Black Students?
Fort Bend Independent School District (ISD) has a horrible record when it comes to failing and overly punishing our black students. According to a six-year study conducted by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR), black students in Fort Bend ISD were six times more likely to receive out-of-school suspensions than white students and four times as likely to be placed on in-school suspension.
National Study Finds Americans Do Not Know The Facts Or Their Risk For Heart Disease
While 7 out of 10 Americans acknowledge heart disease as the number one killer of both men and women, a national survey conducted by MDVIP and Ipsos finds that people still worry more about cancer (62 percent) than they do a heart attack (55 percent). A staggering 62 percent of Americans failed the "Heart Attack IQ" quiz, proving a concerning lack of knowledge about heart disease, the risk factors and prevention.
Queen Tiye's Kitchen
“The kitchen don’t lie” was a saying I heard often during my childhood. In the 1950s in my part of Virginia, Saturday evenings saw a lot of African American sisters finish washing the dinner dishes and place a hot comb on top of the stove and begin to “do hair,” getting ready for Sunday service.
Fifth grader wins Houston ISD’s 2023 MLK Oratory Speech Competition
Houston ISD is getting an early start to the MLK holiday. The district held its 27th annual MLK Oratory Speech Competition on Friday. Twelve fourth and fifth grade students from different elementary schools across the district presented three-to-five minute speeches. This year’s theme was “What would Dr. King say to us today about hope for tomorrow.”
Sporting Events on a Budget – It's Possible with a Plan
Season ticket holder or first timer, watching your team take the field or visiting new teams in a different venue, gripping your seat tightly during the finger-biting last minutes of a close game or cheering on a decisive win – sports can certainly be some of the best entertainment possible.
Thurgood Marshall College Fund Launches New Center With Support Of $26 Million Gift From Charles Koch Foundation And Koch Industries
Center for Advancing Opportunity will support HBCU researchers and work with Gallup to understand, and inform pressing issues in fragile communities
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) today launched a new center committed to expanding educational, social, and economic opportunities in fragile communities through original research and direct engagement with residents
Texas House Amends Budget
Thursday, April 6th was a big day that led into Friday morning at the Texas Capitol. According to the Texas Constitution, the budget is the only required bill that the legislature must pass.
State Rep. Ron Reynolds' Week of March 6, 2017 Newsletter
I am always impressed with the many Texans who take time to come up to their Capitol and rally for what they believe in. This week, I joined the hundreds that gathered on the south steps to rally for the protection of health care. Moreover, the Cover Texas Now coalition fights for quality affordable health coverage and a sustainable health care system.
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Returns to McAllen in South Texas to Demand that the Trump Administration Effectively Expedite the Family Reunification Process
Jackson Lee— “Indeed, it appears as if the President’s lack of response to the letter I led is indicative of the administration’s overall tact towards legitimate inquiries for oversight, like that which is prescribed by Article I of the Constitution. Despite the fact that a federal judge ordered the reunification of children under age 5 by a date certain, last week the Department of Homeland Security indicated that about 50% of these children were reunited by the date prescribed by the court, and that at least 2,551 of children remain still separated from their parents.”
Black Workers Need "Real" Not "Fake" Paid Family Leave
When Dorcas, a home health aide living in New York, learned of her mother's illness, she used most of her vacation time to fly home and care for her. After a few weeks her leave was exhausted and tragically she could no longer afford to be with her mother in the final days of her illness. In the end, Dorcas was forced to take unpaid leave, and return to Florida, arriving just hours before her mother passed away.
To Go or Not to Go
I recently returned from a mission trip to Brazil with eleven members of my Presbyterian church in Wilmington, North Carolina. Partnering with a Presbyterian congregation in Manaus, our team, which included three physicians and two nurses, furnished medical assistance, dental instruction, drugs, and eye glasses to more than 600 children and adults in four remote villages on a tributary of the Amazon.
Famed Woman, Thou Art Loosed! Returns "Home" to Atlanta for Grand Finale Sept. 22-24
Conference with Eponymous Play and Movie Concludes After 25 Years
Global Christian leader, entrepreneur and film producer, Bishop T.D. Jakes will return to Atlanta, the home city for many years of the fan-favorite international gathering, for the conclusion of the Women, Thou Art Loosed! The Grand Finale conference at the Georgia World Congress Center Sept. 22 - Sept. 24, and will host thousands of women from around the world.
Rooftop Cinema Club Uptown releases entire slate of holiday screenings and events for Nov. and Dec.
Tickets for all remaining shows this year are available today at noon online at rooftopcinemaclub.com/uptown.
Rooftop Cinema Club Uptown today announces its full 2022 holiday program ahead of its most anticipated ticket release of the year today at noon for all dates and screenings from Nov. 2 through Dec. 31 – its final schedule of the year until its new season begins again in early 2023.
Privatizing the Nation’s Air Traffic Control System may put our commercial aviation at Risk
Jackson Lee: “The Myth that the Private Sector does a better job than the Federal Government is not born out by history including what occurred on September 11, 2001 when private airport screening at airports did not stop 19 hijackers”
