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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:36:00 GMT

Harlem educator given Brock Prize for innovative education

A longtime educator focused on creating support structures for inner-city young people was named the recipient of the Brock International Prize in Education Friday. Geoffrey Canada, president and chief executive officer of the Harlem Children's Zone, was
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:36:00 GMT

Time to speak about role black and coloured people played in WW2

RE: Were black and coloured people involved during the Second World War? It is that time of the year when we shall be reminded about the sacrifices made by soldiers during the Second World War. What I would like to know as a student of history is whether
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:56:00 GMT

Kenny MacAskill pitches in against racism

JUSTICE secretary Kenny MacAskill was among those showing 'Racism the Red Card' at a football event in the Capital. He joined Edinburgh Star youth football club for the event at the city's Lismore playing fields. Show Racism the Red Card is an initiative
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:16:00 GMT

Black Students Told To Act Like Slaves

Parents and teachers at a North Carolina school are protesting a history lesson that involved African-American students pretending to be slaves. Teachers at Rea View Elementary in Waxhaw said they are planning to write leaders at the Latta Plantation
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:58:00 GMT

Little-Known Black History Fact: 'A Soldier's Play'

Next week marks the anniversary of the Negro Ensemble Company's acclaimed 1981 stage production of “A Soldier's Play,” by Charles Fuller. The original cast included Adolph Caesar as Sgt. Vernon Waters, Denzel Washington as Private Peterson, Samuel L.
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:43:00 GMT

Love, Happiness and Success

In an old blog post I ran across on the website blackprof.com, public intellectual Paul Butler wrote several humorous random musings on JET magazine. In it, he questioned why he found the newlyweds in Love and Happiness [Jets venerable wedding
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:57:00 GMT

Time to speak about role black and coloured people played in WW2

RE: Were black and coloured people involved during the Second World War? It is that time of the year when we shall be reminded about the sacrifices made by soldiers during the Second World War. What I would like to know as a student of history is whether
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:17:00 GMT

Wales urged to 'make history' against All Blacks

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:59:00 GMT

Buffy Sainte-Marie given lifetime award at Aboriginal Peoples' Choice Awards

WINNIPEG - Buffy Sainte-Marie was given a lifetime achievement award and a special tribute Friday night at the Aboriginal Peoples' Choice Music Awards. It's the latest in a long list of accolades for the Saskatchewan-born singer-songwriter, who has
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:48:00 GMT

NAACP Executive Committee Meeting

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:23:00 GMT

Celebrities Turn Out For Young Black Women Fundraiser

Black Girls Rock Celebrity guests, including writer Kevin Powell, Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen, fashion designer Catherine Malandrino and model scout Bethann Hardison, came together this month at the The Times Center in Times Square, New York City,
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:12:00 GMT

Getting to the Root of African American Hair

Hair restoration expert, Dr. Jeffrey Epstein, discusses the rise in the need for hair transplants for African American men and women. (I-Newswire) November 6, 2009 - MIAMI, FL, November 6, 2009: On the wave of actor-producer Chris Rock’s new
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:21:00 GMT

Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program Teams With Medical Technology Leaders Entra Health Systems and Vasamed to Provide Improved Access to Care for African American Men Grassroots-Level Community Health Outreach Focuses on Diabetes Detection and Healt

black-owned barbershops across Los Angeles will participate in a program sponsored by the Diabetic Amputation Prevention (DAP) Foundation and Dr. Bill Releford to screen African American men for diabetes, hypertension, and peripheral artery disease
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:17:00 GMT

PCDC finances health center for the elderly in Harlem

Source: Healthcare Finance News NEW YORK – With financing from the Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC), ArchCare Senior Life, a managed long term care program that provides medical care to frail and under-served populations, has opened its
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:03:00 GMT

Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program Teams With Medical Technology Leaders Entra Health Systems and Vasamed to Provide Improved Access to Care for African American Men

'I believe that real healthcare reform has to begin at the community level and include those that best understand the health problems being faced every day by the underserved,' said Dr. Bill J. Releford, D.P.M., founder of the DAP Foundation. 'Black
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 03:35:00 GMT

Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program Teams With Medical Technology Leaders Entra Health Systems and Vasamed to Provide Improved Access to Care for African American Men

black-owned barbershops across Los Angeles will participate in a program sponsored by the Diabetic Amputation Prevention (DAP) Foundation and Dr. Bill Releford to screen African American men for diabetes, hypertension, and peripheral artery disease
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:46:00 GMT

Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program Teams With Medical Technology Leaders Entra Health Systems and Vasamed to Provide Improved Access to Care for African American Men Grassroots-Level Community H

black-owned barbershops across Los Angeles will participate in a program sponsored by the Diabetic Amputation Prevention (DAP) Foundation and Dr. Bill Releford to screen African American men for diabetes, hypertension, and peripheral artery disease
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:25:00 GMT

SCHOOL MATTERS: How African-American Males Can Succeed in School

If qualifying indicators in academia are taken into the equation, which currently they are not, African American males may no longer find themselves at the bottom of the class, indicates a new study.
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:18:00 GMT

Racism is endemic, say minority teachers

BLACK and minority ethnic (BME) teachers face an 'endemic culture of institutional racism' in schools, research has found. About half say they have faced discrimination, according to a study by Manchester University and Education Data Surveys. And seven
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:22:00 GMT

N.W.T. aboriginals turn to caribou quotas despite cultural, economic cost

By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press YELLOWKNIFE - Shrinking caribou herds in the Northwest Territories will cost the Dene effort and money as they lose tourism dollars and scramble to replace a vital food source. But with all aboriginal governments in the
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:20:00 GMT

N.W.T. aboriginals turn to caribou quotas despite cultural, economic cost

YELLOWKNIFE - Shrinking caribou herds in the Northwest Territories will cost the Dene effort and money as they lose tourism dollars and scramble to replace a vital food source. But with all aboriginal governments in the N.W.T. now at least considering
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:07:00 GMT

Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program Teams With Medical Technology Leaders Entra Health Systems and Vasamed to Provide Improved Access to Care for African American Men

black-owned barbershops across Los Angeles will participate in a program sponsored by the Diabetic Amputation Prevention (DAP) Foundation and Dr. Bill Releford to screen African American men for diabetes, hypertension, and peripheral artery disease
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:05:00 GMT

Congress Expands Homeowner Tax Breaks

First-time homebuyer tax credit extended to June Tags: Barack Obama . Homeownership . Taxes Print This Post If you were rushing to close on a house before the end of the year, slow down. Congress voted to extend the $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:50:00 GMT

Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program Teams With Medical Technology Leaders Entra Health Systems

black-owned barbershops across Los Angeles will participate in a program sponsored by the Diabetic Amputation Prevention (DAP) Foundation and Dr. Bill Releford to screen African American men for diabetes, hypertension, and peripheral artery disease
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:42:00 GMT

What do the Black Management Forum and the ANC Youth League know that we don't about what has been happening at Eskom? Not much, apparently.

If you thought Julius Malema (a BMF favourite) had an interesting take on the firing-or-resignation-or-maybe-both-or-maybe-neither of Eskom CEO Jacob Maroga, then you'll dig what the Black Management Forum has to say about it. For starters: 'We will no
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:36:00 GMT

How I Found My Opportunity

Freelancer turns social networking into dollars Tags: Facebook . jobs . social networking . Twitter Print This Post King Aliya S. King worked as a freelance writer for nearly 10 years, but six months ago, she saw an opportunity she could not pass up—a
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:16:00 GMT

A New Agenda for Small Business?

Tags: Obama administration . small business Print This Post No segment of American industry has been pummeled by the Great Recession more than minority business. As the economy shows signs of recovery, these companies––most of which can be found in
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:16:00 GMT

Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program Teams With Medical Technology Leaders Entra Health Systems and Vasamed to Provide Improved Access to Care for African American Men

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Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:07:00 GMT

Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program Teams With Medical Technology Leaders Entra Health Systems and Vasamed to Provide Improved Access to Care for African American Men

black-owned barbershops across Los Angeles will participate in a program sponsored by the Diabetic Amputation Prevention (DAP) Foundation and Dr. Bill Releford to screen African American men for diabetes, hypertension, and peripheral artery disease
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:04:00 GMT

Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program Teams With Medical Technology Leaders Entra...

Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program Teams With Medical Technology Leaders Entra Health Systems and Vasamed to Provide Improved Access to Care for African American Men LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Saturday November 7, 2009,
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:03:00 GMT