Two fourth grade twin boys Jacen and Jorden Edwards were suspended from school recently because of their haircuts. They both have a line shaved into their heads, which their parents identify as a part, but Randolph Howell Elementary School in Tennessee considered the line a gang symbol.
In different cities across the country, specifically Mansfield and Decambre, Louisiana, the first state to enact the law, you can now be fined, and/or arrested for sagging pants.

Generation WE, Women and Empowerment, is an organization dedicated to the improvement and advancement of women in business by helping them to establish their career goals, giving them an opportunity to network with industry professionals and teaching them how to brand themselves and become more attractive to potential employers.
The organization was founded last year by Joe Hines, who is the father of two young girls. “It’s in a parent’s nature to want to improve the lives of their children,” said Hines, who focuses on women 18 to 30 years old.

The Compton Dance Theatre Foundation is a non-profit organization comprised of a training program and a community dance program. Its mission is to provide training in classical, contemporary, and cultural dance forms to residents within the City of Compton and its surrounding areas, especially “at-risk” youths between the ages of 8 to 18.

Recently CEO and Publisher of Our Weekly Natalie Cole and Publisher of Who’s Who in Black Los Angeles Anthony Asadullah Samad hosted a fireside chat and fundraiser for Congressional candidate Karen Bass, complete with great food, amazing entertainment and a beautiful view of Los Angeles from the home of Charles and JoAnn Quarles.
The event had a number of supportive co-hosts, specifically president of Urban X Marketing Starlett Quarles and president and CEO of the Community Financial Resource Center Forescee Hogan-Rowles, who emceed.