Juliana D. Norwood
OW Staff Writer
May 20 2010

Three charged in death

Three men were arrested in connection with the murder of an 18-year-old woman who was shot while standing outside a South Los Angeles apartment building, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) announced last week.

Chenoby Russell, 19, Deanthony Miller, 19, and James Evans, 18, were taken into custody on suspicion of murder and attempted murder and held on $3 million bail each.

May 13 2010

The consequences of perception

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.

May 13 2010

Tough times call for Generation WE

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.

May 6 2010

Dance to the top

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.

Apr 29 2010

Supporters spend the evening with Karen Bass

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. 

Apr 15 2010

Feds remind American families about tax credits

Recently, administration officials Jared Bernstein, chief economist to Vice President Joe Biden, Michael Mundaca, assistant secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy, and Brian Deese of the National Economic Council, discussed ways American families can benefit from Recovery Act tax credits, as they file their 2009 tax return.
President Barack Obama has allotted $160 billion in Recovery Act tax credits that will primarily benefit working families and small businesses. 

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.