Black Communities

Inglewood Park Cemetery a mainstay in the community
Merdies Hayes
Feb 14 2013

Final resting place of many celebrities

Inglewood Park Cemetery has for 108 years been among the premier venues for interment in Southern California. Today, its Garden of Chimes is the newest completed project and provides additional mausoleum space as well as cremation columbarium, family estates and individual lawn crypts.

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Candidates give their vision for South L.A.
Lavenia Stewart  |   OW Contributor
Feb 7 2013

Job training, local hiring, more contracting with women and minorities seen as key

If any job is better than no job, is it equally true that any employer is better than no employer?

To the community organizations and labor union members sponsoring the South L.A. mayoral candidate forum last week at Ward A.M.E. Church near USC, the answer was a resounding “no.”

The discussion, which focused on the candidates’ vision for South Los Angeles also included talks about ways to force banks to take care of their neglected foreclosed properties and ways to break the school-to-prison pipeline.

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Key to losing weight—don’t try to become the biggest loser overnight
Cory A. Haywood
Feb 7 2013

Doctor suggests taking baby steps

Feeling and looking good has become one of the fitness focal points of the modern era. As a result, billions of dollars are poured into chic franchise gyms that offer everything from yoga classes to freshly squeezed juice after a workout. And a barrage of infomercials that promote the next big thing in weight-loss or muscle enhancement is constantly being streamed.

Combine that with people’s annual New Year’s practice of making vows to change—most often beginning an exercise or fitness routine—and you have a recipe for potential disappointment.

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Learning that money matters
Shaune B. Arnold, Esq. | Business Strategist  |   OW Contributor
Feb 7 2013

The Business Mind

My client, Johanna, was at the end of her rope. She is trained as a CPA, and works well with clients. However, she has a really hard time with client development. Often, she finds herself doing “busy work” instead of cold-calling, networking or engaging in other activities that she knows will grow her client base. She wondered aloud in my office one day why she seems to work harder than other professionals to build her business. She was surprised when I asked her how she feels about money.

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Girls Club: an advocate for South Los Angeles
Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Feb 7 2013

More than 75,000 youth and families served

The Girls Club of Los Angeles is a nonprofit agency that meets the needs of underprivileged and at-risk children, youth and their families living in South Los Angeles. The organization is an advocate and community change agent working to provide children, youth and families with the skills to overcome the challenges they face.

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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.

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