Colorado

Dec 20 2010

World Savings Bank, Wachovia Bank

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Wells Fargo will provide loan changes worth more than $2 billion to thousands of California homeowners and provide an additional $32 million to thousands of borrowers who lost their homes through foreclosure, the state Attorney General's Office announced today.

None of the loans were made by Wells Fargo. All were originated by World Savings and Wachovia —both banks that Wells Fargo acquired, according to the Attorney General's office.

Apr 1 2010

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

Florida
Four South Florida residents will be honored at the 2010 African American Achievers awards ceremony on April 14th. The ceremony is meant to highlight the contributions of Blacks in the areas of education, community service, business and entrepreneurialism, and arts and culture. The event is being sponsored by JM Family Enterprises, JM Lexus, and Southeast Toyota which have agreed to donate $20,000 to community organizations in honor of the winners.

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

Alabama
Many Alabama residents lined up early to get their tickets for the newest play from Tyler Perry, “Madea’s Big Happy Family.” The production was on its Alabama leg of the nation-wide tour last week at the Birmingham Civic Center. The play showcases many familiar faces from previous “Madea” plays and a few new faces; two of which were discovered on Youtube.

Arizona

Apr 30 2009

100 day silliness

Then Democratic Presidential contender Barack Obama did a prescient thing last October. He told an interviewer on a Colorado radio station that he thought the first 1000 days not the first 100 days would make the crucial difference for his presidency. Candidate Obama directly parodied the line from JFK’s inauguration address in 1961. Kennedy proclaimed the first 1000 days as the better time frame to measure how effective or bumbling an administration is. Obama and JFK were wise to cite the much longer time frame.

Across Black America

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

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”