Family

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Sep 29 2011

Number of grandmother parents grows

She’s a praying woman who faithfully attends Sunday school and morning service every week, along with Tuesday night prayer and Bible study. She wakes up every morning and prays for the family and prepares breakfast for her household full of grandbabies. She struggles to make ends meet on her measly Social Security check and government funds. Not to mention her health isn’t the best.

She’s that grandmother who has paid her dues, raised her own children and is now raising her children’s children.

Jun 22 2011

Teens surrendered to SWAT

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Several family members who had been drinking and grieving over an older relative’s condition got into a dispute at County-USC Medical Center that led to a five-hour standoff with authorities that ended early today, police said.

Family members started a disturbance, and a 16-year-old boy and a 19-year-old man assaulted a sheriff’s deputy about 10:15 p.m. Tuesday, Los Angeles police Sgt. Titus Tyler of the Hollenbeck Station said.

Terri Schichenmeyer  |   OW Contributor
Jun 9 2011

Author: Lorene Cary

You never got Grandma’s recipe book.

You didn’t get Grandpa’s favorite pocketknife, either, and that little knickknack you loved—a china reminder of childhood—went to a cousin who cherished it, too.

But that’s OK. While you never inherited tangible things from your grandparents—no favored bowl or lucky coin—they left you better legacies: strength, knowledge, and a sense of who you are.

May 12 2011

Police unsuccessful in finding next of kin

LAKEWOOD, Calif.—Lakewood Regional Medical Center is trying to locate family, friends or acquaintances of a man who is receiving care after suffering a stroke. Austin Small can remember his name, but little else. Police officials have been unsuccessful in finding out more about him.
Unclaimed. It’s an adjective typically ascribed to inanimate objects, not people.

Apr 26 2011

Group issues "Call to Action" for the Black church to ignite new social movement

GERMANTOWN, Md.—An interdenominational group of African American pastors has united to ignite a movement to renew marriage and fatherhood in the African American community.
 

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.”