Green

Aug 4 2011

August 12-14

FRIDAY, AUGUST 12TH

WCE OPENING BREAKFAST 8AM
Expo Floor near Main Stage
Hosted by Motivational, Speaker, Les Brown.
Ticketed Event

PRESS CONFERENCE 9:30AM Main Stage
Our high profile press conference will recognize our Sponsors, Partners & Political supporters.

OPENING CEREMONY 10:15AM Lobby

Jennifer Thompson  |   OW College Intern
Jul 28 2011

Rolling back plastic bags and bottles

In the process of sustaining and reserving our environment, the idea of “going green” has expanded the drive for recycling and conserving resources by adopting an earth-friendly approach to living.

Activities aimed at “greening” our society are at an all-time high and are increasing rapidly.

Gregg Reese  |   OW Staff Writer
Jul 21 2011

“Technology is and always will be the wave of the future. There’s just no end in sight. This is the train you’re forced to ride, if you’re in business. You either get on or get run over. But it’s also fun if you line up with it.”
—Natalie Cole, publisher and chief executive officer of Our Weekly

The West Coast Expo’s (WCE) founders and business partners Natalie Cole and David Miller conceived it as a signature event to be looked forward to by the business community every year.

Their goal is to bring a diverse, multicultural component to local commerce, ideally encompassing the surrounding western states in years to come, and, of course, bringing in a cash return for participating businesses.

Jul 8 2011

Traffic light synchronization program

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced the completion today of a five-year effort to convert all of the city’s traffic lights and pedestrian signals from incandescent bulbs to LED lights.

Villaraigosa said the LEDs are about 85 percent more efficient than traditional lights, and the conversion will save the city about $4 million annually.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Apr 16 2009

L.A. business owner rolls out ‘clean’ scooters

 Los Angeles, CA -- Los Angeles-born entrepreneur Julian Jackson is not into hard-core sales techniques. In fact, until recently, his preference when it comes to promoting his all-electric scooter is to stay in the background and let the bike and its customers do all the work.

His approach is a sort of viral selling where one contented customer begets another, and that person begets another until the orders just keep rolling in.

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.