kids

C. Alexander Haywood   |   OW Staff Writer
Mar 3 2011

Challenger’s Boys and Girls Club

Inner-city youth aren’t to be confused with your average crop of zesty youngsters. 
Sure, some have the admirable, albeit normal, aspiration to graduate from college, and many others have an equally common affinity for music, fashion and/or the latest sure-fire phenomenon, reality TV.

Sep 7 2010

Doctors typically fail to make an accurate diagnosis

LOS ANGELES - An analysis of all eight cases of California infants who died from whooping cough this year has found that doctors typically failed to make a swift, accurate diagnosis, despite patients' multiple visits to clinics and hospitals, it was reported.

"In several cases ... the infants were treated only for nasal congestion or mild upper respiratory infection,'' Dr. John Talarico, an immunization official with the California Department of Public Health, wrote in a recent letter to healthcare providers statewide, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Apr 8 2010

Inspire kids to achieve Presidential greatness

The historic election of President Barack Obama resurrected the belief that Americans and our nation’s children in particular, can achieve any goal.
President Obama successfully campaigned on a platform of hope, change and a better future for our country, which coincides with the First 5 California mission for California’s youngest residents, children 0 to 5 years old.

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Mar 11 2010

High school students help non-profits

Arts and Minds, Inc. is a community-based nonprofit organization dedicated to exposing kids and young adults in underserved communities to science, technology, art, music, entrepreneurial, community development and “green” learning and action opportunities.

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Feb 11 2010

The aftermath. The recovery.

Monica Walker was a 16-years-old junior in high school when she learned of her pregnancy. Her mother was hurt and angry. Her stepfather was disdainful. Due to a sleeping disorder, her parents stripped from her the idea of her becoming a mother. She had an abortion.
“I remember lying on the table, while they sucked the life of my child out of my body. I remember it sounded like a vacuum cleaner. I was also scared,” Monica told OurWeekly.

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.