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Across Black America
May 12 2011

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

California
Grand jury transcripts point to the discovery of two additional pieces of evidence that further link Lonnie Franklin Jr. to the “Grim Sleeper” serial killings in South Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Times recently reported that prosecutors presented the grand jury with a gun—which police believe was used at point-blank range on one of the victims—and a photo of another woman, allegedly taken moments after she was also gunned down, and left to die. The 58-year-old suspect now faces 10 murder charges, and one attempted murder, by way of either shooting or strangling his prey—African American women—to death, before dumping them in dark alleyways throughout the city. Most of the bodies also show signs of sexual abuse.

Florida
The National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) will host more than 1,500 members in Orlando, at the NABA’s 40th annual National Convention and Expo. Their agenda for the convention includes: discussion of the decline of wealth in the Black community; a career expo with onsite interviewing; and a broad range of relevant Continuing Professional Education (CPE) seminars, which provide a foundation for the “best and brightest” to enhance their careers. NABA has also scheduled chapter leadership training sessions, public forums, a student luncheon and awards ceremony, and an awards celebration banquet. In addition, members will offer a day of service in minority neighborhoods in Orlando.

Georgia
The sixth annual Atlanta Gospel Fest Music, Health and Wellness Festival will be held at the Georgia World Congress Center on July 15-17. The festival will feature an array of gospel music concerts, healthcare suites and lounges and financial empowerment opportunities. Featured artists are Pastor Donnie McClurkin, James Fortune, Tye Tribbett, Shirley Murdock, Martha Munizzi and Georgia’s own Rev. Milton Biggham and the Georgia Mass Choir. Some of the festivities include the following: choir competition, praise dance workshop competition, women’s leadership luncheon, lectures, finance empowerment workshops and more.

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Across Black America
May 5 2011

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

California
The United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Pacific Southwest Region has launched the West Coast Federal Green Challenge. The campaign kicked off during Earth Week and celebrates the commitment of 34 federal agencies, representing more than 150,000 federal employees doing their part to reduce their environmental impact. Under this new initiative, federal government facilities pledge to reduce their carbon emissions by 5 percent or more per year in at least two of six areas: waste, water, energy, transportation, electronics, and purchasing. “As the nation’s largest purchaser of goods and services, spending $425 billion a year, the federal government should leverage its collective purchasing power to protect human health and the environment,” said Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator of EPA’s Pacific Southwest Region. Federal agencies have responded enthusiastically to our call to reduce environmental footprints.”

Florida
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall was in an intensive care unit Saturday after being stabbed in the abdomen with a knife by his wife. Michi Nogami-Marshall told a Broward County sheriff who arrested her early Saturday morning that she acted in self-defense, according to the arrest report. She was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and domestic violence because it was determined that she was not in imminent danger. Jay Glazer, a reporter with FOXSports, said Marshall initially told police he was hit with a vase, but a hospital doctor later diagnosed the player as having been stabbed. ESPN reported that Marshall has undergone stomach surgery and is expected to recover in two to three weeks.

Georgia
Bernice A. King recently worked to continue her parent’s legacy of nonviolence as she and more than 600 students celebrated the success of the Be A King 100 Days of Nonviolence program at the Coretta Scott King: Young Women’s Leadership Academy (CSKYWLA). This program enlisted CSKYWLA’s middle and high school students to proactively address issues and concerns in their community through nonviolent means. King initiated this program in order to connect the next generation with her father’s legacy of nonviolence (Kingian Nonviolence). King stated, “Recent incidents around the world, from Arizona to Egypt are an indication of the significant need for peace and justice to prevail by nonviolent means. I am proud that my little CSKYWLA sisters accepted my challenge to begin to combat violent acts such as bullying, fighting and negative attitudes by committing to use their minds and tongues in a manner that is positive and uplifting.

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Across Black America
Mar 31 2011

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

Alabama
Abbeville officials recently held a press conference extending a public apology to former resident Recy Taylor, a rape victim whose case was dismissed almost 70 years ago. “It is apparent that the system failed you in 1944,” Henry County probate judge and commission chairwoman Joann Smith told several of Taylor’s relatives at the conference. Taylor, 91, lives in Florida and did not attend the news conference. Family members said she was in poor health and was not up to traveling to Abbeville or speaking with reporters. But her 74-year-old brother Robert Corbitt, who still lives in town, said he would relay the apology to his sister. “What happened to my sister way back then … couldn’t happen today,’’ he said. “Boy, what a mess they made out of it. They tried to make her look like a whore and she was a Christian lady.’’ Taylor was 24, married and living in her native Henry County when she was gang-raped by a group of white men in Abbeville. She was walking home from church when she was abducted, assaulted and left on the side of the road in an isolated area.

California
The African American Leadership Weekend hosted by the California Black Chamber of Commerce Foundation (CBCCF) convenes this weekend March 31 through April 2 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Sacramento. The theme is “Moving the Urban Agenda” and features Mario Van Peebles and Michael Jai White as keynote speakers. The event will also include a “Legend and Leaders Luncheon,” a faith-based breakfast and numerous workshops on green technology and wealth building in the Black community.

District of Columbia
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) recently held its third annual Media Institute on Health, Health Policy and Health Disparities at the Barbara Jordan Conference Center in Washington, D.C. The conference is the only one of its kind to focus exclusively on health disparities in communities of color and provides print, broadcast and digital journalists the tools to effectively report on the impact of healthcare reform and health policy on underserved communities. The goal of the conference was to provide journalists and media professionals with resources to inform and empower readers and viewers to action in their lives.

Florida
The Florida State University College of Law’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA) was recently named 2010-2011 national chapter of the year by the National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA). The student-led organization received the award at the NBLSA National Convention in Houston. “We are thrilled that our Black Law Students Association was recognized as national chapter of the Year,” said Dean Don Weidner. “Congratulations and thanks go to the entire BLSA board and especially president G.C. Murray for bringing this honor home to Florida State.” The award is presented to the chapter that demonstrates consistent and effective community effort while representing NBLSA ideals.

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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.”

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