Los Angeles

Feb 14 2009

Award winning group excels in marketing and communications

The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation (BMOTA) is the recipient of three awards for its excellent marketing and communications efforts. BMOTA was awarded the MarCom Platinum Award, an Hermes Platinum Award and The Communicator’s Award of Excellence at the Ebony Pre-Oscar Party.

Feb 14 2009

The First African Presbyterian Church has elected Dr. Terrence Stone to pastor the congregation which was founded by the late Rev. Oliver Brown, who passed in 2006

The First African Presbyterian Church, 6825 Crenshaw Blvd., has elected Dr. Terrence Stone, to pastor the congregation which was founded by the late Rev. Oliver Brown, who passed in 2006.

Rev. Brown was very adamant about this congregation progressing and worked tirelessly to see that it did. He led the congregation from meetings in the homes, to a small theatre in Leimert Park, and onto its present edifice where he toiled along with members of the congregation to remodel and enhance the building.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Feb 12 2009

Civil rights leader acknowledges its history

 In a day and age when Barack Obama can be elected president of a country that a mere 200 years ago held people who looked like him in physical bondage; where laws that prevented Whites and Blacks from going to school and socializing together 50 years ago have been struck down, the relevance of an organization like the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is sometimes questioned.

But newly appointed NAACP President and Chief Executive Officer, Benjamin T. Jealous, has the answer to that question.

Feb 12 2009

Gas Assistance Fund program offers help

Los Angeles, CA -- Families who need assistance paying their natural gas bills may receive help through Southern California’s Gas Company’s Gas Assistance Fund program.

The program provides for a one-time grant amount of up to $100 on a customer’s winter bill and is open to qualified customers facing financial hardships.

Those seeking assistance should go to the Gas Company’s Web site, www.socalgas.com, and search under residential assistance programs or call The Gas Company at (800) 427-2200.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Feb 12 2009

Leadership’s right to call a strike remains

 Los Angeles, CA -- Despite a tentative agreement announced yesterday, with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the 48,000 members of United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) will keep in place a decision to hold a vote March 20-25 on whether to give their union leadership the right to call a strike against the District.

UTLA said the result of the vote will be available by the end of the day on March 26.

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.