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The Richmond Police Faith Leaders Partnership is working to be one of the Department’s key community policing resources. Chief Bryan T. Norwood established the Faith Leaders Partnership in May 2010. The Faith Leaders Partnership is taking its message of prayer and empowerment to communities throughout the city. The first community day was held in Hillside […]
The trial of a man charged with planting a bomb at a Martin Luther King parade in Spokane Wash. has been moved due to the unveiling of the new MLK memorial in Washington D.C. Kevin Harpham was originally set to face the court Aug. 22, but a federal judge insisted on moving the trial date […]
from: praisecleveland.com The family of Zachey Tims has opted to change funeral plans. The most notable being that it will now be private and that Bishop TD jakes will be preaching. On August 18, 2011, it was learned that T.D. Jakes will deliver the eulogy for Tims’ funeral which will be private on August 20, […]
Exercising just 15 minutes per day can effectively increase life expectancy compared with little or no exercise at all, according to a recent study in Taiwan involving over 400,000 individuals. Using health screening data collected over the past 13 years, a research team led by Wen Chi-pang of the National Health Research Institutes put 416,175 […]
Children should be trained in basic etiquette. Each day I feel as if the responsibility to teach our children basic manners has gone right out the window. Just how basic is basic, though? As a teacher and a Godmother, I am stickler for manners. If you don’t use them, you get nothing. My parents taught […]
The Question in Virginia: Should gay couples be allowed to adopt children in Virginia? The State Board of Social Services will delay its April vote after recommendations for a public comment Adoption Debate. The board will then vote after allowing 30 more days for public comment. A coalition of advocacy groups want to open the […]
A majority of Americans say Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream of racial equality has been realized in the USA, although a significant divide between Black and white people’s perception of equality and race relations still exists, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll suggests. The Poll found that most Americans– 90% of whites and 85% of blacks– […]
On the NDCC Facebook page, they often cited Matthew 7:1-2, which states “Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.”Florida mega-church Pastor Zachery Tims was found dead in a hotel in New York […]
Welcome a new day with new possibilities. We all want to embrace happiness and the chance of a new day. That’s the best thing about sunrise. The darkness is over. May today be the beginning of the end of darkness for you. There is a wonderful saying that when the darkness ends the joy begins. […]
The Elegba Folklore Society invites you to join them for the 21st Annual Down Home Family Reunion, this Saturday, August 20th from 4pm to 11pm. It’s A Celebration of African American Folk life and fun for the whole family. Come, bring your entire family to Abner Clay Park, downtown at Belvidere & West. Leigh Streets […]
While the recession hit black men harder than any other group, the economic recovery has shifted that impact to their female counterparts, according to a recent report by the National Women’s Law Center, which shows that black women have lately seen their unemployment rate rise even as other populations—including black men—have finally begun to regain […]
While statistics describe crisis-like conditions concerning the state of the Black family, not everyone is moved by a particular dimension of this categorization. More specifically, not everyone believes in the data that says upwardly mobile Black women can’t find a husband. Even more troubling are the various solutions offered by authors and scholars on how […]
