Juliana D. Norwood
OW Staff Writer
Mar 11 2010

Money available for loan fraud victims

The First Greater Los Angeles Neighborhood Stabilization Council (FGLANSC) is hosting a foreclosure stabilization summit called “Operation Nextstep” on March 27th from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Los Angeles Convention Center in West Hall, Meeting Room 408AB.
FGLANSC is a non-profit organization involved in addressing issues that threaten to destabilize the social order of neighborhoods and harm its citizens.

Mar 11 2010

50 Jewels (and Gems) Education Program

Yolanda Wright Bozant, popularly  called “YoBo,” is from Compton, California. YoBo worked as a legal secretary for over 20 years when she retired to care for her elderly parents.
Being a caregiver left YoBo with a lot of free time on her hands, which caused her to begin writing. She has published three books: Hook’ded Up Wif Ebonics: A Humorous Look At Linguistics; Life With Father and Mother: The Lighter Side of Care-giving; and Can You Be A Freak and Still Love The Lord: All The Things Our Parents and Pastors Should Have Told Us About Sex.

Mar 11 2010

Declines to resign

David Paterson, 53, has accomplished new strides in New York. Not only is he the first African American governor of New York, he is also the first blind governor in the nation.
Paterson has been legally blind since he was 3 months old, when an untreated ear infection spread to his optic nerve rendering him completely blind in his left eye and with 20/400 vision in his right eye.

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.

Mar 4 2010

El Camino College Compton Center program offers guidance with living, education and work

The El Camino College Compton Center yesterday hosted an orientation to discuss the Youth Empowerment Strategies for Success (YESS) program.
The goal of YESS is to prepare foster youth to live independently and self sufficiently, once they are emancipated. 
Through the program, youth are given guidance in education that help them graduate or earn college credit. They are also taught every-day life skills and given job training.
The purpose of this extra assistance is to stop so many foster youth from ending up homeless, unemployed and incarcerated.

Mar 4 2010

Paying for college

Many students are discouraged, when it comes to making college plans because of how expensive it has become to get a good education. It costs, on average, $7,000 a year to attend public colleges or universities, and $24,000 to attend a private institution. 
Most high school students or their families don't have that kind of money just lying around. To reach your goal of getting a college education takes looking at all of the financial aid options including scholarships, grants, and unfortunately, sometimes loans.

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.