Shirley Hawkins
Jan 15 2009

HELP FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSERS

The following numbers can be contacted for drug and alcohol
assistance.
Alcoholics Anonymous (323) 936-4343
Cocaine Anonymous (310) 216-4444
Narcotics Anonymous (323) 933-5395

Drug and Alcohol Assistance Facilities
A Home for Us Incorporated Family Services - 2918
W. Vernon Ave., Los Angeles (323) 497-8150, email: ahomeforus1@aol.com

Aegis Medical Systems - 614 W. Manchester Blvd.,
Inglewood, (310) 412-0879

Bridge Back - 1730 W. Vernon Avenue, (323) 299-8400

Canon Human Services Centers - 9705 S. Holmes
Avenue, (323) 249-9097

Jan 15 2009

Computers, job skills training offered

Los Angeles, CA - Alvin Green, 32, a real estate appraiser, saw the writing on the wall when the troubled housing market went belly up. “The market got slow and I found myself out of work,” admitted Green. “I was looking for some type of training to sustain me through the (financial) drought.”

Jan 15 2009

Marshall Ford looks forward to new lease on life

Los Angeles, CA - Marshall Ford, 39, loves to rap.
Known as “Massive” on stage, the rotund rapper and father of three loves to write songs and spit rhymes on the mike. His skills have been showcased with some of the most noted recording artists in the business. “I’ve worked with Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, Roger Troutman of Zapp, Mellow Man Ace, Nino Brown, and Sen Dog from Cypress Hill,” said Ford, who grew up in Watts.
But Ford said that he had always grappled with his weight, which before his life changing surgery had climbed to 649 pounds.

Jan 8 2009

Defrauded county agency of over $600,000

Six people who allegedly defrauded the child care welfare programs of more than $1 million were arrested on Dec. 12 by district county investigators. Suspects were arrested on multiple counts of grand theft, perjury, conspiracy and welfare fraud, according to Deputy District Attorney James Cosper, head deputy of the Welfare Fraud Division. Between Nov.

Jan 8 2009

City ad hoc committee explores solutions

Los Angeles, CA - Like many large cities, gangs, poverty and crime continue to plague the city of Los Angeles, and to shed light on the problem, District 7 Councilman Richard Alarcon held a two-panel ad hoc committee Tuesday at Los Angeles City Hall to discuss ways to combat the problems. This was the seventh in a series of meetings. Committee participants brought to light that crime, gang activity and poverty are interrelated. Alarcon originally introduced a motion to create the Ad Hoc Committee on Ending Poverty in Los Angeles in the spring of 2007.

Jan 8 2009

Milestone Reached

Tears streamed down Susan Burton’s face as friends and supporters recently gathered at the Proud Bird restaurant to help her celebrate A New Way of Life’s Reentry Project’s 10th Anniversary Dinner.
The dinner marked a milestone for executive director Burton, whose organization, which is based in Watts and houses formerly incarcerated women, had struggled to keep its doors open.

Across Black America

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

California
Allied Integrated Marketing recently announced it is launching a new African American marketing division, Allied Moxy. The new division will create innovative campaigns that integrate publicity, promotions, digital and grassroots outreach to speak directly to the full diversity of African American consumers. Spearheading Allied Moxy are industry veterans Kim Walters and Gloria Jones. Walters will oversee national strategy from Los Angeles, while Jones will oversee regional/local strategy from Washington, D.C. Walters brings more than a decade of marketing experience working with entertainment companies such as Codeblack Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, and A&E Lifetime Television, as well as consumer brands such as KIA and L.A. Gear and awards programs such as NAACP Image Awards and Soul Train Music Awards. Jones has been with Allied for five years running publicity and promotional campaigns for clients, including Universal Pictures, Focus Features and Relativity Media, and previously worked for WBDC-TV in D.C. and MTV Networks’ Nick @ Nite and TV Land.

 

Representing Los Angeles and Center Theatre Group, Tyler Edwards, a senior at the Orange County High School of the Arts, placed third at the national finals of the fifth annual August Wilson Monologue Competition (AWMC) at Broadway’s August Wilson Theatre in New York City. “I am thrilled . . . I’m so glad that I took it for L.A. the first time we got up . . . that’s what we’re talking about!” said an elated Edwards following the competition. Edwards, an aspiring actor, describes the soaring, lyrical monologues found in the plays by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson as “very inspirational,” and said prior to the Los Angeles Regional Finals of the August Wilson competition, “I would love to share a bit of that inspiration with any audience, in hopes that they leave with more appreciation than they walked in with.”

 

Georgia
Bounce TV, the nation’s first-ever over-the-air broadcast television network for African Americans, will launch a second new original comedy series, “Uptown Comic,” on June 18, immediately after the series premiere of the just-announced sitcom “Family Time.” “Uptown Comic” is a half-hour series featuring stage and skit performances by some of the hottest up-and-coming comics in the country. The show is currently in production in front of a live studio audience at the longest-running African American comedy club in the U.S.—Uptown Comedy Corner in Atlanta. Actor and comedian Joe Torry (Russell Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam) hosts. “Family Time,” a half hour situation comedy created by Bentley Kyle Evans ( “The Jamie Foxx Show,” “Martin,” “Love That Girl”) and produced by Evans and partner Trenten Gumbs is set to launch Monday, June 18, at 8 p.m. The series premiere of “Uptown Comic” will follow and be seen weekly at 8:30 p.m. (All Times Eastern.)