Honor Roll

Big Homies
Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Jun 10 2010

Big Homies is a community-based non-profit organization that provides positive mentorship and educational activities for male youth in Venice and South Central Los Angeles. Vernon Andrews started the organization in Venice in 2000 but because of space issues relocated to Mt. Hebron Baptist Church, after they offered him the space.

Big Homies strives to intervene in the lives of underprivileged young men facing the everyday challenges of life in the inner city such as absent fathers, domestic violence, gang violence, drug abuse, premature sex, school truancy and other obstacles to a healthy adulthood.

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Empowering young women
Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
May 13 2010

Tough times call for Generation WE

Generation WE, Women and Empowerment, is an organization dedicated to the improvement and advancement of women in business by helping them to establish their career goals, giving them an opportunity to network with industry professionals and teaching them how to brand themselves and become more attractive to potential employers.
The organization was founded last year by Joe Hines, who is the father of two young girls. “It’s in a parent’s nature to want to improve the lives of their children,” said Hines, who focuses on women 18 to 30 years old.

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Gift of technology
OW Staff
Apr 22 2010

Los Angeles Urban League receives grant from Microsoft

The Los Angeles Urban League (LAUL), which has been at the forefront of identifying and addressing issues that are of concern to African Americans and other minorities in the City of Los Angeles for more than 86 years, announced today that it is the first non-profit organization slated to receive an in-kind donation of Microsoft’s Dynamics Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software valued at $500,000. This software offers business management solutions focused on the needs of not-for-profit organizations.

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Generation next
Sherion Johnson
Apr 15 2010

Budding journalist learns her way around the media

Erdavria Rose Simpson believes in the power of vision. In fact, the Hamilton High School student believes in creating the vision, and did just that, when she founded the Hami-News Broadcast Club, even though her school had no journalism program or classes.
Simpson went to the principal, secured a faculty advisor and organized the club, and not only is she  its founder, but the budding journalist is also responsible for its content.

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The power of forgiveness
Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Apr 8 2010

California Crime Victims for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (CCV), is a coalition opposed the death penalty.

California Crime Victims for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (CCV), based in San Francisco, is a coalition of families, friends, and loved ones of murder victims who oppose the death penalty. The purpose of the coalition is to be a support group for the families and friends of murder victims, giving them the opportunity to share their stories with the public.

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Needed and wanted
Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Apr 1 2010

Group helps dads and children connect

William D. Denson’s organization, A Father Forever which stresses the importance of fathers in every family unit and in society, began in 1999, when he had a “calling from above” to create a documentary called “Fathers. I-V.”
The film was a five-part series of half-hour programs on public access television discussing the importance of fatherhood.

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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.

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