Model behavior
Kianna Shann  |   OW Contributor
Apr 15 2010

Despite Obama, fashion industry still lacks diversity

In the dawn of a new day for American culture, we celebrate the opportunity of diversity and the promise it offers Blacks in America. We also wake up daily watching our Black President address the nation and often the world, and we are filled with hope and the possibility of a dream come true; a chance at equality. However, in the midst of this dream, there lies a harsh reality in the glamorous world of fashion--there is still a stunning lack of opportunity for models of color.

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Poets Corner
Brandon Thompson
Apr 15 2010

Convalesce

Let that thing that beats inside your chest
Take a rest
Relationships from the past put you under a lot of stress
So convalesce
Let me take your bags
While you undress
I got that bubble bath water running
So you can convalesce
And no this ain’t a quest
Or me playing chess
I just want to look out for you
And do what’s best
Cuz in love, you make it so easy to be
Good fruit can only come from a good tree
You are the fruit of beauty
So be my guest
And convalesce

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Resource guide
OW Staff
Apr 15 2010

Urban Policy Roundtable offers helping hand

The Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable (LAUPR), which was founded and is hosted by award-winning journalist and political commentator Earl Ofari Hutchinson, is an open microphone non-partisan public policy forum that weekly presents top policy makers, community leaders, and activists.

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Vineyard Park
OW Staff
Apr 15 2010

Dorsey students shot

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Two Dorsey High School students were shot after school today in a possibly gang-related shooting. A 17-year-old girl suffered a graze wound, and a teenage boy was shot in an arm, police said.
The shooting occurred in the parking lot of the Vineyard Recreation Center at 2942 Vineyard Ave., between 29th and 30th streets, after 4 p.m., said Officer Gregory Baek of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Media Relations Section.
Vineyard is located about one-and-one-half block north of the high school.

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Honor Roll

Motivated Men of Dorsey to hold ‘Afternoon of Excellence’
Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
May 9 2013

Working to get others involved in educating young Black men

The Motivated Men of Dorsey High School is a nonprofit organization committed to community collaboration and social responsibility through its efforts to prepare the young men at Dorsey High School to be effective communicators, critical thinkers and life-long learners. As a collaborative of alumni, parents, faculty, staff and community members, the organization’s objective is to foster positive relationships with the young men in an effort to close the achievement gap, increase test scores, and lead them to a successful high school experience.

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