Microsoft receives Judge Leon Higginbotham Corporate Leadership Award
Brittany Hutson
Jun 11 2009

NNPA Special Correspondence

 New York, NY -- On the 45th anniversary of the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has honored Microsoft Corporation for excellence in diversity at its 10th Annual A. Leon Higginbotham Award Dinner in New York June 3rd.

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Anti-slumlord bill passes
OW Staff
Jun 5 2009

Owners of substandard buildings to be held accountable

AB 2925, targeting owners of substandard properties by holding them accountable has passed the Assembly.

The bill’s author, Assemblyman Mike Davis (AD48), states that AB2925 will require an owner of a property that is uninhabitable or otherwise found to be in substandard condition, to provide their local enforcement agency with current contact information and a plan of correction.

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Jail phones rates discussed
Amber Jones
Jun 5 2009

County agrees to seek bids

Los Angeles County supervisors met Wednesday to discuss extending the county’s jail phone services’ current telecommunication lease.

Their decision was in favor of not extending their current contract after it expires in 2010 and to request a proposal for a new contract.

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AIDS Project L.A. denounces plan to decimate state HIV/AIDS funding
OW Staff
Jun 4 2009

$80 million cut would devastate state HIV care, prevention and endanger thousands

Los Angeles, CA -- AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), Monday, condemned Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s wide-ranging proposal to eliminate general funding for virtually all of California’s life-saving HIV/AIDS care and treatment programs from the state’s fiscal year 2010 budget. The proposed cuts, which would take effect July 1, 2009, came just days after the governor announced plans to terminate the state’s entire $24.6 million HIV prevention portfolio as a cost-saving measure.

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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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