Hands across Crenshaw
Shirley Hawkins
May 29 2009

Residents pray for the school

Nearly 400 residents, parents, members of clergy, police officers, and community activists gathered at Crenshaw High School recently to participate in “Hands Around Crenshaw High School,” a community call to promote healing and unity.

Many attending said they were disturbed by the recent racial turbulence that broke out at Locke High School and hoped that this gathering would be the symbolic event that would promote peace in other schools in the Southland.

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Healing hurting women
Shirley Hawkins
May 29 2009

Authors speak out about abuse

Dressed in a tailored black and yellow suit, her blond hair streaked and coifed to perfection, Helen Pearson was the picture of poised elegance at the recent annual Black Writers on Tour. But as she fingered a written statement in her hands, Pearson’s shoulders began to shake. “I was a battered wife for 18 years,” Pearson revealed.

Pearson was one of four authors who revealed lives of pain and how they overcame abuse during the recent Black Writers on Tour at the Marriot Hotel in Los Angeles.

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Healing hurting women
Shirley Hawkins
May 29 2009

Authors speak out about abuse

Dressed in a tailored black and yellow suit, her blond hair streaked and coifed to perfection, Helen Pearson was the picture of poised elegance at the recent annual Black Writers on Tour. But as she fingered a written statement in her hands, Pearson’s shoulders began to shake. “I was a battered wife for 18 years,” Pearson revealed.

Pearson was one of four authors who revealed lives of pain and how they overcame abuse during the recent Black Writers on Tour at the Marriot Hotel in Los Angeles.

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NAACP elects new president
Shirley Hawkins
May 29 2009

Benjamin T. Jealous, 35, youngest to take helm

Benjamin T. Jealous, 35, has been elected the president and chief executive officer of the National Associations for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

The 35-year-old human rights activist is a graduate of Columbia University and a Rhodes scholar. Jealous is the youngest leader in the 99-year history of the NAACP.

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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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