Pan African Film Festival
Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Feb 12 2009

Civil rights leader acknowledges its history

 In a day and age when Barack Obama can be elected president of a country that a mere 200 years ago held people who looked like him in physical bondage; where laws that prevented Whites and Blacks from going to school and socializing together 50 years ago have been struck down, the relevance of an organization like the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is sometimes questioned.

But newly appointed NAACP President and Chief Executive Officer, Benjamin T. Jealous, has the answer to that question.

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Save $100 on gas bill
Shirley Hawkins
Feb 12 2009

Gas Assistance Fund program offers help

Los Angeles, CA -- Families who need assistance paying their natural gas bills may receive help through Southern California’s Gas Company’s Gas Assistance Fund program.

The program provides for a one-time grant amount of up to $100 on a customer’s winter bill and is open to qualified customers facing financial hardships.

Those seeking assistance should go to the Gas Company’s Web site, www.socalgas.com, and search under residential assistance programs or call The Gas Company at (800) 427-2200.

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Education unions reach agreement
Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Feb 12 2009

Leadership’s right to call a strike remains

 Los Angeles, CA -- Despite a tentative agreement announced yesterday, with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the 48,000 members of United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) will keep in place a decision to hold a vote March 20-25 on whether to give their union leadership the right to call a strike against the District.

UTLA said the result of the vote will be available by the end of the day on March 26.

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Tuskegee Airmen
OW Staff
Feb 12 2009

Black pilot group receives donation

 Los Angeles, CA -- The University of Phoenix donated $20,000 to the Tuskegee Airmen Scholarship Foundation, and according its president, Jerry T. Hodges, the Los Angeles-based non-profit will use the money to boost the number of students to whom it provides scholarships.

Currently the organization awards $1,500 to 41 students and one $20,000 Pratt and Whitney scholarship to a young person who “instills the ideals, leadership and commitment exemplified by the Tuskegee Airmen.

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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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