100 Black Men

Mar 28 2013

Opens at Wilshire Ebell with silent auction

Kelly Price, Sheila E and The E. Family as well as Doug E. Fresh will perform tonight during the Aspire Gala, beginning with a silent auction at 7 p.m. and the show at 8 p.m. at the Wilshire Ebell Theater, 4401 W. 8th St., Los Angeles. Tickets begin at $20 and proceeds will benefit the Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center and the 100 Black Men of Los Angeles. For information, contact the arts center at (323) 292-2700.

Anthony Asadullah Samad, Ph.D.  |   OW Contributing Columnist
Sep 15 2011

Between the Lines

My friend, Tavis Smiley, has a new documentary out on the plight of the Black male in America.

It’s a subject that has been part of the intellectual and academic discourse for the past decade. For the last five years, it has been the No. 1 issue in public education. For the past four years, it has been a subject of intense debate in Los Angeles, which has the worst large school district in the nation, right here in Tavis’ own backyard.

Sep 13 2011

Open call for students grades 9-12

Celebrating 25 years, the signature Los Angeles based program has assisted more than 21,000 African-American students into college
 
LOS ANGELES – Since 1986, the Young Black Scholars (YBS) college preparatory program has assisted more than 21,000 Los Angeles area Black students into college—and the program is looking to increase that number with the start of the 2011-12 academic school year.
 

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Oct 21 2010

Changing the lives of our young Black men

Founded by Ricky Lewis of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. Tau Tau Chapter, in Compton, Calif., the Omega Educational Foundation is a non-profit organization that emphasizes community development, mentorship, and character-building in young men ages 8 to 18 years old.

During the past 17 years, the Omega Educational Foundation has touched the lives of more than 3,400 young men in the Greater Los Angeles area.

Oct 21 2010

Charles E. Blake Pastor of West Angeles Church of God in Christ and Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ was honored

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Pastor of West Angeles Church of God in Christ Bishop Charles E. Blake, ((L-R), receives the man-of-the-year award from 100 Black Men of Los Angeles Inc. Chairman of the Board of Directors Albert E. Dotson, Esq.

Charles E. Blake Pastor of West Angeles Church of God in Christ and Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ was honored with the prestigious man of the year award at the 2010 100 Black Men of Los Angeles Inc. gala held at the Beverly Wilshire on Oct. 15.

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.