Karen Bass

Sep 6 2011

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 LOS ANGELES - Newly elected Rep. Karen Bass welcomes over 250 to new Wilshire and Highland congressional office Sat., Sept. 4. 

 

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Cynthia E. Griffin  |   OW Managing Editor
Sep 1 2011

Members plan to introduce package of 42 bills to put America back to work

Nearly 1,000 people turned out Tuesday night and an estimated 10,000 showed up Wednesday at Crenshaw Christian Center in pursuit of jobs.

On Tuesday, an appreciative audience of elected officials, workers, and community people attended the final stop of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) “For the People” Jobs Initiative tour.

Aug 25 2011

Congressional Black Caucus will continue the conversation

Nearly 2,000 people showed up to talk with Congress members Maxine Waters, Karen Bass, and Laura Richardson last Saturday during a Good Jobs LA Kitchen Table summit held at Inglewood High School.

On Aug. 30 and 31, people will have the opportunity to talk to more Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) members, when the CBC arrives in Los Angeles on the final stop of its “For the People” Jobs Initiative tour. The event will be held 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday at Crenshaw Christian Center, 7901 S. Vermont Ave., followed Wednesday by a jobs fair from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Karen Bass  |   OW Guest Columnist
Jul 21 2011

Hope, hard work ahead for South Sudan

Earlier this month we witnessed a momentous and rare event—the birth of a new nation—when the Republic of South Sudan became an independent country after a long and bloody struggle in the heart of Africa. The Sudanese war spanned some 20 years and took 2 million innocent lives as the government in Khartoum sought to repress the ethnic and religious Christian minority in the south.

Cynthia E. Griffin  |   OW Managing Editor
Jul 14 2011

Claim latest visualization decimates Black representation

The African American Redistricting Collaborative (AARC) will hold a press conference today at 10 a.m. at the California African America Museum in Exposition Park to discuss the latest developments in redrawing legislative boundaries. The AARC’s press advisory notes that it “... is convening a press conference to declare the African American community’s refusal to accept any reduction in political representation.”

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
Allied Integrated Marketing recently announced it is launching a new African American marketing division, Allied Moxy. The new division will create innovative campaigns that integrate publicity, promotions, digital and grassroots outreach to speak directly to the full diversity of African American consumers. Spearheading Allied Moxy are industry veterans Kim Walters and Gloria Jones. Walters will oversee national strategy from Los Angeles, while Jones will oversee regional/local strategy from Washington, D.C. Walters brings more than a decade of marketing experience working with entertainment companies such as Codeblack Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, and A&E Lifetime Television, as well as consumer brands such as KIA and L.A. Gear and awards programs such as NAACP Image Awards and Soul Train Music Awards. Jones has been with Allied for five years running publicity and promotional campaigns for clients, including Universal Pictures, Focus Features and Relativity Media, and previously worked for WBDC-TV in D.C. and MTV Networks’ Nick @ Nite and TV Land.

 

Representing Los Angeles and Center Theatre Group, Tyler Edwards, a senior at the Orange County High School of the Arts, placed third at the national finals of the fifth annual August Wilson Monologue Competition (AWMC) at Broadway’s August Wilson Theatre in New York City. “I am thrilled . . . I’m so glad that I took it for L.A. the first time we got up . . . that’s what we’re talking about!” said an elated Edwards following the competition. Edwards, an aspiring actor, describes the soaring, lyrical monologues found in the plays by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson as “very inspirational,” and said prior to the Los Angeles Regional Finals of the August Wilson competition, “I would love to share a bit of that inspiration with any audience, in hopes that they leave with more appreciation than they walked in with.”

 

Georgia
Bounce TV, the nation’s first-ever over-the-air broadcast television network for African Americans, will launch a second new original comedy series, “Uptown Comic,” on June 18, immediately after the series premiere of the just-announced sitcom “Family Time.” “Uptown Comic” is a half-hour series featuring stage and skit performances by some of the hottest up-and-coming comics in the country. The show is currently in production in front of a live studio audience at the longest-running African American comedy club in the U.S.—Uptown Comedy Corner in Atlanta. Actor and comedian Joe Torry (Russell Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam) hosts. “Family Time,” a half hour situation comedy created by Bentley Kyle Evans ( “The Jamie Foxx Show,” “Martin,” “Love That Girl”) and produced by Evans and partner Trenten Gumbs is set to launch Monday, June 18, at 8 p.m. The series premiere of “Uptown Comic” will follow and be seen weekly at 8:30 p.m. (All Times Eastern.)