Los Angeles

Feb 5 2009

HIV/AIDS performance educates and entertains

 Locke High School will play host to a National Black HIV AIDS Awareness event Feb. 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. that will include an interactive educational theatrical performance called “What Goes Around.”

Members of the Kaiser Educational Theater will perform in the play which is designed to raise awareness about HIV and sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and help young people understand what are the best choices to make and how to do so.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Feb 5 2009

Housing, foreclosure and transit oriented development

 Los Angeles, CA – Nearly 100 people turned out for a public hearing in South Los Angeles to discuss the future of affordable homes and livable neighborhoods.

The event was hosted by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Housing L.A., and the topics covered included housing, foreclosure and transit oriented development.

Feb 5 2009

Tobacco company honors civil rights movement

 Greensboro, NC – Lorillard Tobacco Company has agreed to donate $1 million to the International Civil Rights Center and Museum to commemorate the unique role that Greensboro played in advancing the civil rights movement. The Center will be located in the original F.W. Woolworth building on downtown Greensboro’s Elm Street and will honor the sit-in of Feb. 1, 1960 that took place there, and other civil rights accomplishments.

Feb 5 2009

Broadway Federal Bank announces new president and chief executive officer

 Los Angeles, CA – Broadway Financial Corporation, the holding company of Broadway Federal Bank, announced that Wayne-Kent A. Bradshaw has joined the Company as president and chief operating officer.

Paul C. Hudson, chairman and CEO, stated, “Attracting a senior level executive with Wayne’s experience and talent will facilitate the continued growth and profitability of the Company by expanding the management resources and capabilities of the Bank.”

Jan 31 2009

Third anniversary commemoration planned

Little did teenager Devin Brown realize during his short life that he would wind up as another homicide statistic.

The 13-year-old Brown was shot multiple times on Feb. 6, 2005 after leading police on a high speed chase in a stolen red Toyota Camry.

In what became a high profile case in the city of Los Angeles, Brown was chased to the intersection of 83rd Street and Western Avenue when Officer Steven Garcia fired 10 shots at the Camry, striking the teen seven times.

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.