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Jan 15 2009

Elizabeth May Mills Phelps mourned

Elementary school teacher, grocery store co-owner, postal worker, wife, mother and grandmother accurately describe part of the life of Elizabeth May Mills Phelps. However, having lived to the grand age of 94 (deceased Jan. 6), Elizabeth’s life encompassed much more.

Jan 15 2009

Compiled by Patricia Woody

January 15
Open House. T.H.E. Clinic celebrates 35 years. 1-3 p.m. 3834 So. Western Ave., L.A. (323) 730-1920. www.theclinicinc.org.

January 16
Carter/Huggins Memorial. UCLA’s Afrikan Student Union & Academic Advancement Prog. honor lifes of Bunchy Carter and John Huggins: Guest speakers–Noon-2 p.m. Elaine Brown and Erica Huggins; Workshops 2-4 p.m. Gen. prog. 4-8 p.m. UCLA-Campbell Hall, 405 Hilgard Ave., Westwood. All welcome. (310) 431-8748.

January 17

Jan 15 2009

Author analyzes historical campaign

Los Angeles, CA - There is no such thing as an overnight success. Barack Obama didn’t just magically appear in a puff of smoke.
Exploring the strategy of his climb to the top can be as intoxicating as following the historical paths of the Underground Railroad, the Civil Rights movement and other pivotal events.
Like the “yellow brick road,” with it’s twists and turns; witches and farmers; heartless and brainless, the journey eventually led to the Emerald City. Or, in Obama’s case, the White House in Chocolate City.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Jan 15 2009

State and local elections on the horizon

Los Angeles, CA - While the historic 2008 presidential elections are now fading to a much treasured memory, many local candidates are heading into the home stretch in a number of races.

Primaries are set for March 3 in the cities of Los Angeles, Carson, Gardena as well as the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Los Angeles Community College District.

Jan 15 2009

Operating budget to be reduced

Sacramento, CA – Recognizing there must be shared sacrifice in these tough economic times, Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) and Assembly Rules Committee Chair Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) yesterday announced a 10% cut to the Assembly’s operating budget.

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.