OurWeekly

Nov 22 2011

Have a safe day everyone

May 26 2011

Pacific Coast Regional

As the West Coast Expo approaches, OurWeekly will do its best to keep readers abreast of the upcoming events and any new developments.

“Pacific Coast Regional is participating in the West Coast Expo for two reasons. First as a regular advertiser in OurWeekly, we consider ourselves a part of the OurWeekly family, and we like to support them whenever we can. Second even though we are a 35-year-old company that provides business loans and training, we are constantly told that ‘we are the best kept secret in town.’

Stanley O. Williford  |   OW Editor
May 26 2011

CPUC’s Simon, others will also be feted at awards dinner

Earl “Skip” Cooper, president of the Black Business Association, is high on the Anschutz Entertainment Group and, ipso facto, Timothy J. Leiweke, its president and CEO.

May 19 2011

Veteran newspaperman

OurWeekly publisher Natalie Cole has named veteran newspaperman and book publisher Stanley O. Williford as its new editor. Williford will direct the editorial operations of OurWeekly and two other publications—Healthier You, a national health magazine, and Careers and Education, which is directed toward high school and college students.

Apr 21 2011

In the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall

Let’s say you’re a freak for Hip Hop news, and you’re looking for a classic copy of The Source, or Slam or XXL.

You might find one at Urban Experience Bookstore & Publications in the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall, right next to Toys R Us and the Children’s Place on the mall’s first level. 

Or let’s say you have a friend or a loved one in a hospital, nursing home or prison, and you want to send them a magazine or even a copy of one of several free weekly newspapers at the stand.

Across Black America

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

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”