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Dec 20 2010

World Savings Bank, Wachovia Bank

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Wells Fargo will provide loan changes worth more than $2 billion to thousands of California homeowners and provide an additional $32 million to thousands of borrowers who lost their homes through foreclosure, the state Attorney General's Office announced today.

None of the loans were made by Wells Fargo. All were originated by World Savings and Wachovia —both banks that Wells Fargo acquired, according to the Attorney General's office.

Sep 21 2010

Inspire and reward students

IRVINE - Irvine-based Broadcom and the Society for Science & the Public announced a six-year, $6 million partnership to launch a national middle school competition focused on science, technology, engineering and math.

The Broadcom MASTERS—Math, Applied Science, Technology and Engineering for Rising Stars—is designed to inspire and reward interest in science, technology, engineering and math among students in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades.

Mar 4 2010

Washington, D.C.

The following is a statement released by the Congressional Black Caucus Members of the House Financial Services Committee, who  include Rep. Maxine Waters, CA, Rep. Melvin L. Watt, NC, Rep.  Gregory W. Meeks, NY, Rep. William Lacy Clay, MO, Rep. David Scott, GA, Rep. Al Green, TX, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, MO, Rep. Gwen Moore,  WI, Rep. Keith Ellison, MN, and Rep. Andre Carson, IN:

Feb 21 2009

Achievements of Alicia Keys, Tyra Banks, Richard Parsons, Rep. Maxine Waters, Dr. Cornel West and Janice Bryant Howroyd lauded

BET will present it’s inaugural celebration of The BET Honors at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, January 12, hosted by comedian Cedric the Entertainer. The awards show will be premiered on BET, Friday, February 22 at 8 p.m. and will include performances and/or appearances by Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Gladys Knight, Wyclef Jean, Jill Scott, Brian McKnight, Ne-Yo, Raheem DeVaughn, Blair Underwood, Danny Glover, Kerry Washington, Idris Elba, Hill Harper and Vivica A. Fox.

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.”