The Black Women’s Forum held an intimate and engaging roundtable discussion this past Saturday which honored Black mothers who have lost their children to police violence. The forum was held during a luncheon at the Westin Hotel in Los Angeles.
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Sickle Cell Disease Foundation raises funds for Camp Crescent Moon
More than 500 people attended the fifth annual Sickle Cell Disease Foundation of California Walk-a-Thon this past Saturday at Los Angeles Southwest College. The purpose of the event was to raise $50,000 to send children affected by sickle-cell disease to Camp Crescent Moon, which is a summer camp that meets the children’s needs.
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Byron Scott provides basketball training to children at the Boys and Girls Club
More than 50 children from the Child Alliance and Drew Child Development programs (which provide services for children in the child welfare system) were in for a treat this past Saturday at the Boys and Girls Club in Harbor City. Los Angeles Lakers legend and head coach Byron Scott hosted a clinic that taught the elementary and middle school children the basic fundamentals of basketball. But more importantly, the event was used to promote education.
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Fitness zones are providing locals an alternative to gyms
Many Los Angeles residents are hitting the local parks for their resistance training. But instead of lifting heavy weights or laboring away on expensive machines that have cables attached to steel plates, the equipment at the parks use good ole man power.
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Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather has achieved pop status
This Saturday night at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, a boxing match will be at the center of attention, but that is not what high rollers are paying up to $100,000 for ringside seats to see; or the more wealthy folks who are paying $4,600 for seats in the nose bleed section, or what the everyday people are paying $90 to watch on television.
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Youth football camp promotes safety first
Young boys recently converged at the Soboroff Sports Field at the Expo Center, with the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as the backdrop. While most youth football players lace up their cleats and practice in shirts and shorts during this time of year, these kids strapped on the pads.
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Know your legal rights
Los Angeles Police Department members and Los Angeles County Probation officers spoke to a group of 50 middle and high school boys at the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Western Region convention in Long Beach. All of the officers are members of the fraternity, and the topic on hand was how to interact with law enforcement officers.
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Earl Watson Elite recognizes academic excellence
Travel basketball programs typically focus on the fundamentals of the sport, but at Earl Watson Elite, they see the bigger picture. Colleges factor in a student’s grade point average as much as they do their athletic abilities, because student athletes have to qualify academically to receive an athletic scholarship. Universities also need to know that the athlete can stay academically eligible.
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Golden Boy Promotions brings boxing back to Downtown L.A.
Walk into the Belasco Theater in downtown Los Angeles on a night when Golden Boy Promotions is hosting LA Fight Club, and you’ll see a jammed- packed venue with some sections having standing room only.
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Study shows that NFL stadium in Carson would create an economic boom
The NFL seems to be getting closer to moving back to Los Angeles. The nation’s second largest market has been without a team for more than 20 years, and there has been a number of stadium projects that have been proposed, only to have fallen apart.
