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Victory Community Church Upland Celebrates Mental Health Awareness Month
Reedited by Naomi Bonman IVN Staff Writer Upland, CA- In keeping with our focus of a balanced life, the leadership of Victory Community are spending the month of May bring awareness the critical issue of Mental Illness. “This issue is present in our society and must be addressed from a loving and caring perspective. We [...]
PABSE 2012 Rites of Passage Ceremony
By Naomi Bonman IVN Staff Writer Pomona, CA- Students achieve and continue to achieve when they have the support and acknowledgement of the community. On Saturday, May 19, the Pomona Alliance of Black School Educators (PABSE) will host its 4th Annual Rites of Passage ceremony in conjunction with the African American Museum of Beginnings. The [...]
Female Army Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa King Back in Job
Columbia, S.C. — The first female boss at the Army’s prestigious drill sergeant school is being reinstated after she was suspended in November for reasons the Army has never explained, her attorney and the Army said Friday. Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa King, who is black, filed a military legal complaint over the suspension, arguing it [...]
Brotherly Arts Creates Comfortable Fashion
By Naomi Bonman IVN Staff Writer Upland, CA- People love to be comfortable in their clothes, and when they can be cute and comfortable that is a plus. Brotherly Arts is proud to announce that they are the first to create Go-Robes. Go-Robes can be worn at the beach, pool, at home or on vacation. [...]
Local Resident Lisa Taylor Wins Heinz Jefferson Community Award
Upland, CA– Heinz is pleased to announce that Lisa Taylor, sanitation manager at our PPI facility in Chatsworth, California, is the Company’s 2012 Jefferson Awards Champion Recipient for her dedicated community service. The Jefferson Awards are a prestigious national recognition system honoring community and public service in America. As a Corporate Champion participant in the [...]
Etiquette Excursion with Mona Johnson
Claremont, CA– Do you often entertain in your home? If so making everyone comfortable in your home should come naturally without creating issues. What happens when friends have different live styles? Your best friend is a smoker but you live in and appreciate a nonsmoking environment. However, it is a very special occasion, your 25th [...]
Mental Illness is Everywhere, Even in Your Family
Upland, CA– We have all seen them. They are everywhere you go. You and I have passed them on the street, in a crowded shopping mall or rode with them on the bus, train or even an airplane. We have seen them sleeping on the bus benches or meandering in the park. They walk as [...]
AIDA Enchants at the Candlelight Pavilion
A Tale of Star-Crossed Lovers based on the Verdi Opera Claremont, CA— Disney first produced this lavish epic of ancient Egypt, a classic tale of forbidden love told as only pop music Elton John and Tim Rice (Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) can. Aida, a wise and beautiful Nubian princess, [...]
“Poison in America”: Hate Crimes
Washington, DC– The growth in hate groups and the use of their divisive and negative language in the mainstream political and media arena is cause for national alarm. Already this year several horrendous hate crimes, possible hate crimes, and crimes committed by people with ties to hate groups have received national attention. In the first [...]
Comedian/Actor Sinbad Returning to the Stage at Club Nokia
Los Angeles, CA– Highly acclaimed comedian/actor SINBAD is returning to the stage at Los Angeles’ award-winning CLUB NOKIA Friday, June 15. Sinbad last brought his “hit’em in the face” style of comedy that has kept audiences laughing the past two decades to Club Nokia last May. Ranked by Comedy Central as one of the top [...]
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