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Civil Rights Pioneer & NAACP Leader Willis Edwards Dies at 66
Los Angeles, CA– Willis Edwards, longtime president of the Beverly Hills/Hollywood branch of the NAACP and key to launching the NAACP Image Awards on national television, died Friday in Mission Hills, California, according to a spokeswoman for Providence Holy Cross Medical Center. Edwards, born in Texas and raised in Palm Springs, California, was 66. Edwards [...]
High School Students Get A Firsthand View Of Health Care At ARMC
Students recently had the opportunity to learn about brain surgery, look through microscopes, and see newborns in the nursery Colton, CA – On July 12, most of the 35 visiting students from the National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF) on Medicine program raised their hands when Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC) Director of Medical Education, Dr. [...]
County Association of African American Employees Elects New President
San Bernardino, CA– The members of the San Bernardino County Association of African American Employees (SBCAAAE) have elected Diana Alexander to serve as their President for the 2012/2013 year. Formed in 1992, the SBCAAAE’s mission is to promote cultural awareness of the county’s – as well as our nation’s – rich, vibrant African American heritage [...]
Magic Johnson to Honor Students with Scholarships at Special Brunch
Los Angeles, CA– The Magic Johnson Foundation will host its annual recognition of LA’s youth Leaders on Saturday, July 28, 2012. Earvin “Magic” Johnson, the Magic Johnson Foundation (MJF), 33 scholars who demonstrate high academic achievement and alumni of the Taylor Michael Scholarship Program (TMSP) will all attend. Magic Johnson will be on hand at [...]
Inland Valley News, the Community and NAEJA Wants Answers from Walmart
Upland, CA– Inland Valley News would like to thank the community, civic and social organizations, individuals, corporations and churches for their support in resolving our newspaper distribution situation at the Pomona Walmart store. The Inland Valley and Inland Empire communities have come to the aid of the Inland Valley News in our letter writing campaign [...]
FBI to investigate Needles Found in Sandwiches on Delta Flights
Washington, DC– The FBI says it has launched an investigation into the discovery of sewing needles in four turkey sandwiches on separate Delta Air Lines flights from Amsterdam to the United States. The objects were discovered in food on planes as they were en route Sunday from Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands to Minneapolis, Seattle [...]
The Politics of Power and the Precious Right to Vote
By Marian Wright Edelman Washington, DC– “The first fact that we need to understand is that America has a longer history of disenfranchisement than it does of enfranchisement. What do I mean by that? At the time of the American Revolution when America was finding its footing, more than two-thirds of the people who resided [...]
Is School Hard Enough? No Way, New Report Says
By Larry Gordon Ted Guerrero, 19, a Loyola Marymount University student helps out Robert Micklo, 7, at homework club during afterschool activities at 186th Street School in Gardena in 2011. Students and parents may complain often and loudly about the homework load these days, saying it has created a stressed-out generation. But a new report [...]
R&B Stars to Perform at the Fairplex in Pomona to Help Raise Funds for NCRF
Pomona, CA — Some of the biggest R&B artists will perform on stage August 4th 2pm at Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Avenue, Pomona, California, in a collaboration effort to raise money for National College Resources Foundation. National College Resources Foundation is a non-profit organization that helps underserved and underrepresented students get into college. The Live [...]
Al Green plus Special Guest Allen Stone
Los Angeles, CA– Soul and R&B icon, Al Green will perform at The Greek Theatre on Thursday July 19 with special guest Allen Stone. The Reverend Al Green’s extraordinary voice became known to the world through a string of legendary hits in the early 1970s, classics including “Tired of Being Alone,” “Let’s Stay Together,” “I [...]
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