Archive for January, 2008

INTERVIEW | Renea Collins

Jan 28, 2008 3 Comments by

Renea, describe yourself for our visitors. I have two daughters. I am a hair stylist . I am in school now to be ordained a minister and I dance every Sunday at the church I attend on the dance ministry. God has allowed me to start a ministry of drama that we go throughout the [...]

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Black Family Technology Awareness Week Celebrates a Decade of Discovery (Feb. 10-16)

Jan 28, 2008 Comments Off by

Baltimore, MD (BlackNews.com) – The National Black Family Technology Awareness Campaign, will celebrate the tenth annual Black Family Technology Awareness Week (BFTAW), February 10th – 16th, 2008. BFTAW is a national public awareness campaign designed to encourage more African Americans to incorporate technology into their daily lives. Partners and corporate supporters for this year’s campaign [...]

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The Truth About Abdominal Fat

Jan 25, 2008 Comments Off

THE TRUTH ABOUT ABDOMINAL FAT By Makeisha Lee, Health and Nutritional Advisor What your personal trainer has not told you about losing belly fat can leave you frustrated with less than average results. The label on the back of your latest diet pill guaranteed you flatter abs, but never told you that instead you can [...]

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March On!: The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World

Jan 25, 2008 Comments Off

Scholastic has signed a picture book written by Christine King Farris, the sister of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to be published on the 45th anniversary of his march on Washington and his “I Have a Dream” speech, which he delivered on August 28, 1963. The book, March On!: The Day My Brother Martin Changed [...]

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Interview | Francis Ray

Jan 24, 2008 Comments Off

Francis, describe yourself for our visitors. I’m a housewife, mother, and author. I graduated from Texas Woman’s University with a degree in nursing and a minor in sociology/psychology. Presently I’m employed by a large independent school district as a School Nurse Practitioner.  My hobbies include reading and gardening.  I love flowers as anyone who has [...]

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Tavis Smiley Seeking Entries for New Book

Jan 23, 2008 Comments Off

TAVIS SMILEY, PUBLISHER OF SMILEYBOOKS, INVITES SUBMISSIONS FOR INSPIRING VOLUME OF "UNCONDITIONAL LOVE STORIES" "Love Wins," Edited By Smiley, to be Released in Fall 2008 New York, NY (BlackNews.com) – SmileyBooks, the publishing company founded by Tavis Smiley, has launched a national campaign to generate submissions for his next book Love Wins: True Stories of [...]

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BET's Celebration of Gospel – January 27th

Jan 23, 2008 Comments Off

JOHN LEGEND, PATTI LABELLE, KIRK FRANKLIN, YOLANDA ADAMS, REV. JESSE JACKSON AND HENRY SIMMONS JOIN HOST STEVE HARVEY ON BET’S CELEBRATION OF GOSPEL PREMIERING SUNDAY, JANUARY 27 AT 8:00 P.M., ET/PT Los Angeles, CA (BlackNews.com) – With spiritually-uplifting performances by some of the biggest names in gospel and mainstream music, BET’s CELEBRATION OF GOSPEL is [...]

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Broken

Jan 23, 2008 Comments Off

BROKEN! By Carla Y. Nix “And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.”  ~Mark 14:3 KJV “To be humble and broken, surrendered [...]

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