Archive for October, 2008

Sex Sells, But Is It Worth the Cost?

Oct 14, 2008 Comments Off by

SEX SELLS, BUT IS IT WORTH THE COST? By Jamie Morgan If sex sells, what’s the price tag? The estimated $3000 spent on pornography every second. Or perhaps for some it’s $200 an hour spent with a prostitute. Or could it be $5,000 for a 15-year-old Indian blushing bride via sex traffic. For others it [...]

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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Oct 13, 2008 Comments Off by

Playwright Jeanette Hill stops over at Written Voices Blog to tell us about her current production, The Silent City. Our current play, entitled The Silent City, focuses on several very sensitive issues, relating to domestic violence and dating abuse…among Christians. Both women and men are victims of this disease but are afraid to step forward [...]

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INTERVIEW | Jeanette W. Hill of Sight Ain’t Seeing Productions

Oct 13, 2008 Comments Off

Jeanette, describe yourself for our visitors. Well, let’s see. I am all of the things that many of your visitors are…a wife, mother, sister and friend. I’m active in my church and the community. I am the Education Team Leader for the Women’s Ministry at the Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church and I also teach [...]

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Voters Urged to Bring Proper ID to Voting Booth

Oct 09, 2008 Comments Off

NEW AMERICA MEDIA LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN URGING VOTERS TO BRING PROPER IDENTIFICATION TO THEVOTING BOOTH SO THEIR VOTES WILL COUNT US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., Entertainer Hill Harper Support the NAM Voter Education Project San Francisco, CA (BlackNews.com) – Registered voters across America, particularly people of color, are being urged to bring the proper credentials to [...]

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INTERVIEW | Dr. Julianna Hynes

Oct 08, 2008 1 Comment

  Dr. Hynes, describe yourself for our visitors. Dr. Julianna Hynes is a gifted leadership development coach, consultant and facilitator as well as a talented author and speaker. With more than ten years of education and experience in Organizational Development and Training, she honed those talents to become the Founder and CEO of Julianna Hynes [...]

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BOOK REVIEW | The Truth About Love

Oct 08, 2008 Comments Off

The Truth About Love by Tia McCollors If you read Zora’s Cry, then you are familiar with the friends Zora, Monet, Paula, and Belinda. They are back in this second book, facing new challenges in their lives. It’s not necessary to read the first book as The Truth About Love clearly stands on its own, [...]

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(Ever) Feel like giving up?

Oct 06, 2008 Comments Off

(Ever) Feel like giving up? by Jewel Diamond Taylor The enemy has a set up to make you want to give up.  The set up comes in the form of suicide, depression, apathy and defeat. A song that inspires me when I’m feeling discouraged is by gospel artist Marvin Sapp …"This is not the time [...]

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Black Health Magazine

Oct 06, 2008 Comments Off

Black Health Magazine, December Issue Atlanta, GA (BlackNews.com) – Curtis’ Executive Vice President, Circulation, Dennis F. Porti has announced that Curtis Circulation Company, LLC will launch BLACK HEALTH (01124) nationally and internationally, published by Household Publishing & Enterprises, Inc. on November 4, 2008. Black Health Magazine, a bimonthly healthy living publication, strives to empower African [...]

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