Dallas, TX — Dancing, dinner and fond memories between fathers and their daughters will mark the debut of the annual Jason Terry Foundation Father-Daughter Ball, “A Royal Affair.” The Dallas community is invited to share an evening to highlight and celebrate the importance of the father/daughter relationship while raising scholarship funds for deserving high school […]
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Both Parties Must Come Together on a Budget that Cuts Wasteful Spending Without Sacrificing Investments in the Future
President Obama addressed the proposed budget cuts in his weekly address. His goal to cut “wasteful spending without sacrificing job-creating investments in education, innovation, and infrastructure,” and still meet congressional Republicans halfway seems a bit illogical but, let’s give the President the benefit of the doubt. At least they’re still talking about creating jobs because […]
OneUnited Bank Promotes Financial Literacy for Youth with New Book “I Got Bank!”
Boston, MA – OneUnited Bank President and Chief Operating Officer Teri Williams has written a children’s book entitled I Got Bank! The book is the centerpiece of OneUnited Bank’s new initiative to promote financial literacy to urban youth. The book tells the story of an African-American boy, Jazz Ellington, whose grandfather set up a savings […]
Bipolar Female Jockey Fights Mental Illness in “Long Shot”
For decades, Sylvia Harris struggled with the manic highs and crippling lows of her bipolar disorder, making it difficult to parent her children or even hold down a steady job. After years of trying every known treatment, she managed to find solace and a better equilibrium through a powerful friendship with horses. LONG SHOT: My […]
Mc+Company Advertising Dominates Digital Media Category at the ADDY Awards
New Orleans, LA – GMc+Company Inc. took home three Gold Awards from the recent 2010-11 ADDY® Award Show in addition to Best of Show in Digital Work, the top honor in one of the show’s most competitive categories. The awards showcase the agency’s success in digital marketing while solidifying its place as the top multicultural […]
A Green Future for Our Gulf: Be part of the emerging Green Economy
NEW ORLEANS – If you are a young person impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, the Gulfsouth Youth Biodiesel Project (GYBP) may be the program for you. The GYBP is a youth-led social enterprise focusing on the production and sale of biodiesel fuel as a means of educating and developing leadership and social entrepreneurship […]
Gospel Legend Vanessa Bell Armstrong Signs with Music World Gospel
Houston, TX – Multiple GRAMMY® Award nominee and Stellar Award winner Vanessa Bell Armstrong today signed an exclusive recording and co-management agreement with Music World Gospel. Armstrong will be co-managed by Clive Ennis of CAnthony Entertainment. “It has been a wonderful journey,” said Vanessa Bell Armstrong. “I am so happy to have a new home […]
Obama Gives Props to Romney on Health Care
(CNN) – In a moment that Mitt Romney’s future GOP opponents couldn’t have scripted better themselves, President Obama Monday issued a full-throated embrace of the former Massachusetts governor’s stance on health care. “I know that many of you have asked for flexibility for your states under this law,” Obama said during a speech to a […]
Rep. John Lewis, Maya Angelou, and President GW Bush Receive Medal of Freedom
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation’s highest civilian honor presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. The honorees are: • Former President George H.W. Bus • Chancellor Angela […]