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Black Women's Roundtable Public Policy Network Urges NFL to #Getitright

Washington, DC – Expressing absolute agreement with National Football League (NFL) Commissioner Roger Goodell that he “got it wrong,”  the Black Women’s Roundtable Public Policy Network (BWR) held a press conference today to urge the commissioner to take swift action to “get it right,” starting by appointing black women experts in domestic violence and sexual assault to […]

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Radio One partners with National Urban League: Put Our Children 1st education initiative

                SILVER SPRING, MD / SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 – One Solution, the creative and branded entertainment arm of Radio One, has entered into a new partnership with the National Urban League in support of the organization’s Put Our Children 1st education initiative. As a heated national debate has emerged around Common

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UC Offers New Assistance Program for Middle Class Families

Story by:  UC Newsroom, News Report, Nicole Freeling Thousands of UC students soon could receive a check to offset some of their college-related expenses through a new state program aimed at assisting middle-class families.UC officials estimate that roughly 24,000 UC students qualify for funding through California’s Middle Class Scholarship, which was approved by the legislature earlier this

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Sony Pictures "Annie" adopts turnaround arts in support of struggling schools

  MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., September 10, 2014 – In advance of the release of the highly anticipated motion picture Annie, in theaters on December 19, 2014, Sony Pictures Entertainment is helping to support Turnaround Arts, a signature program of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.  Turnaround Arts works with local program partners to provide

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Beat the Heat: Cucumber, strawberry and mint water drink

Do you find it challenging to drink the recommended eight glasses of water every day?  Try this fun recipe to make a refreshing, zero-calorie cucumber, strawberry and mint water.  It looks and tastes good, it helps your body detox and flushes you out. Recipe: 1) On a cutting board slice cucumbers and strawberries into thin slices. 2)  Place sliced cucumber, strawberry and mint

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TV One’s Unsung will air its final episode featuring The Chi-lites

  Tomorrow TV One’s hour-long music documentary program Unsung will air its final episode for the season featuring the legendary soul vocal quartet The Chi-lites at 8pm. On this special episode of “Unsung,” Thompson, The Chi-Lites’ “last surviving member,” is joined by close family members of his now-deceased partners to tell the story of four

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Mandate Recording Artist Pastor Brent Jones Named Artistic Director for KJLH Radio Free Choir

Pastor Brent Jones keeps making noise in the music industry, and he is excited to announce his newest endeavor. The accomplished gospel songster and talented director has inked a deal to become the new Artistic Director for the Radio Free Choir of KJLH 102.3FM, the performance group out of Los Angeles. In a recent interview,

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Reginald Hudlin to produce Academy's 2014 Governors Awards

LOS ANGELES, CA — Reginald Hudlin will produce the 6th Annual Governors Awards for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced today.  The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award will be presented to Harry Belafonte, and Honorary Awards will be presented to Jean-Claude Carrière, Hayao Miyazaki and Maureen O’Hara, on

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