But first, we want to wish Dorothy Height a speedy recovery and a happy and slightly belated birthday. She turned 98 on Wednesday. Ms. Height, the current chair and president emerita of the National Council of Negro Women was hospitalized this week. All reports indicate that her condition was stable, but serious.

The magnetic and charming Dorothy Height is an icon of the Civil Rights Movement. Although her contributions to the battle for racial equality haven’t always been given the prominence offered some of her male contemporaries, including Georgia Congressman John Lewis, and the late Dr. Martin Luther King.

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On Saturday, March 27, at 9:30 a.m., the Images of Women in the Media class at Spelman College will host the 2010 Mothering Our Daughters symposium, “Reflections of Beauty and Womanhood.” Aimed at mothers and mentors of girls ages 7 to 17, this annual student-led conference will confront and combat the one-dimensional and hypersexual images of Black women perpetuated in popular media.

Special guest speakers include renowned author Tiny McElroy Ansa, C’71, who will discuss her best-selling 2003 novel, “You Know Better”; Keri M. Pridgeon, a specialist in adolescent health and youth development, with the Center for Black Women’s Wellness; and Stacie A. Hayes M.A., graduation coach/guidance counselor with Paulding County Schools.

The cost of the conference is $5 for adults and $2 for girls. To register, e-mail motherdaughterconf@gmail.com. Held in the Cosby Academic Center building, registration is on a first come, first serve basis.

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Sources of Stress and Relief for African American Women (Race and Ethnicity in Psychology)
Publisher: Praeger | ISBN: 086569267X | edition 2003 | File type: PDF | 152 pages | 7,7 mb
Written from an afrocentric point of view, Collins’s volume investigates sources of stress in the home and workplace.

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There are plenty of images of strong black women in popular culture, including Hattie McDaniel and Oprah to name a couple. But what does it mean to be a strong black woman, and who decides whether that is a good or bad thing to be? Host Allison Keyes gets some answers from the author Sheri Parks who has just written the book “Fierce Angels: The Strong Black Woman in American Life and Culture.”

KEYES: Talk to me about who you see as strong, black women today. Our first lady Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, who else?

Prof. PARKS: Well, there are certainly those, but there are lots of women in everyday life. And, actually, I’m even more concerned about them, those women who grow up with the expectation that they will take care of everybody, and people who expect them to take care of everybody. I’m suggesting that black women already have an organically grown, traditional model of female power that they use to move through the world, but that the expectations that are put on them because of that are often exhausting.

KEYES: Let’s listen to a clip of Oprah from the movie “The Color Purple,” where she’s playing the wonderfully strong character Sofia.

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Cities in 92 countries around the world prepare to shut off their lights for one hour tomorrow in observance of Earth Hour, an annual event geared at showing support for taking action on climate change issues.

During Earth Hour, people around the world are asked to turn off their lights for an hour at 8:30 p.m. local time on March 27. This year the event has topped its participation figure from last year, which was 88 countries.

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Lance Lewis, pastor of Christ Liberation Fellowship in Philadelphia, says the health and wealth gospel is as much a threat to the historic black church as theological liberalism was to the evangelical church in the early part of the 20th century, as reported by By Faith magazine.

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New Orleans blues and gospel singer Marva Wright died Tuesday at age 62, her former manager said.

Adam Shipley confirmed that Wright died of complications from a stroke she suffered last year.

She sang traditional jazz and gospel standards but was better known for sultry, sometimes bawdy blues songs. Among her best known songs were “Heartbreakin’ Woman” and “Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean.”