Hair She Goes! Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon parents of twins | The Associated Press
April 30, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) — Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon celebrated their fourth anniversary with another milestone — becoming parents to a baby girl and boy.
Carey’s representative, Cindi Berger, confirmed the births to The Associated Press. The singing superstar gave birth Saturday at 12:07 p.m. EDT at an undisclosed hospital in Los Angeles. Berger says the baby girl was born first, weighing 5 pounds, 3 ounces, and was 18 inches long; her brother was next, at 5 pounds 6 ounces, and was 19 inches.
Berger says the couple has not named the children yet. Cannon drove Carey to the hospital in their Rolls-Royce Phantom. Berger said the 41-year-old Carey, who had gone through false labor, was calm, thinking that it was another false alarm.
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Catch the Buzz You Missed: The Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Replay Broadcast | Wedding Hightlights VideoBuzz
April 29, 2011
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myATLevents: Atlanta Falcons Chauncey Davis, The Chauncey Davis Foundation Honors Community Leaders, May 5th
April 28, 2011
myATLevents — Atlanta Falcons Defensive End Chauncey Davis will distinguished leaders for their work in serving the greater Atlanta community during a special fundraiser on May 5, beginning at 7 p.m. at Twelve Hotel at Atlantic Station. The 2011 Bet on LIFE: Casino Night honorees include: WSB-TV’s Monica Pearson, Enterprise Holding’s Daniel Miller, Anesthesia Healthcare Partners’ Sean Lynch, Cox Radio’s Walt Phillips, and Atlanta Falcons’ John Abraham. The evening’s MC will be Ebony Steele, co-host of the nationally syndicated Rickey Smiley Morning Show.
“Each year, the Chauncey Davis Foundation works to impact the lives of your through grassroots programs and interactive projects. After my mother lost her leg due to complications associated with diabetes, I wanted to make a difference that would not only educate young people but also save and change lives,” said Davis, who started the foundation in 2007. “Each one of our honorees has made a difference in the community in various ways. Our event will honor their commitment to providing educational opportunities, increasing awareness and impacting the lives of future generations.”
Confirmed event participants include: Jonathan Babineaux- Atlanta Falcons; Jamaal Anderson – Atlanta Falcons; Gary Guyton – New England Patriots; Michael Johnson – Cincinnati Bengals; Jason Jones – Tennessee Titans; Lamar Campbell Former NFL; Kevin Henry Former Steelers; Rashan Ali radio personality; Ryan Stewart radio personality Doug Stewart radio personality; Eric Matthews Former Green Bay; Ray Lavender R&B artist and more. The 2011 sponsors include: SunTrust: Sports and Entertainment; Verizon Wireless; Piedmont Hospital; Grey Goose; Tents, Tents, Tents; BB&T; Jimmy Choo; Nike; Singleton Marine Group; Twelve Hotels; Tara Fine Jewelry; Burks Jewelers; Justin’s; Kingsmen Media; Profile Marketing & Public Relations; The Carr Real Estate Group; Delta Airlines; Janssen Robinson and more. Follow the Buzz via www.chaunceydavisfoundation.org myATLevents — You just got the buzz from www.DryerBuzz.com — Combing the headlines. Transforming the way we look — at life. Got Buzz – Pitch it http://Pitch.DryerBuzz.com
The Clippings: African-American Pastors Unite to Revive Marriage and Fatherhood | Call to Action For Black Church
April 28, 2011
Group Issues “Call to Action” for the Black Church to Ignite New Social Movement
Maryland — An interdenominational group of African-American pastors has united to ignite a movement to renew marriage and fatherhood in the African-American community. The movement, led by 10 pastors in partnership with National Fatherhood Initiative, Urban Ministries, Inc., and The National Center on African American Marriages and Parenting, has been initiated by a “Call to Action,” which educates and inspires the black church to address the declines in marriage and father involvement that plague the black community. Clergy around the country will be recruited to sign the Call to Action, indicating their desire to join the movement to reverse these destructive trends. Since the 1960s, marriage and fatherhood have declined faster in the black community than in the rest of the population. In 1970, seven out of 10 African Americans between the ages of 20 and 54 were married; today, just four in 10 are (compared to nearly six in 10 in the general population). Today, one in three children in the country live apart from their biological fathers, but two of three African American children do. Roland C. Warren, president of National Fatherhood Initiative, said, “It is no coincidence that while the state of the black family has declined, that the state of the black community – in terms of poverty, incarceration, school failure, and other measures – has also deteriorated. Marriage and fatherhood must be renewed in order for these problems to be reversed.” Through the Call to Action, the pastors are calling upon their fellow African-American clergy to take on these five broad strategies: acknowledge and eliminate the barriers to promoting marriage and fatherhood in the church; be a voice and a guide for God’s plan for marriage, fathers, and families; advocate for strong marriages and help others to enjoy them; help and encourage men to be the fathers their children need; and enlist and guide the community in strengthening marriages, fathers, and families. The Call to Action provides several specific tactics for each of the five strategies and will be distributed nationally to clergy, along with a Pastors’ Toolkit containing sermon notes and information about programs provided by the movement’s partners. The leaders and founding signatories of the Call to Action are: Edwin Bass, Founder and Senior Pastor, The Empowered Church (Church of God in Christ) and President of COGIC Urban Initiatives, Inc., St. Louis, MO; Alex Gee, Founder and Senior Pastor, Fountain of Life Family Worship Center, Madison, WI; David Guy, Associate Pastor, Life International, Research Triangle Park, NC; Rob Harrison, Founder and President, 4ever Marriages & Families; Ray Johnson, Senior Pastor, Calvary Revival Church Peninsula, Newport News, VA; Bernie Miller, Founder and Pastor, New Covenant Fellowship Church, Chattanooga, TN; Johnny Parker, Men’s Ministry Director, First Baptist Church, Glenarden, MD; John Penton, Founder and Pastor, Greater Roosevelt Heights Church, Tacoma, WA; Clarence Shuler, President and CEO, Building Lasting Relationships; and Sherman Strong, Pastor, Restoration Temple (Church Of God in Christ), St. Louis, MO. Follow the Buzz via www.fatherhood.org/calltoactionThe Clipping — You just got the buzz from www.DryerBuzz.com — Combing the headlines. Transforming the way we look — at life.
Got Buzz – Pitch it http://Pitch.DryerBuzz.comThe Clippings: New Website to Trace Origins of Enslaved Africans | african-origins.org
April 28, 2011
Volunteer Assistance Sought from Africans, African Diaspora, Scholars Worldwide
Little is known of the ancestry of Africans pulled into the trans-Atlantic slave trade. A new website, launched at Emory University this week, aims to change that. The African-Origins (http://www.african-origins.org) website provides a rare glimpse of the identities of Africans aboard early nineteenth-century slaving vessels, and through this information, the possibility of tracing the origins of millions of other Africans forcibly transported to the Americas. Public participation will be critical to piecing together this missing history.
Visitors to African-Origins can search an online database of Africans liberated from slaving vessels, with such details as gender, age, African port of departure, and, most importantly, an African name. Because names used within African languages and social groups have remained fairly consistent over the last two centuries, the thousands of names listed in this database are clues to the linguistic and ethnic origins of the Africans on board these vessels.
Scholars are now looking for help in identifying the modern counterparts of these names and the languages and ethnicities with which they are likely associated. Through the African-Origins website, those with knowledge of African languages and cultural naming practices can suggest these links. By taking a few minutes to search and listen for familiar names and contribute a modern counterpart, language, and ethnic group, members of the public can help identify the language, ethnic and geographic origins of people listed in these registers, and subsequently the likely origins of millions of other unnamed Africans enslaved during this period.
With these insights, scholars serving as editors of the database can consider the range of possible languages and groups affiliated with a name alongside historical research of peoples’ locations and movements across Africa. As contributions are received and analyzed, new information will be added to the African-Origins database on the likely language and ethnicity of each individual. Visitors to the site will eventually be able to search for Africans by linguistic group and view maps of the historical locations of people pulled into the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
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Got Buzz – Pitch it http://Pitch.DryerBuzz.comThe Clippings: Eight HBCUs Host Ending Violence Against Women Events to Promote Denim Day
April 28, 2011
The Clippings –On April 27, 2011 over 3,500 students at eight (8) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) — Clark Atlanta University, Coppin State University, Howard University, Lemoyne-Owen College, Morehouse College, Morgan State University, Norfolk State University and Prairie View A&M University—will participate in the 3rd Denim Day at HBCUs. The HBCU movement for Denim Day is organized by Ending Violence Against Women (EVAW): The HBCU Project, an initiative funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health and The Wright Group.
The Wright Group and EVAW are sponsors of Denim Day in USA 2011. Denim Day is a project of Peace Over Violence—a non-profit, feminist, multicultural, volunteer organization dedicated to building healthy relationships, families and communities free from sexual, domestic and interpersonal violence. Denim Day was launched in 1999, in protest of an Italian High Court ruling that overturned a rape conviction because the victim was wearing “tight” jeans. “Today there is a movement of African American students who visibly stand united as one HBCU campus for Denim Day, recognizing their role as champions for survivors in eliminating shame, stigma and blame– one fellow student at a time,” said Amelia Cobb, Director of Ending Violence Against Women. This week 3,500 students have signed-up to join the movement this year by wearing jeans and a Denim Day at HBCUs T-Shirt as a visible sign to support ending sexual violence on college campuses. Follow the Buzz via www.hbcuendingviolence.comPhotoBuzz: THE WRIGHT GROUP DENIM DAY Students at CAU Preparing for Denim Day. (PRNewsFoto/The Wright Group) WASHINGTON, DC UNITED STATES
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April 27, 2011
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Hair She Goes! Star Jones to host Spirit Awards, Wade Henderson, Minyon Moore, and Rev. Al Sharpton are among honorees | Washington DC | ncbcp.org
April 27, 2011
Washington, DC – Former New York Prosecutor, TV host, and author, Star Jones (@StarJonesEsq), will serve as host of the 14th annual “Spirit of Democracy Awards Black & White Gala,” Melanie L. Campbell, president and CEO of The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (The National Coalition), announced today. The Gala will be held on May 18, 2011, 6 PM at the Renaissance DC Hotel. For ticket information call (202) 659-4929.
Selected for their unselfish dedication to education, social and economic justice, the 2011 Spirit of Democracy honorees are: Wade Henderson, president and CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights; Minyon Moore, principal, Dewey Square Group; Rev. Al Sharpton, president, National Action Network; and Yelberton Watkins, chief of staff, Congressman James Clyburn’s Office, Dennis Van Roekel, president, National Education Association and Randi Weingarten, president, American Federation of Teachers.
“We could not have chosen a better group of honorees to kick-off our 35th anniversary celebration. All of them are great leaders and are committed to empowering communities of color,” said Campbell. “This is the first of multiple anniversary events to take place throughout the year. We’re taking the rest of the year to celebrate and to build upon over three decades of leadership, engagement and empowerment in Black communities.”
Additional 35th anniversary events planned later this year include the launch of the Eddie Williams Civic Engagement and Social Innovation Training Academy on Sep 17, and the Women of Power 35: Mentor/Protégé Luncheon & Summit on Oct20. The luncheon & summit will be part of the close-out the final tour stop for Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) 2010-2011 “Healthy, Wealthy, &Wise” National Empowerment Tour. Made possible by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the tour provides tools to empower Black and undeserved women and girls.
The Spirit of Democracy Awards are presented to individuals and organizations who have demonstrated a consistent commitment to creating balance in the democratic process and support The Nation Coalition’s mission and vision of making civic participation a cultural responsibility and tradition.
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The Clippings: Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man”! The Next Steve Harvey Movie Wants You…
April 27, 2011
QuickBuzz: Screen Gems is searching for someone to play an age between 18 and 50 for both a male role and a female role in the next Steve Harvey movie.
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Hair She Goes! SisterLove Inc Partners in Atlanta Working to Find a Safe & Effective HIV Vaccine | sisterlove.org
April 27, 2011
SisterLove, Inc., founded in July of 1989, can trace it’s beginnings to a volunteer group of women interested in educating Atlanta, and especially communities of women, about AIDS prevention, self-help and safer sex techniques.
With a personal understanding of the barriers that kept women out of the forefront of HIV/AIDS education and treatment, Dázon Dixon Diallo initiated a collaboration with a local women’s organization to improve access for all women and especially those of color. In 1987, the Women’s AIDS Prevention Project (WAPP) was formed.
SisterLove is on a mission to eradicate the adverse impact of HIV/AIDS and other reproductive health challenges upon women and their families through education, prevention, support and human rights advocacy in the United States and around the world.
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