lifestyle30 book club – May 2010 Selection And the Walls Came Tumbling Down by Vernadine A. Merrick (featured at the Dayton Book Expo) Vernadine A. Merrick’s And the Walls Came Tumbling Down is the riveting story of two twin boys’ climb out of poverty to power and the sacrifices made to get there. Jack and Joe were [...]
February 9, 2010
L30: health & wellness BET Networks to Participate in First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move Campaign to Tackle Childhood… — NEW YORK, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ –. To read the full article from PRNewswire.com, click the link below: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bet-networks-to-participate-in-first-lady-michelle-obamas-lets-move-campaign-to-tackle-childhood-obesity-83906342.html# My commentary: This is a great campaign and a great movement and perhaps with this initiative coming from our First Lady [...]
August 30, 2009
HUMOR: Top 10 Black Home Remedies | NewsOne. Click the link below to view the full story about Black Home Remedies from NewsOne.com: http://newsone.com/nation/humor-top-10-black-home-remedies/comment-page-1/#comment-479087 My commentary on this article: Although the original article posted on NewsOne.com was meant to be humorous, I find the idea of Black Home Remedies fascinating and I treasure the home remedies that have been [...]
April 28, 2009
L30: remix: music & books Colson Whitehead Writes About Coming of Age in Sag Harbor – NYTimes.com. Click the link below to view the full story from NYTimes.com: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/books/28cols.html?8dpc
April 27, 2009
L30: Money, Power, & Respect (Politics & Business) The Associated Press: 100 days of transformation for a new first lady. Click the link below to view the full story from Google News/Associated Press: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g9Cj5yiRAuUkfzv9pMSs8b___T-gD97QLN380
April 25, 2009
L30: Art, Media, & Pop Culture NAACP, Urban League Get Into Social Media | Black Web 2.0. Click the link below to view the full story from Black Web2.0: http://www.blackweb20.com/2009/04/24/naacp-urban-league-get-into-social-media/ screenshot from BlackWeb2.0, Civil Rights Organizations Participate in Social Networking
April 22, 2009
Jill Scott’s New Baby! – fresh off the presses for Hidden Beach Recordings Facebook Page Scott and her fiancé, musician, Lil John Roberts, had a boy named Jett Hamilton Roberts. The child weighed 7 lbs., 8 oz., and was born at 4:20 p.m.
April 6, 2009
Extreme Makeover: Colin Powell Edition | NewsOne. Click the link for full story from NewsOne: http://newsone.blackplanet.com/entertainment/extreme-makeover-colin-powell-edition/ My commentary on this topic: I think this is such a good look for Gen. Colin Powell and a great way to focus on the veterans of America. I love that he is participating in this. I don’t normally watch Extreme Makeover, but [...]
April 6, 2009
Boise, Idaho News – KTRV Fox 12 – Study: 1 in 5 4-year-olds is obese Click the link below to read the full story: http://www.fox12news.com/Global/story.asp?S=10138363 My Commentary on this topic: WOW! Please, please let’s fight to make our public schools restore physical education programs and make kids go outside and play! (And we adults should probably play with [...]
April 1, 2009
EURweb.com – HALLE BERRY UP FOR MORE BABIES: Actress says she wouldn’t mind siblings for Nahla, just not too many. Click the link to read the full story. http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur52035.cfm
May 4, 2010
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