The d’Zert Club, African Genesis Institute – Press Release

Tweet (Akiit.com) PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16, 2008 — The d’Zert Club and the African Genesis Institute are sponsoring a free, all expense paid trip to Egypt, North Africa for 1,000 students nationwide ages 7-14 and 500 adult group leaders. These travelers will participate in the Annual Teen Summit 1000. The d’Zert Club is a Philadelphia-based, non-profit […]

Black Women Are Invisible This Election Season

Tweet (Akiit.com) Our national conversation is a messy collision of race and gender, with ageism and the questionable state of our media tossed in as collateral damage. The 2008 presidential race is making us think hard on everything we thought we knew or felt about our country — and who we each are in it. […]

Bedinabox – Memory Foam Mattresses, etc…

Tweet (Akiit.com) Over the years, I seem to have always had a problem with my back while laying down… Not feeling confortable per say, as there has been many sleepless nights… Many friends jokely have said; it’s just old age catching up with me, but I know thats not the case… While surfing online yesterday, […]

Stars, Steroids and Their Fans’ Stupidity

Tweet (Akiit.com) Pay attention folks…history quite possibly could be repeating itself. The New York steroids probe which recently named artists such as 50 Cent, Timbaland, Mary J. Blige, Tyler Perry and others is neither celebrity gossip or idle/idol chatter. It’s very real and very serious. This could be Michael Vick all over again. I’ll explain […]

Dicey Black and Latino Relations the si se puede Test for Obama

Tweet (Akiit.com) A discussion I recently had with a good friend who heads a prominent Latino social service agency in Los Angeles turned to the White House prospects of Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama. He lowered his voice and shamefacedly said that many Latinos that he talked with scoffed at or sneered at the idea […]

GMAC Real Estate – Second Home Market Guide

Tweet (Akiit.com) As the years go by, I’m now taking the time to reflect on my life… Giving thanks and realizing some people are now as lucky as me… I happen to be living the american dream, which includes a wife, kids, and a beautiful home… Family and friends surrounding me so it’s a beautiful […]

Get up, stand up

Tweet (Akiit.com) “We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” –Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Knowledge is the prime need of the hour.” – Mary McCleod Bethune “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it […]

Black like thee?

Tweet (Akiit.com) One might think that Hughes’ poem Cross, which was first published in 1926, would be outdated and totally irrelevant in today’s American society. After all, haven’t we become a better nation since those Jim Crow days of the past? Perhaps. Then again, perhaps not. Barack Obama’s candidacy and people’s reaction to it — […]

Black universities are still needed

Tweet (Akiit.com) Syndicated columnist Walter E. Williams has recently questioned whether historically black colleges and universities have outlived their usefulness and viability. While desirous of affording Williams all due respect, please let me — as a veteran HBCU faculty member and, now, president — respond. Simply ridiculous. Williams focuses his essay on a series of […]

Why Should I Vote?

Tweet (Akiit.com) What does a vote for Barack Obama really mean? It’s strange, everyone I talk to seems to have different opinions about it, whether they’re young or old, male or female, everyone has something to say. I’m African American, and I have four children, two of my children are in high school and the […]

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