Nationwide (Akiit.com) – Mocha Sisters Organization (MSO) has launched a national membership campaign to recruit women who are inspired to make a positive difference in their community. Mocha Sisters are mothers, sisters, wives, career women, entrepreneurs and women who are dedicated to making a change. MSO differs from other volunteer ...
(Akiit.com) The undeniable history of our forefathers tells many stories of power, strength, leadership and prosperity. African kings like Mansa Musa, King of Mali, was a powerful leader who established trade, built schools, courts, and enclosed the cities of Timbuktu and Gao within his empire. Men like Musa seem almost ...
(Akiit.com) Republican presidential candidates Rudolph Giuliani and Mitt Romney are skipping the National Urban League’s annual conference this summer, and league president Marc Morial wants them to know he’s not happy about it. “We’re sending notice, not just to the Republicans, but to all the candidates, that you’re not going ...
Symposium to Advance Policy Agenda to Restore the Gulf Coast Baton Rouge, LA (Akiit.coom) – The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF), Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-LA), and the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation will present a District-Level Forum on Friday, March 30 and Saturday, March 31, 2007 from 9:00am – 5:00pm. ...
Akiit.com (March 13, 2007) Roland S. Martin, a nationally syndicated columnist and Chicago-based radio host, will join CNN, it was announced today by Jon Klein, president of CNN/U.S. Martin will serve as a contributor across several programs effective immediately, and, in the coming months, the network will develop various other ...
Akiit.com (March 8, 2007) Walgreen Co. store manager Johnny Tucker claims it was an open secret among his African-American colleagues that their chances of being assigned to stores in white neighborhoods were slim. “It was something many of us accepted and tolerated,” said the 21-year Walgreens veteran, who manages a ...
(Akiit.com) The Tuskegee Airmen, the elite crew of World War II pilots who destroyed more than 400enemy aircraft while protecting the American and Allied bombers they escorted on missions, will finally receive recognition from the country they served with honor and distinction. Â Â Â Â Â On March 29, the United States will ...
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin charged the slow pace of post-hurricane recovery in the Crescent City was due in part to racial politics. Speaking at dinner in Washington, Nagin said it appeared there were efforts afoot to prevent New Orleans from returning to an African-American majority and political leadership. Nagin’s ...
Spring is almost here…the weather is getting warmer, the birds are singing and the bees are buzzing. It’s that time of year in which love is in the air and the wedding invitations flow freely. And Mo’Kelly is usually not at said weddings…at least not when the invitation comes from ...
Chicago, IL (Akiit.com) – Dorothy Brown, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County and Chicago’s 2007 Mayoral Candidate, celebrate and salutes notable Chicagoans and Black History Month with “Pearls of History,” Black-Tie Gala. The event will take place from 5:30pm until midnight, on Friday February 2, 2007, at South ...
New York, NY (Akiit.com) – In today’s world where divorce is more the norm for African American women rather than the exception, it seems like group hysteria prevails. The founder of the Divorce Tactics for Women Kit and the website, Gloria Jean, is a lifestyle coach for women. She has ...
Springfield, IL (Akiit.com) – The Capital City Courier (CCC) does it again! The local black newspaper that addresses the most thought-provoking, sensitive, and occasionally hard-to-face questions has once again brought up a subject of pressing concern in the black community. In a time when 78% of all black women are ...