YOUTH MESSAGE CELEBRATES 10TH YEAR

AN IMPORTANT YOUTH MESSAGE CELEBRATES 10TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Montgomery Village, MD (BlackNews.com) - The Youth Development and Research Fund (YDRF) is celebrating the 10th year anniversary of the MAKiN iT Message. The first of its kind, the MAKiN iT Message is a revolution in reaching youth because it uses their voices and their love for hip-hop to communicate a very important message.

If you want to know the answer to a question–Go Directly to the Source

YDRF employed the above philosophy, and interviewed approximately 150 former drop-outs from different U.S. regions who went back to school, got jobs, and stayed out of trouble. The simple question was, “What did you do to ‘Make it’?”

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KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE

PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP FOUNDATION HELPS KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE
Left to Right: Richard Marshall, Chief Financial Officer, MLK Memorial Foundation; Harry E. Johnson, President & CEO, MLK Memorial Foundation; Cain A. Hayes, Head of Operations - Institutional Market Segment Principal Financial Group Retirement & Investor Services; and Ty Christian, Chief Marketing Strategist, MLK Memorial Foundation

Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) - In Celebration of MLK Day, Principal Financial Group led by Cain A. Hayes, Head of Operations for the Institutional Market Segment of Principal Financial Group’s Retirement & Investor Division presents a contribution of $25,000 to the Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc.

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CIVIL RIGHTS For MINORITY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS!

HELP US FIGHT FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF MINORITY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS! – Widely unknown, but on December 6th, 2005, The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a stunning and sweeping ruling, in that an individual operating as a corporation has no civil right protection from discrimination. –

The McDonald Family in front of the Supreme Court

Los Angeles, CA (BlackNews.com) - Mr. John McDonald, an African American man, who was forever emotionally and financially scarred by Domino’s Pizza Incorporated and its acts of racial discrimination, wants to inform all minorities and small business owners that once they enter into a contractual relationship with another corporation they are giving up all of their civil right protections under the United States Constitution.

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HONORING ZORA NEALE HURSTON

CCH POUNDER, PEABO BRYSON, MISS RUBY DEE AND SONIA SANCHEZ HEADLINE FESTIVAL HONORING ZORA NEALE HURSTON Impressive Corps of Entertainers Head to Central Florida to Pay Tribute to Hurston and Her Hometown, Eatonville, FL; The Nation’s Oldest Incorporated African-American Municipality

Photos by Ted Hollins

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BLACK NEWSPAPER PUTS ITS MONEY WHERE ITS MOUTH IS

LOCAL BLACK NEWSPAPER PUTS ITS MONEY WHERE ITS MOUTH IS WITH NEWEST HOT ARTICLE Springfield, IL (BlackNews.com) - The Capital City Courier, one of the hottest Black newspapers in the nation that is internationally read in over 30 countries around the world, keeps the fires going with another important and fascinating subject. Joining such powerful recent titles as October’s, “Where’s Daddy? Have Black Men Deserted Black Children?”; November’s, “Why Can’t I Get Married?”; and December’s, “Colored, Negro, Black, African-American: Who Are We?”, the newest provocative article explores the subject of Black wealth. “How Can Your Black Dollars Create Black Millionaires?” is the latest offering from the thought-provoking and compelling publication. Written by gifted investigative writer, Kim E. Gordon, “How Can Your Black Dollars Create Black Millionaires?” continues the popular newspaper’s trend of back-to-back dynamic subjects. Where does the money go? What can you do to become wealthy? Read this highly informative story to find out!

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