Hill Harper Urges People to Make Sure Their Votes Will Count
HILL HARPER URGES PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THEIR VOTES WILL COUNT
By Hill Harper
Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) – The 2008 presidential campaign has electrified voters throughout a long process, as Americans have experienced a series of political firsts including an African American major partypresidential nominee, a woman mounting a serious challenge for a presidential nomination and the GOP’s selection of a female vice presidential nominee.
Curbing Youth Violence is Something We Can Do
CURBING YOUTH VIOLENCE IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO
By: Bobby L. Rush, Member of Congress
There is a plague spreading across this country that is taking the lives of hundreds of thousands of American citizens–and it is disturbing and upsetting that the public outcry is not greater over the destruction that it leaves in its path. The plague: urban violence.
The facts are shocking!
Sex Sells, But Is It Worth the Cost?
SEX SELLS, BUT IS IT WORTH THE COST?
By Jamie Morgan
If sex sells, what’s the price tag? The estimated $3000 spent on pornography every second. Or perhaps for some it’s $200 an hour spent with a prostitute. Or could it be $5,000 for a 15-year-old Indian blushing bride via sex traffic. For others it could be 15 years of marriage traded in for a 15 minute fling. Maybe the stigma of being a baby’s momma or dead-beat dad. But then again the price could be that anxious wait for the results of a mysterious bump. The CDC states the cost this way. The leading cause for death for African American women between the ages of 25-34 is AIDS(1). Cheap sex can carry a high price tag. After a damaged psyche, wounded marriage, abused bodies & a cesspool of shameful secrets, sex starts to become very expensive. All of us could use some debt relief.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Playwright Jeanette Hill stops over at Written Voices Blog to tell us about her current production, The Silent City.
Our current play, entitled The Silent City, focuses on several very sensitive issues, relating to domestic violence and dating abuse…among Christians. Both women and men are victims of this disease but are afraid to step forward because of the reaction of their church family. The guilt and shame they take on increases their victimization causing them to perfect the ‘church face’ for their Sunday morning appearances.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE OF THIS INTERVIEW WITH JEANETTE HILL
Voters Urged to Bring Proper ID to Voting Booth
NEW AMERICA MEDIA LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN URGING VOTERS TO BRING PROPER IDENTIFICATION TO THEVOTING BOOTH SO THEIR VOTES WILL COUNT
US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., Entertainer Hill Harper Support the NAM Voter Education Project
San Francisco, CA (BlackNews.com) – Registered voters across America, particularly people of color, are being urged to bring the proper credentials to the voting booth on Election Day because many states have toughened the identification requirements for people to be able to cast their ballots.
(Ever) Feel like giving up?
(Ever) Feel like giving up?
by Jewel Diamond Taylor
The enemy has a set up to make you want to give up. The set up comes in the form of suicide, depression, apathy and defeat.
A song that inspires me when I’m feeling discouraged is by gospel artist Marvin Sapp …"This is not the time and this not the place to give up."
Even though "the thought" is in your head…let it pass.
Your pain is real and no one is denying that. You are not alone in your struggle. And there are countless people with testimonies of surviving what you are going through and much worse.
