The Offering of a Lifetime for Students
WIN AN AFTERNOON WITH NASA ASTRONAUT, WINSTON E. SCOTT
Hampton Roads, VA (BlackNews.com) – This school year starts with a space defying opportunity. NASA Astronaut Winston E. Scott is participating in a national contest, Win an Afternoon with Winston E. Scott – the Astronaut, providing students the extraordinary opportunity to meet and interact with a real-life astronaut. Launched on the first of September, educators who purchase Astronaut Scott’s latest release, Reflections from Earth Orbit, have an opportunity to win a school visit from Astronaut Scott.
Free Online Webinar on African American Adoption Programs
Adoptions From The Heart will host a Free Online Webinar on October 13, 2008.
Wynnewood, PA (BlackNews.com) – Adoptions From The Heart (AFTH), a licensed, non-profit adoption agency, will hold a free online webinar on October 13, at 7:00pm EST. Attendees will learn about the agency and their programs. The focus of the webinar will be on their African-American and African-American Biracial Domestic Adoption programs.
Parents and Educators Invited to New Online Community
– Just in time for back-to-school, MyEDUnetwork.com goes live to give parents and teachers a platform to dialogue about challenges and solutions. –
Springfield, PA – Dr. Stephen Jones, an accomplished educator and author, has developed a one-of-a-kind online community for education at www.MyEDUnetwork.com. Comparable to what local PTSA meetings are for, the web site gives concerned parents, educators and students worldwide the ability to connect with each other to address education issues.
Million Father March 2008
ONE MILLION FATHERS ASKED TO LEAD THE NATION BACK TO SCHOOL THIS FALL
300 Cities Could Participate in the Largest, Organized Back-to-School Effort in U.S. History
Chicago, IL (BlackNews.com) – "Education has become a matter of national security. Because we cannot control our schools, we cannot control our economy. And because we cannot control our economy, we cannot control and protect our quality of life in America," says Phillip Jackson, Executive Director of The Black Star Project, U.S.A. The Black Star Project is sponsoring the Million Father March 2008 on the first day of school in nearly 300 cities across America. The Million Father March has become a special day that fathers and men use to make a commitment to their children, their families, their communities and their country with their dynamic presence at a school. This is the real fathers’ day!
Declining Black Marital Birth Rate
SHOULD WE BE WORRIED ABOUT THE DECLINING BLACK MARITAL BIRTH RATE?
By Algernon Austin
It is difficult to understand the current changes in the black family because many different things are happening at the same time. Many people know that the percent of black births that are out-of-wedlock is very high, but few people know that there are three different reasons why this is the case.
Family Reunion Registry
New York, NY (BlackNews.com) – American Legacy, the premier magazine of African-American history and culture, announced today the launch of its "Family Reunion Registry." Register your family reunion with American Legacy Magazine at www.americanlegacymag.com. Every family that registers their reunion information will receive discount subscription forms, genealogy forms, complimentary issues and product samples for family reunion attendees.
