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Holman UMC Plans Fall Gala

Sentinel News ServiceOctober 21, 2011

Ron Hasson Karen Slade Aundrae Russell Holman United Methodist Church’s Annual Fall Fundraising Gala, ‘A Season of Thanksgiving,’ will honor Ron Hasson, President of the Beverly Hills/Hollywood Branch of the NAACP, and Karen Slade, 102.3 KJLH Radio Station General Manager on Thursday, October 27, at the Omni Hotel located at 251 South Olive in downtown Los Angeles. Aundrae Russell, host of KJLH’s Sunday radio broadcast, ‘Spread the Word,’ will be the Master of Ceremonies for the evening’s festivities. The event will begin at 6:00pm with a silent auction and featured vocalist Greg Walker. “Leadership is at a premium during these

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SCLC King Week Kicks Off with Town Hall on Racial Profiling

Jason Lewis (Sports Editor)January 8, 2009

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) of greater Los Angeles kicked off King Week 2009 earlier this week with a town hall forum on LAPD racial profiling, and will end the weeks worth of events celebrating King's birthday on January 15 with the 32nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Gala/L.A.'s Pre-Inauguration party at the Downtown Millennium Biltmore. All events during the week are open to the public. On Friday the 9th there will be a press conference/kick-off event, which is free to the public. City officials, community leaders, and sponsors will officially start Black History Month with the SCLC.

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Living Locally, Thinking Globally: A Call to Conference and Collaboration

Dr. Maulana Karenga (Columnist)October 23, 2008

One of the greatest challenges facing us as a community in the context of a crisis-ridden, constantly changing national and global economy is to be continuously aware of things in process, to be able to anticipate critical turns of events and to be able to defend shared interests where they are threatened, and pursue promising openings and opportunities whenever and wherever they present themselves. This, of course, requires a leadership that is communally conscious, political and morally committed and unmistakably capable of performance at the highest level. It also requires a level of collaboration and cooperation among leaders and an

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Black Celebrities and Civic Leaders Join HIV/AIDS â€˜Test 1 Millionâ€™ Campaign

Tony WaffordJuly 3, 2008

Photo credit: Shon SmithEric “Lil Eazy-E” Wright Jr. Stands Outside of Mobil HIV/AIDS testing van after getting testing for the virus and urging others to do the same. The Black AIDS Institute’s 2nd Annual “Test 1 Million” HIV/AIDS testing campaign drew dozens of Black celebrities and civic leaders to Los Angeles’ Crenshaw District on Friday, June 27, 2008 to issue a call-to-action for 1 million Black Americans to get screened for HIV by December 1, 2009 (World AIDS Day) on National HIV Testing Day (June 27). There was a special appearance by Eric “Lil E” Wright Jr., son of the

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African American Knowledge Transfer Summit

Francis Taylor (Contributing Writer)November 22, 2007

Legendary civil rights leaders converge with emerging 21st century activists at the African American Knowledge Transfer Summit. The topic of African American leadership is sure to stir-up controversy and lively debate among African Americans wherever they are gathered. Last week at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, surviving legends of the civil rights movement met with hundreds of current and emerging 21st century Los Angeles-based leaders, speakers, panelists, and steering committee members convened at the first-ever, African American Knowledge Transfer Summit (KTS). While the names of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, and Al

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