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Sentinel Conducts EXPO Line Q & A (Part II)

PART 2 The Los Angeles Sentinel recently held an editorial board meeting to address many residents’ concerns over the ongoing Expo-Line. Participating at the meeting on behalf of the Expo Line were Exposition Construction Authority CEO Samantha Bricker, Council members Bernard Parks (D-8) and Jan Perry (D-9) and representing the community were Charisse Bremond-Weaver, president of the Brotherhood Crusade and activist Lillian Mobley. The meeting was conducted by Sentinel managing editor Kenneth Miller and assistant managing editor Yussuf J. Simmonds. Sentinel: Will the Expo Line turn into a subway near USC? Expo: During the environmental planning phase of the project,

Measuring the Success of the Summit: Transmitting and Modeling Leadership

Speaking on the need and nature of education, W.E.B. DuBois reminded us that real and relevant education means sharing knowledge not only about how to make a living, but also how to make a life, i.e., providing vision and values necessary for creating a life worth living. I thought about this point and related ones as I remembered and considered the meaning of our successful African American Knowledge Transfer Summit, 15-17 November and the role of leadership training, not only in transmitting skills of how to lead, but also views and values which direct our leadership and lives towards good

Pioneer Achievement Award Honors Media Giant Hughes

The Brotherhood Crusade will honor Cathy Hughes, the founder andchairwoman of Radio/TV-One with the annual Walter Bremond Pioneer ofAfrican American Achievement award For almost four decades, the Brotherhood Crusade has been a fixture in Southern California in general and in Los Angeles in particular. Every year, it has selected a prominent African American to pay tribute to that is commensurate with that individual’s work as it relates to the ideals of the Brotherhood Crusade. In the past, the annual Walter Bremond Pioneer of African Achievement award has been presented to a broad cross section of African American women and men