“We absolutely accomplished what we set out to,” said Congresswoman Karen Bass of her recent trip to Ghana with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and thirteen members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Members of the Immanuel Praise Fellowship (IPF) global team recently returned from their second bi-annual trip to Ghana. The eight-person team was comprised of members from three Inland Empire churches including IPF Senior Pastors Kelvin and La Quetta Simmons and Bishop Philip Powell, pastor of Centre at Highland in Highland. IPF conducted the trip in partnership with Mission Africa Inc., a Christian nonprofit founded by Dr. Kodjoe and Dr. Akosuah Sumney to develop global partners to offer humanitarian assistance to Africans. The 12-day trip focused on humanitarian work and fellowship in several cities, towns and villages as well as visits
In the heart of Accra, Ghana’s capital, just a stone’s throw from the U.S. embassy, lie the tombs of civil rights leader W.E.B. Du Bois and his wife, Shirley. The founder of the NAACP settled in the city’s serene residential area of Labone and lived there until his death in 1963.
Senior officers of the revered Ghana Football Soccer Association who took fat wads of cash to influence player selection in the national team became the unwitting stars of a new documentary by Ghana’s number one investigative journalist. The film opened this month in Accra.