Words of the Week: More in 2024 – Part 2, More Grace
May 2, 2024
“Grace is God’s answer to the junk of life.” The junk in our lives cause us to live beneath the privileges of abundant life we have in Jesus Christ.
Breaking News
- LACMA Showcases ‘Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st-Century Art and Poetics’ Exhibit
- Sheenway School and Culture Center — Educating Youth to Lead the Future Over 50 Years
- Record-Breaking Hate Crimes Against Black Angelenos on the Rise
- Los Angeles Rams and LAPD Spread Holiday Cheer with Annual Sleigh Ride
- Heather Hutt Sworn-in as Councilwoman for L.A.’s 10th District
- Visit Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza for Holiday Photos with Santa
- Homeless and Their Advocates Speak Out in New Film, ‘WE, the Vulnerable of LA’
- The Congressman Wore Sneakers: An Evening With Hakeem Jeffries
- Brotherhood Crusade Honors SEIU President April Verrett at 2024 Pioneer of African American Achievement Award Dinner
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- Cal, UNLV Inspire La Tijera Students at Day of Play
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GRACE
Last Parent of a Child Killed in 1963 Church Bombing Dies
January 4, 2022
Maxine McNair, the last living parent of any of the four Black girls killed in a 1963 Alabama church bombing, died Sunday. She was 93.
World Mourns Passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu
December 30, 2021
Condolences poured in from around the world in respond to the passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a renowned theologian and civil rights activist who fought tirelessly to dismantle apartheid in South Africa.
Guidance for 2022 – From Mess to a Miracle
December 30, 2021
God takes you through mess to reveal a miracle. 2021 has been a mess of epic proportions. The insurrection, oil spill, economic set back, supply chain debacle, vaccine fears, the Omicron variant, and fear of another national shut down. If we ever needed God to turn a mess into a miracle, it’s right now.
Obama speechwriter’s memoir ‘Grace’ to come out in 2022
February 4, 2021
The White House speechwriter who helped President Barack Obama work on his response to the Charleston church massacre in June 2015 has a book deal. Cody Keenan’s memoir is set around the time a white supremacist murdered nine Black parishioners in South Carolina.“Grace: A President, His Speechwriter, and Ten Days in the Battle for America” will be published in Fall 2022, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books & Media announced Tuesday.
Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts Celebrates Nelson Mandela’s 100th Birthday with the Grammy Award-winning Joyous South African Musical Ensemble
September 11, 2018
The Soweto Gospel Choir is a Grammy Award-winning group that has collaborated with some of the biggest names in music — including U2, John Legend, Peter Gabriel, and Diana Ross — and scored an Academy Award nomination for its work on the soundtrack to Pixar’s WALL-E. The 43-member choir, drawn from churches in and around Soweto, inspires audiences, sharing the joy of faith.
“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” star Daphne Maxwell Reid to be honored this May
May 10, 2018
The education activist talks how she smiled her way through her acting and modeling career.
Burke, Bass & Lewis lead #EndChildPoverty rally in South L.A.
April 12, 2017
An all-star roster of politicians was in attendance to support the bill which was authored by Assemblymember Autumn R. Burke, in March of this year.
Burke Introduces AB 1520 The Lifting Children And Families Out Of Poverty Act
March 9, 2017
Assemblywoman Autumn R. Burke has introduced landmark legislation that seeks to lift 1,000,000 California children out of poverty.