The UCLA African American Music Ensemble will perform its winter concert of gospel, hymns, and spirituals on Sunday, March 2 at 3 p.m. at Olivet Lutheran Church, directed by Diane White-Clayton, PhD, lecturer at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, who discusses the power of music in the Black church and the origin of enslaved people that created it.
The opening day featured a fun and engaging schedule of activities including a pep rally, performances, giveaways, and a parent orientation session. “We call it inclusion camp because it’s for kids with special needs so, you’re going to see kids here, who are on the autism spectrum,” said Areva Martin, Esq., founder, president and CEO of Special Needs Network, Inc. “You may see kids with cerebral palsy and other disabilities, what we call sometimes, invisible disabilities, but you’re also going to see a lot of their typical peers, so it’s a great environment for learning.” Martin and the Special
We can’t end Women’s History Month without acknowledging, wife, mother, and community advocate, Stacey Henley, who, alongside her husband, Big U, founded non-profit organization, “Developing Options, Inc.”
Black History Month is an excellent time to focus on some of the good that God is doing in our city, our surrounding geographical areas, nation states, on the continent of Africa, in Bermuda and around the globe, through the visionary leadership of Dr. Gerald A. Higginbotham.
Robert Sausedo, president of the South L.A. nonprofit organization Community Build, Inc., directs over a dozen programs that provide assistance and support services for youth and young adults. Willie Daniels is the president of Shades of Blue, a nonprofit organization that trains youth for careers in aviation. Together, the two expanded Shades of Blue’s reach and number of aviation workshops.
Black Women Rally for Action, a health and wellness coalition, marked the grim milestone of 3,000 deaths of black people from COVID-19 complications in Los Angeles County since 2020.
Renowned engineering firm owner, Elvin W. Moon, is the first Black man to co-chair the Annual Marina del Rey Holiday Boat Parade.
Members of John Stanley, Inc., Southside Church of Christ and Innovative Housing Opportunities broke ground on Monday, Sept. 19, on Serenity, a mixed-use 50-unit affordable rental homeless senior project in South Los Angeles.
Entrepreneur Educational Center, Inc. hosted the second in a series of three “Ride the Wave” Business Seminars featuring AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles at East Dominguez Park in Compton.
Wells Fargo Banking Executive Raphael Henderson was sworn in as the incoming chairman of the board for the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, along with three other new board members, on Friday, June 24.
Difficult or complicated projects are no match for engineering firm owner Elvin W. Moon because his company’s motto is “meeting today’s challenges by building for tomorrow.” As the owner of E.W. Moon Inc., he leads a team of professionals in designing and constructing a range of multifaceted jobs in both the private and public sectors
On April 28th, Stay Well Inglewood partnered with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc to host a health fair and vaccine event in Los Angeles.
Ministry begins at home, and although Phyllis Leftwich has been instrumental in changing the lives of the people on various levels on the continent of Africa for nearly 20 years; she and her local team here in Los Angeles, have been feeding the hungry, providing housing, personal hygiene items, and much here at home too.
Death is tragic, but when it is someone you know it is even more devastating. I along with many others are still in shock after hearing about the senseless murder of Michelle Avan. This shining light and rising star was murdered.
Grants awarded to 15 organizations serving Black communities in honor of Juneteenth and Fund’s first anniversary