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The Newest YBP … and a note about dreams

Please join me in welcoming Gregory Robert Mitchell, one of the newest YBP’s and the baby boy of our dear editors Kimberly Michelle and Fredric.
I’m so tempted to coin them the latest example of the American Dream brought to fruition. But, I don’t believe in the American Dream. I do believe in Kim and Fred. [...]

18Jul2008 | Garry Bevel | 4 comments | Continued
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Obama: SayNo2

Florida, California, Indiana, and Arizona have gay marriage ban amendments on their ballots this year. Senator, and presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee, Barack Obama told Florida Red and Blue (organization spearheading opposition to the amendment in Florida) that he opposes the amendment.

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Ignorance = Tolerated, Not Accepted

Though backers contend that the amendment does not [...]

12Jun2008 | Garry Bevel | 11 comments | Continued
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30+ Things to Do This Summer

Do you remember your New Year’s resolutions? You know, that time wherever everyone is tripping over themselves to exclaim how this year is going to be different because of all the game-changing strides they hope to make?
Was that you? Yeah, it was me too.

credit: jonathaj Take a bike ride

27May2008 | Fredric | 0 comments | Continued
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Meeting David Wilson

I haven’t seen it being publicized in too many circles, but this story is amazing and is a ‘must watch’.
One of the PR firms for MSNBC contacted me and wanted to share a special they are doing tonight about a very unique experience of a young black professional, 28-year old journalist David Wilson. He traces [...]

11Apr2008 | Fredric | 3 comments | Continued
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American Lives

Despite the attention it received in recent years, I’ve never really had the desire to trace my roots back to Africa. Because the DNA is only traced back through a handful of women, the information would represent such a small percentage of my history that I wasn’t sure that it was worth it. (They [...]

7Feb2008 | Eugene | 1 comment | Continued
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Thanksgiving

I love Thanksgiving. It’s one of my favorite Holidays. When I was younger it was all about the RIDICULOUS amounts of food present. Turkey, ham, dressing, pies, cakes, and red Kool-Aid. It was one of the few days in the year when you could sit on grandma’s couch, with the fine plastic covering and eat [...]

21Nov2007 | Molifeney | 2 comments | Continued
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12 years later

Today is the 12th anniversary of the Million Man March, a “day of atonement” for black men across the nation that took place on the Washington Mall. Since then, Oct. 16 has been known as the Holy Day of Atonement. Minister Louis Farrakhan will speak about it today at the Atlanta Civic Center. Read about [...]

16Oct2007 | Eugene | 2 comments | Continued
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The Path from Victims to Victors

In their new book, “Come on People: On the Path from Victims to Victors,” Bill Cosby and Alvin F. Poussaint, Professor of Psychiatry and Faculty Associate Dean for Student Affairs at Harvard Medical School, consider the ways black people can rise above a history of oppression, seeming hopelessness, fear and lack of education on the [...]

15Oct2007 | Garry Bevel | 5 comments | Continued
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ybp, do it for the kids

we were all there at one point of time. we all remember it well. high school. what we may not remember is an abundance of ybp’s reaching out to us to recommend colleges, let us know about upcoming scholarships or summer programs, and giving us helpful advice on college applications. well, one young brotha aims [...]

5Jun2007 | Fredric | 1 comment | Continued
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