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From the Inbox: Being Black in America, FTC PSA

Color of Change: Now is the time to draw a line in the sand by putting Fox on notice that their behavior won’t be tolerated. In less than a minute, you can help us do that. Then invite your friends and family to do the same.
After Senator Obama won the nomination, he and his wife [...]

25Jun2008 | Fredric | 3 comments | Continued
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Consciousness Today: Wrestle With Your Darkness

Who inspires you? Even if you don’t identify with Oprah, Magic Johnson or Warren Buffett, it is hard not to want to be like them. One day I want to have a massive fortune and be so free with it that I can give half of it away, like Buffet. My mom and dad move [...]

28May2008 | Garry Bevel | 1 comment | Continued
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Help Babies Grow!

You may (or may not) know this about the editors here at ybpguide, but we’re expecting our first child at the end of July. As you can imagine, our lives have changed for the better and it’s caused me to personally look at things in a whole new way.
From movies like Look Who’s Talking to [...]

20Apr2008 | Fredric | 0 comments | Continued
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Healthy Eating

As we enter 2008, many of us are looking for ways to live healthier lifestyles. Along with exercise, a healthy diet is the key to controlling and maintaining our health.
But what do you do when you crave foods like pasta, bread and rice? How do you fit these items into your healthy diet? Try eating [...]

23Jan2008 | ewells | 0 comments | Continued
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Resolutions Revisited: 6 tips

A year ago on ybpguide, we posted a great article about a free service that helps you achieve your New Year’s resolutions. Sometimes, it’s better to have a little help and make a little progress, then be alone and make none.
Many of us make New Year’s resolutions, but unfortunately a huge number break them within [...]

10Jan2008 | Fredric | 0 comments | Continued
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Doctors’ Bias

While none of us are strangers to the concepts of prejudice and bias, what do you do if it affects someone you count on with your life?
The Chicago Tribune just ran an article detailing that over a 13 year period and after 150,000 emergency room visits, doctor’s were more likely to prescribe pain medication to [...]

2Jan2008 | Fredric | 1 comment | Continued
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Africa Update

Some good news updates from The Continent (and a cool pic of Cape Town). I think I’ll try to make this a regular feature. Check ‘em out:
President George W. Bush will visit Africa early next year to check out some U.S.-sponsored HIV/AIDS programs and pressed Congress to approve a doubling of funds to combat [...]

2Dec2007 | Eugene | 0 comments | Continued
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Change or Die.

During racial sensitivity training a couple weeks ago, the facilitators wanted to stress how easy it is to learn something new, its significance and application to everyday life, and still not follow through. Of course they were referring to the new ideas and facts we had learned about working, interacting and loving in a diverse [...]

29Nov2007 | Garry Bevel | 2 comments | Continued
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Sisters Against Breast Cancer

I couldn’t let October fly by without acknowledging the fact that it’s Breast Cancer Awareness month. Female YBPs listen up- Breast Cancer is the most common cancer among African American women. African American women five-year survival rate of breast cancer is 74%, compared to white women of [...]

23Oct2007 | Kimberly | 1 comment | Continued
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