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Blogging While Brown…About Science

Each time I read an announcement for the upcoming Blogging While Brown Conference, June 19-20, 2009, in Chicago I get excited. The format is straight-forward and the conference itself should be a great networking experience.

Blogging While Brown

Track No. 1 - John H. Johnson Track
This track will feature sessions related to blogging about current events, [...]

26Mar2009 | dnlee | 6 comments | Continued
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Ty’sheoma proves we have a chance. Obama agrees!

Reading about Ty’sheoma Bethea in Howard Witt’s Chicago Tribune article, I could not help but be reminded of a quote by Charles Schwabb:
I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.
A [...]

25Feb2009 | Garry | 2 comments | Continued
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Largest General Science Conference Meets in Chicago

This weekend (February 12 -16, 2009), I will be in Chicago attending the annual meeting of The American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS). AAAS publishes the magazine Science and is the world’s largest general science conference. Thousands of scientists, including students, educators (K-12 and college), policy-makers, and researchers, will be in attendance in [...]

13Feb2009 | dnlee | 0 comments | Continued
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Margaret Garner: African-American Opera

Let me preface this post by saying that I’m really, really late. The new American opera of Margaret Garner was originally debuted in April 2005, but I wanted to highlight some of the new dates and events coming up to encourage some of our readers to expand their routine of a nice night out.
But first, [...]

16Oct2008 | Fredric | 1 comment | Continued
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Bookshelf - The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears

Dinaw Mengestu’s debut novel, The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears tells the story of Sepha Stephanos, an Ethiopian immigrant who runs a grocery store in Washington D.C.’s Logan Circle. Sepha’s neighborhood is rapidly undergoing gentrification, a shift that first becomes real for Sepha when Julia, a white woman, rehabs the building next door to him [...]

29Sep2008 | Andrea | 2 comments | Continued
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Throwback Post: Summer Festivals

Part of life means enjoying the beautiful summers God blesses us with each season. Complimenting the smells of barbecue and freshly cut grass is the melodic pleasantries of artists touring the country exhibiting their craft.
Last May, our fellow contributor Gloria highlighted her experiences at summer festivals that have been updated for another wonderful 2008 season!
From [...]

16May2008 | Fredric | 2 comments | Continued
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Father Michael Pfleger

(video below)

More info on Father Pfleger
[hat tip to jnjpolitics]

22Apr2008 | Fredric | 6 comments | Continued
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The Good News is …

If you know any black male High School seniors who want to teach, they may be able to go to College for free. This is an effort of the “Call Me MISTER” program. “The mission of the Call Me MISTER (acronym for Mentors Instructing Students Toward Effective Role Models) National Initiative is to increase the [...]

8Jan2008 | Garry | 1 comment | Continued
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summer events in chicago

are you in chicago? are you planning to come to chicago this summer?
what? why not?
don’t you know about all of the music festivals going on? have you seen millennium park, the smiling towers, the ‘bean’? did you know that the taste of chicago during the fourth of july weekend is one of the biggest festivals [...]

18Jun2007 | Fredric | 2 comments | Continued
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Summer Festivals

One of my favorite parts of summer is the opportunity to attend music festivals. Some of the big ones are: Coachella held in L.A. near the end of April, Bonnaroo held in Tennessee mid-June, Summer Fest held in Milwaukee last week in June through the 4th weekend, Essence Music Festival held in New Orleans at [...]

10May2007 | Gloria | 6 comments | Continued
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Banking While Black

A new Washington, D.C. bank is quickly climbing the financial institution ladder- and pulling black consumers up with it. Urban Trust Bank, which opened its headquarters branch at 14th and I streets NW in September, has nationwide plans focused on African-American customers. The federally chartered bank is owned by BET mogul Robert Johnson under [...]

10Apr2007 | Kimberly | 7 comments | Continued
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Celie and Shug in Chicago

It’s about life. It’s about love. It’s about us. Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize winning story, The Color Purple, will begin a National Tour this year, thanks to the original Sophia, Oprah Winfrey. The show will begin performances at Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre on April 17, 2007. 
Joining the newest cast members of this New [...]

15Mar2007 | Kimberly | 2 comments | Continued
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