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Salome Thomas-EL is a graduate of East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania. He is currently a doctoral candidate and has studied in Cambridge and London, England. He has received the Marcus A. Foster Award as the outstanding School District Administrator in Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania’s distinguished, Martin Luther King Award. Philadelphia Magazine honored Salome Thomas-EL as the 2006 “Best Philadelphian”. Mr. Thomas-EL frequently appears on C-SPAN, CNN and NPR Radio.
Currently, Thomas-EL is principal at the Russell Byers Public Charter School in Philadelphia and coordinates after-school chess programs in the School District. Mr. Thomas-EL has continued his life-inspiring chess and tutoring programs at Vaux and Reynolds. As part of his commitment to opening the world up to show his students that there are other ways to be than those to which they have been exposed, Thomas-EL takes them to visit colleges and then attends their graduations. Reflecting on how it feels to see a young person he has mentored walk down the aisle toward a real future instead of to an early grave, Thomas-EL has said: “I’ve been to too many funerals; I need to go to more graduations.” |
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Salome Thomas- El
Salome Thomas-EL was born and raised in the inner city of Philadelphia and has been a teacher in the Philadelphia School District since 1987. He received national acclaim as a teacher and chess coach at Vaux Middle School, where his students have gone on to win world recognition as Eight-Time National Chess Champions. Armed with only a chess board and a profound belief in their potential, Thomas-EL’s faith and commitment has motivated hundreds of children in Philadelphia to attend magnet high schools, major colleges and universities. 
Salome Thomas-EL is married and lives in Philadelphia with his wife and two young daughters. He is the former Principal of John F. Reynolds Elementary School in North Philadelphia and the author of the best-selling book, “I Choose to Stay”. The Walt Disney Company recently purchased the movie rights to “I Choose to Stay”. His second book, “The Immortality of Influence” (foreword written by actor Will Smith), was released in May 2006 and stresses the importance of leadership, parenting, mentoring and service to others. 
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Dr. Nikitah Imani
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Real Diva's
Greetings Sistahs, IT IS TIME TO GET YOUR LIFE BACK!
This group is ran according to the LEADING of the Holy Spirit and messages sent out as God gives the unction, please be mindful, that at any time, you feel overwhelmed, you can opt out of the group, or just hit delete on ANY message at ANY time. I want you to be blessed while you are here. This is a group for women that are Real and looking...
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Ruben Kihen
Mr. Obama summoned him for a tête-à-tête in his hotel suite at Caesars Palace. Christopher Dodd asked him to play a round of golf. Bill Richardson and John Edwards have sought his endorsement, too.
John Butler
TV Host, Author, Preacher, Recording Artist. Born Oct 14th, 1965
Native of New Orleans, LA., Currently based: DC, MD, VA Metro Area
Mylestone Records, Inc.
John Butler covers every style of Gospel / Inspirational music
heard since the 1950s. A unique and rich textured voice gives
him the ability to reach the ranges of 2nd soprano to baritone
with ease. Popular opinion has it that he sounds like, Luther
Vandross, Stevie Wonder, Dave Hollister, Ira Tucker, Donnie
Hathaway, Charlie Wilson and Rance Allen just to name a few.
He is in a unique class of vocalists.
Alex Ong
with fun and straightforward steps to improve health, reduce stress and
weight naturally.
What makes his book Mind Your Own Wellness unique is, he walks his talk.
He was an Ex-Food Advertiser and also has been called Fatty by others for
years, and he certainly know what it takes to be fat and most importantly, he
knows how to use the fun and straightforward steps to get rid of those fat.
Alex has been featured on various Radio stations across the
United States and he is also a wellness coach on diet.com. His work has
been endorsed by
1) Dr. John Gray, Best-Selling Author of "Men Are From Mars,
Women Are From Venus"
2) Naturopathic Doctor Patricia Bragg – Daughter of the
Originator of Health Food Stores Dr. Paul C. Bragg
3) International Speaker Brian Tracy - Best Selling Author of
"Flight Plan"
4) Marci Shimoff - Best Selling Author of "Happy For No Reason"
5) Dr. Joe Vitale - Co-Author of "The Secret", and Author of
"The Key"
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Mitrice Richardson
LOS ANGELES (CBS) It's been three weeks and still no sign of 24-year-old Mitrice Richardson.
Since the substitute teacher from Los Angeles went missing on Sept. 17, more than 180 officers and volunteers have combed the rugged heart of the Santa Monica Mountains, from the Malibu-Lost Hills station to the coastline.
Photos: Mitrice Richardson Missing
Still no Richardson.
"I Just don’t know where she is," Richardson's great-grandmother Mildred Harris told Crimesider in a Friday phone interview. "I love her so much."
Ironically, the last people known to have seen her alive were Los Angeles police officers. Richardson disappeared soon after being released from a sheriff's station in the middle of the night.
Richardson had earlier been arrested because she was drunk and unable to pay an $89 bill at Geoffrey's restaurant on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu about 10 p.m., according to her parents.
At the restaurant, Richardson joined a table of diners uninvited, appeared to be drunk or out of sorts, and finally could not pay her bill, say police.
Restaurant employees called the police. Deputies took Richardson to the Malibu-Lost Hills station and booked her on suspicion of not paying for the meal and possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore told the Los Angeles Times.
The marijuana was allegedly found in her white 1990 Honda Civic, which was impounded.
At the time of her arrest, restaurant employees said the young teacher seemed mentally disturbed, according to the
Los Angeles Times.
According to detectives who interviewed occupants of the table Richardson joined, she was acting odd, "giddy" and "out of the ordinary." She began "sprouting gibberish" and claiming she was from Mars, the paper reported. Other witnesses said she was drunk.
Photos: Mitrice Richardson Missing
Richardson's mother, Latice Sutton, told aCNN i-reporter that she believed reports that her daughter may have been having mental problems before she was arrested and was angry with police for releasing her without providing any additional medical care.
"There were subtle changes. She wasn't as concerned with her physical upkeep. She was texting strange things to friends, very subtle differences that only when looking back you could see the beginning of a problem," Sutton told the reporter.
But Richardson's great grandmother categorically discounted the theory that Richardson had mental problems.
"The reports being made about my granddaughter are completely out of character," she said through tears. "She is not mentally disturbed."
Deputies at the station thought Richardson was behaving normally when they released her early Friday morning Sept. 18, at around 1:25 a.m. "She exhibited no signs of mental illness or intoxication. She was fine. She's an adult," Whitmore said.
He also said the jailer offered to let Richardson stay through the night, but she declined.
According to Sutton, a manager she spoke to at Geoffrey's restaurant said Richardson appeared to be in "no condition to drive" while at the restaurant.
Sutton said she called the Malibu-Lost Hills station to ask about posting bail and picking up her daughter, but deputies told her they had released her because they did not have room to keep her in jail.
Photos: Mitrice Richardson Missing
The sheriff's station is in a industrial business park that is unfamiliar to the woman, her family said. It is not served by buses at night, and family members say the woman has not contacted them or been seen since Sept. 16.
The woman's father, Michael Richardson, said he was worried about his daughter's mental state after seeing her booking photo.
"They allowed her to walk out of that facility and down that road in the pitch black night," he told the Los Angeles Times. "That's not right. Now, I just want to find my child."
The woman's mother said deputies told her nearby residents had called to say a woman was sleeping on porches, indicating to her that Richardson was stumbling around a nearby residential neighborhood early Friday. Her parents filed a missing person report with the LAPD.
The LAPD are also looking into homeless shelters and mental health communities.
"If she did have a mental breakdown of any kind and came in contact with a law enforcement officer, she may have been transferred to a mental health facility as a Jane Doe," LAPD robbery-homicide Detective Chuck Knolls toldCrimesider on Friday.
Richardson is a graduate of Cal State Fullerton and recently moved to Los Angeles to live with her grandmother near the area where she planned on teaching. Police say she last made contact with her family at her home in the Southeast area of Los Angeles on Wednesday, Sept. 16.
"I was pushing for her to get her master's degree," her great grandmother said. "All my great grandchildren look up to her."
Richardson is black, 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs about 135 pounds. She has brown, curly hair and hazel eyes, and was last seen wearing a dark shirt and blue jeans, police said. According to a flyer made by her family, Richardson has tattoos on her lower abdomen and behind her neck.
"Please pray for her," the great-grandmother cried. "She is my first great grandchild."
Police urged anyone with information on her whereabouts to call the LAPD's Missing Persons Unit at (213) 485-5381, or (877) LAPD-24-7 after business hours or on weekends.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
The Pencilman
- He has had artwork on sitcoms, Hanging with Mr. Cooper & Sparks in the 90’s.
- Commissioned to create a drawing of Rosa Parks for a special event presentation at Edwards AFB in 1993
- Hand selected as Art Director of magazine publication “Black Bottom-Line”, by its founder and publisher Dr. John Ward.
- Invited to showcase his art masterpieces at Motown Legend Smokey Robinson’s 1stAnnual Celebrity Golf Tournament in 2005.
- Commissioned to draw cast members of the Gospel Musical Play “Gods Trying To Tell Me Something” for their promotional tour.
- He was commissioned to create an entire wall of legendary musical artist for Los Angeles Rams Wide Receiver Willie “Flipper”
- Other patrons are Smokey Robinson singer/entertainer and Barry Gordy Motown Record Legends; Lindsay Hughes a southern California McDonalds executive.
- He currently has artwork displayed at Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles, a famous Soul Food restaurant located in downtown
- Recent patrons of his art masterpieces are Singer Stevie Wonder, Actress Vivica Fox,Director John Singleton and Actor/Actress/Singers Wil & Jada Picket Smith and Los Angeles Sheriff Leroy D. Baca, he holds the highest police position in the city; all acquiring his latest 44th President of the United States of America Barack Obama Masterpiece.
- Dr. Frederick K. C. Price founder of Ever Increasing Faith Ministries;
- Featured on the Local Edition in January 2009; a Time Warner Cable Company Television Program reaching all of Southern California
- Selected as Art Director and Illustrator for JMC Gospel Music Record Label in January 2009 by Founder and CEO Janice Marshall. He will be the sole artist to create and design every CD cover. He will be bringing true art back to form like back in the day...
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Black Box Branding
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Spyder Turner
Maureen Forte
Chef Kami Redd
Friday, October 9, 2009
Coach K
Some of you might still be thinking that you could still skip proper training and can just start coaching people based on your own natural abilities and supplemental information from such as article as the one you are reading now. Here are some cold facts about coaching:
Ø The fact that people ask you for advice all the time does not qualify to be a coach. Advising people are actually one of the most detrimental ways we tend to ruin other people’s lives.
Ø The fact that you are involved or serve in your local ministry, therapy, social services or other helping communities does give you the proper tools. These are great areas to conduct a certain type of counseling but they are uniquely different from coaching. It is important to note that those who serve in that capacity are able to transition well from their specific form of counseling to life coaching.
Ø Just because you consider yourself an intellectual machine full of fascinating and interesting facts that you may even think people need to start paying you for does not cut it either. Facts, expertise, and being well versed in a subject matter are not enough to change a life. Life changes are not easy accomplishments and the skills and expertise needed to take people from point A to point B are acquired through proper certification. The charisma and subject matter expertise and great public speaking skills are only supplemental information that at an appropriate time during a coaching session can help a client.
The list can go on but the whole concept and foundation of coaching is so drastically different than what most of the population thinks, that the only authentic and reasonable enough answer to believe you are qualified is if you believe it’s a calling on upon your life. There are probably very strong reasons you have concluded that being a life coach is your calling. If you are one of those people, why don’t you call us and find out if you really truly qualify. Take our assessment over the phone for free and find out today. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain from one phone call with one life altering answer on the other line. Call us now 301 675-4854.
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
Kurtis Blow
In 1976, he joined a group called “The Force.” Russell Simmons was a member of that group. The Force sponsored parties around NYC until 1978, when Simmons was convinced by Kurtis to promote some parties in Queens, New York.[2] After becoming an MC on his own, Kool DJ Kurt changed his name to Kurtis Blow (as in body blow)[1]. Kurtis began to sell himself as “the number one rapper in Queens,” with Russell’s help[2]. Kurtis taught Russells younger brother Joseph, who at the time was known as “DJ Run, the Son of Kurtis Blow.” He later changed his name and went on to become the first third of Run-D.M.C.[1]
Kurtis Blow, one of the founders and creators of recorded hip hop/rap, stands as an emerging leader in a new generation of rappers with street sense, social criticism, and commercial savvy, a timeless artist and hip hop legend, Kurtis Blow has been instrumental in raising up a generation of MC’s, and he will soon carry the torch for hip hop music into new arenas.
In 1979, at the age of twenty, Kurtis Blow became the first Rapper to be signed by a major label. Mercury released “Christmas Rappin,” and it sold over 500,000 copies and it became an annual classic. Its gold follow up “The Breaks” helped ignite a still spreading international “Rap Attack.” He released 10 Albums over 11 years -- The first entitled “Kurtis Blow”, his full length debut and his second, a Top 50 Pop Album “Deuce,” a big hit across Europe; “Party Time” which featured a pioneering fusion of Rap and Go Go; “Ego Trip,” which includes the hits “8 Million Stories”, “AJ”, and “Basketball” and in 1985, “America.” “America’s video innovation received a MTV Monitor Award. From this album, the song “If I Ruled the World” became a top 5 hit on Billboard’s R & B chart. Columbia/Sony recording artist Nas debuted at # 1 on the Billboard’s Pop Album chart with a cover of the song in 1997.
He was honored to coordinate “King Holiday”, along with Dexter Scott King, a song to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday. The Mercury/Polygram single co produced by Kurtis Blow includes the collaborative efforts of Whitney Houston, New Edition, Stephanie Mills, El Debarge, James “JT” Taylor of Kool & the Gang, The Fat Boys and Run DMC among others. It has become an annual Holiday Classic.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Easy Mo Bee
In the early 1990s, he linked up with Bad Boy Entertainment and became their main staff producer, crafting most of the tracks for its first release, Craig Mack's Project: Funk Da World and the label's first major hit, "Flava in Ya Ear." He also produced "Party and Bullshit" for The Notorious B.I.G, the rapper's first single.
Subsequently he produced for both Tupac Shakur and Biggie. He is one of the few producers to have worked with both of them, most notably on the song "Running from the Police" (from the album One Million Strong), recorded in the same session by Tupac, B.I.G., Dramacydal and the Live Squad's Stretch. After producing with Shakur, then based in New York, on the rapper's Me Against the World--including two cut songs, a version of "So Many Tears" and the song "God Bless the Dead" (later found on Greatest Hits), both featuring Stretch--Mo Bee started on Biggie's Ready To Die. His production on both spawned hits and critical acclaim; he continued producing for Biggie on the rapper's second album. Bad Boy CEO Puff Daddyeventually asked to manage Mo Bee and for the producer to join his Hitmen production team; he declined, and Puff severed their ties. Mo Bee also produced the driving hit for Busta Rhymes's The Coming, the song "Everything Remains Raw."
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Carol J Mccoy
Ida Collins
Once words are spoken from the mouth, they travel the universe seeking a place to be planted.
If the statement is heard enough it may This is one of the most historically relevant and brutally honest videos I have seen on the subject.
Once words are spoken from the mouth, they travel the universe seeking a place to be planted.
If the statement is heard enough it may be regarded as TRUTH.
You must study and review facts in order to make a conscious decision.
regarded as TRUTH.
You must study and review facts in order to make a conscious decision.
James Walker
When I was 18, I was stopped on a moped by white police officers and rudely arrested, booked, finger printed and locked up as I tried to explain they had the wrong guy for the alleged stolen moped I was driving.
The police dropped all charges. But, I got the message quickly: I’m a black man in America and this is the reality of my life when it comes to dealing with police, so be quiet, shut my mouth and obey law and order.
Fast forward 25 years later, and some white cops often escort me via police cruiser to any of my properties or home or even the office building on occasion.
While I cannot make any excuses or justifications for the wrongful and ridiculous conduct of Sgt. James Crowley, who arrested the 58-year-old highly-respected professor, I can only say I am a bit taken aback that Professor Gates says that he now realizes “if this could happen to me in Harvard Square, it could happen to anyone in America?”
This statement has a duality that alarms me: Is he suggesting that because he was at Harvard, somehow he is exempt from the basic pains and struggles of folks in Harlem, USA vs. Harvard square?
Or, is he saying that it took this arrest and fiasco to get him in touch with the real struggles of the Black Community with regards to racial profiling?
Clarence J Pointer
- He has had artwork on sitcoms, Hanging with Mr. Cooper & Sparks in the 90’s.
- Commissioned to create a drawing of Rosa Parks for a special event presentation at Edwards AFB in 1993
- Hand selected as Art Director of magazine publication “Black Bottom-Line”, by its founder and publisher Dr. John Ward.
- Invited to showcase his art masterpieces at Motown Legend Smokey Robinson’s 1stAnnual Celebrity Golf Tournament in 2005.
- Commissioned to draw cast members of the Gospel Musical Play “Gods Trying To Tell Me Something” for their promotional tour.
- He was commissioned to create an entire wall of legendary musical artist for Los Angeles Rams Wide Receiver Willie “Flipper”
- Other patrons are Smokey Robinson singer/entertainer and Barry Gordy Motown Record Legends; Lindsay Hughes a southern California McDonalds executive.
- He currently has artwork displayed at Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles, a famous Soul Food restaurant located in downtown
- Recent patrons of his art masterpieces are Singer Stevie Wonder, Actress Vivica Fox,Director John Singleton and Actor/Actress/Singers Wil & Jada Picket Smith and Los Angeles Sheriff Leroy D. Baca, he holds the highest police position in the city; all acquiring his latest 44th President of the United States of America Barack Obama Masterpiece.
- Dr. Frederick K. C. Price founder of Ever Increasing Faith Ministries;
- Featured on the Local Edition in January 2009; a Time Warner Cable Company Television Program reaching all of Southern California
- Selected as Art Director and Illustrator for JMC Gospel Music Record Label in January 2009 by Founder and CEO Janice Marshall. He will be the sole artist to create and design every CD cover. He will be bringing true art back to form like back in the day...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Bobby Rush
In 1995, U.S. Rep. Rush was appointed to the exclusive and powerful Energy and Commerce Committee. In 2007 he was elected chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection. This committee has jurisdiction over:
- Interstate and foreign commerce, including all trade matters within the jurisdiction of the full committee;
- Regulation of commercial practices (the FTC), including sports-related matters;
- Consumer affairs and consumer protection, including privacy matters generally;
- Consumer product safety (the CPSC), product liability; and motor vehicle safety;
- Regulation of travel, tourism, and time; and, Homeland security-related aspects of the foregoing, including cyber security.
Maureen Forte
Forte began her teaching career at St. Thaddeus in Chicago, where she taught for ten years following her graduation from Chicago State University. During this time, Forte began her involvement in a number of organizations, and served as a delegate for the Chicago Teachers Union for ten years. In 1989, she began teaching at the Sawyer Elementary School in Chicago. She has also become highly active in the NAACP and the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. She founded the South Suburban chapter of Rainbow/PUSH 1990 and has continued to raise the bar for social commitment in the area. Since founding the branch, Forte served as president until stepping down in 2004.
Forte served as the vice-president of the South Suburban NAACP and hosted her own radio talk show,
N' the Know with Moe, which is broadcast on WCFJ-AM on Sunday afternoons. She is also a member of the Legislative and Women's Rights Committees of the Chicago Teachers Union. On May 9, 2007, Forte became the first Black female village trustee of East Hazel Crest, Illinois, and on May 18, 2007, she became a delegate of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).
Sunday, September 20, 2009
EASY MO BEE THE WORLD'S BEST MUSIC PRODUCER
I didnt know who he was..however after that I did some research and I have developed this obsession about his life. He was a guest on my Radio Show the week before last and it was so real and down to earth.
He talked about growing up in the projects. I did too. He grew up in Brooklyn and I in the Bronx. He talked about having a dream. He talked about a vision. He talked about how his family didnt believe in his vision at first. But, when Miles Davis called he suddenly started earning respect.
I dont want to tell his story..I hope one day I will get another opportunity to finish the interview
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Dr Baruch
Dr. Baruch Ben-Yehudah - Biography
Dr. Baruch Ben Yehudah has dedicated himself to improving the overall health of his fellow man, perpetuating the benefits of a vegan lifestyle. Dr. Baruch received his Naturopathic Doctors Degree from the School of the Prophets Institute at Jerusalem in Israel in 2004. He majored in Communications at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania where he began his career in radio broadcasting. Dedicated to healing people from health related issues caused by poor diet, stress, lack of exercise and educational awareness on controlling ones health, Dr. Baruch developed a revolutionary concept called "Eat the Cure." From his wealth of knowledge developed over 20 years in the health industry "Eat the Cure" shows us how we can cure ourselves from virtually every known ailment by taking a proactive approach to what we allow to enter our bodies. "Eat the Cure" cleanses our minds from the stereotypical illusions of the "Soul Food Diet" and standard American diet.
In 2007, Dr. Baruch began his tenure as a featured health expert on the ABC syndicated Michael Baisden show with his "Your Body is Your Temple" which reaches 13 million plus people on a daily basis and today remains a constant "force" on the show. He was also a guest panelist on the talk show "Baisden After Dark" on TV One. He also served as a nutritional consultant on Michael Baisdens' "Island Jam" held in Jamaica in June 2007.
Kevin Gray
In Kevin Gray’s new book take is radical…so his focus is always ample and humane. In these passionate pages, he takes his readers into areas of darkness—South Carolina’s heritage of slavery, for example—and into the vibrancy and heat of James Brown and Richard Pryor. In essays like “Why Does Barack Obama Hate My Family?” and “”Dixie 101,” Gray’s intellectual footwork is as sure as Muhammad Ali’s in his prime, and the knockout is as deadly.
No one should venture a mile into the rough terrain of black politics and culture in America today without reading Gray’s Waiting for Lightning to Strike. There’s no keener mind, no sharper eye focused on the condition of black politics.
Kevin Alexander Gray & his younger sister Valerie were among the first blacks to attend the local all-white elementary school in rural, upstate South Carolina in 1968. Since then he has been involved in community organizing working on a variety of issues ranging from racial politics, police violence, third-world politics & relations, union organizing & workers’ rights, grassroots political campaigns, marches, actions, and political events. He is currently organizing the Harriet Tubman Freedom House Project in Columbia, South Carolina which focuses on community-based political and cultural education. Kevin was a founding member of the National Rainbow Coalition in 1986, former co-chair of the Southern Rainbow Education Project—a coalition of southern activists—and former contributing editor of Independent Political Action Bulletin. He was also the 2002 SC United Citizens’ Party & Green Party Gubernatorial candidate. He was managing editor of The Palmetto Post and Black News in Columbia, South Carolina, served as a national board member of the American Civil Liberties Union for 4 years, is a past eight-term president of the South Carolina affiliate of the ACLU and an advisory board member of DRC Net (Drug Policy Reform Coalition).
