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Here is a video of those famous Haitian mud cake and cookie survival delicacies being prepared. Seeing is believing. I have read it. Now I see it. The ingredients: mud, salt, butter, water, lemon
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Desperate Haitians Survive On Mud Cookies
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Black Star News has a good interview with financial guru, motivational speaker, entrepreneur Byron W. Perry. Perry conducts seminars and workshops which teach children about money, wealth creation, and entrepreneurialism.
BSN: Please share with us a bit about the experience working with children on this subject.
BP: The general age range is between 8 and 14. I give workshops on “Too Young to Get Hired? Hire Yourself,” “Buy Your Own Bicycle,” “Don’t Eat Cookies – Sell Them.” I open with a question to get them engaged. I ask them, “Who wants to make money?” All of their hands go up. READ MORE...
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Madonna adopted an African baby boy, David, from Malawi back in 2006 and the adoption has not been finalized. She says the government is still not used to the concept of adoption. Madonna embarks on a journey exploring the lives of children who have been orphaned by AIDS. This 85 minute film is being shown at the Tribeca Film Festival, and will be available on DVD.
Follow the jump to see the film trailer.
Free Rice is a charitable organization that has a vocabulary game on the main page of its website. You will be given vocabulary word, and have to select the definition. For each correct word your get, Free Rice will donate 20 grains of rice to the UN World Food Program. Rice is a main staple, and sometimes the only staple for many people in poor and developing countries.
Just thinking about the recent events over rice in Haiti alone, and the droughts in Australia, are enough to make me want to donate daily by playing. I just donated 100 grains. It is totally free. You don't have to provide any information or sign up for anything. Too good to be true right? It's true. Play the game, and you give to a needy person as a result. Plus you might learn a few new vocabulary words. You can play as often as you wish.
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Conversations Book Club and TRU Publishing, in connection with their literary partners*, are pleased to announce the 1st "Hiphop & Books" Youth Rally of Mississippi! This will take place on Saturday, April 26, 2008 at the Smith Park in Downtown Jackson beginning at 1p.m. and ending at 5p.m.
The purpose of the event is to unite and entertain lovers of hiphop music with a family-friendly show as well as bring attention to the problems of illiteracy and school dropouts.
Conversations believes that by showing that the hiphop community is about more than just the glitz and glamour portrayed through television and music that it can serve as a wakeup call for young people to still strive for the best possible life they can get through a good education and positive role models.
The days events will feature space jumps for the kids provided by Inflatable Kingdom, concession-style food and performances by Mississippi's own Ondrea Nicole, Trill, G-Money(seen above), Britt, Jacktown Slim and Jack Squad. Our special guest for the rally is Lil Half Ounce aka HollywoodHalf whose album SMALL TOWN HYPE features Fiend, C-Murder, Lil Cali, Pearlie Mac, Savage of Trill Ent and more.
To encourage school participation, Conversations & TRU are presenting this contest: The school that has the most students that attend the rally will receive $1,000 in brand new books for their school library donated by Conversations & TRU! (In 2007, Conversations & The Jackson Advocate donated over $500.00 in brand new books to the Shady Creek Trailer Park in South Jackson.) At the close of the event there will also be a historic, special announcement made that you want to be present to hear!
Admission is free, however, vendors including Krooked Ledda Clothing and others will be on hand with merchandise. For more information, contact Robin Gardner at 601.664.8805, Stanley Clark at 601.559.3463 or Stephanie Mitchell at 601.500.8950. Also visit http://www.hiphopandbooks.com.
*This event is brought to you in part by Shadow Play Entertainment, For The People Productions, S. M. Productions, C. O. D. Records, Off Da Chain Entertainment and Jaia Productions
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This sounds like an event ANYTOWN, USA could use!
Queen Latifah was in Boston this weekend for a charity event to benefit the Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center, which raised more than $350,000. The function was held at the Four Seasons Hotel and she sang a set of jazz, blues, funk, and some of the 90s hits. Imagine that. The crowd rocking through some of her old rap tunes. The gala honored the governor's wife Diane Patrick and the mayor's wife, Angela Menino. Latifah addressed Diane Patrick as "cousin" while on stage, and Patrick was quoted as replying back, "I wish I were your cousin." People partied til the wee hours for a good cause.
Reference: Boston Globe Celebrity news
Recently, I posted a request for those who could to help a young woman and her child down in South Florida, who is living in horrendous conditions in a public housing complex. She was very vocal about the living conditions, sort of a lone soldier in the fight, putting herself at risk for retaliation. Rev. Al Sharpton promised to come visit for a focus group meeting and to stay overnight to witness the living situation. Rev. Al was a No-Show. Well, you must read about the results of that fundraiser and all of the good that came out of it. I am overwhelmed with hearing some good news, for a change.
This is a TRUE testament, living example to the fact that we don't always need an "Al Sharpton" or any other national "leader" to organize and solve our problems. One person, Shecodes over at BlackWomenVote.Blogspot.com took the initiative to reach out and help by appealing to her audience to help this young lady. So far, $2,000 has been raised in about 2 weeks, she's moving, and even Habitat for Humanity has expressed interest in building a home for the young lady. She thanks those who have helped through prayers, financially, sending resource information, emailing encouraging words, or any other way you offered support. My eyes are welled up with tears this morning. Here is the update: Blog Post: Update on Citoya from Dunbar Village
We Are Powerful.
According to the Boston Herald:
Rihanna, pop singer, who just became an honorary cultural ambassador for her native country Bardados, has reached out to a leukemia patient, through her charity organization (Believe) to work with DKMS, an international bone marrow donor network based in Tubingen Germany. The goal is to find a donor for Lisa Gershowitz Flynn, a 41 year old mother of two small kids.
Rihanna is quoted:
"Speaking about her charity working alongside DKMS..my own charity, Believe, works specifically with children in need. Children need their mothers more than anything else in the world. Lisa has two children. My charity will continue to work with DKMS, because in finding a way to save Lisa’s life, we will in turn be saving her children’s lives." ---Boston Herald
It's nice to see a young celebrity getting involved with giving back and philanthropic work, at such a young age, and early stage in her career.
Photo Credit: Reuters
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