Bill Cosby LISTENing Party
Filed under: Blog Entries, Community, Education, Entertainment & Sports, Family, Society & Culture, Technology
Last month I wrote a post about a virtual town hall meeting for Bill Cosby’s new CD, ‘Bill Cosby Presents the Cosnarati: State of Emergency’. The record has been released and Mr. Cosby is turning his attention to creating a serious discussion around the issues that fuel the Cosnarati record.
The next phase of the “State of Emergency” campaign will be a weekend of LISTENing parties on December 12th and 13th. The Cosby team will be working vigilantly on the organization of thousands of mini-town halls at homes, community centers, churches, and other locations around the country. A full overview on the LISTENing parties here:
http://act.billcosby.com/events
This will be done in conjunction with another Ustream town hall featuring Mr. Cosby, who will also be calling in to welcome listeners at many of the town halls. If you would like to set up a LISTENing party, a manual for what’s needed to get started can be found at http://act.billcosby.com/page/-/docs/party-manual.pdf. I’ve been asked to sponsor a meeting, so I’ll let you know what comes of that.
UNCF Social Entrepreneurship Program
Filed under: Blog Entries, Business, Community, Education, Personal Finance
UNCF Social Entrepreneurship (USE) is a new leadership and talent development initiative aimed at providing dynamic programs to equip young high-achieving African Americans with the skills and resources to make on-going and expanding social impact through entrepreneurship.
Social entrepreneurs are society’s change agents. They use entrepreneurial and business principles and an innovative spirit to seize opportunities others miss to improve systems, invent new approaches and create data-driven, outcomes-based solutions to overcome large social problems. Where a business entrepreneur looks for profit as the ultimate goal, a social entrepreneur’s bottom line is to solve social challenges.
The first USE program is the:
UNCF/The Walton Family Foundation Social Entrepreneurship K-12 Education Fellows Program
PAID BUSINESS INTERNSHIPS IN SOCIAL ENTREPRISE
UP TO $10,000 IN POST-GRADUATION FINANCIAL AID
The USE K-12 Education Fellows Program is aimed at building a robust pipeline of African Americans engaged in K-12 educational entrepreneurship. Fellows will learn about the inner workings of some of the nation’s leading educational organizations, including Teach for America, by working on meaningful projects in growth strategy, development, human assets, marketing, public affairs and diversity, among others. Fellows will be placed in organizations located in Boston, New York or Washington.
Apply now to become a USE Fellow!
Deadline: December 15, 2009
President Obama’s Weekly Address – 11/26/09
Filed under: Blog Entries, Community, Obama, Politics, Society & Culture
Happy Thanksgiving!
Given the holiday, we are releasing the President’s weekly address today. In this video, President Obama calls to our attention the men and women in uniform who are away from home sacrificing time with family to protect our safety and freedom. He also talks about the progress of health care reform, the Recovery Act, and job creation to ensure that next Thanksgiving will be a brighter day.
I missed last week’s address, so I thought I’d just give you the link.
Back to Blogging
Filed under: Blog Entries, Community, Society & Culture
I’m not sure how many have noticed, but I’ve been away from the blogosphere a couple of weeks. The job has been keeping me pretty busy, but I see it as a good thing because there are a lot of people out there looking for work. For my back to blogging post, I thought I’d touch on a subject that got a lot of attention.
The sagging pants debate is back up and running and it looks like Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine R. Caraway has some help from the school district. The law he was looking to create never became a reality (which is good), so he’s looking to make it an issue of self-respect. My personal feelings on the sagging pants debate can be found here, so there’s no reason to get into all that again. But I will remain true to my stance and belief that people form their initial opinion about you based on your attire. While it may not be right or true, it happens.
In my last post, I received a mixed variety of comments and would like to know what you feel about the sagging pants discussion. Word has it that our young ladies are starting to follow suit and get their sag on also.
Sheneneh and Wanda on the Big Screen?
Filed under: Blog Entries, Entertainment & Sports, Laughable, Society & Culture
Oh, no they didn’t! During the BET Awards, Martin Lawrence and Jamie Foxx put together a movie trailer parody that poked fun at their 90′s TV show characters Sheneneh Jenkins (Martin Lawrence Show) and Wanda Reid (In Living Color). Rumor has it that Screen Gems has approached the two actors to make a movie based on the BET spoof (shown below).
Personally, I liked the characters on their respective TV shows, but I really think that’s as far as it needs to go. As I type this post, I cringe because I think making it will push the careers of both actors back a step. They have done some great things since Wanda & Sheneneh and are beyond this. The characters they played in the past need to remain in the past. They made us laugh and gave us some funny one liners, but Madea is more than enough for today’s movie-goer.
I won’t be spending my $10 to go see it because I can think of better things to do with my money. I’m curious to see how many theaters will show it and wonder how the general public will react once it’s out. Chris Rock’s Good Hair movie caused a discussion and even got him an appearance on Oprah. I wonder is Wanda and Sheneneh will get the same opportunity? Only time will tell.
What do you think about this becoming a movie?
President Obama’s Weekly Address – 11/07/09
The President condemns the “despicable” attacks at Fort Hood, honoring those who were killed and injured. He also commends those who stood up to help and console those affected: “even as we saw the worst of human nature on full display, we also saw the best of America.”
myidscore.com
Filed under: Blog Entries, Family, Personal Finance
I heard about My ID Score on the radio and though I’d give it a try. My ID Score is a three digit number between 1 and 999. It describes your risk of being a victim of identity fraud and gives you real–time, actionable insight into the security of your identity.
My ID Score is different than a credit score. A credit score indicates your creditworthiness. My ID Score indicates the risk that you might be a victim of identity fraud. Your specific My ID Score will fall somewhere within three score ranges: Low, Moderate, or High. A higher score indicates a greater identity fraud risk.
To get going you enter your name, address and home phone number. You can also enter your SSN to get a more accurate risk assessment, but it is not required. I didn’t enter mine and was still able to get results. Identity theft can happen to any of us, so it’s good know how concerned we should be. I wouldn’t call this a fool-proof way of determining your risk, but it is a start. If you want to learn more about how you can prevent yourself from becoming a fraud victim, visit http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs17-it.htm.
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