Well here’s the final wrap up from Blogging While Brown. The only thing left is uploading all of my pictures to Flikr. First, check out this video from the conference shot and edited by Deborah Jones from D. Jones Productions. Untitled from Gina McCauley on Vimeo. Next you’ll find the...
The Barack Obama has just launched a website called The Low Road Express. The top of the website has a quote from the Thursday edition of The St. Pete’s Times editorials which states “The Straight talk express has taken a nasty turn into the gutter. ” This all comes after...
When I say Big Top you say Circus – Big Top! CIRCUS! Big Top!!! CIRCUS!!! Once again it’s on, as the UniverSoul Circus makes its way back to Dallas. Check out Ring Master Tony Tone and his sidekick Zeke as the single ring circus heads back to the Southwest Center...
By Jazzy of Because I Said So HIV/AIDS is often compared to other chronic illness which, in my opinion could pose a problem for intervention. By definition HIV/AIDS does fall into the Chronic illnesscategory because it to date still remains incurable. However, with the increase in HIV/AIDS AIDS infection rates...
We have talked quite a bit about the lethal nature of tasers here at Dallas South. Most recently the device also known as a “stun gun” was in the news due to the death of Baron “Scooter” Pikes. Pikes was shocked nine times with a Taser in the town of...
On Sunday one of God’s preaching greats left this Earth with the passing of Rev. C.A.W. Clark. Pastor Clark began preaching in 1929 and was ordained four years later. He lead his first church, Israelite Baptist in Louisiana, at age 19. Clark was a graduate of Bishop College. My earliest...
If there was a blogging conference and no one from the mainstream media covered it, did it really happen? Of course it did. This weekend, 60 bloggers gathered in Atlanta for the inaugural Blogging While Brown International Conference of Bloggers of Color. The event was produced by Executive Director Gina...
By Jazzy Education and hard work are the consistent mantra that permeates the essence of the American Dream. Education, as we know, is not created equally nor is it extolled equally. Schools in lower socioeconomic areas are rife with underperforming curricula, in desperate need of updated teaching materials, and innovated...
This is the part of the interview that the whole series revolves around. The first three parts of the Verdie Triplett interview last week focused on the history of the 5 Civilized Tribes and their slaves/freedman. This next part of the interview talks about how the tribes recently conspired to...
Set your DVRs and Tivos for Wednesday and Thursday night as Soledad O’ Brien gives a ranging view of what it means to be Black in America. The program starts each night at 8 P.M. Central. I’ll have a review of the show up at Dallas South on Wednesday morning....
