This holiday season, you can keep your dollars in the community and find the perfect gifts for everyone.
In Swahili the term for cooperative economics—to build and maintain black institutions—is “Ujamaa.” In an age when many black-owned businesses have been forced to shutter, there isn’t a better ...
Posted Monday, December 1st 2014 at 2:04PM
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Stay encouraged to become all you were destined to be.
What better way to honor yourself than to make your goals,
dreams, and lifes purpose come true.
Someone admires you.
Someone values you.
Make it happen!
Encouragement: http://www.huff ...
Posted Monday, December 1st 2014 at 9:10AM
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If you didn't hear it on the news, you probably noticed it the last time you filled up your car: gasoline prices have been dropping lately after holding fairly steady for a year or so, following world oil prices.
After clicking your heels at the g ...
Posted Monday, December 1st 2014 at 8:34AM
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This is Miles College's edition of Pharrell's "Happy"! The happiest students, faculty and staff took a break and joined us as we spread happiness to our campus. Thank you to each and everyone who participated in the Golden Bear Spirit.
Apply to Miles College
5500 Myron Massey Blvd.
Birmingham ( ...
Posted Monday, December 1st 2014 at 8:26AM
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It's been a year.
What will happen next year?
Yes I can hear.
A smile from the heart is near.
Nothing can compare to the real.
End ...
Posted Sunday, November 30th 2014 at 8:58PM
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How old were you when you were granted with the gift of mind reading?
How old were you when you accomplished your first goal?
How old were you when you realized your worth?
How young were you when you realized what truth looks like?
How young w ...
Posted Sunday, November 30th 2014 at 7:34PM
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She is the wind beneath our wings.
She is the lady with the prettiest smile.
She is the cure to any cold.
To live is to be loved by a Grandmother.
Can't you taste her soul food?
She is the tree of life. The one who could
create magic with a ...
Posted Sunday, November 30th 2014 at 4:41PM
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I know you are having a harmonious day. Yep. That's just how we do around here.
Let the happiness ring from ear to ear. Cancel the negatives with holiday cheer!
A new season is here.
Enter it with bold confidence.
Create a new tradition or tw ...
Posted Saturday, November 29th 2014 at 4:27PM
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I love you for everything you are. I love you for everything you are becoming.
I believe in the best in you. I bring out the best in you.
I am love. I love you.
You are loved.
Be love.
Love,
love
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Posted Saturday, November 29th 2014 at 11:01AM
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“In the face of adversity, you must have faith and commitment to succeed,” said Dr. Gary Gibbons, director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to a group of 12 students from Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss.
Gibbons welcomed the stud ...
Posted Friday, November 28th 2014 at 11:00AM
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If you know what will make you happy this holiday...pursue it.
If you know what will turn your day upside down...do not entertain it.
Consume healthy uplifting food, conversation, and media.
Show the kids how to get along and fill up on laught ...
Posted Thursday, November 27th 2014 at 4:46AM
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On her show, "Iyanla: Fix My Life," spiritual life coach Iyanla Vanzant has traveled all over the country helping people sort through their personal challenges. But now it's time for Iyanla to get her own house in order -- literally.
The TV host r ...
Posted Wednesday, November 26th 2014 at 4:05PM
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Diversity trainer points to path for growth for all humanity
Lauren Joichin Nile dreams of a world in which humanity replaces racism with love for one another.
Her book RACE: My Story & Humanity’s Bottom Line addresses her personal experiences with racism, the biological oneness of humanity, t ...
Posted Tuesday, November 25th 2014 at 3:13PM
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When it seems like all obstacles are working against you...believe in yourself.
If others can make it through the rough times, we can too.
Times may be difficult, but remember, without a test there is no testimony.
Stay tuned to your inner guide and push through it all.
Push, push, push thos ...
Posted Monday, November 24th 2014 at 10:52AM
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Posted by: Evan Richardson
Architecture Professor Mohammad Gharipour, Ph.D. will be traveling to Malaysia for a conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments, at which he will be chairing the session “Religi ...
Posted Monday, November 24th 2014 at 10:31AM
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Protect your business by doing your due diligence.
By Catherine Conlan, Monster Contributing Writer
Hiring always carries some risk, but a bad hire at a small business can be devastating. Here are six ways small businesses can reduce risk when ...
Posted Friday, November 21st 2014 at 5:21PM
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Ted Turner, the visionary and entrepreneur who revolutionized the telecommunications industry, founded CNN and the United Nations Foundation, and serves as Chairman of The Turner Foundation, received the James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award befo ...
Posted Thursday, November 20th 2014 at 1:10PM
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With the Thanksgiving holiday a week away, we know everyone including our beloved pets are looking forward to the festivities.
This video explains it all: Rodie was excited to have Thanksgiving dinner, but no cranberries or green been casserole! ...
Posted Thursday, November 20th 2014 at 10:15AM
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November 17, 2014 | By Rosetta
As the year comes to an end, you might be feeling some kind of way about not reaching all the big goals you set out to accomplish back in January.
If you’ve been beating yourself up about being an under-achiever this year, the video below will give you a simple ...
Posted Wednesday, November 19th 2014 at 9:38AM
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Even Tailgating Is Better In The Bahamas! Catch all of the highlights from Bahamas Ministry of Tourism's College Football Classic held in Nassau this Summer featuring the football teams of Texas Southern and Central State Universities.
Tailgating concert featured guest artists Puzzle and Julien " ...
Posted Wednesday, November 19th 2014 at 9:11AM
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Nearly 30 years since his debut album Radio, entertainer LL Cool J remains one of the most consistently successful multi-hyphenates in the industry. In 2009, he joined the cast of the CBS drama NCIS: Los Angeles, which is now in its fifth season. The ...
Posted Friday, November 14th 2014 at 4:51PM
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Jackson State University and the Jackson Zoo are partnering in the raising of a rare Sumatran Tiger named EKO.
The JSU Tigers have officially adopted the 100-pount male cub born in May and, through a special partnership agreement, JSU will sponsor the cub for use in learning exhibits for children ...
Posted Friday, November 14th 2014 at 11:46AM
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Charlie Nelms, Ed.D.
Dear HBCU graduates,
Although most of us have never met, we share a special bond as graduates of one of America's historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). With few exceptions, these are the places that sproute ...
Posted Wednesday, November 12th 2014 at 12:44PM
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Sarah Roberts, Staffing Operations Program Manager, Military
One of the things I find most rewarding about working on the Military Program at Microsoft is interacting with veterans who are actively transitioning from the military to ...
Posted Wednesday, November 12th 2014 at 12:41PM
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