Fort Bend County, Texas - Suburban Sugar Land Women celebrate 23 years as a volunteer, non profit, 501C3, tax exempt, incorporated, Fort Bend county, service organization that willingly, cheerfully, and generously provide year – round services and resources from infancy to adulthood since 1989 via five caring and compassionate service programs: Seniors Enrichment; Families Outreach; Infants thru Young Adults Development;
HOUSTON-–More than 90 students recently attended the first Hats Off to Leadership STEM Conference, hosted by the Women in STEM Education (WISE) Institute at Lone Star College-North Harris. The conference featured keynote speaker, Sonia Clayton, president and CEO of Virtual Intelligence Providers, LLC. Clayton’s company was recently named the fastest growing woman-owned business by the Houston Business Journal. Other
By: Lawrence D. Bobo – W. E. B. Du Bois (Professor, Harvard University) Does President Barack Obama owe a special debt to Black America? Does he have a duty to spell out a specific Black policy agenda? Is it time for him to squarely talk about race again, something he hasn’t really done since his 2008 Philadelphia speech? Will
HOUSTON – Kofi Taharka has served as the National Chairman of the National Black United Front (NBUF) since 2009. NBUF is a grassroots national organization of activist, organizers and community members which has been in operation for over three decades. Chairman Taharka was born and raised in Banneker City (Washington, D.C.). His large family instilled in him a sense of
By: Roy Douglas Malonson, Publisher Financial Analyst and Advisor, Paul Clitheroe when addressing a group of young entrepreneurs advised to, “Invest in yourself. Your career is the engine of your wealth.” I wholeheartedly agree with him in this aspect. I don’t know very many people who do not want to acquire wealth. However, though they may want it, very many
By: Rebecca S. Jones HOUSTON– Zinetta A. Burney is a native Houstonian who was born into an era of segregation in 1941. She was the second oldest of four children birthed to John and Thelma Arceneaux. During a time where Blacks did not receive equal treatment, Zinetta was determined to advance to a level of higher learning. Thus, she completed
The emergence of American inequality began during the formation of our nation, giving rise to popular notions of our supposedly American democracy. In fact, many colonial elite Americans worked very hard to thwart any real effort toward a nation where the rights of minorities were protected against white majority rule. The brutality of forced African slavery alongside of Native American
I often place emphasis on members of our community utilizing one of the most powerful voices that we as Africans in Americans may use. That voice is your vote. While many people continue to believe that their vote does not count, this thought is so far from true. Oftentimes, life brings us to many roads where we must go before
By Roy Douglas Malonson, Publisher Malcolm X once stated that, “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” As I reflect back over the address delivered by HISD’s Superintendent, Dr. Terry Grier at the Acres Homes Chamber for Business and Economic Development on February 7, one thing that everyone agreed on
By Zerlina Maxwell Writer, EBONY Magazine Congressman Steve King (R-IA) is leading Republican hopefuls in the latest polls for next year’s Iowa Senate race to replace the retiring Democrat Tom Harkin (D-IA). Moderate Republicans are worried about the race, and even Karl Rove is warning Republicans that King would lose badly in a general election. What was likely going to