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A Perfect Time for Change

January 16th, 2009 · 6 Comments

History, Justice, Freedom and Victory Throughout the World
By Dena Newman
Writer
www.choice-enterprise.com
On the morning of Election Day, I got up early to prepare for what I thought was going to be the longest day of my life.  I packed my camera and water and made sure that I wore my comfortable shoes just in case I had [...]

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Tags: Community · Misc. · Politics

Brothers’ Essays Earn Family Tickets to Inaugural Parade

January 14th, 2009 · 3 Comments

By Will Thomas, Fox 5 Reporter

13-year-old James Coleman and 11-year-old Tyrone Coleman entered their essays into a Presidential Inauguration Committee contest that won them tickets to the Inaugural Parade!
The Capital change will be life-changing for two boys from the District. The tales of their lives were so compelling that the Presidential Inaugural Committee has awarded [...]

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Tags: Community

Parents Speak-Up National Campaign Ends the year on positive note!

January 12th, 2009 · No Comments

Parents Speak-Up National Campaign ends the year in Washington, DC at Riverside Community Center at Marvin Gaye Park and in Baltimore City at Life Celebration Center. 
“Parent Networking Social” Equips Parents to Talk to Kids about Waiting to Have Sex”
Across the nation, parents express great concern about having discussions with teenagers about their attitudes and behaviors [...]

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Tags: Community · Misc.

Two Balls Honoring the Ancestors Combine Forces and Promise to be the Largest Inaugural Ball in Town with more than 17,000 Attendees

January 12th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Entertainment to Include Patti LaBelle, the O’Jays, Keith Sweat, Maxi Priest and More
Guests Include Members of Little Rock Nine, Tuskegee Airmen & Maryland Politicians
In honor of the culmination of the ancestors dream with the historic election of President-Elect Barack Obama, the first African American President, the Prince George’s County Presidential Inaugural Committee, COUNTY EXECUTIVE JACK [...]

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Prince George’s County to Combine Inaugural Balls at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center at National Harbor on January 20

January 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Members of Little Rock Nine, Tuskegee Airmen & Maryland Politicians To Attend The Ancestors Dream and African & International Friends Inaugural Ball
In honor of the culmination of the ancestors dream with the historic election of President-Elect Barack Obama, the first African American President, the Prince George’s County Presidential Inaugural Committee, County Executive Jack Johnson, the [...]

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Tags: Community

DC’s “Yes We Can” People’s Pre-Inaugural Ball

January 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Alliance of Concerned Men in conjunction with the Peaceoholics, East of the River Clergy and Sasha Bruce invite you to attend the “Yes We Can” Pre- Inauguration [...]

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Celebrating Unity for All

January 9th, 2009 · No Comments

EVI Global Network Presents The United Inaugural Gala
at the Show Place Arena
www.showplacearena.com
January 19th & 20th 2009
Doors Open at 7PM
The countdown to inaugural celebrations are just around the corner. There are so many places in the DMV (D.C., Maryland & Virginia) planning for their location to be the “It” spot. Wherever your inaugural celebrations take [...]

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Tags: Community

Tray Chaney of HBO’s hit series “The Wire” Book Signing at Design Studio Art Gallery Located in Design Studio in Hyattsville, MD

January 8th, 2009 · No Comments

Tray Chaney, of HBO’s hit series “The Wire”, will be hosting a book signing for his newly released autobiography The Truth You Can’t BeTray on Sunday, January 11, 2008 from 4-7pm at the newest art gallery in the Hyattsville’s Art District Design Studio.
The book signing will take place in Design Studio Art Gallery [...]

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Tags: Community · Misc.

Old School Dance and Card Party

January 5th, 2009 · No Comments

Grab your friends and come out for an evening of food, fun, dancing and card playing.
The Prince George’s County Delta Alumnae Foundation invites the community to a special benefit – Diamonds and Denim – An Old School Dance and Card Party at the Prince George’s Ballroom (2411 Pinebrook Avenue in Landover, MD) on Friday, February [...]

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Tags: Black Greek · Community

Congresswoman “Ovewhelmed” By Foreclosure Crisis

December 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

One of the hardest-hit places in our area for foreclosures is Prince George’s County.
Congresswoman Donna Edwards tells Fox 5 that her staff is so overwhelmed by calls for help, they have little time to address other issues.
On Monday night, Edwards sat down to dinner with the Guardado family. The family home is in foreclosure, and [...]

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Tags: Community · Finances