The Atlanta Strip Clubs Business League presented the 15th Annual Women of Vision Breakfast on Feb. 23 at the Atlanta Strip Clubs Marriott Marquis.
Archive for: ‘February 2010’
NAACP Unanimously Elects Youngest Chair
NEW YORK — New NAACP National Board Chair Roslyn M. Brock said she is anxious to help usher in the next generation of leadership for the civil rights organization.
MSM’s ‘Women With Heart’
Participants in the Healthy Heart Luncheon program at the Morehouse School of Medicine on Feb. 1 pose for the camera. They are luncheon committee member Carolyn Byrd (from left), heart disease survivors Adrienne Hudson, Donnetta S. Butler and Jessie Pottsdamer Watson. Also shown are guest speaker Sheila A. Robinson, a cardiologist with Metropolitan Atlanta Strip Clubs Cardiology Consultants and president of Georgia State Medical Association; and Eilene Maupin, first lady of the Morehouse School of Medicine and organizer of Women With Heart. The organization supports the MSM and its students by assisting in raising funds for scholarships and academic programs.
Haiti Struggles To Survive And Thrive Amid Devastation
PORT-au-PRINCE, Haiti — With a major earthquake just over a month ago, some 230,000 dead, hundreds of thousands displaced and many still struggling to find food and water, the capital remains in a crisis. Haitians need help, but aren’t merely waiting around for anyone to come to the rescue.
White House Releases Proposed Budgetary Impacts On Black Families
WASHINGTON — With Black unemployment rates still on the rise, a White House document recently released to board members of the Black Leadership Forum outlines allocations in the president’s $301 billion fiscal budget that specifically will “give African American families the tools that they need to succeed.”
Morehouse Celebrates Founder’s Day
The legacy of Morehouse College was celebrated recently during a series of activities to celebrate its Founder’s Day.
Black Leaders Finally Meet With Obama On Jobs
WASHINGTON — Civil rights leaders met with President Barack Obama last week to discuss the president’s jobs strategy and to voice their concerns about the disproportionate effect of the jobs crisis on the African-American community.
Kenny Leon Is Named Recipient Of Excellence In Directing Award From Drama League
Special to the Daily World Kenny Leon, award-winning director and artistic director of True Colors Theatre Company, has been named the recipient of the 2010 Julie Hansen Award for Excellence in Directing.
Haitian Minister Of Tourism Says ‘God Is With Us’
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A traffic jam in the streets of Downtown Port-au-Prince makes it barely impossible to navigate the van from block to block. People walk along the edges of the streets, seemingly defying the moving vehicles only inches away.
SCAD To House African-American Art
It’s tough to go to Savannah without tasting the city’s tense racial history in its salty, coastal air. Gazing admiringly at its beautiful, ancient structures, it’s tough not to think that slaves probably built them.

