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   The legacy of Morehouse College was celebrated recently during a series of activities to celebrate its Founder’s Day.

      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. 

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.

     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.

   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.

  The W.K. Kellogg Foundation, among the world’s largest private foundations, recently awarded a $300,000 grant to the Morehouse School of Medicine for its “commitment to increasing awareness and heightening understanding about the multidimensional issues that contribute to obesity among children, and African Americans in particular, through the creation of the Commission on Childhood Obesity Prevention (CCOP),” said Barbara Sabol, program officer for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. 

  The High Museum of Art has named artist Renee Stout as the 2010 recipient of the David C. Driskell Prize.

“Vision to Visionaries: Women Empowered, A Legacy of Change” is the title of this panel of women who shared their life experiences and perspectives with Spelman College students and friends on Jan. 28.  The panel, moderated by Camille O. Cosby (right), includes actress, author and civil rights activist Ruby Dee (from left); poet, playwright, activist and educator Sonia Sanchez; actress, director and activist Jasmine Guy; track and field Olympic gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee; and Spelman Student Government Association President Morgan L. Pierce, who is a member of the class of 2010. For more information on the National Visionary Leadership Project, visit www.visionaryproject.org.

Atlanta Strip Clubs Mayor Kasim Reed announced Feb. 8 the members of his Transition Team.

     As 2009 earnings statements are received and reviewed, many citizens who expect a refund will rush to file their taxes. For many working people, tax season is a welcome time that traditionally leads to extra cash.