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Christopher Durang
Christopher Durang is a playwright whose plays include A History of the American Film (Tony nomination, Best Book of a Musical, 1978), The Actor’s Nightmare, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You (Obie award; off-Bway run 1981-83), Beyond Therapy (on Broadway in 1982, with Dianne Wiest and John Lithgow), Baby with the Bathwater (Playwrights Horizons, 1983), The Marriage of Bette and Boo(Public Theatre, 1985; Obie […]
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Attorney Duane Folke, Esq.
In 1977 Duane R. Folke receive his Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Pepperdine University. He received his Juris Doctorate from Michigan State University- Detroit College of Law in 1982 as the school’s first Trustee Scholar; hierdie, after studying International Law during 1982 at Emmanual College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Engeland. Mnr. Folke has served in […]
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5 black women have been found dead in jail in the last month
Officials found 44-year-old Raynetta Turner dead in a Mt. Vernon jail cell in New York State Monday morning, making her the fifth black woman to die in jail—that we know of—this month. ABC news affiliate Channel 7 reports that Turner was arrested on a shoplifting charge Saturday and taken to a local hospital after notifying officials of […]
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Black Students In The U.S. Get Criminalized While White Students Get Treatment
When black and white kids act up or display troubling behavior at schools, teachers and administrators often address it with differing responses split along racial lines, new research shows. Black students are more likely to be punished with suspensions, expulsions or referrals to law enforcement, a phenomenon that helps funnel kids into the criminal justice […]
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Promotor Mark Ridley-Thomas
Sedert hy was oorweldigend verkies in November 2008 and reelected in June 2012 to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Mark Ridley-Thomas has distinguished himself as a strong advocate for the Second District’s nearly 2 miljoen inwoners. He has promoted the district’s interests on a variety of fronts, including transportation, job creation, retention and […]
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Alex M. Johnson, Exec Dir. CDF-CA
Alex Johnson is the Executive Director for the Children’s Defense Fund-California. The Children’s Defense Fund-California is the state office for the Children’s Defense Fund; a national organization founded in 1973 by Marian Wright Edelman. In his capacity as Executive Director, Alex leads an organization with 16 full-time staff members and an annual budget of over […]
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Dr. David Horne
Dr. David Horne is 'n selfstandig volle professor van kritiese denke en Afrikaanse Geskiedenis, en is die voormalige voorsitter van die Departement Pan Afrika-studies aan Cal State University Northridge. Hy leer ook gradueer openbare beleid en inleidende politieke analise, en is die gegradueerde adviseur vir die Departement. He is the original Executive Director of […]
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Skipp Townsend, Ingryping Specialist, 2de Call
Skipp Townsend, Ingryping Specialist, 2de Call. 2de Call is 'n gemeenskapsgebaseerde organisasie ontwerp om te help in die persoonlike ontwikkeling van individue, wat 'n risiko jeug, ex-felons, parool en ander wat die samelewing misken. 2de Call glo dat deur die uitbreiding van die omvang van die individu se lewe en werk van 'n gekoördineerde strategie met onderwys, werk, behuising, gesondheid versekering, […]
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MkCoi Zeno
Oor 7 jaar gelede, major shift happen for MkCoi, one that he felt coming his whole life. The calling to be Universal, to be Whole, to amplify his Spirit. He moved to L.A. to pursue make up artistry and other business endeavors; egter, success and fulfillment would come when he went into Simply Wholesome, and began the New […]
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Obama tells Africans to build democracy, create jobs to thrive
Barack Obama told African nations on Tuesday they needed to respect democratic rules and create jobs to avoid a slide into disorder. In the first speech by a serving U.S. president to the 54-nation African Union, he said violence unleashed in Burundi by the president’s bid for a third term in office showed the risks […]
