by UI Pam | Aug 26, 2014 | Positivity
Teen groups of teenage boys from South Los Angeles came together at USC on August 2nd to participate in a live pitch competition. South Los Angeles Demo Day 2014 was an event hosted by Teens Exploring Technology (TxT), an organization serving “young men of color...
by UI Pam | Aug 18, 2014 | Blog, News
The co-founders of Pinetart Inc. are having a good start to their week. Not only is their new mobile app, Five-O, debuting in Android app stores, they are debuting their new website that was donated by a UI supporter. Once I learned about the Christian siblings and...
by UI Pam | Aug 16, 2014 | Greatest Hits, News
13-year-old Mo’ne Davis helped lead the Philadelphia Taney Dragons to a huge victory yesterday in the Little League World Series. The team beat their opponents 4-0, with Davis pitching her second shut out in a row! Davis told ESPN, “At first I was scared...
by UI Pam | Aug 16, 2014 | Greatest Hits, News
Five-O has taken on a whole new meaning, thanks to a few high school teens. Siblings Caleb, Ima, and Asha Christian of Decatur, GA founded a mobile app development company called Pinetart, Inc., and released an app that documents incidents with law enforcement. Five-O...
by UI Pam | Aug 15, 2014 | Blog
It’s almost been a week since the outrage of the killing of Michael Brown first reached the web. People from all over, including citizens of Ferguson, Missouri, and even those from other countries, have expressed their opinions about how the police department...
by UI Pam | Aug 10, 2014 | News
I write this with a heavy heart, one that is tired and weary of hearing stories like this. Yesterday, 17-year-old Michael Brown was shot 10 times by an officer from the Ferguson Police Department in Missouri. Michael, who was set to start college on Monday, was...
by UI Pam | Aug 7, 2014 | Blog
One of our UI brothers, Kenneth, asked our fellow writers and admins for some assistance with a personal matter. Kenneth has allowed us to share his story with you all, in hopes that we can help one of our own: I am in a financial bind. Over the last six months or so...
by UI Pam | Jul 14, 2014 | News
What were you doing in the 8th grade? Homework? Hanging out with friends? Enjoying the summer off? Better yet, how much money were you making from your chores? Malcolm Brickhouse (13), Alec Atkins (13), and Jarad Dawkins (12) have just inked a record deal with Sony...
by UI Pam | Jun 27, 2014 | Blog
A few days ago, Huffington Post Black Voices reported some obvious information: parents should read to their children everyday. But it’s news because it’s the first time that the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended pediatricians to promote literacy...
by UI Pam | Jun 17, 2014 | News
Reporting for News Team One: Mid-West Region A Colorado man was sent to prison to serve 90 years after he had served a 10 year sentence and completed parole. Rene Michael Lima-Marin was 19 years old when he was charged for robbery with an unloaded gun in 1998. He...
