by Forest Parks | Jul 19, 2016 | News, Positivity
A sad but inspiring story emerged recent about 19-year-old Fred Barley. Fred showed grit and determination to attend and finish college when he was found camping in bushes near campus with just a box of cereal and a few gallons of water. The teen had ridden 50 miles,...
by Forest Parks | Jul 19, 2016 | Positivity
Talent is always a sight to behold and when we see kids just oozing with passion, power and talent it makes our hearts melt. So that’s why you have to watch the video below and just see what these amazing young girls can do! So awesome! Would love to find out...
by Forest Parks | Jul 19, 2016 | Celebrities, News
Since Jesse’s #BETAwards speech his voice has been getting stronger and more powerful. He is becoming a force and a leader for REAL TALK and REAL CHANGE. So after the horrific killing / murder of Alton Sterling we wanted to hear his voice. He took to Twitter and...
by Forest Parks | Jul 19, 2016 | News
Big men shouldn’t go around threatening little girls in any situation, so that fact that this story is about a Kansas police officer doing it is quite disturbing! The threat was posted to the facebook page of LaNaydra Williams’ Facebook page hours after the...
by Candace | Jul 18, 2016 | Politics News
With great enthusiasm and pride Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, posted a selfie of Instagram of Capitol Hill’s 2016 interns. We love to call the United States a melting pot and talk about how we are all given the same opportunities in America,...
by Chum Sejimon | Jul 18, 2016 | Blog, Info, News, Politics News
It has been a year and a half since 12-year-old Tamir Rice was fatally shot by police in Cleveland, Ohio. The tragedy quickly gained momentum in national media as Tamir became the newest face among individuals slain by law enforcement. MSNBC’s Joy-Anne Reid sat...
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by Chum Sejimon | Jul 18, 2016 | Blog, Info, News
In a CNN interview conducted on July 17th just hours after 3 Baton Rouge officers were killed in the line of duty, Milwaukee County’s Sheriff David A. Clarke voiced his opinion in response to Black Lives Matter’s call for peace. With condescension in his...
by Forest Parks | Jul 18, 2016 | News
It’s clear that the Black Lives Matter movement cannot be exactly friendly with the police right now and this has caused some demands against the Vancouver Pride Parade…. How are they related? Well, the movement stopped and made demands about the...
by Forest Parks | Jul 18, 2016 | News
In Maryland, Pocomoke City’s first African American Police Chief has been fired for confronting internal department racism. This is outrageous I think we can all agree. The much loved chief stood up for and refused to fire two African American officers who had...
by Forest Parks | Jul 18, 2016 | Culture
There are so many stories to hear, so much inspiration, so many sadnesses and struggles. For many women, poverty, safety and racism causes a lot of struggle. The book Ghetto Mothers was written to show that women on the edge can make it out but doesn’t hide the...
