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The Black Family Committee of my sorority chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha - Zeta Omega Chapter has submitted a $10,000 Pepsi Refresh grant to support our local YWCA's Home Life Management Center, a transitional housing program for homeless families. The grant will fund automated external defibrillator (AED) machines and computers for the Home Life Management Center. Many public buildings have AEDs to enable a lay person to quickly provide cardiac resuscitation in an emergency. In September, the Program Manager at the Home Life Management Center mentioned that the Center needed two AEDs for the building.

To vote visit: http://www.refresheverything.com/akazetaomega. Voting is open until 31 December 2011.

5x Favela Agora por Nós Mesmos is the website of a great new film that discusses five stories of Favela residents in Brasil from their perspective. This award winning film is soon to be released in Brasil and I am patiently waiting for its US release. Visit their website for more information. For those who do not speak Portugues or Spanish (Spanish speakers can get the basic idea of that is being discussed) Google has a translate tool that will give you the basic idea of what the film is about.

Afrolatinos.tv is the website of a great new documentary that shares the stories of Afro Decedents in Latin America. The site is in English and Spanish. Check out the great preview that they have of the documentary on the website. There is even an interactive map where you can learn about Afro Latinos all over the region!

OpenSecrets.org a project of the Center for Responsive Politics is a great resource for tracking money flowing into the politics of the United States. Sign up for an account and track your members of Congress and/or Political Action Committees of Interest. Read their special reports to see how various industries have contributed to members of Congress

Responsible Shopper Home Page. According to Green America Today this site allows consumers to see how the companies that they plan to make purchases rank on their green scale.

                                                                

The soon to be Obama Administration has set up a website for their transition to power. Check out Change.gov.

The White House Project's mission is, "to advance women's leadership in all communities and sectors- up to the U.S. presidency- by filling the leadership pipeline with a richly diverse, critical mass of women." To learn more about The White House Project visit http://www.thewhitehouseproject.org/

                                                               

With the presidential nomination race heating up I want to highlight my senior senator Mr. Joe Biden. Learn more about Joe at http://www.joebiden.com/

                                                               

Who do you Good Search for? Good Search is a way for you to raise money for a good cause with every search. I Good Search for OneWorld Now!. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com and type in OneWorld Now! where it says, "Who do you Good Search for?" Good Search uses Yahoo searches and about a penny a search goes to the charity of your choice.

Archives- Quote of the Moment

“When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation — it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams.” Les Brown

"My hope is that whatever you do to make a good life for yourself—whether you become a teacher, or social worker, or business person, or lawyer, or poet, or scientist -- you will devote part of your life to making this a better world for your children, for all children. My hope is that your generation will demand an end to war, that your generation will do something that has not yet been done in history and wipe out the national boundaries that separate us from other human beings on this earth."

Howard Zinn 15 May 2005 (Atlanta, GA at My College Commencement)

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." Harriet Tubman

                                                           

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common then unsuccessful [people] with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race." Calvin Coolidge

                                                              

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." Aristotle

"The past is finished, the future is unknowable- but today is a gift. That's why they call it the present." Unknown

"We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow