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Make sure you read Symphony's report from the most recent meeting between the bureaucrats in West Palm Beach, Florida. They are still inept. Our national leaders are still indifferent to one of the most heinous attacks on a Black mother and child in our lifetimes. CALL THEM ON THEIR CRAP!

How to Help Dunbar Village Victims

Checks can be made payable to the Dunbar Village Victim Assistance Fund-St. Ann. They can be dropped off at any Wachovia branch or mailed to: St. Ann Catholic Church, 310 N. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33401. The church’s phone number is (561) 832-3757. If you want to read about my experience donating at my local Wachovia branch, you can read about it here

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Join us in Atlanta, July 25-27,2008 for the Blogging While Brown Conference. The first international conference for bloggers of color and the readers who love and comment on them!

Early registration ends November 1, 2007!

Blogging While Brown is the first international conference for, by, and about Bloggers of Color AND the readers who love and comment on them. The purpose of the event is to give Bloggers of Color an opportunity to meet each other for the first time, discuss current issues affecting Bloggers of Color, and learn about the latest technology that will assist them with publishing their work. Blogging While Brown was created in response to widespread dissatisfaction with the amount of diversity in some of the largest blogging conferences.

Nailah Franklin Tribute

Born in Highland Park, Illinois and raised in south suburban Chicago, Nailah--whose name means "one who succeeds"--is a 1997 graduate of Homewood-Flossmoor High School and a 2001 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she earned a bachelors degree in advertising. After graduation, she began her career at Leo Burnett, earning promotions, gaining experience and developing relationships during her five-year tenure there. While she was successful in her work, Nailah wanted to take on a new challenge and set her sights on a job in the pharmaceutical sales industry. She has worked as a sales rep for Eli Lilly & Co. since 2006. Always creating new challenges for herself, Nailah recently took on organizing events at a Chicago art gallery while simultaneously managing interior decorating projects for friends. Her care and concern for others is reflected in her volunteer efforts with the Chicago Urban League Metroboard, the Glass Slipper Project and other local non-profit organizations. Nailah is a force to be reckoned with. A presence. Someone who isn't afraid to speak her mind, try new things and set the bar high for herself and those around her. She is strong, resilient, vivacious, opinionated and above all, fashionable. A "girlie-girl", she loves her family and friends, fashion, spa visits, music and anything and everything related to Oprah.

Simply put, Nailah is our star.

Courtesy of BringNailahFranklinhome.com

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Make sure you read Symphony's report from the most recent meeting between the bureaucrats in West Palm Beach, Florida. They are still inept. Our national leaders are still indifferent to one of the most heinous attacks on a Black mother and child in our lifetimes. CALL THEM ON THEIR CRAP!

How to Help Dunbar Village Victims

Checks can be made payable to the Dunbar Village Victim Assistance Fund-St. Ann. They can be dropped off at any Wachovia branch or mailed to: St. Ann Catholic Church, 310 N. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33401. The church’s phone number is (561) 832-3757. If you want to read about my experience donating at my local Wachovia branch, you can read about it here

Now THIS is the meeting I needed to attend, but I had to decline the Commissioner's invitation to attend.

OKAY WHO IS GOING TO SPEAK UP? I KNOW SOME OF YOU LIVE IN SOUTH FLORIDA!!!!

There will be another meeting with between the West Palm Beach Housing Authority (WPBHA) and the city commissioners. This time the Commissioners will take public comment at the meeting.

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 3:00pm City Commission Chambers at City Hall 200 2nd Street West Palm Beach, FL

Just remember: It doesn't take the majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause. Don't talk about the change, be the change. I want to see a room full of Black women and men in that chambers taking those 'leaders' to task. You can't demand people get on a plane to do what you aren't willing to get in your car and do...just sayin'. But you know I'm right. If you are interested in attending and would like to speak contact Symphony at symphonyep@gmail.com ; I will be happy to get you in contact with a few people down there including media. And for all you South Florida residents there is a benefit concert on behalf of the Dunbar Village victim and her son. It takes place Saturday at The World Famous Restaurant in West Palm Beach. $10/person.

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We just did our first Thursday show with special guest Shecodes and frequent commentators Tracey and Fal. The Black Women's Roundtable is BACK by popular demand. Really, please stop e-mailing. We're back each week at 8:00PM on Thursdays. We talked all about the Congressional Hearings on Tuesday. SheCodes, was also there. You can listen to the archived show in the player:

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Open Letter to Rainbow Push and the National Congress of Black Women

I publicized your protests of the Viacom annual meeting and when one of the visitors to my blog asked me what happened following the protest, my research indicates nothing happened . In fact Ron Allen of NBC said that you were “drowned out.” I call on your organizations to approach the top five advertisers for Viacom and appeal to those advertisers to pull their advertising from all Viacom networks, including BET. Viacom has no incentive to change its policies and programming until they have an economic reason for doing so. Imus isn't off the air because MSNBC and CBS Radio were good corporate citizens, but because his advertisers bailed. How long do you think it would take for Viacom to see the error of its ways if Proctor & Gamble pulled all of the ads on Viacom networks?

I publicized your effort despite the fact that a month ago, I e-mailed both of your organizations to alert you to disparaging comments that the comedian DL Hughley made about the women of Rutgers during his appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. I provided you with links to the video clips of Mr. Hughley’s comments. I didn’t receive any response from either of your organizations, not even an automated e-mail indicating my e-mail was received. The only organization to respond was the National Action Network, and that was only after serious prodding from readers of my blog, What About Our Daughters, where we ran “Sharpton Watch” until he responded. I didn’t bestow one of my blog “watches” on your organizations at the time, but I am going to rethink that decision in light of the Mr. Allen’s description of your protests at the Viacom meeting.

We don’t want to start our own organization. We don’t need another organization when there are perfectly good organizations with the resources and institutional knowledge to be effective in combating negative portrayals of African American women in popular culture. Multiple organizations would be wasteful. Therefore, I am content to publicize the efforts of organizations already in existence, however, I have to wonder if the National Congress of Black Women and Rainbow Push aren’t merely exploiting the current attention on the issue of the degradation of Black women for additional exposure and increased membership dues and corporate donations.

If you are going to hold yourselves out as championing the cause of combating negative portrayals of African American women in popular culture, I think you have an obligation to do so in an efficient and effective ways. The assault on the images of Black women is far to damaging to engage vanity protests when what we need is meaningful activism. We hope you will aim your efforts towards advertisers instead of media companies. After two decades of going after Time Warner and Viacom, isn’t it time to change tactics?

Terribly disappointed,

Gina
WhatAboutOurDaughters.Org
“Combating negative portrayals of African American women in popular culture.”

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