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Get Lifted Motivational Minute!

Motivational Tip: If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain. Health Tip: Eat foods that are high in fiber. A high fiber diet improves you

Jen Fad · Friday, March 11th 2011 · 658 views · 1 comments

Seasoned Senior, Ernestine Sheppard 74: Female Body Builder

74 Year Old Female Body Builder

Jen Fad · Friday, March 11th 2011 · 6,369 views · 1 comments

Japan begins to assess the damage from a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake that triggered giant waves

March 11, 2011 ALERT: Massive Quake, Tsunami Hit Japan, Hawaii and US Pacific on Tsunami Alert Please pray with us this day for those in Japan. We, at the Elijah List, have family right now in

Jen Fad · Friday, March 11th 2011 · 561 views · 1 comments

Obamas to Host Conference on Bullying Prevention

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will bring together Americans from across the country affected by bullying. On Thursday, the Obamas will welcome students, parents and teachers to

Jen Fad · Thursday, March 10th 2011 · 951 views · 1 comments

Young Olympic Hopeful's Death Shatters Community

Seventeen-year-old Olympic boxing hopeful Ronald “Roc” Gibbs was anointed “the Roc of Upton Boxing.” And it was a title he carried with grace and honor. But last weekend, his promising life was snu

Jen Fad · Thursday, March 10th 2011 · 1,225 views · 1 comments

How to Work with People You Can't Stand

The reality of life is that we sometimes have to work with people that we don’t like. Worse then that, sometimes we end up working with people that we absolutely hate and wish more than anything that

Jen Fad · Wednesday, March 9th 2011 · 1,729 views · 1 comments

Announcing Positive Discipline's New Teleconference Series!

Are you interested in strengthening your expertise in Positive Discipline? I think you'll love Cheryl Erwin, our next teleconference presenter. Her topic is: Keeping Your Adlerian Sanity In A Medical

Jen Fad · Wednesday, March 9th 2011 · 1,049 views · 1 comments

View Archived Issues of Ebony - Jet Magazine on line from 1950-1999~

We've partnered with Google to offer our entire 65-year archive for free browsing. Each issue appears just as it did at its original time of publication, complete with period advertisements. It's an a

Jen Fad · Wednesday, March 9th 2011 · 19,493 views · 1 comments

Slashing Civil Legal Aid- PRESIDENT’S F.Y. 2010-11 REQUEST $407 MILLION & HOUSE VOTED $324 million

House Republicans voted to cut $83 million from President Obama’s request for the Legal Services Corporation, the federally financed nonprofit program that provides civil legal help to low-income Amer

Jen Fad · Wednesday, March 9th 2011 · 674 views · 1 comments

Even a Wealthy Suburb Faces Pressure to Curb School Taxes

BRONXVILLE, N.Y. — This wealthy New York suburb prides itself on its public schools. Class sizes are small. Students can choose from an array of subjects not offered everywhere. Teacher pay ranks amon

Jen Fad · Wednesday, March 9th 2011 · 882 views · 1 comments

Get Lifted Motivational Minute!

Motivational Tip: 99% of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. Excuses have no place among the ranks of the successful. Replace excuses with personal accountability, and

Jen Fad · Wednesday, March 9th 2011 · 918 views · 1 comments

We Rise: Speeches by Inspirational Black Women (Audio)

In celebration of Women’s History Month, we thought it would be fitting to uplift those African-American women who have strived for our betterment and worked tirelessly to bring love and strength to t

Jen Fad · Tuesday, March 8th 2011 · 2,704 views · 1 comments

Singer and award-winning actress Jennifer Hudson as Winnie Mandela

Jennifer Hudson says she prepared for her role as Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife Winnie in an upcoming biopic by confining herself to an African prison cell for five days after learning Winnie served more t

Jen Fad · Tuesday, March 8th 2011 · 560 views · 1 comments

"Strangers No More" Oscar Win Highlights Plight of Africans in Israel

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Students at the Bialik-Rogozin school in a rundown Tel Aviv neighborhood have survived genocide, war and famine. But they were all smiles on Monday after learning that a docume

Jen Fad · Tuesday, March 8th 2011 · 704 views · 1 comments

Are African-American Women Really Exploited By Abortion Or Just Willing Participants?

Everyday in America thousands of women and teenagers seek medically induced abortions. Often the women and teenagers who seek to have an abortion have been deceived to believe that their pregnancy is

Jen Fad · Tuesday, March 8th 2011 · 844 views · 1 comments

History of Abortion and the Black Community

There are many topics I could talk about when the subject of abortion and its harmful effects on women and men and most certainly the deadly effects on the children it victimizes is mentioned. But

Jen Fad · Tuesday, March 8th 2011 · 884 views · 1 comments

Should all abortions be illegal?

Here's an interesting comment I read on a blog by a blogger in regards to the above question, 'Should All Abortions Be Illegal?' The way unwanted children were dealt with BERORE abortion was legal

Jen Fad · Tuesday, March 8th 2011 · 652 views · 1 comments

Despite Past, Jennifer Hudson Living Her Dreams

Jennifer Hudson has truly traveled the distance of a lifetime in 29 years. From the Chicago churches that nurtured her budding talent, to Hollywood stages, where she picked up award after award culmin

Jen Fad · Monday, March 7th 2011 · 659 views · 1 comments

The NY Times: U.S. Economy Added 192,000 Jobs in February; Unemployment Rate at 8.9%

The nation's employers added a net 192,000 jobs in February, the Labor Department reported on Friday. That was close to economists' expectations of 196,000 jobs. The change for January was meanwhile

Jen Fad · Monday, March 7th 2011 · 411 views · 1 comments

The 10 Most Essential Vitamins Women Need

You’re probably wondering why you need to know what vitamins are best for you because you already take a multivitamin. Use this list, which includes the top 10 vitamins African American women need and

Jen Fad · Monday, March 7th 2011 · 665 views · 1 comments

Get Lifted Motivational Minute!

Motivational Tip: Take the attitude of a student; never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new. There's no limit to how far you can go when you are committed to learni

Jen Fad · Monday, March 7th 2011 · 572 views · 1 comments

Virginity Rate Rises Among Teens, Young Adults

March 4, 2011 Twenty-seven percent of young men and 29 percent of young women ages 15-24 have never had any kind of sex, according to a study by the National Center for Health Statistics. That’s up

Jen Fad · Sunday, March 6th 2011 · 934 views · 1 comments

Talk Doesn’t Pay, So Psychiatry Turns Instead to Drug Therapy

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — Alone with his psychiatrist, the patient confided that his newborn had serious health problems, his distraught wife was screaming at him and he had started drinking again. With his l

Jen Fad · Sunday, March 6th 2011 · 845 views · 1 comments

LeBron James' Foundation Spreading the Wealth

MIAMI (AP) — The side door to the newly refurbished gym opened, a blast of sunlight splashed into the darkened corner, and 100 children began shrieking in unison. LeBron James was thrilled. "It never

Jen Fad · Friday, March 4th 2011 · 719 views · 1 comments

Black In AmericaWeb: Sisters Sound Off On Abortion Activists' Billboard Portraying Black Women As Killers!

Thanks for your concern, Life Always, but there are other places to put your energy. The big billboard in New York City’s Soho District blared the offense: “The most dangerous place for an African-Am

Jen Fad · Friday, March 4th 2011 · 1,060 views · 1 comments