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Gary Jazz in the Park theme is ‘The Way It Was’
Source The Greater Gary American Jazz Association and the Gary Parks Department will close the summer concert season with the annual Jazz in the Park from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Gateway Park, 4th Avenue and Broadway. Featured performers will be the Billy Foster Trio and Mike Carson. GGAJA president Errol T. Heffner said [...]
National and Local Groups Host D.C. Candidates Forum at Dr. Dorothy I. Height Building
Source OnTuesday, August 17, 2010, the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) co-hosted a historic forum at the Dorothy I. Height Building at the NCNW Headquarters attended by D.C. residents, candidates for Mayor and candidates for Chair of the City Council. Several candidates participated, including MayorAdrian Fenty, Chairman Vincent Gray, Leo Alexander, At-large Councilmember Kwame Brown, and Vincent Orange. [...]
New London Sigmas to co-host school supply block party Saturday
Source Miracle Temple Church and a local chapter of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity are working together to offer school supplies to local students. The two groups will give book bags to the first 125 students to take part Saturday in their third annual School Supply Block Party from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bennie [...]
All-Greek Picnic promotes sorority, fraternity togetherness
Source The Gary Inter-Greek Council believes in events that foster closeness among the nine historically black Greek-letter groups under its umbrella. One of the most popular ways to promote unity is the annual All-Greek Picnic; the latest one was Saturday at Lake Etta County Park in Gary. “The picnic has been going on for six [...]
Deltas bring hope, energy and activism to New Orleans
Source As the Crescent City prepares to observe the five-year anniversary of hurricane Katrina, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is heading to the city to celebrate a significant feat. For the third time, New Orleans plays host to the Delta Sigma Theta National Convention; this year’s 50th National Convention takes place July 29 through August [...]
Atlanta Greek Picnic photos are online!
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Raleigh woos Omega Psi Phi
Source Nobody disputes that the city has rolled out the carpet for the 10,000 to 15,000 Omega Psi Phi fraternity members, their families and friends who’ll be convening here starting today. The only dispute is the carpet’s color. “The city has really rolled out the red carpet” for the black fraternity’s convention, said Terry Spicer, [...]
64th AKA convention takes care of business, illustrates purpose
Source “If there wasn’t a you – there would have still been an us, but the memories would not have been as great,” comedian Sheryl Underwood said with her trademark timing that sparked resounding laughter. But before her time was up at the podium, she hit a more serious note. “I want the oldest members [...]
Kappa centennial to include “historic pilgrimage” to IU Bloomington
Thousands of delegates of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., convening for its national convention in Indianapolis next July, will make a “historic pilgrimage” to Indiana University Bloomington, where the organization was founded nearly 100 years ago. The historically black fraternity also is planning a National Founders Day event in Bloomington in January to mark the [...]
AKA’s Second century of service and sisterhood continues in St. Louis
Source “There were 16 founders, but she was the guiding light – the driving force,” Kathy Walker Steele, general chair for the 64th International Boule of Alpha Kappa Alpha, said of St. Louis native Ethel Hedgeman Lyle. So how fitting was it that as an immediate follow up to the 100th anniversary of AKA, that [...]
