For most of us, summer can be a busy time of traveling, exploring and making the most of our vacation time but Divas MPH of Washington D.C. is encouraging women to take some time out this summer to nurture their minds, bodies and souls with the launch of – not one – but two free [...]
On June 4th in Atlanta Ga, Broadway/Theatre Director and Actor Kenny Leon hosted celebrity guests for a day of entertainment and golf to raise money for True Color Theatre and their education programs. Julius Erving and Host Kenny Leon, Artistic Director of True Color Theatre Dubbed Greens in the Day, Blues in the Night , the event included a celebrity golf [...]
The Atlanta Community Food Bank held their first of three sessions of their Youth Summit on Hunger and Poverty June 14-16. The 3-day service program included interactive workshops, and service projects with the Food Bank and other hunger fighting organizations in metro-Atlanta. The Summit will hold two additional sessions on July 12 to 14 and July 19-21-. Each session [...]
Over 200,000 people swarmed Pennsylvania avenue for 36th Annual Capital Pride festival in Washington D.C. The festival included a day full of entertainment, music, food, drink and education. Musical legend and long-time LGBT supporter Jennifer Holliday served as Pride’s headliner and didn’t disappoint. Holliday performed some of her greatest hits including “And I am Telling You.” [...]
On May 20, the Aaron Gallery put on a fantastic art and fashion show, featuring the new collection of Tsyndyma and paintings by the abstract artist Abol Bahadori. Guests from both the fashion and art world merged together to raise funds to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Special guests included Miss USA International Casandra Tressler, [...]
The Washington Humane Society celebrated their 24th annual black-tie gala on Saturday, June 4, 2011 at the Washington Hilton. Each year the Bark Ball draws many of the area’s most illustrious residents and their four-legged friends and this year was no exception. Donors, volunteers and the charitable like minded gathered in honor of the programs and services that [...]
On June 7, 2011 the Fashion Group® International of Washington, D.C. held their FGI Students Award Ceremony. For more than 20 years, the Fashion Group® International of Washington, D.C., has presented several awards each year to high school and college students who are pursuing a career in fashion or one of the many fashion related areas. [...]
During Memorial Day weekend, movers and shakers gathered for The Bellydancers of Color Association (BOCA) 7th Annual Movement and Wellness Expo in Washington D.C. Dr. Sunyatta Amen with 2011 participants Formed in 2002 by Dr. Sunyatta Amen, BOCA celebrates the sister/brotherhood, strength and beauty of people of color in relation to bellydance and other traditional forms [...]
Whoopi Goldberg served as the 2011 commencement speaker for the graduates of Savannah College Art and Design (SCAD). Goldberg spoke to graduates at both SCAD’s 31st Savannah commencement ceremony at 9 a.m. at the Savannah Civic Center and to the graduates at SCAD Atlanta’s fifth commencement ceremony at 6 p.m., at the Georgia World Congress Center. Goldberg [...]
On May 19, Colorcomm hosted their first of many networking luncheons at the swanky Oya Restaurant in Washington D.C.. The invite-only luncheon gathered women of color at all professional levels seeking to network, learn and grow in the field of multimedia. Amanda Miller Littlejohn, Tara Jones and Lauren Wesley Wilson Media mavens Amanda Miller Littlejohn of Mopwater and Lauren Wesley [...]
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