Archive for February, 2009

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week

February 25, 2009
By Jamie Fleming
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week

This week, February 22-28, is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. This year’s theme is: …until eating disorders are history.   According to the National Eating Disorders Association, the mission of this week is to “ultimately prevent eating disorders and body image issues while reducing the stigma surrounding eating disorders and improving access to treatment.”...
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What are you giving up?

February 24, 2009
By Jamie Fleming
What are you giving up?

Today is Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras (whoo!), which makes tomorrow Ash Wednesday- the beginning of Lent. A couple of weeks ago, I started thinking about what I could give up for Lent. Am I Catholic? No, but I know that lots of people who aren’t do practice it. And besides, I think it’s...
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Feeling a wee bit overwhelmed

February 23, 2009
By Jamie Fleming

So, today I got an email from a magazine saying they needed writers ASAP. I responded saying I was interested, and lo and behold, I got a response about 30 minutes (give or take) later. I told her what topics I was most interested in and then she asked- Can you have it by...
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Finance professional to hold financial literacy workshop

February 22, 2009
By Jamie

February 17, 2009  Contact: Edgar Bateman III Phone: (704) 930-1731                         FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Finance professional to hold financial literacy workshop  STATESVILLE, N.C.- Are you struggling with money right now? Are you searching for solutions to better your financial condition? Join Edgar Bateman III on Saturday, February 28 from 10 A.M. –...
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Hartwell man allegedly beat brutally by police (UPDATE)

February 21, 2009
By Jamie Fleming

Jimmy Blackwell, 51, has now been left blind due to the injuries sustained by the Hartwell Police, according to his daughter, Keesha Blackwell. Read the whole story: http://www.wyff4.com/news/18742572/detail.html I will post more information as more is available.
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Successful Sistas: Joan E.Gosier

February 21, 2009
By Jamie Fleming
Successful Sistas: Joan E.Gosier

Successful Sistas is an interview series featuring women pursuing their dream careers.     Job Title: CEO of HBCU Kidz, Inc. and book author  Job description: Set strategic plans and operational tactics to grow a family start-up Internet boutique. Motivate and inspire virtual teams to unite and work together to grow brand globally.  Publish a...
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Black History Month: black model firsts

February 19, 2009
By Jamie Fleming
Black History Month: black model firsts

Donyale Luna Claim to faim: She was the first notable Black model and the first Black model on the cover of Vogue (British edition) in 1966. Brief bio: Born Peggay Ann Freeman, Donyale was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 1, 1945. Described as a weird child growing up, she was discovered by photographer...
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New York Post Cartoon Controversy

February 19, 2009
By Jamie Fleming
New York Post Cartoon Controversy

I’m sure everyone has heard or read about by now about the controversial editorial cartoon in the New York Post. If you haven’t then look at a news source some time! Anyway,  a cartoon by Sean Delonas illustrates two police officers, one with a smoking gun, and they are standing over a dead chimp. One...
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Anita Charlot: Changing lives through coaching

February 18, 2009
By Jamie Fleming
Anita Charlot: Changing lives through coaching

If someone were to ask you who you really were, how would you answer? Would you say marketing executive, teacher, mother, daughter? What if someone asked you to dig deeper, to the core of you?   Anita Charlot, metaphysical and transformational life coach, has been helping people answer those questions since 2000 through her...
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Family says police brutalized man, Hartwell, GA

February 17, 2009
By Jamie Fleming

I know we’ve all heard the stories of police brutality and excessive force they sometimes use (Rodney King and Sean Bell come to mind). This type of thing really makes me angry, so I was very upset and disappointed that this happened in my hometown of Hartwell, GA. A town that’s pretty small; so...
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