International Coach, Consultant, Author & Transformational Speaker – Wendy Gladney is a multi-faceted businesswoman with close to a quarter-century of experience in the community. Her many different sides come together under the umbrella of Wendy’s Enterprises; consisting of Personal Services Plus Consulting Firm (PSP), Season of Greatness (SOG), Forgiving for Living, Inc. (FFL) and Wendy, the Author […]
Five years ago, a group of faculty members at the University of California-Irvine decided to “out” themselves. At the large research university, where more than half of students are the first in their families to go to college, these faculty would proudly say Us, too. It was a simple gesture. But it carried a […]
MORENO VALLEY (CBSLA) — The scene outside the Riverside University Health System Medical Center was somber and emotional as the body of slain California Highway Patrol Officer Andre Moye was brought out. As the flag-draped casket was carried out, police officers lined up along the entrance to the hospital. Officers from different agencies across the Inland Empire […]
Congresswoman Maxine Waters is considered by many to be one of the most powerful women in American politics today. She has gained a reputation as a fearless and outspoken advocate for women, children, people of color and the poor. Elected in November 2018 to her fifteenth term in the U.S. House of Representatives with more […]
Nana Gyamfi is a human rights and criminal defense attorney, an adjunct professor in the Pan African Studies Department at California State University Los Angeles, and the host of the radio show and podcast“Conversations On the Way: The Asafo Edition”, and an organizer and activist associated with various local, national, and international campaigns in support of Black lives. Attorney Gyamfi, affectionately called “The People’s […]
Jeffrey C. Stewart is a graduate of Yale University, where he received his M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in American Studies. He was Director of Research at the Smithsonian Institution’s Anacostia Museum, a curator at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, and a senior advisor to the Reginald Lewis Museum of African American History and Culture in Baltimore, Maryland. The author of numerous articles, essays, and books, […]
A Michigan police officer is on administrative leave after a prospective buyer of his home said he found a framed Ku Klux Klan application and several Confederate flags inside the residence. Rob Mathias, who is Black, was touring the home in the Muskegon County town of Holton with his wife and children last week when […]
Dr. Bill J. Releford, D.P.M. a podiatric surgeon based in Los Angeles, is a graduate of Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine in Philadelphia. With over 30 years of experience, Dr. Releford specializes in amputation prevention in high-risk populations both domestically as well as internationally. Dr. Releford has dedicated in personal and professional life to […]
Gone but not forgotten, today marks the fifth anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, and he is being honored with a public exhibit of things that were close to heart in an effort to humanize the slain teen. Brown’s graduation gown, an Arnold Palmer drink can, a bag of Skittles and a Cardinals’ scarf is just some of the items his family […]
Amir Madison is a former professional arena football player and the founder of We Are Yogi Athletes. Amir’s mission is to inspire and uplift members of the athletic community to enhance the mind, body, and soul connection through the practice of yoga. When his football career ended, he pursued a yoga certification and that has […]