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Katrina: 29 ways you can help @ katrinaaction.org from Marian @ Marian's Blog 29 Aug 2008 12:49 pm

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Katrina Information Network has a list of 29 things you can do right now to assist the displaced and victimised citizens of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region. They have some beautiful New Orleans local music on their site....

posted 12:49 pm at Marian's Blog

Major Owens unveils Black Caucus Members’ opinion survey from Marian Douglas @ Marian's Blog 28 Sep 2007 1:25 pm

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The Congressional Black Caucus annual legislative conference ends tomorrow, Saturday. Monday, Oct 1st, I plan to attend "A New Challenge to the Congressional Black Caucus", my former boss Major Owens' Library of Congress think-tank panel on the CBC and his...

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Post-Katrina, Cont’d: Let the People Rebuild - 2006 Harvard Jnl of African American Public Policy from Marian Douglas @ Marian's Blog 24 Nov 2006 12:01 am

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For some strange reason we just don't seem to be hearing as much regular, in-depth news and information as we should about post-Katrina issues facing New Orleans, the Gulf Coast and the USA. So, we suggest you check the Summer...

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Kenya: Lucy Yinda’s Wema Centre for street children and community orphans from Marian Douglas @ Marian's Blog 07 Aug 2006 11:19 pm

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In 14 Million Dreams, Miles Roston's documentary film about Africa's millions of children orphaned by HIV and AIDS, Ms. Lucy Yinda describes how she started the Wema Centre for the rehabilitation of street children and community orphans. I can never...

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New Orleans, race, White voters: Or why ex-mayor Marc Morial is NOT Louisiana Governor from Marian Douglas @ Marian's Blog 20 May 2006 12:03 pm

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I should've posted this weeks ago but here goes. If anyone believes there's a level playing field in competing for leadership in the US, you need to remove your head from whatever hole in which it's stuck. Just because it's...

posted 12:03 pm at Marian's Blog

State of Black Union look at Katrina & Bush- Poppy won’t be pleased; 2007 in Old Virginny from Marian Douglas @ Marian's Blog 26 Feb 2006 7:00 am

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Barely a month ago George Bush pere (the daddy) told all of us how badly he felt for his boy George as Rev. Joseph Lowery and former president Jimmy Carter took W to task at Mrs. Coretta Scott King's funeral.Well,...

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God, Please Send Me Back as a Black American again from Marian Douglas @ Marian's Blog 25 Feb 2006 4:21 pm

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This is for my buddy and brother Washingtonian George over at Negrophile (one who loves and admires Black people). Thank you for that inspiration, in spite of such things as Harvard University's implicit association test - which neither mentions nor...

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State of the Black Union on CSPAN! from Marian Douglas @ Marian's Blog 25 Feb 2006 11:15 am

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My brother just shared with me that the annual, public, free SOBU conference - the State of the Black Union - sponsored by broadcaster Tavis Smiley, is now being televised on CSPAN. Tavis says there are 5,000 persons attending the...

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Financial aid for HBCU students affected by Hurricane Katrina from Marian Douglas @ Marian's Blog 01 Oct 2005 7:57 pm

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This information is from the Southern University New Orleans (SUNO) campus website. Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fundis offering US$500 emergency scholarships to students affected by Hurricane Katrina who normally attend SUNO, and also to students who are from New Orleans who...

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Donate to BlackAmericaWeb Hurricane Relief Fund from Marian Douglas @ Marian's Blog 02 Sep 2005 1:33 pm

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Melvin Collier over on the Afrigeneas forum kindly informed me of BlackAmericaWeb's Hurricane Relief Fund which is providing support to families who are assisting those displaced by Hurricane Katrina. You can donate online or mail it to: BlackAmericaWeb.com Relief Fund,...

posted 1:33 pm at Marian's Blog