Teens and money
Much has been written about the mis-education of our youth concerning money and personal finance. However, JA Worldwide (Junior Achievement) is one group that seems to be making positive headway in teaching teens about money. JA Worldwide is the world's largest organization dedicated to educating young people about business, economics and entrepreneurship. Today, JA Worldwide serves four million...
Hurricane Katrina survivors speaking for themselves
By Richard MuhammadStraightWords People's Assembly aims to Katrina survivors set course for New Orleans CBC champions Katrina relief (FCN, 11-18-2005)In Support Of The Congressional Black Caucus and HR 4197 (BEC, 11-14-2005) (KIN) - Tamika Middleton, of Critical Resistance South, was unfazed by tense exchanges between Republican congressmen and survivors of Hurricane Katrina during a December 6, 2005 special hearing in Washington, D.C. Trouble brewed...
The William Muhammad Agriculture Building
FCNNEWSSOURCE (FinalCall.com) - On Nov. 12, Dr. Ridgely Muhammad announced that Muhammad Farms would name its planned agricultural training building and dormitory the “William Muhammad Agriculture Building,” in honor of Nation of Islam beloved pioneer, William Muhammad, who departed from us at the age of 104 three days later. Muhammad Farms had hoped to raise enough money to build the...
Activists rally to save Tookie
Activists fight for clemency for Dec. 13 execution date for peace leader Stanley "Tookie" Williams (FCN, 11-19-2005)Redemption: A Perspective by Stanley "Tookie" Williams (FCN, 03-13-2001) SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (FinalCall.com) - Under maximum police surveillance, approximately 2,000 people saturated Point San Quentin Village for a Nov. 19 rally to save five-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee and death row icon...
UN expert: U.S. poverty a human rights issue
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - After a visit to America Oct. 23 - Nov. 8, an independent United Nations human rights expert concluded that the problems facing poor people, ranging from the high cost of health care to lack of low-cost housing, could be seen as a human rights abuse. Dr. Arjun Sengupta, independent expert of the UN Commission on Human...
Activists fight for clemency for Dec. 13 execution date for peace leader Stanley “Tookie” Williams
SaveTookie.orgStanley 'Tookie' Williams speaks from death row (FCN, 06-28-2005)Gang leader becomes peace broker (FCN, 04-12-2004)Redemption: A Perspective by Stanley "Tookie" Williams (FCN, 03-13-2001) SANTA MONICA, Calif. (FinalCall.com) - After the U.S. Supreme Court denied peacemaker and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Stanley “Tookie” Williams' appeal October 11, and the State of California set an execution date for December 13, approximately...
CBC champions Katrina relief
In Support Of The Congressional Black Caucus and HR 4197 (BEC, 11-14-2005) Katrina Evacuees Face Extreme Levels of Joblessness (EPI, 11-09-2005)A flood of fraud (FCN, 11-15-2005)Congessional Black Caucus (Official Site) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Relief for Hurricane Katrina victims must not be forgotten, says the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and a broad coalition of national civil rights groups. Representatives of...
Study on racial relations in America released
America's state of denial about race (FCN Column, 08-01-2000) NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - According to the results of a new national poll, Americans 18 to 34 years of age are speaking in favor of a more inclusive, tolerant and diverse society “where the elimination of poverty and ignorance should be given a top priority.” “This poll is a wake-up call for...
Where are the children? Part 2
Where are the children? (FCN, 10-27-2005) “Can you help me find my daughter?” “Can you help me find my grandson?” Those were the pain-filled questions that greeted Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) during a recent visit to the Gulf Coast. That devastation motivated her to organize the Katrina Missing Children's Coalition at a kick-off prayer breakfast and gospel extravaganza October 23...
Spelman women continue to rap about hip hop
By Janelle Richards andNisa Islam Muhammad Spelman students cancel rapper's charity event (FCN, 04-19-2004)Rapping for a cause vs. rapping for money (FCN, 09-30-2002)Farrakhan challenges the hip hop community (FCN, 06-13-2001)Millions More Movement & Hip Hop (MillionsMovement.com)Spelman College Online (Atlanta, Georgia) ATLANTA (FinalCall.com) - Last year, the young women of Spelman College started a national conversation against the denigration of Black women in the...