Stopping HIV/AIDS before it starts
LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - Until about a month ago, college student Shaunna Cooper did not know anyone infected with HIV/AIDS, but a leading activist's statement that Black women in the U.S. make up over 70 percent of people living with HIV startled her into unimaginable activism. Far from her world at Langston University in Oklahoma, she sits with...
Who cares for the young and the masses?
Congressional Black Caucus endorses Millions More Movement (FCN, 07-28-2005)Official Millions More Movement Website (MillionsMoreMovement.com) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - In a surprise visit to the Nation of Islam's Muhammad's Mosque No. 4 (Washington, D.C.) July 20, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan told the standing-room only audience that the Millions More Movement is responsible for waking up the masses of Black people and the...
Congressional Black Caucus endorses Millions More Movement
The Millions More Movement (Official Site)Congressional Black Caucus (Online Home for The CBC) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Just as individual members have, for some time, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), as a whole, is now preparing to play its part in the Millions More Movement. Although their meeting was interrupted several times by votes on the House Floor, practically all 43 CBC...
NBUF Annual Convention; Penetrating the souls of Black folks
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (FinalCall.com) - Gathering nearly 100 of its top organizers for two days of plenaries and workshops during its 26th Annual Convention, the National Black United Front (NBUF) coordinated a highly successful and informative weekend teach-in July 15-16. Under the theme “Operational Unity and Grassroots Organizing,” NBUF National Chairman Dr. Conrad Worrill convened representatives from Wisconsin, Missouri,...
Police kill 19-month-old baby during L.A. standoff
LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - South Los Angeles residents are grappling with a host of prayer vigils, protests and press conferences following the fatal Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) shooting of a 19-month old girl and her father during a standoff July 11. Susie Marie Pena was shot once to the head by a LAPD Special Weapons and Tactics...
D.C. prepares to host Million Man March Commemoration
The Millions More Movement (Official Site) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - “Maryland says they're bringing one million people to the march,” said Reverend Willie Wilson, national director of the Millions More Movement, during a July 17 Millions More Movement rally held at the Scripture Cathedral church under the leadership of Bishop C.L. Long. “We don't have a million people in D.C.,...
Kanye West lends support to Millions More Movement
Chicago (FinalCall.com) - Before an audience of excited supporters and local Chicago news media, multi-platinum recording artist Kanye West stopped by the Nation of Islam's headquarters July 24 to show support for the Millons More Movement, 10th Anniversary Commemoration of the Million Man March. Kanye West, a three-time Grammy Award winner and owner of the G.O.O.D. (Getting Out Our Dreams) record label with such notables...
Mid-year financial review
Can you believe we are nearing the mid-point of 2005? From a broad financial standpoint, the stock market is down slightly since the beginning of the year, short-term interest rates appear to be headed upwards, the war in Iraq continues to drag on and gasoline prices are steadily increasing. How do these changes affect your financial plan? On a...
CBC holds ‘predatory lending’ hearings
Poor People Protest predatory lending practices by Wells Fargo (FCN, 03-22-2005)Carolina bank accused of charging Blacks higher rates (FCN, 08-22-2004)Pay in 90 days same as cash (FCN, 01-26-2004) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Even as Black home ownership rates have risen, pervasive lending disparities exist throughout the mortgage industry, members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) learned recently. There is a two-tiered...
Community tributes Khallid Abdul Muhammad
LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - New Black Panther Party Chairman and Millions More Movement co-convenor Attorney Malik Zulu Shabazz gave the keynote address at a community tribute to late New Black Panther Party chairman and former national spokesman for the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam (NOI), Dr. Khallid Abdul Muhammad at Faith United Methodist...