Posts Tagged ‘children’

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Dec14

Some History: Booker T’s Home And The Kidz

by Duane on December 14th, 2009 at 9:06 am
Posted In: Our children, Our Expression, Remember

Booker T. Washington Home offered safe haven for black children

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Dec09

Blackinformant.com Xtra: ProjectExplorer.org

by Duane on December 9th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Posted In: Featured, Our children, Podcast, Science & Research, World, Wow!

Here is my interview with Jenny Buccos. She is the founder of the website ProjectExplorer.org

Blackinformant.com Xtra w/ProjectExplorer.org Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
What is ProjectExplorer.org? Our Mission: To provide a global cultural experience through film and multimedia materials aimed at fostering the next generation of global citizens. Founded in 2003 by Jenny M Buccos, ProjectExplorer.org is a nonprofit organization (501c3) that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Nov04

Are You Smarter Than A 1954 8th Grader?

by Duane on November 4th, 2009 at 4:34 am
Posted In: Education, Our children

Need a way to measure just how far our public school system has fallen? The status quo cannot be the end of our children!

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Sep20

When the Money is Tight, Should We Stop Having Kids?

by Duane on September 20th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Posted In: Commentary, Economy, Our children

Teacher, pastor, author and father Voddie Baucham addresses this question in his post “Is An Economic Downturn A Good Reason to Stop Having Kids?” “The news has not been encouraging lately. Between job losses, bankruptcies, and government takeovers, it is hard to be optimistic about the future from a financial standpoint. Even China appears more […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Aug21

More From the “Old” Jesse Jackson

by Duane on August 21st, 2009 at 4:22 am
Posted In: Our children, Our Health, Remember

“In the National Right to Life news of January 1977, Jesse L. Jackson had this to say on the right of privacy: ‘There are those who argue that the right to privacy is of higher order than the right to life…That was the premise of slavery. You could not protest the existence or treatment of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jul21

Campers get more than access to a pool

by Duane on July 21st, 2009 at 6:21 am
Posted In: Headlines, Our children, success, The Brothas

Thank God we live in a day where the Black community has to come to a stop because of the actions of a few. Tyler Perry gives the gift of Disney World to Phila. campers philly.com Six-year-old Creative Steps camper Dajuan Tucker doesn’t remember much about his last trip to Walt Disney World. He was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jul13

TV violence for the kiddies

by Duane on July 13th, 2009 at 9:24 am
Posted In: World

Lemmie guess, poverty is causing them to do this.

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Jul03

It begins here

by Duane on July 3rd, 2009 at 9:20 am
Posted In: Commentary, Our children, Our Expression

Okay, all the hatin’ over the BET Awards show is really getting silly. Don’t like BET? Then work on changing the culture FIRST. If you can change the culture, you will decrease demand for what you feel misrepresents Black folks. Do it the other way around, and more “BETs” will pop up. Need an example? […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jun29

“perv dad for fun”

by Duane on June 29th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Posted In: Headlines, Our children, Politics, Should Be Slapped, The Media

From townhall.com “Frank Lombard is the associate director of Duke’s Center for Health Policy. The university administrator was recently arrested by the FBI and charged with offering up his adopted 5-year-old son for sex. I tried to contact Frank Lombard over the weekend to probe his expertise regarding the health benefits of raping small children. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jun22

Lil’ cutie pie

by Duane on June 22nd, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Posted In: Our children, Our Expression

A friend of mine on Facebook took this at the Philly Jazz Festival (West Oak Lane?).

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Jun09

Black wildlife

by Duane on June 9th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Posted In: Commentary, Education, Junk science, Just "Why?"

Turn on any nature show on television and you will hear fascinated voice of a narrator explaining how a certain species of animal or insect learns to adapt to various situations in the wild. Why, it almost seems like they really know what they are doing. AAAAAMMMMAAAAZING! When this outlook on the animal kingdom gets […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May18

Is there any shame left in the world today?

by Duane on May 18th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Posted In: Headlines, Just "Why?", Our children, Our Health, Should Be Slapped

If science is your jawn, I can understand the weird excitement for this story. But if I was this sistah..I..I..don’t think I would be telling the world about this.

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May18

“Witch” children

by Duane on May 18th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Posted In: Our children, World

(CNN) — Christian Eshiett was a rambunctious pre-teen who spent a lot of time cavorting with his friends in southern Nigeria. He would skip school and run away from home for days, frustrating his grandfather, who oversaw the boy’s care. “I beat him severely with canes until they broke, yet he never shed a tear,” […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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