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GREENSBORO (NNPA) – Tracking stimulus funding received by the City has gotten a little bit easier for Greensboro residents. Funds received as a part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) can now be tracked on http://greensbororecovery-nc.net.
Read MoreWASHINGTON (NNPA) – The NAACP, the country’s oldest and largest civil rights organization, has announced that acclaimed film director Tyler Perry has donated one million dollars, marking the largest gift ever given by an individual artist.
Read MoreWASHINGTON (NNPA) – African-American joblessness – nearly twice the national rate – is quickly becoming the first showdown between Black leaders and the nation’s first Black president as national Black and civil right leaders raise their voices telling the Obama
Read MoreThrowing the perfect holiday party for your closest friends means planning months ahead, sending out customized invitations, finding the perfect appetizer plates with matching serving platters and table décor and so on – or does it?
Read MoreThe Babson College STEP Project For Family Enterprising (Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices) held its second Asia Pacific Family Summit at the Korean Federation of Banks in Seoul, Korea.
Read More(NNPA) Business mentoring is the collaboration of transferring the experience, skill and knowledge from a proven specialist to a less experienced learner. For the purpose of business, mentoring supports the development of a worker’s skills, career, and personal growth. Often
Read MoreMerely observing someone publicly blame an individual in an organization for a problem – even when the target is innocent – greatly increases the odds that the practice of blaming others will spread with the tenacity of the H1N1 flu,
Read MoreAttorneys have filed an action in the US District Court for the Northern District of California accusing yet another bank of nurturing a Ponzi scheme. The complaint was filed as a class action suit on behalf of victims of a
Read More{Editor’s note: The phrase Numu Tekwapu in this story features a strikethrough on the last u of Numu and a strikethrough and underline on the last u in Tekwapu.} This fall, a Texas Tech University professor of anthropology will begin
Read MoreTwenty Percent of Seniors in Chicago Reported to Social Service Agencies Because of Concern About Suspected Self-NeglectSeniors who neglect themselves, risking their own health and safety, tend to be individuals with limited social networks and little social engagement, according to
Read MoreAn eight-year study of African-American, white and Hispanic-American children in three regions of the United States has found that African-Americans had the highest level of exposure to risk factors that could lead to behavioral problems, but do not engage in
Read MoreCHICAGO — Today’s America seems to split in two opposing parties: those who feel religion is under attack, and those who feel religion is unjustly pushing itself into secular life. While many books exist that either promote or bash religion,
Read MoreChange is certain and constant. Benjamin Franklin would have been wise to add “change” to his adage that “death and taxes are the only certainties of life.” We are inundated every day with new relationships, new ways to do things, new
Read MoreA study examining the complex relationships between corporate financial performance, corporate social performance, and social pressure has won the 2009 Moskowitz Prize for Socially Responsible Investing (SRI).
Read MoreWhile there has been massive growth in cause-related marketing programs which have helped companies, charities and consumers, leaders of nonprofit organizations need to enter agreements with companies with their eyes wide open.
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