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City College Names School For Colin Powell

Posted on April 29, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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Harlem’s Home Boy

The City College of New York in Harlem is renaming one of its divisions after former Secretary of State Colin Powell. Continue reading →

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White House Fellows Program – Deadline January 15th

Posted on December 28, 2012 by | Leave a comment
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All of us know people in the early parts of their careers who have demonstrated great potential for private and/or public sector leadership. One of the best opportunities to build on their leadership skills is the prestigious White House Fellows Program. Continue reading →

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Dr. Gates Talks About Alicia Keys No Show On “Finding My Roots”

Posted on April 2, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Dr. Henry Louis Gates is a foremost authority on Black history in America and the host of a TV program called “Finding Your Roots” where he does a thorough breakdown of celebrities’ (mostly African-America) family tree to give them more information about where they’re really from. Continue reading →

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President Obama Proclaims January 2011 As National Mentoring Month

Posted on January 3, 2011 by | 1 Comment

This month marks the 10th anniversary of National Mentoring Month, an annual media campaign designed to recruit volunteer mentors for young people. Although research has shown that mentoring plays a significant role in reducing risky behaviors, there remains a gap between the number of mentors and the number of young people who need a mentor. This gap is even more significant in the African American community, as organizations struggle to recruit black male mentors for young black boys. Continue reading →

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Colin Powell Promotes Start Nuclear Pact

Posted on December 1, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Former Secretary of State and Harlem native Colin Powell says a stalled nuclear treaty with Russia gives the U.S. the tools it needs to verify Russian nuclear activities. He says it should be ratified by the Senate as soon as possible. Continue reading →

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Harlem’s Fave Republican Powell Doesn’t Hire Illegals

Posted on September 21, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Former Secretary of State and Harlem native Colin Powell has clarified his recent remarks on immigration policy, saying he does not hire illegal immigrants to do repairs on his home. The onetime secretary of state for George W. Bush waded into one of the most contentious culture-war issues of 2010 during an appearance Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press”  — the latest in a series of dissensions from conservative orthodoxy that have prompted some of his former GOP colleagues to question his party allegiance. Continue reading →

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Powell “Gays Should Serve” in Military

Posted on February 5, 2010 by | 1 Comment

The ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy is really about to be a wrap! Harlemite General Colin Powell, who was one of the main opponents of allowing gays to serve openly in the military back in the ’90’s, publicly addressed the policy today saying he’s changed his mind. Pop the hood to read what he has to say now. Continue reading →

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A New Era of Service Across Harlem

Posted on March 26, 2009 by | Leave a comment

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By Barack Obama for Time.com

obama_volunteerI started my career more than two decades ago as a community organizer on the South Side of Chicago, working with churches to help neighborhoods that had been devastated by plant closings. Block by block, we fought to create job-training programs, improve housing conditions and help people live their lives with some measure of dignity. And eventually, I realized that I wasn’t just helping other people — through service, I also found a community that embraced me, a church to belong to and the direction I’d been seeking. Through service, I found that my own story fit into a larger American story.

It’s an experience that Americans of all ages and backgrounds have every day on battlefields and in classrooms, food pantries and even corporate boardrooms. Last year 62 million Americans gave 8 billion hours of service. Back in January, I joined (with Harlem’s) Colin Powell to ask Americans to give back on Martin Luther King Jr. Day; the result was the largest ever turnout for that day of service.  Continue reading →

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