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Thank you all for your prayers and for spreading the word about my missing cousin Murphy J. Hickerson.  Although we did not find her alive, we know that she is now at peace and in a better place.  She will truly be missed by her family and friends.
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The Black Male Leadership Development Institute, a program sponsored by the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh and Robert Morris University, is recruiting African American high school males for the 2012-13 year. The FREE program begins with a 7-day residential session on the campus of Robert Morris University and continues one Saturday per month throughout the school year. The young men are exposed to activities designed to increase their educational and leadership opportunities and challenging curriculum that will enhance their self-awareness and world view. The institute is staffed by a faculty consisting of African American male leaders from the region whose diverse backgrounds span the range from the pulpit to the boardroom. The leadership sessions are designed to inspire and motivate the participants as well as to provide a venue for adult African American male role models to share their knowledge and wisdom. The theme for this year is “My Brother’s Keeper”.  The application deadline is May 25, 2012. For more details/application please visit www.bmldi.weebly.com or contact BMLDI Program Manager Ryan Scott by telephone at 412-227-4241 or rscott@ulpgh.org.

PLEASE VOTE FOR AMBER!!!! Amber Liggett, 15-year-old CEO of Amber’s Amazing Animal Balloons, has been nominated for a Black Enterprise Magazine Teenpreneur Award, and needs your help to win the People’s Choice Award!

Amber is from Beaver County and was featured in Soul Pitt Quarterly - Deadline to vote is May 18th.  Click on the link below and vote for Amber. Please forward this and encourage everyone you know to vote for Amber! We appreciate your constant support! Go Amber!  http://www.blackenterprise.com/2012/04/10/small-business-awards-2012-nominees/5/

Law professors and hip-hop artists joined forces Tuesday (Feb 28, 2012) to discuss how corporations and marketing have impacted the hip-hop industry.

Four experts on the hip-hop industry — Hofstra Law School professor Akilah Folami, Earle Mack School of Law professor Bret Asbury, and rappers Jasiri X and Paradise Gray — analyzed how the hip-hop industry has changed over the past decades in front of nearly 35 students and New Haven community members at the Yale Law School. During the discussion, the panelists spoke about how hip-hop music, which began as a genre devoted to exploring social injustices has become dominated by images of violence and misogyny ­— a development they attributed to the corporatization of the industry.
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