Actor and best-selling author, Hill Harper, has created the Manifest Your Destiny Foundation to encourage and enable at-risk youth to succeed. The foundation’s mission is to “provide underserved youth a path to empowerment and educational excellence through academic programming, college access skills, and personal development.” Hill Harper’s motivation was to pass along the lessons he […]
R&B singer and dancer, Usher, started his New Look Foundation in 1999. The foundation certifies youth in four core pillars-talent, education, career, and service-to ensure their future success as leaders in the world. The New Look Foundation seeks to train students with these pillars of excellence through youth-led workshop groups, research-based curriculum, and comprehensive evaluation. […]
The Miss Black Arizona Scholarship Foundation presents the Little Miss and Teen Black Arizona Pageant on Saturday, August 27th at 4:00 p.m. at Indian Steele Park Memorial Hall in Phoenix! The Miss Black Arizona Scholarship Foundation created the Little Miss Black AZ Pageant in 2009, which now makes a total of three pageant systems: Little Miss, […]
Sarcoidosis (pronounced SAR-COY-DOE-SIS) is a disease in which inflammation can occur in the lymph nodes, lungs, liver, eyes, skin, and other tissues. Sarcoidosis causes heightened immunity, which means that a person’s immune system, which normally protects the body from infection, causes damage to the body’s own tissues. Causes and Risk Factors The cause of sarcoidosis is unknown. In sarcoidosis, tiny […]
Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day is a summer event you can not miss! The event benefits the National Junior Tennis and Learning (NJTL) network, which was established by world-renowned tennis player, Arthur Ashe, Charlie Pasarell and Sheridan Snyder in 1969. Their goal was to develop the characters of our youth through tennis and education. Since then, the […]
EDU, Inc., an organization founded by Robert Mason, allows students to apply to 36 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) using their common application for black colleges. Some of these schools include Clark Atlanta University, Morgan State University, and Tuskegee University. The application only takes 10 minutes to complete and costs $35. EDU, Inc. is […]
Harvard law attorney, Dr. Raye Mitchell, has given serious consideration to the dichotomy between the dreams of young girls and the scarcity of resources around them. This matter weighed so heavily on her that she left her private law firm to dedicate herself to inspire and empower young girls (ages 8-18) to live their lives […]
NFL star, Terrell Owens’ Catch a Dream Foundation is a non-profit organization that helps underprivileged families and children. The foundation’s mission is to help eliminate the lack of basic daily needs in households by providing the necessary resources for survival. Although Terrell did not grow up in complete poverty, his humble beginnings in Alabama molded […]
Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. Causes and Risk Factors MS is caused by damage to the myelin sheath, which is the protective covering that surrounds nerve cells. When this nerve covering is damaged, nerve impulses slow down or stop. The nerve damage is caused by inflammation that occurs […]
Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a neurological disorder characterized by repetitive, involuntary movements and vocalizations called tics. Causes and Risk Factors The exact cause of TS is unknown, but current research suggests there are abnormalities in certain brain regions (including frontal lobes and cortex), the circuits that interconnect these regions, and the neurotransmitters that are responsible for […]
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