OPINION: Celebrating Remarkable Women During Women’s History Month
March is Women’s History Month. A great time to revisit and ask, “where do women fit in popular culture and in our community?”
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March is Women’s History Month. A great time to revisit and ask, “where do women fit in popular culture and in our community?”
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In the fall of 2002, I was blessed with the unique opportunity to serve as the college ministry director for one of the largest and most influential churches in the country. For nearly four years, I had the opportunity to serve, counsel, lead, and learn from hundreds of college students who attended various schools within the city of Atlanta, Georgia.
During that span of
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The call came at 4 a.m., India time. Evangelist Franklin Graham, in the country for a crusade, jumped out of bed and answered his vibrating iPhone.
It was Michael W. Smith, the contemporary Christian singer-songwriter, calling from Nashville, with an idea: Franklin, he said, I’m producing a song for Haiti and want some of the proceeds to go to Samaritan’s Purse.
That would be the Boone-based Christian relief agency headed by Graham
Read MoreThe newly opened Charlotte Empowerment Zone in the Pressley Ridge Apartments, which started Jan. 26 with just 11 kids, represents Charlotte’s first attempt at re-creating New York City’s successful Harlem Children’s Zone, an educational initiative serving 17,000 children in a 100-city block area of Harlem.
On Tuesday nights, kids jostle to be the first in the door.
“They’re helping us with our homework,” says
Read MoreVictoria Christopher Murray is an author to watch. She creates exciting characters and suspenseful plots that allow you to anticipate with fervor the next move.
Read MoreSteve Harvey kicks of mentoring weekend with you boys in Dallas with plans to expand the program to Charlotte.
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Read MoreGospel music fans will have plenty to choose from with new releases by Marvin Sapp, Karen Clark Sheard and hip-hop gospel performers the Grits.
Read MoreDoes race matter? It’s a question that one man tries to answer in the midst of all that’s going on in America — the first black President in the White House, politicians remarking that black people were better off during slavery, celebrities using inappropriate and racially charged words — it’s a question that’s not out of place.
Read MoreEvery year, the United States recognizes March 10th as National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. The Red Pump Project is issuing a call to all bloggers to “Rock the Red Pump.”
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