Orrin “Checkmate” Hudson To Offer Free Life Skills Workshop Addressing Youth Violence on April 3

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MAKING THE HOOD GOOD BY CHECKMATING CRIME AND VIOLENCE

STONE MOUNTAIN, GA – A series of news headlines have blasted across metro-Atlanta over the past few weeks, offering a disturbing pattern involving teens in metro Atlanta: 

“16-year-old boy killed, 2 other teens shot near Atlanta fair”

“Teen arrested on murder charges after police say he shot 9-year-old to death” 

 “5 shot, 1 stabbed, teen killed in separate violent incidents in Atlanta overnight” 

“5 teens arrested after shooting, armed carjacking, police chase through metro Atlanta  

 “16-year-old charged after car dealership security guard is shot and killed” 

Orrin Hudson, founder and executive director of the nonprofit, Be Someone, said such senseless violence shatters not only victims' lives but also those of the perpetrators and their families. The community, Hudson said, must collectively stand up and stop the violence by doing more to reach out to youths. 

On April 3, 3 to 6 p.m., Hudson is hosting a free life skills workshop aimed at helping youths to make positive decisions at school, at home and in the community. The leadership workshop, which will be held at Hudson’s Be Someone Stone Mountain training facility, takes place on National Good Deeds Day and is dedicated to the memory of those whose lives have been impacted by the recent teen violence in metro Atlanta, Hudson said.

Celebrate Mother's Day With Entertainment, Food And Inspiration

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COLUMBUS, March 15, 2022 - Join us Mother's Day, May 8th for an afternoon of entertainment, food and inspiration! Excerpts from author Ruth-Ann Thompson’s book "Dancing In My Tattered Pink Dress" will be brought to life through music, dance and spoken word. 

"Dancing In My Tattered Pink Dress is a celebration of life that offers hope to anyone who has struggled in their life's journey. Ruth-Ann Thompson opens her life and shares her experiences with skill and grace and gives practical examples of self-advocacy, resilience and fortitude." - Rice & Co. Creative Firm 

The event is being held on Sunday, May 8, 2022 at Columbus Colony Inc. which is located at 1055 Colony Drive, Westerville Ohio 43081. The dramatization begins at 3 pm followed immediately by lunch. Tickets $40 per person including lunch. Tickets are available at https://snwbl.it/Qtik3v. 

Two Scoops National Performance Arts Company is a proud recipient of the Greater Columbus Arts Council’s Thrive grant. The Thrive program is intended to address disparities in inequitable funding and provides unrestricted funding and resources to arts organizations led by and serving people of color. To learn more about Two-NPAC please visit, www.twoscoopsnpac.com. For more about Ruth-Ann Thompson, please visit www.ruthannthompson.com. 

See Why ECSU HBCU Wellness Educator Continues to Caution Americans About Obesity and Declining Health Since 2019: The Deadly Obesity Epidemic. Readers You Decide!

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Obesity's Detrimental Lifestyle in America 2022 is Worse than Covid-19. Many More Lives are Drastically Affected Today. "The Cold Hard Facts About Obesity in America."

Beth Perry, Research Specialist, Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) 2022

By HBCU ECSU Gheechee Gummee Author, Dr. Charles L. Singleton 

Beth Perry reports that being overweight or obese could very well influence the development of Scleroderma: systemic sclerosis (SS), a connective tissue disease generated by fibrosis (enlargement and scarring) of connective tissue of the skin in humans. This group of scattered diseases (SS) is quite problematic; especially for the skin, blood vessels, and internal organs (lungs, kidneys, and the digestive track).  MUSC is a top-ranked biomedical institution.

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) biotechnology and molecular research team works hard every day to understand the smallest properties of living cells in order to discover better ways of treating various diseases.  The solving of difficult medical problems at the molecular level will greatly improve health, wellness, and longevity. Their outstanding work was presented at the American Physiological Society Conference, San Diego, California in April 2006. ---The Family Journal, USA & Overseas, Volume 1, Issue 24, 2006

Beth, a biotechnical and molecular researcher, is a member of Dorchester County, South Carolina's Flood Singleton family, "6 generations, 7 family members," who worked for the Westvaco/MeadWestvaco Corporation in various phases of paper production (West Virginia and South Carolina). Family members were as follows: brother, Keith Marcus Singleton (1972-2010), a computer science, University of South Carolina graduate: Intern, GIS Field, West Virginia. Her brother, *Alex Albert Singleton, a three-time hall of famer; father, Clement Albert Singleton, Jr. (1941-2019), granduncle, Malachi Perry, worked 37 years (1957 and retired 1994), granduncle, Thaddeus "Son" “Cat Man” Flood, Sr. (1917–1956), and great-grandfather, James "Jim" Singleton (1884-1954). 

And yes, Clementine "Beth" Singleton worked as a research lab technician at Westvaco Forest Lab (2001-2002) and ArborGen Reforestation in 2002-2003.  Beth also worked in Biotechnology and Molecular Research, Westvaco Corporation and MUSC (2004-2009; 2011-2014), and now in 2022. 

 

MUSC's15th Annual Department of Medicine Research Symposium to be held on Friday, April 29, 2022. This virtual conference meeting will include timely discussions about medical and clinical researchers' most recent discoveries and findings. --- MUSC Newsletter, Dept. of Medicine Chairman's Office 

*Alex Singleton, Movie Film, Meet the Paper Makers (2020), Fiber Specialist at International Paper Company at Cellulose Fibers Mill, Port Wentworth, Georgia: Georgia Forestry Hall of Fame (2022), The Family Journal, USA & Overseas Fishermen's Hall of Fame (2020) and The Family Journal, USA & Overseas Sarah McLean Literary Hall of Fame (2022), Rome, Georgia.

Beth Perry is a recent inductee of The Family Journal, USA & Overseas Sarah McLean Literary Hall of Fame (2022) and The Family Journal, USA & Overseas Fishermen's Hall of Fame (2022), "Red Road," Summerville, South Carolina. In this article, you will learn some amazing facts about the deadly impact of obesity at any age.

Dr. Cynthia J. Hickman, Give's Walden University’s 66th Keynote Commencement Speaker Address

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DR. CYNTHIA J. HICKMAN, ALUMNUS WALDEN UNIVERSITY’S 66TH KEYNOTE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER

Dr. Cynthia J. Hickman, an author, educator, caregiver advocate, and recent speaker on the Leadership Experience Tour with Shawn Fair, delivered Walden University’s 66th Commencement address on January 29, 2022. The celebration was an online event honoring Walden’s graduates and their milestone achievements.

Dr. Hickman is a two-time graduate of Walden University and has been an active alum and ambassador since graduating. As a social change agent, life-long learner, and daughter of a middle-school educator, giving back and sharing the importance of using her education for good was the highlight of her speech. She encouraged the graduates to “get into good trouble,” a quote by the late Representative John Lewis.

Pushing past the status quo requires one to “behold the turtle,” a concept of slow and steady as change eventually happens. Hickman stressed that sticking your head out is uncomfortable but necessary for change.

The significance of “a societal passion should fuel efforts to impact the community. Hickman shared her mother’s anthem, helpful and powerful words to live by: “She told my three sisters and me to help out when you can, in all the places you can, and in all the times you can, demonstrating the art of using ones’ education for good.”

Ina Johnson Myers Pens New Book to Inspire Black Women, "Girl, Don't Play! Pray!"

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"GIRL, DON'T PLAY! PRAY" — AUTHOR INA JOHNSON MYERS RELEASES BOOK THAT HELPS WOMEN RECOGNIZE TOXIC RELATIONSHIP RED FLAGS

Ina Johnson Myers, a speaker and certified life coach who is also the author of Girl, Don't Play!!! Pray!!!! She is a 24-year retired Combat Veteran with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and a survivor of MST (Military Sexual Trauma). She is also the mother of 3 and grandmother of 6, and was raised in Gary Indiana by a father and mother duo of WWII veterans who also served our country in the 1940s.

Her book, Girl, Don't Play!!! Pray!!!!, was written to help mitigate some of the confusion, anxiety, and pain professional women endure who may be seeking to be in a lasting relationship or marriage.

She comments, "By sharing my own experiences and research throughout my life, I hope to equip them with the tools and knowledge to make wiser decisions on matters that will devastatingly affect their spiritual, personal, and family life, their career, their moral compass, as well as their finances. In sharing my experiences with toxic relationships and the pains of depression, suicidal thoughts, devaluation, and humiliation endured as the result, I hoped to help other professional women be cognizant of who they allow to sit at their table and not ignore the red flags they see and hear in their search for that perfect partner."

Award Winning Actress, Playwright, Director, and Producer Lorey Hayes Pens A Book Of Provocative Poems For The Soul

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LOREY HAYES, ORIGINAL CAST MEMBER OF NTOZAKE SHANGE’S ICONIC, HISTORY CHANGING PLAY, “FOR COLORED GIRLS”, PENS EXPLOSIVE BOOK OF CHOREOPOEMS: SONG OF SILENCE, POEMS FOR THE SOUL

Multi-Award-Winning Playwright, Actress, Director, Producer, Lorey Hayes has dared to share her auspicious insights and expose the raw edges of her emotions on Race, Love, Family in her first published book: Song of Silence, Poems for the Soul.  Available to order on Lorey’s Website: Click Here

 

In this brave journey of poetic offerings, lovingly called Choreopoems (the word coined by the late writer Ntozake Shange when her play For Colored Girls made Broadway History) Hayes exposes the hypocrisy of a nation riddled with shame for its ungodly acts against the humanity of the African American race; while at the same time, praising and uplifting the brave souls of people of color, who continue to strive to overcome stigmas, abuses and generational curses that sought to bind them.  Hayes shares the joys and jubilations that have kept her people (people of color – Hayes is African-American and Cherokee) afloat and allowed them to carve a revered place in the annals of history.

Song of Silence (namesake of the book) is a “call to arms” against homelessness and hunger in this American “Land of Plenty”; as it challenges readers to “pay attention” and speak out about this devastating and debilitating escalating crises. 

From The Devil, where a five year old girl looses her innocence while the adults who promised to protect her, cluelessly engage in conversation; Racists are not Born, they’re Bred, where a young white boy learns racism from his father; to her signature pieces We Black Women Spirit, Warriors an uplifting, inspiring praise song for Women of Color; Ode to the Black Man, that celebrates African American Men and Women’s connection from the beginning of time and GRANDMA JANIE,  a salute to and in honor of Grandmothers.

Let's Commemorate Our African American History, Our Heritage, Our Legacy, And Our Generational Inventions Over 496 Years (1526-2022)

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John Thompson’s Amazing East Coast, Gullah Geechee Family History Since 1845 And African American Inventors: Dr. Charles L. Singleton I HBCU ECSU Geechee Gumee Writer

John Thompson, 43-year successful big truck driver, no accidents, Charleston, SC. John Thompson, The Blasting Bassmaster, Low Country Historian and Fishing Champion, Metro Charleston, South Carolina. The 21st Century Fishing Champion, January 1, 2001 - December 31, 2001: John Thompson, Blasting Bassmaster, Country Fisherman: swamps, ponds, lakes, rivers/ catfish, crappies, bluegill, largemouth bass, South Carolina Fishing Champion. The Inventor of Big Truck Safety, John Thompson.

Read More About John Thompson’s Amazing East Coast, Gullah Geechee Family History Since 1845. See Photo Captions Below. “If we do not write, teach and share our history, we will soon be forgotten.” Charles L. Singleton. Yes, during John’s life, especially while driving his long-distance big truck, he often reflected upon slavery.

Christina Perry Mitchell (1845-1955), John Thompson’s Great-Great-Great Grandmother, was born into slavery and her “slave master pierced her ear with the markings of his ownership.” The piercing of a slave’s ear, when he or she refused to go free, instead stayed in her slave master’s house, was a common acceptance of bondage and servitude. Christina Perry Mitchell was the mother of her slave master’s 8 children.

Early enslavement of Africans in South Carolina existed for 339 years (1526-1865), according to SCIWAY Publications. Note, slavery in the United States of America covered a period of 246 years (1619-1865), and Juneteenth (1619 - June 19, 1865). According to many historical references, Union General Gordon Granger and thousands of federal troops arrived on Monday, June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas to inform Texans that the Civil War (April 12, 1861- May 09, 1865) had ended, and slaves in the U. S. A. had been freed. Mrs. Christina was the mother of 8 children: More Information to Come.

Post Your Appreciation For Iconic Entertainment Legend Jody Watley On Social Media February 28th

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Social Media Celebrates

 Iconic Singer-Songwriter Jody Watley 

with Appreciation Day!

Feb. 28th

Social media is celebrating iconic singer-songwriter Jody Watley with #JodyWatleyAppreciation Day on February 28, 2022!

For fans in the States and across the globe, Watley set the standard as a trendsetting pioneer in music, video, fashion and style. She is one of the architects of 21st century pop, and one of music's most versatile song stylists.

Telling her story in her own words whether in interviews, social media or in her sold-out concerts, the iconic singer always remains true to herself.

Checkout Jody Watley's 35th Anniversary Album's Trailer

Names of 200+ Black People Killed By Police in 2021

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HERE ARE THE NAMES OF THE 200+ BLACK PEOPLE KILLED BY POLICE IN 2021. THIS GUY'S APP COULD HAVE SAVED THEM

James A. Samuel, founder of an app that turns your smartphone into a personal bodycam that also alerts family members, strongly believes that his technology can save lives.

Last year, more than 1,000 people were shot and killed in the U.S. by police officers, and according to Newsweek, at least 203 of them were Black. James A. Samuel, Jr., the developer of an app called ANJEL Tech that turns any smartphone into the world’s most powerful bodycam, says that his technology could have potentially saved those victims' lives.

James created the app because of his passion for preventing more Black Americans from becoming yet another painful statistic. His app is both a discrete and secure way to immediately start live streaming an incident, and also automatically send alerts and the person's GPS location to trusted family members and friends. The person in need of help can do so quietly without an aggressor noticing, and can also save the footage as video evidence to demand accountability.

The Family Journal, USA & Overseas Releases The First-Ballot Of The Sarah McLean Literary Hall of Fame 2022

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Black History Month Special

Elizabeth City State University's Alumni, Faculty, and Associates, First-Ballot Inductees, The Family Journal, USA & Overseas Sarah McLean Literary Hall of Fame 2022, Viking Pride!

Matthew Coates, '88, Photographer, Photography by Madison and Photographic Services, Professional Photographers of America; Photographers: Elizabeth City State University, “Viking Pride,” Since 1891

By HBCU ECSU Author, Dr. Charles L. Singleton 

Sarah McLean, Communication Editor, Family Journal Literary

Sarah Louise Singleton McLean (1937-2021), “Red Road,” Summerville, South Carolina, Communications Editor, Historian & Archivist of The Family Journal, USA & Overseas: Respectfully, Sarah McLean will forever be remembered for her historical newsletters, family reunions, obituary collection, and literary archive, since the 1950s. Sarah is a 1950s graduate of Alston High School (AHS), Summerville, South Carolina.

 

Sarah’s family archives: records (1815, 1834, 1850) and historical files of letters, obituaries and photographs have helped the editors and writers of the Family Journal, USA & Overseas to publish some amazing stories in Black News Scoop Global News. Most recently, millions of readers have read  “Checkout The Family Journal's USA & Overseas Fishermen’s Hall of Fame 2nd Round of 2021 Inductees,” Sunday, January 9, 2022, “Simple Solutions Save Lives, Law Enforcement And Policing The USA,” Saturday, April 24, 2021, “Clement Addison Singleton, Inspiration, Sign Me Up For The COVID-19 Vaccination Jubilee,” Thursday, August 26, 2021,  and “Discover The Amazing US Family That Produced 11 Members With Doctorate Degrees And Also Outstanding Legendary Citizens," Saturday, February 29, 2020.

 

As always, Executive Editor Karen Merrilles, ’92, HBCU Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) graduate and U.S.A. Army Gulf War veteran (1990-1991), is thankful for continued literary support (publishers, correspondents, readers and contributors). Karen is the daughter of Sarah McLean and James Edward “Jim, Breeze” McLean (1937-2000), Lakeview, South Carolina, USA Air Force Fishing Legend.

 

“Red Road Man,” Editor-in-Review, Isreal T. Singleton, ’72, Claflin University (CU), thanks you as well for sharing our articles throughout various social media sites: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and in Emails.  And now, read about the Sarah McLean, Literary Hall of Fame, The Family Journal, USA & Overseas Acclamation of Inductees 2022. Congratulations Elizabeth City State University Vikings and Alston High School Tigers.

Tamika Shari Bond Becomes 1st Black Woman-Owned Self-Sustainable Container Home Manufacturing Facility

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MEET THE FOUNDER OF THE 1ST BLACK WOMAN-OWNED SELF-SUSTAINABLE CONTAINER HOME MANUFACTURING FACILITY

Giving investors the opportunity to invest in a company dedicated to providing safe, affordable, and environmentally sustainable luxury container homes.

Tamika Shari Bond, founder and CEO of Bond Containers, is the first-ever Black woman-owned self-sustainable container home manufacturing facility. This is in a bid to provide clients with homes that are strong, affordable, and self-sustainable.

It is common knowledge that there is a high demand for homes that are both safe and affordable. With issues such as the pandemic alongside other circumstances, this has only been a dream for some people. Bond Containers is however set to make this dream come true.

The construction company is set to build homes that are strong, affordable, and stylish. With Bond Containers, clients will be getting homes that are not only affordable but also features an off-grid backup system in the event of a natural disaster.

These affordable modular homes that can be built in as little as 3-4 weeks are part of Bond Containers' goal to join in the global modular construction market size that is expected to reach $175.2 billion by 2025.