Land Development, Homeownership, Juvenile Justice System, Substance Abuse and the Return of New Orleanians on Summit Platform Dallas, TX – April 18, 2008 – Faith Formula Human Services is poised to keep the focus on poverty conditions in America. To this end, United States Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Dr. Frederick Douglas Haynes III, Senior Pastor of the Friendship West Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas will join forces again to host the 3rd Annual Faith Summit on Poverty, April 25th and 26th , 2008 at the Friendship-West Worship and Conference Center, 2020 W. Wheatland Road; Dallas. The central theme and goal is to engage, enlighten and equip citizens to mobilize their city, state, county and federal elected officials, and community stakeholders to promote positive public policies geared to fight the War on Poverty! Opening political forum and workshops set a three fold agenda: (1) to take a microscopic look at America’s “Cradle to Prison Pipeline”; (2) to discuss openly and directly the causes of substance abuse and lack of treatment and recovery centers in the southern sector; and (3) to investigate the realities of land development in distressed communities. On Friday, a community job fair with over thirty-five employers ...

ACCORDING TO DIARY OF A CONTENT BLACK WOMAN, ORLANDO BROWN CALLED A RADIO STATION IN L.A. TONIGHT SAYING HE'S FINE AND NEEDED SOME ALONE TIME.  BELOW IS THE STORY I HAD RUN A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO. Deidra from Black and Missing lets us know that Orlando Brown of That's So Raven fame is missing since Tuesday morning. I remember when Orlando was on The Jamie Foxx Show and Family Matters back in the day. Here's what Black and Missing had to say about the disappearance: The 20-year-old reportedly left his manager's house around 10:20 a.m. to make a quick trip to 7-Eleven and has not been seen since. According to Brown's publicist, Elayne Rivers, he had a full day of meetings and appointments in preparation for a photo shoot Wednesday. Rivers adds that friends and family are very concerned, as the young actor is not one to be out of touch for long, and the convenience store was within a short walking distance from his manager's home in Studio City. She also adds an additional insightful comment. I'm surprised that there were only three articles at the time of this post about him. Especially with him being a celebrity - ...

Thanks to Farai Chideya, Devin Robins, and everyone at NPR for having me on News and Notes today. That would include Geoffrey Bennett who has invite me to become a regular panelist on the Bloggers Roundtable segment. Today, I shared the Bloggers Roundtable with Kevin Ross of 3 Brothers and a Sister, and Valencia Roner of Diary of a Content Black Woman.  It was a pleasure, and I'd ask the Dallas South family to check out the work their doing on their blogs and Blog Talk Radio shows. Click on the picture below to hear today's show.  You will be directed to the News and Notes website, then go to "Listen to Wednesday's show." Let me know what you think.

Well PA was a 10 point loss for Obama.  I'm still feeling good because the numbers don't lie.  I hear some of my fellow supporters getting a little pensive because they can feel the old bait and switch coming on.  I just won't let myself go there. Today in the Morning News, Gromer Jeffers writes that Obama has a number of hurdles to face.  There's only one hurdle facing Barack Obama: Super Delegates.  Check out NPR's News and Notes for my take on last nights events among other topics that we will discuss. I never thought I would see this day: