Dominique DiPrima

Joseph Esposito, Director of the Bureau of Specialized Prosecutions for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office and David Welch, principal in a trial law firm that represents over 100 medical marijuana collectives will debated the merits of banning medical marijuana.

Brenda “Darcel” Lee, is the Executive Director of the California Black Health Network and an Inglewood native. Formerly the Associate Director for Emergency Management and Planning at the California Primary Care Association, Darcel brings over 30 years of healthcare policy, legislative, and leadership experience to CBHN.  Darcel began her healthcare career with Hospital Affiliates International (HAI) in Nashville, TN.  She lives in Glen Cove, California with her husband, Yusuf Jamal Lee, also a healthcare professional managing primary care clinics for the San Francisco Veterans Medical Center. The California Black Health Network (CBHN) is a statewide not-for-profit established in 1978. The mission of CBHN is to improve the health status of people of African descent in California and to eliminate health disparities through legislative, administrative, and media advocacy. California Black Health Network is headquartered in Sacramento, California. Through the Colors of Commitment Building Healthy Communities Initiative, CBHN seeks to realize its vision of seeing healthy families in healthy communities throughout California. To learn more about CBHN, our programs, policy agenda, and initiatives, visit the CBHN homepage at www.cablackhealthnetwork.org. Public Guest Contact Info Website: http://cablackhealthnetwork.org/ Twitter: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/California-Black-Health-Network/118618544875866 Phone: 916-333-0613 Email: info@cablackhealthnetwork.org

  ERICH NALL (COACH "E") (FAR RIGHT), Personal Trainer, Owner & Founder of Ultimate Transformation in Los Angeles and Author "21 Days to Ultimate Health and Wellness". TAHIRAH NALL (2ND RIGHT), Coach "E's" daughter. She's been in the Ultimate Transformations Program her entire life. She trains and runs track now, and even though she's not going to run track in college, she will be going to Howard University next year to study political science and english. RAVEN MILLER (CNTR RIGHT), She is a student at St. Mary's Academy and in her senior year there. She met Coach E through her father who had heard about Coach E on the Front Page. She's currently involved in the Ultimate Transformation Program and is very encouraged and inspired by the program to pursue her future goalsand aspirations. MORGAN THOMAS (2ND LEFT), She attends St. John's University in Queens New York. She got on the Women's Volleyball Team there last year. She was introduced to Coach e through her older brother, Justin Thomas, who used to train with Coach E during the time he played basketball. She's currently in the Ultimate Transformation Program and very happy with the results she's getting. COURTNEY MORNING (FAR LEFT), She's a student at El Camino College. She is a student athlete on the track team for the 400 and 800 meeters. She's been running for almost 5 years and she loves it. She met Coach E through her grandfather, Frank Davie, and started training with him soon as they met. She loves the results she's getting in the Ultimate Transformation Program and about Coach E, she says: "He's great"! Coach "E's" ULTIMATE TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM: Website: www.ultimatetransformation.com

  LYNN JACKSON, Great, Great, Grand Daughter of Dred & Harriett Scott, President and Founder of "The Dred Scott Heritage Foundation". She formerly was a major manager at the Brian Cave Law Firm. She has a B.S. degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Southern Illinois University  Edwardsville (S.I.U.E.), and she currently teaches "Biblical Apologetics". *Transformation Agenda (Reversing Legacy of Slavery) *March of 1867 Petition was Filed *2007 was the 150th Anniversary of "The Dred Scott Decision" Book: "Dred and Harriett Scott: Their Family Story" There's also a Coloring Book . For donations, support and more info contact, call or visit the website. Website: www.thedredscottfoundation.org The Dred Scott Heritage Foundation P.O. Box 2009 St. Louis,  MO 63032-2009 Email: info@thedredscottfoundation.org Phone: (910) 964-8790  

DR. FARID ZARIF, PhD, NATURPATH, Director, Nutrition / Dietetics, MPH, ND, PhD, (MD/PhD candidate St. Luke’s University School of Medicine). He as Doctorates in: Clinical and Holistic Human Nutrition & Naturopathy: Masters in: Sports Medicine & Public Health. Over one hundred and fifty published articles. consisting of: Clinical and Holistic Treatments, Integrative Medicine, Bariatric Medicine, Gastroenterology, Weight Loss, Fitness, and Public Health. www.drzarif.com or call: 310-926-5115 or email: drzarif@drzarif.com  

Brijet Finister has been named the new Miss Black California USA 2012. A Stockton native, and former professional cheerleader for the Oakland Raiders "Raiderettes," Brijet is an undergraduate student at San Francisco State University, set to graduate with her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature on May 19, 2012. She graduated from Franlin High School in 2008 from the International Baccalaureate. Visit Brijet's official fan page at: http://www.facebook.com/missblackcaliforniausa2012 To become a sponsor, visit her fund-raising page: http://www.gofundme.com/brijet4missblackca2012

James T. Butts, Jr. is the 12th and current Mayor of the City of Inglewood, California. He is the 4th African-American Mayor of the City of Inglewood.

Today, Dominique moderated a candidate's forum on KJLH's Front Page Show in advance of the election with three of the six candidates--Grace, Meyers, and Lacey.

Three of L.A.'s leading criminal defense attorney's share insight on the race for the next L.A. County District Attorney and what voters should be looking for in a candidate.

Compton School Board Member Skyy Fisher, 28, joins the Front Page to discuss his recent controversial remarks on the Pigzradio show and the call for his resignation.

Founding Front Page show hosts Carl Nelson, Rico Reed, as well as former KJLH News and Public Affairs Director Jacquie Stephens and radio veteran Lee Michaels joined current Front Page host Dominique DiPrima for a look back at 20 years of the Front Page Radio Free 102.3 KJLH.

Continuing its coverage and commemoration of the 1992 civil unrest, in an unprecedented conversation, Rodney King joined the Front Page show and hosts Dominique DiPrima and Carl Nelson on Monday, April 30 at KJLH-FM.

Continuing its coverage and commemoration of the 1992 civil unrest, in an unprecedented conversation, political commentator Dr. David Horne, former Los Angels City Councilmember Mike Woo and Korean American Business Association President Jong Min Kang discussed the state of Asian and Black relations post Latasha Harlins and the 1992 Civil Unrest on Thursday, April 26 on KJLH-FM’s Front Page show.

Pioneered in the mid-1980s by rappers such as Schoolly D and Ice-T, gangsta rap was popularized in the later part of the 1980s by groups like N.W.A. After the national attention that Ice-T and N.W.A attracted in the late 1980s and early 1990s, gangsta rap became the most commercially lucrative subgenre of hip-hop.

A fictional novel where the names have been changed to protect the guilty, 'Just Like Compton' has been billed as having the grit of Monster Kody's Monster, the intrigue and mystery of a James Patterson novel, complete with the kind of Black romance that rivals acclaimed author Zane.

On April 28, 1992, gang members in Watts, both Crips and Bloods alike, signed a “Cease Fire Agreement,” an unprecedented agreement between rival gangs in Southeast Los Angeles.

Anthony Dunn, a resident of Compton, 31, was struck and killed when a driver rear-ended his U.S. Postal Service van while he was on the job in Boyle Heights.

The family of an Inglewood man killed last week while shielding his young son from gunfire joined city officials at an emotional news conference Monday to plead with the public for help in solving the case and offer a $10,000 reward.

Malik Zulu Shabazz is an attorney and the National Chairman of the New Black Panther Party.

On Tuesday, April 3 at approximately 7 p.m. in the 3200 block of West 109th Street in Inglewood, Fredrick Martin III, 28, was shot twice in the chest and stomach after pushing his 8-year-old son to the ground in an effort to save his life.

Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez, 55, served for 30 years with the Santa Monica Police Department, where he was the deputy chief of police before coming to Pasadena in his current position as Chief in 2010.

Kenneth McDade and Anya Slaughter, parents of Kendrec McDade, the Pasadena teen killed by police on March 24th after a false 911 report of an armed robbery, speak about their civil lawsuit, raising $10,000 to bury their son, the family’s outrage and their vow to fight for justice.

An emotional Kenneth McDade talks to the Front Page about the killing of his son Kendrec McDade. Kendrec was killed March 24th after a 911 caller's false armed robbery report led officers to shoot and kill the 19-year-old college student they believed to be a suspect.

Los Angeles radio station KJLH-FM, the leading broadcast radio station for African-Americans and urban consumers in Southern California, hosted a town hall meeting entitled “Black Men Standing Our Ground: Justice for Trayvon Martin” on Saturday, March 31, 2012 in Inglewood, Calif. at Faithful Central Bible Church.

Caree Harper is a criminal defense attorney in Beverly Hills representing Kendrec McDade's family.

Yo-Yo is a Grammy-nominated rapper and actress. Much of her music has advocated female empowerment, denouncing the frequent sexism found in hip-hop music. She is the protege of gangsta rapper Ice Cube.

Michael Skolnik author of White People, You Will Never Look Suspicious Like Trayvon Martin! and is the Editor-In-Chief of GlobalGrind.com and the political director to Russell Simmons. Prior to this, Michael was an award-winning filmmaker.

The Front Page continued it's unparalled coverage of the Trayvon Martin case with special guests Benjamin Crump, the Martin family attorney, and Florida Congressional members Frederica Wilson and Corrine Brown.

The Front Page's coverage of the Trayvon Martin case continued Tuesday, Mar. 27 on Hot Topic Tuesday.

LISTEN A pillar in the Pittsburgh hip hop community, Jasiri X, has got the whole world talking about the release of his latest project inspired by the killing of Trayvon Martin, “Trayvon” a song and video that’s being shared and RT all over the world. The inspired, fresh MC is skyrocketing right through new levels of popularity, while preparing to release his next full length, The Ascension, with producer Rel!g!on on Wandering Worx Entertainment. Web: http://www.jasirix.com Twitter: @Jasiri_X    

Our special coverage of the Trayvon Martin case continued today with special guests Tim Williams, Bro. Jesse Muhammad, and Roland Martin.

LISTEN David Honig David Honig co-founded the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) in 1986. MMTC has represented over 70 minority, civil rights and religious national organizations in selected proceedings before the FCC, and it operates the nation’s only full service, minority owned media and telecom brokerage. Mr. Honig is MMTC’s President and Executive Director. Since 1983, Mr. Honig has also been engaged in the private practice of communications and civil rights law, representing national organizations, broadcasters and broadcast applicants. Mr. Honig is a member of the bars of the D.C. Court of Appeals, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the D.C. Circuit and Second Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He has litigated twenty federal appeals in four courts, and participated in over 90 FCC rulemaking proceedings and hundreds of adjudicatory cases. From 1975 to 1985, Mr. Honig taught communications policy, research and law at the School of Communications, Howard University. Mr. Honig served as an adjunct lecturer at Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law in 1988, teaching the advanced seminar in International Regulation of Communications. He taught Civil Rights Litigation at the University of Miami School of Law in 1996. Mr. Honig has published numerous journal articles, monographs and empirical research studies on international and domestic communications issues. He is the author of law review articles on group defamation, minority broadcast station ownership, and municipal services discrimination. Mr. Honig served as a U.S. Delegate to the 1979 World Administrative Radio Conference in Geneva, where he helped write the ITU’s rules governing AM radio. He has chaired working groups of the FCC’s Advisory Committee on Radio Broadcasting and Advisory Committee on Broadcast Satellite Service Planning. In 2003, he was named by (then) FCC Chairman Michael Powell to serve on the FCC Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age, on which he serves as Chair of the Constitutional Issues Subcommittee. Mr. Honig’s current professional and public service work includes service as Special Counsel for Civil Rights for the Florida State Conference of Branches of the NAACP, and as founding General Counsel of the Broadband Opportunity Coalition, an association of the nation’s leading civil rights organizations that promotes universal broadband adoption, literacy and minority business participation. The National Law Journal has named Mr. Honig one of the thirty most influential communications lawyers. He has received the National Bar Association’s Presidential Award, the National Association of Minorities in Communications’ Mickey Leland Humanitarian Achievement Award, the International Black Broadcasters Association’s Visionary Award, and the National Association of Minority Media Executives’ Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Honig received a B.A. degree in mathematics from Oberlin College in 1971 and an M.S. Degree in Systems Analysis from the University of Rochester in 1974. He earned his J.D. cum laude in 1983 from Georgetown University Law Center. His hobby is restoring Checker autos (best known as New York cabs.) He has a 20 year-old daughter, Josephine. Web: http://mmtconline.org/ Web: http://www.flanaacp.org/ Kevin Ross Kevin A. Ross (born 1963) is an American host of the syndicated television program America's Court with Judge Ross, a producer, communications strategist, and former California Superior Court judge. A Los Angeles native, Ross attended Gardena High School, where he was student body president and president of the District-Wide Association of Student Councils for the Los Angeles Unified School District. He went on to graduate from Morehouse College with a degree in Political Science, and received his juris doctorate from Southwestern Law School.

Father of Mitrice Richardson joins the Front Page to talk about next steps in justice for his daughter, including pushing Mitrice's Law.

India Holloway India's Healthy Living at the Life Well Institute Life Well Institute 5835 W. Washington Bl. Culver City, CA 90230 (323) 857-0800 (323) 937-7300 indiashealthyliving@yahoo.com http://www.indiashealthyliving.com

Dr. David Horne is the Exec. Dir. of the California African American Political & Economic Institute and Professor of African Studies at Cal State Northridge.

Last minute tax talk with Marie Deary of Shore Management Solutions.

Compton native’s story of welfare to successful business owner is one both lawmakers and single mothers can celebrate.

Thursday, April 14, 2011 Kobe, Barry, the Dodgers--tune in for the politics of sports with Coach Erich Nall.

Dr. Claud Anderson, is president of PowerNomics Corporation of America, a corporation that is involved in major business development, primarily in inner cities, across the country.

The latest sports news and results with Avi Bernard.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 Wellness Wednesday Guests Kim Carruthers Pilates Instructor Increasing concern about America’s childhood obesity problem inspired Kim Carruthers to begin her non-profit program Pilates in the ‘Hood. The program is currently featured in many of Los Angeles’ urban elementary schools and Boys and Girls Clubs. Pilates in the ‘Hood recently partnered with the L.A. Care Health Plan, a community accountable health insurance plan. The program seeks to bring health and awareness to inner cities communities. Kim started her career as a professional dancer, performing with Alvin Ailey and other New York City based dance companies. Kim obtained Pilates certification at The Pilates Studio 1997. A graduate of The Healing Arts College, Kimberley is a certified and licensed massage therapist and has been certified with the American Council on Exercise since 1997. Pilates in the Hood Women, Men, Youth Free Childcare Provided All Classes Are Free Mondays 6 p.m., Thursdays 5:30 p.m. (1 Hour Classes) L.A. Care Family Resource Center
(At the corner of Century & Crenshaw) 3111 W. Century Blvd. Suite 100
Inglewood, CA 90303 Parking is free. Childcare is provided. Private Studio (By Appointment Only): Physical Perfection 5028 Wilshire Blvd. Suite #200 Los Angeles, CA 90036 Phone: (213) 840-0868 Email: kimlates@yahoo.com Website: kimcarruthers.com LeGeorge Mauldin Master Tennis Instructor, Venus and Serena Williams Tennis Academy Le George Mauldin has been playing tennis for 27 years. A native of Los Angeles, Le George is known and widely respected and heralded for his ability to teach both adults and youth the art of playing tennis. A high performance master tennis instructor who has trained with tennis super stars Venus and Serena Williams, Le George is currently an instructor at the Venus and Serena Tennis & Tutorial Academy and the Rancho Cienega Tennis Shop at the Arthur Ashe Tennis Center of L.A. Among his coaching accomplishments are having several of his students regularly compete in the USTA Southern California. As a master instructor, Le George is available for both private and group lessons for adults and youth and day and evening classes. Spring Group Tennis Classes Wednesday, 7 p.m. April 13 – May 25 Saturdays 1 p.m. April 16 – May 28 $11 per class/$88 for the 8 week session Arthur Ashe Tennis Center of Los Angeles 5001 South Rodeo Boulevard Los Angeles, adjacent to Dorsey (323) 392-6864 Email: info@tenniswithlegeorge.com Website: tenniswithlegeorge.com Dawn Strozier Founder, Fight Against Obesity & The Aerobics Room Dawn Strozier started the Fight Against Obesity Foundation after a stint with her own health problems at age 19. She had been on the "Standard American Diet (SAD)," she said, until severe digestive problems landed her in the hospital. Strozier stresses the importance of proper nutrition along with exercise as the most effective way to fight obesity. She starts with the kids, she said, who in turn can encourage parents to adopt better habits. Her motto is, 'we may not be able to control what our parents buy or cook but we can ask them to make better choices. The Aerobics room is open six days a week and is a community gym. The Aerobics Room Monday through Friday Classes include Kidz Fitness, BootCamp, Cardio Step, Yoga, and ZUMBA Fitness $10 donation 3820 South Crenshaw Boulevard (next door to California Bank and Trust) Los Angeles, CA 90008 (310) 289-2169 Website: aerobicsroom.com

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas Mark Ridley-Thomas has represented the nearly 2.3 million people of the Second District on the Los Angeles County  Board of Supervisors since December 2008. During his first year in office, he shepherded through an agreement with the University of California to provide medical services at the new Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital, scheduled to open in late 2012. He also persuaded the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to fund a light rail system from Crenshaw Boulevard to Los Angeles International Airport and move up the opening from 2029 to as early as 2016. Together, the hospital and rail projects will generate more than $2 billion in spending and create over 16,000 jobs. Ridley-Thomas is the first African American man ever to serve on the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors. His district  includes Carson, Compton, Culver City, Gardena, Hawthorne, Inglewood and Lynwood, portions or all of 10 Los Angeles City Council Districts and the unincorporated communities of Alondra Park, Athens, Del Aire, Dominguez, East Compton, El Camino Village, Florence, Ladera Heights, Lennox, View Park, West Athens, West Carson, West Compton, Willowbrook and Wiseburn. Prior to his election to the Board, Supervisor Ridley-Thomas served the 26th District in the California State Senate where he chaired the Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development and its two subcommittees on Professional Sports and Entertainment, and The Economy, Workforce Preparation and Development. In addition to his chairmanship duties, Ridley-Thomas served on the Senate Appropriations, Energy, Utilities and  Communications; and Health and Public Safety committees. In January 2008, he became Chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus and led the Caucus in unprecedented levels of cooperation and collaboration with counterparts in the Latino, and Asian-Pacific Islander Legislative Caucuses. His legislative work addressed a broad range of issues with implications for economic and workforce development, health care, public safety, education, budget accountability, consumer protection and civic participation. Mark Ridley-Thomas was first elected to public office in 1991 and served with distinction on the Los Angeles City Council for nearly a dozen years and  departed as Council President pro Tempore. He later served two terms in the California State Assembly, where he chaired the Assembly Democratic Caucus. He is widely regarded as the foremost advocate of neighborhood participation in government decision-making. By virtue of his founding the Empowerment Congress, arguably the region’s most successful experiment in neighborhood-based civic engagement, he is considered the founder of the Neighborhood Council movement. Ridley-Thomas’ political career was preceded by a decade of service as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Los Angeles, which followed a brief but successful five-year stint as a high school teacher. He is a graduate of Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles and earned a baccalaureate degree in Social Relations (minor in Government) and a master’s degree in Religious Studies (concentration in Christian  Ethics) from Immaculate Heart College. Mr. Ridley-Thomas went on to receive his Ph.D. in Social Ethics and Policy Analysis from the University of Southern California. He is married to Avis Ridley-Thomas, director of the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office Dispute Resolution Center. They are the proud parents of twin sons, Sebastian and Sinclair, who graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta. Contact 866 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration 500 W. Temple Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 974-2222 (213) 680-3283 Fax Send e-mail to: seconddistrict@bos.

Monday, April 11, 2011 Adisa and Sakkara Thomas-Anderson Queens Historical Society, an innovator in America’s multicultural education explosion has emerged as a leader in presenting programs that assert the rich royal heritage of African Americans. The Society’s signature play, "Queens of the Nile, Now", written by founder, Sakkara Ingrid Thomas, focuses on the respected role of women by men in ancient African matrilineal societies as an example for boys and girls today. The success of this royal history pageant led to the evolution of QHS’ Crown Jewels Program. This vibrant repertoire includes performances, storytelling, demonstrations and school field trips, including The Festival of African Royalty and Egypt Day at the Pyramid. Adaptable for all stages and ages, QHS’ Crown Jewels presents a fascinating exploration into the depth of beauty that emerges from Africa throughout the centuries, covering three thousand years and over five thousand miles of the continent’s history. Contact www.queenshistoricalsociety.com Facebook info@queenshistoricalsociety.com (562) 570-4079

Monday, April 11, 2011 Each year Black Writer's on Tour gives exposure to over 300 African-American authors and writers, increases their book sales, and motivates, and develops aspiring new writers and authors.  In addition to the authors there will be exhibitors, panel discussions, and more! BLACK WRITERS ON TOUR 2011 Saturday, April 16, 2011 9:00am to 4:00pm Carson Community Center 801 E. Carson Street Carson, California 90746 Contact Dr. Rosie Mulligan 1425 W. Manchester Ave. Ste. B Los Angeles, CA 90047 (323) 750-3592 drrosie@aol.com http://www.blackwritersontour.com/

Friday, April 8, 2011 African-American Sketch Comedy Troupe to Present ‘Slow Children Crossing’ Beginning April 10 Presented by critically acclaimed comedic writer Ralph Farquhar, group promises high and low brow political humor that’s inappropriate for all BUY TICKETS The African-American sketch comedy troupe will present Slow Children Crossing, a high and low brow, political, satirical, scatological, and musical show beginning April 10 for six weeks at King King in Hollywood (7 p.m., 6555 Hollywood Boulevard). Mixing multi-media with live sketches the group creates a party-like atmosphere as they lampoon everyone from Libyan President Muammar Qaddafi to U.S. President Barack Obama. Consisting of two men, three women, including Bret Butler (Adult Swim’s “Sealab:2021”), L.A. theatre veteran Alem Sapp (“How High”), Destini Meshack (BET’s “Played by Fame”), Tiffany Thomas (“The Boondocks”), and Saudia Rashed (“The New Guy”), Slow Children Crossing is being presented by acclaimed writer and filmmaker Ralph Farquhar (“Married with Children,” “The Parkers,” and “Moesha”). Hoping to bring a new voice to the sketch world with their slightly crooked perspective during a 90-minute set, Slow Children Crossing will run Sundays at 7 p.m. beginning April 10 through May 15 and tickets are $20.  For more information, please log onto www.slowchildrenxing.com. Group Bios Ralph Farquhar During the black sitcom boom of the 1990s, spearheaded by FOX, Ralph Farquhar was behind many shows.  He created “South Central” in 1994, he also was the executive producer of “Moesha,” and led many other black sitcoms.  In 1999, he, along with Mara Brock Akil brought about “Moesha” spin-off, “The Parkers,” and Farquhar served as the executive producer for “The Proud Family.”  Ralph also wrote for “Married with Children,” “Happy Days,” and “Fame.” Alem Brhan Sapp Alem Brhan Sapp is a triple threat performer trained at Oxford University and the New York theatre stages. He has been seen in many studio and independent films, including “How High”, “The Royal Tannenbaums”, and the winner of the 2008 Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival, “Doing the L.A. Thing”. Brett Butler Brett J Butler is a graduate of NYU Film & Television. He has studied improv and sketch at Upright Citizens Brigade. He is an alumnus of the Guy Hanks/Marvin Miller Television Writing Fellowship Program better known as The Cosby Program. His voice can be heard on Cartoon Network's SEALAB 2021 as Dr. Quinn. Destini Meshack Destini Meshack started performing at the age of 10.  Before working with Slow Children Crossing, she performed for 5 years with various LA sketch comedy troupes. Destini  appeared in several episodes of the prank/improv show, Played by Fame on the BET Network.   Saudia Rashed Saudia Rashed has been a professional dancer and actress since the age of 12. A proud graduate of the University at Texas at Austin (Hook ‘em Horns!), her comedy training includes improv from IO West. Tiffany Thomas Tiffany Thomas, a native of Rockford, IL, has been performing since childhood. She received a best lead actress in a play nomination for “Trapped 101” from the NAACP Theater Awards.  Notable roles include the voice of Cristal for the cartoon “The Boondocks”, on Cartoon Network; as well as the commercial for comedian/former SNL cast member Finesse Mitchell’s book “Your Girlfriends Don’t Know Everything”.   

Friday, March 25, 2011 4:30 AM Open phone Friday.

HALO was founded by husband and wife team - Dr. La Grande Mason, Jr. and Sonja Mason - who have been married for over 35 years and have 5 children together.  The Masons are locally and nationally recognized as stedfast contributors of the Healthy Marriage Initiative. For more than 25 years their efforts and programs have helped hundreds of couples from all walks of life to successfully prepare and keep their marriages. Website: http://lahalo.org/ Event Presenting the 9th Annual Black Marriage Day Awards & Kick-Off Rally Saturday March 26th, 2011 10:00AM - 12:00PM L.A. Museum of African American Art 3rd Floor in Macys, Crenshaw-Baldwin Hills Plaza Free

Friday, March 25, 2011 Mahogany Hair Revolution salon is celebrating Women’s History Month with their Beautiful Inside and Out Mixer on Sunday, March 27th from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm. A free event open to the public, the theme for the mixer is “Springing Forward To A More Beautiful You" and is an event where So Cal where women can gather to learn how to better rock their personal style and develop a healthier lifestyle. Although admission is free, attendees must RSVP by calling (323) 963-8184. The free event will feature complimentary food and beverages, beauty and fashion vendors and three dynamic speakers who are experts in their field – Actress and Talk Show Host, Kim Coles, Dr. Kari, Trichologist and stylist to the stars and Dr. Minnie Claiborne, Therapist and Personal Development Coach. About Dr. Kari Mahogany Hair Revolution is owned by wunderkind Trichologist (hair and scalp expert), natural hair guru Dr. Kari.  Featured by Essence.com, BET and a regular columnist for “Healthier You Magazine,” Dr. Kari is revered as one of the only African American Trichologists in the country. Her topic for the mixer will be “Naturally Beautiful:  The healthy way to transition to braids, locks and natural curls.” Visit www.mahoganyrevolution.com for info. on Dr. Kari.

Friday, March 25, 2011 Wendy Gladney Author, motivational speaker, talk-show host, entrepreneur, philanthropist and mother of two – just to name a few; Wendy Gladney is living proof that attitude is everything. As a child, Wendy was abandoned by her mother and sexually abused by her father. However, a firm believer that we all must do the best with what life hands us, Wendy has gone from “victim” to “victorious” and shares how to embrace happiness, experience joy, and live a fulfilled life without hatred. From her experiences, Wendy has written two books. Her first, “Healing Without Hate: How to Forgive to Live,” provides uplifting strategies to overcome obstacles and find personal fulfillment. The topic of “Forgiveness” is also the center of Wendy’s second book, “The Preacher’s Daughter: A Memory.” Wendy’s success with both books has sent her on many speaking engagements. Topics include: rising above abuse and abandonment, bi-racial understanding, overcoming adversity, cancer, divorce, single parenting, and building a business/balancing a life, Personal Development & Management. For more information about the companies of Wendy’s Enterprises or to book Wendy as a guest speaker for your next event, please contact: Wendy’s Enterprises PO Box 1313 Upland, CA 91785 Phone: (909) 949-7585 Cell: (951) 313-4732 Fax: (909) 949-4647 wendygladn@aol.com wendy@wendygladney.com Follow Wendy on the Web at: www.wendygladney.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/wendygladney www.twitter.com/wendys_window Links to Wendy’s entities: Personal Services Plus – www.personalservicesplus.com Forgiving For Living, Inc. – www.forgivingforliving.org

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