College In And Out

Black Freebies on Black Friday

2007-11-23T14:25:00.000-08:00

Here are a few choice Black Freebie offers in honor of Black Friday.

Carol's Daughter - Share the Love Sweepstakes
Enter to Win Mary J Blige Cds, Carol's Daughter Gift Baskets, Rocawear T Shirts and more.

Free Lip Gloss from Queen Latifah's Cover Girl Collection

Essence Magazines Get Even Contest
Win Free Cosmetics for Your Skin

75% Off Black Business Marketing Guide

Mahogany Momma's Fabulous Fall Sale: eMagazine for Black Moms

Aretha Franklin CD Contest

Visit Giveaway of the Day.com

Free College Cds, Scholarships and Application Waivers for Black Students

Get Free Black Clipart for Your website of myspace page!

Join the Black Freebies Email List: It's Free!

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African American Christmas
Holiday Movies, Books, and Gift Ideas
Urban Gift Guide

A Great Web Guide for College Preparation Websites for Minority Students

2007-03-29T22:05:00.000-07:00

Afrocentric Learning Tools presents ....

A Web Guide for Black Parents by LaShanda Henry

Currently on sale: Only $7.95

This e-book includes an extensive listing of over 200 Afrocentric / Multicultural Websites for Black Parents, Students, Children, and Educators. To Purchase this e-Book visit www.lulu.com/content/459061. The Chapters include: Black Parenting Online Guides, Black Homeschooling Information, Teaching Black Students, Teaching Black History, Teaching about Africa, All About Kwanzaa, Afrocentric / Multicultural Online Games, Activities, and Resources, Black Movies for Families and Kids, Black Bookstores, College Preparation of Minority Students, Black Teenpreneurs and Career Planning for Minority Students, African - African American Folktales, Genernal Black Resources Online, and Black Freebies Online.

Currently on sale: Only $7.95

Chapter Details:

Black Parenting Online: This section includes information about websites that focus on Black Parenting, Raising Black Children, Black Mothers, Black Fathers, and Black Maternity.

Black Homeschoolers: This section includes information about websites that focus on Black / African American Homeschoolers, their support groups, online resources, and literary publications.

Teaching Black Students: This section includes information about websites that focus on Afrocentric Educational Materials and lesson plans for Black Homeschoolers and Educators of Black Students.

Teaching Black History: This section includes information about websites that focus on educating others about Black / African American History.

Teaching about Africa: This section includes information about websites that focus on educating others about Africa, African Culture, and Historical African Events.

All about Kwanzaa: This section includes information about websites that focus on Kwanzaa information, resources, products, and online activities.

African and African American Folktales Online: This section includes information about websites that focus on collecting and displaying African / African American Folktales.

Afrocentric / Multicultural Online Games and Activities: This section includes information about websites that focus on hosting online games and activities with Afrocentric or Multicultural themes.

Afrocentric / Multicultural Online Resources: This section includes information about websites that focus on promoting or selling Afrocentric / Multicultural products, services, and resources.

Blicks: Black Flicks for Families & Kids: This section includes information about websites that feature quality Black Movies, Short films and Animated Cartoons for Black Families to enjoy online or purchase in DVD and/or VHS format.

Black Bookstores: Find Afrocentric Literature for Kids and Teens Online: This section includes information about websites that feature black books, specifically those for young children and teens.

College Preparation for Minority Students: This section includes information about websites that feature books, scholarships, and other resources for minority students preparing for college.

Black Teenpreneurs & Career Planning for Minority Students: This section includes information about websites that foster teen entrepreneurship among black youth and provide career planning resources and opportunities for minority students.

General Black Resources Online: This section includes information about websites that offer black resources in general, with a particular focus on youth orientated content.

Black Freebies Online for Families and Children: This section includes information about websites that offer freebies to Black Online Viewers.

A Few Words from the author:

I designed this particular guide for Black Parents who are interested in making Afrocentric Learning and exposure to Black Culture an integral part of their children’s development. From support groups to online activities, within this book is an extensive list of over 200 links created just for you and your children. Though it’s often times hard to tell, the internet is actually filled with an increasing number of positive, multicultural web pages. Some are a little harder to find than others, but that’s why you have me to do the searching so all you have to do is sit back and enjoy the sites!

~LaShanda Henry

*This e-Book includes the following type of cultural web links: Black, African, African American, Afrocentric, Africentric, Multicultural.

Also available at lulu.com: www.lulu.com/content/459061

College Preparation Tips for the Single Parents

2007-03-27T20:40:00.000-07:00

Great post:

Many times Single Parents get left out of the loop when they are filling out the financial portion of the college application, CSS Profile, or FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) for registering their child(ren) for college. I would like to provide the following tips:

Tip 1: FAFSA Report or CSS Profile

If you do not agree with your FAFSA report or CSS Profile, you can appeal or file a financial hardship with the individual college/university. In many cases, forms such as the FAFSA or CSS Profile do not provide an accurate picture or account of a family's financial situation. If you disagree with their assessment of your financial situation, you can submit a financial hardship letter with the college or university and provided them additional information on your financial status. This will allow the college/university to review your financial aid application and then you can try to get them to adjust your previous financial award packet. For instance, if the FAFSA SAR report states you can pay an EFC (Eligible Family Contribution) of $10,000 per year, but you know that your current financial situation won't allow you to pay that type of money per year. You can write a letter of financial hardship showing the reason why you can't pay the money. Also, it will show what impact it would have on your current income and obligations if you do. Please note this is done on a case by case basis and it is up to the college or university if they want to adjust your award letter. This is normally approved via the Director of Financial Aid or Financial Aid committee.

Tip 2: Non-custodial Parent Waivers:

If you are a single parent and do not want to consider the income of the Non-custodial Parent when they evaluate your family contribution, you can ask for a Non-custodial Parent waiver from the college or university. If approved, the college or university will not consider the income of the Non-custodial Parent, but rather the Custodial Parent only. You must contact each college/university on the process for applying for the waiver. Also, if you plan on asking for a Non-custodial Parent Waiver from a college or university, you don't have to include that non-custodial parent information on your FASFA, CSS Profile or college application information.

Tip 3: Denial Letters:

If you have been denied acceptance because of your GPA/test results and not because they had an overflow of students to apply, you might be able to still submit a letter asking them to consider you or your child for enrollment at the college or university. Many times you will have to talk to the Director of Admissions or the President in smaller colleges to prove why your child should be consider to attend the college/university. Many colleges/universities have allowance for special circumstances. One of your arguments could be to show the improvements that your child has made over the last one-two years of high school. Showing that the child is focus and can maintain the requirements to keep the grades required attending and graduating from the college/university.

Tip 4: Visiting the College/University

I advise anyone who has a college or university that they are seriously considering to make an appointment to visit the college or university prior to making your selection or trying to sell the case of why you or your child should be admitted or provided additional financial assistance. One college director from a prestige college told me that it makes a difference when the parent comes in person to make a case for financial assistance. Overall, you should seek and believe in the impossible and to not give up until the "fat lady sings".
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Tip 5: Waivering College Application Fees

If you would like for your child to apply for more than one college and you can't afford the applications fee you can do the following:

1. If your child is on free or reduce lunch you can ask your school for a waiver of fees, if the school allows waivers. Please verify with the college/university if they allow for waivers of fees.

2. If you have a financial hardship you can check with the college/university to see the procedure for getting a waiver.

Tip 6: Scheduled a One on One Meeting with the Guidance Counselor
It is important that you take the "we" approach in your child's future. Although many schools have a big meeting with the parents, students and gudiance counselor to go over college preparation and what is expected in the process. The parent along with the child needs to scheduled a one-on-one at the beginning of the school year. The meeting will allow you and your child to answer any questions or concerns you may have.

There is already a pre-determined college time-line process and you must be on their time and not yours.

Please don't leave the meeting still needing answers, if you can't get them all schedule another meeting in the future.

Remember what you put in the preparation process will determine what you get out.

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Real Black Music Videos

2006-08-15T18:03:00.000-07:00

Check out my new blog: Real Black Music Videos and watch the videos we hardly get to see on tv from postive alternative hip hop to neo soul, reggae, contemporary gospel, spoken word and the blues.

Black Music as it should be:
http://realblackmusicvideos.blogspot.com/

Immigrant Blacks Outperforming Native Blacks?

2006-07-19T17:53:00.000-07:00

Are Immigrant Blacks Outperforming Native Blacks? Read this article.

Harvard Offering Free Tution

2006-07-19T15:50:00.000-07:00

This post is originally from an Izania Forum

This program at Harvard is targeting poor children. Our children are disproportianately poor. It would be wonderful to challenge poor Black children to aspire to one of the highest regarded institutions in our country.If you know of a family earning less than $40,000 a year with an honor student graduating from high school soon, Harvard University wants to pay the tuition. The prestigious university recently announced that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families can go to Harvard for free...no tuition and no student loans! To find out more about Harvard offering free tuition for families making less than $40,000 a year visit Harvard's financial aid web site at: or call the school's financial aid office at (617) 495- 1581. http://fao.fas.harvard.edu/index.htm

View orginal post on izania

New Black Movie Trailers Blog

2006-04-12T12:28:00.000-07:00

In an effort to show our Black Films some love, I created the Black Movie Trailers Blog: a place to find and watch the latest movies that show case African American Actors and Actresses. Plus I've put together a list of links to find more information about Black Movies, film festivals, celebrities, and other forms of Black Media Entertainment.

Black Movie Trailers Blog
Officicial Url: http://blackmovietrailers.blogspot.com/

Get College News on Black People News

2006-04-02T14:02:00.000-07:00

Black People News is a site for those interested in finding and subscribing to Black Interest News. This site currently includes feeds from over 100 Black websites. Do you have a Black feed to share? Let me know about it.

Current BPN Categories:

Black People News brought to you by Urban Dynamics

Urban Movie Contests and Black Freebies

2006-03-31T14:56:00.000-08:00

Contests and Giveaways are any students dream come true. At least that statement was true for me. Here are a few current web freebie finds:

BlackStudents.com Great Resource

2006-03-30T13:09:00.000-08:00

BlackStudents.com is a FREE weekly email newsletter featuring the latest news, tips, and opportunities for African-American high school and college students. The service is 100% FREE. It's a great newletter to signup for. You'll always have something informative and useful in your InBox.

BlackStudents.com
http://blackstudents.blacknews.com/

Black Freebies

2006-01-28T20:05:00.000-08:00

Black Freebies is a new yahoo group, created to keep African American Web viewers in the know about free stuff online. Free downloads, games, software, information, contests, give aways, etc. The best part about this site is that most of the content IS Black Stuff, made by Black Folks, made for Black Folks, or useful to Black Folks. Feel free to join and share.

Black Freebies: http://blackfreebies.msoyonline.com

Tom Joyner Foundation and Walt Disney World Resort team up to offer internships

2006-01-17T12:53:00.000-08:00

The Walt Disney World Resort® is excited to partner with the Tom Joyner Foundation to bring awareness to the multitude of opportunities we have to offer college students. They strongly believe that it takes all Cast Members to create the magic that has made Disney famous around the world.

At Walt Disney World, Professional Internship participants work in a high-energy environment, gain resume building skills and network with Disney professionals. They offer internships in a variety of different areas such Engineering, Animal/ Zoological Sciences, Entertainment, and a whole lot more.

[Click here to visit BlackAmericaWeb.com for more details]

Black Students and College Scholarships

2005-12-02T08:35:00.000-08:00

Here are a few helpful sites for scholarship information:

www.collegeboard.com
www.collegescholarships.com
www.collegeview.com
www.scholarships.com
www.collegenet.com
www.finaid.org
www.BlackExcel.org/link4.htm
www.college-scholarships.com/100college.htm
www.sageworks.net
www.ets.org/aid.html
www.fastweb.com
www.educaid.com

The Black College Experience On Film

2005-10-31T14:08:00.000-08:00

It's not often that black college students get to see their experiences in the media, so it's especially great when such an opportunity arises.

$27.99
A Different World ..

From the creators of the top-rated THE COSBY SHOW comes A DIFFERENT WORLD, a fresh funny situation comedy that follows the triumphs, trials, and tribulations of students of Hillman College. This half-hour spin off of the top rated THE COSBY SHOW, was the first ensemble situation comedy to immerse America in student life at a historically black college. Enjoying a successful 6-run season run on NBC, from 1987 to 1993, A DIFFERENT WORLD bas been widely honored for its sensitive, intelligent treatment of contemporary issues.

BET's College Hill: The Black Real World, is a reality show about a house filled with African AMerican College Students. It isn't always perfect, but it's one step closer to exploring Black College Life.

BET also has "The Center" on it's program lineup. The Center is a mix of music and high school / college tips.

IMU and mtvU production is an online series about college couples keeping in touch with a little technology and a lot of love. The first season's winners was an African AMerican couple Jackson and Marianna. Black, smart, and inlove. Everything I like to see.

Financial Aid for International Students

2005-10-31T14:03:00.000-08:00

International Financial Aid seems to be a good website
EduPass – Financial Aid for International Students (a lot of good information)

Applying to College on a Budget

2005-10-31T13:38:00.000-08:00

Getting into college costs money. Application fees, private tutors, SAT preparation, all these things and more can add up to big bucks. Here a few web resources for parents and students interested in applying to college on a limited budget.

SAT Fees and Fee Wavers
The Key1 and Key2 are free cds about Historically Black Colleges and Unviersites for Hispancs offered by Ember media.
The Salliemaefund: Offers free College Preparation video and publications. The Sallie Mae Fund, a charitable organization sponsored by Sallie Mae®, achieves its mission—to increase access to higher education for America's students—by supporting programs and initiatives that help open doors to higher education, prepare families for their college investment, and bridge the gap when no one else can. The Sallie Mae fund also provides information aboutcollege tours and scholarships.
The CollegeBoard.com provides a great deal of information for high school students.
CitiGroup college planning GuideSAT Prep Advice

College and Career Goals

2005-10-31T13:28:00.000-08:00

Every young adult has the potential to be the world's next Triple Threat: Intelligent, Talented, and Successful. The key to T3 status is self-determination and parental support. Go beyond covering the academic bases in and outside of school. Find those extra-curricular activities and keep exploring. Get on board with college preparation and start building a career for tomorrow, today.

Looking Back and Moving Forward

In hindsight we can all look back on our education and pinpoint experiences that demonstrate our genuine love of learning. However in the midst of tests and overdue books, a love of learning wasn't necessarily the thing that got us through. More often than not, a major source of academic motivation is the end result of our efforts. At the bottom of the Academic Rainbow students are hoping to find the sweet pot of gold that is a successful career. They have dreams about where they are going in life, and questions about how to get there.

For years the parental answer to the question of success has been "Books now and business later." Many young people grow up with the notion that good grades guarantee great jobs, but this isn't exactly true. Colleges are looking for more than a perfect SAT score, and employers want their employees to have more than the best degrees. In today's modern society, students are encouraged to be well rounded people. After a long day of classes young people are expanding their responsibilities, going out into the world, and revealing themselves as political activists, entrepreneurs, and inventors.

The voice of young people has grown to a point where adults are actively listening. With the ever growing development of technology, and especially after the Dot-Com Boom, corporations are investing a great deal of time and money into Career Planning for Teens. Many employers have figured out that high quality staff is comprised of highly trained employees, and what better time to start training than at a young age.

With this thought in mind, the organizations listed here focus on internships and career training.

The National Foundation for Teach Entrepreneurship [www.nfte.com]
120 Wall Street, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10005, (212) 232 3333
NFTE's mission is to teach entrepreneurship to low-income young people, ages 11 through 18, so they can become economically productive members of society by improving their academic, business, technology and life skills. NFTE's programs are offered in a variety of settings including public schools, after-school programs at community-based organizations, and intensive summer business camps.

All Stars Project Inc. [www.allstars.org/programs/index.html]
543 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036, (212) 941-9400
Joseph A. Forgione Development School for Youth
The Development School for Youth is a 12-week leadership training and career education program for young people aged 16-21 that focuses on development. It is at the forefront of a new trend in education that recognizes that having non-school-based learning opportunities, known as "supplemental education," is critical to children's success in school and the world beyond.

LEAD [www.leadprogram.org]
14 E. Hartwell Lane, Philadelphia PA 19118, (215) 753-2490
Recognizing that a lack of role models in corporate America was discouraging students from underserved communities from pursuing careers in business, executives at McNeil Pharmaceutical launched LEAD at The Wharton School in 1980. LEAD aims to create an innovative and intensive summer business program that would serve as the foundation for lifelong partnerships between outstanding students and the nation's leading corporations and business schools.

INROADS [www.inroads.org]
120 Wall St., 31st Floor, New York, NY 10005, (212) 425-8300
The mission of INROADS is to develop and place talented minority youth in business and industry and prepare them for corporate and community leadership. INROADS seeks high performing African American, Hispanic, and Native American Indian students for internship opportunities with some of the nation's largest companies.

YouthBuild USA [www.youthbuild.org]
Urban Strategies Youthbuild, 294 Sumpter Street, Brooklyn, NY 11233, (718) 919-3600
In YouthBuild programs, unemployed and undereducated young people ages 16-24 work toward their GED or high school diploma while learning job skills by building affordable housing for homeless and low-income people. Strong emphasis is placed on leadership development, community service, and the creation of a positive mini-community of adults and youth committed to success.

YouthBuild USA offers students and graduates opportunities for:
-Career and academic advancement
-Leadership roles in the YouthBuild Alumni Association, YouthBuild National Leaders Council and other community development organizations that can have impact beyond their local communities
-Civic engagement and community service
-Asset building and financial management skills through IDA and asset trust programs
-Networking through conferences and youth councils

Highschoolstartups [www.highschoolstartups.com]
This website is intended for young people serious about starting a business on the web. Highschoolstartups.com contains nuts and bolts advice, methods of encouraging entrepreneurship among young people, and an understanding of how youth can actually give you an advantage as an entrepreneur.

For the complete listing pick up a copy of A Better Today Brings a Brighter Tomorrow, a resource guide for African American young people and their parents. Visit www.lulu.com/msoy for more details.

About the Author:
This article is an excerpt of A Better Today Brings a Brighter Tomorrow, (abt.msoyonline.com) a resource guide for African American parents, self-published by LaShanda Henry. Visit lulu.com/msoy to purchase a copy of this book or email lhenry@msoyonline.com for details.

© LaShanda Henry 2005

NOTE: You are welcome to forward or “reprint” this article online as long as it remains complete and unaltered (including the “about the author” info at the end and the copyright notice), and you send a copy of your reprint to lhenry@msoyonline.com.

Watkins Shares the Secrets of College Success with Black Students

2005-10-31T13:03:00.000-08:00

Step up and go to college with the help of Dr. Boyce Watkins, best know for his books and public speakings geared towards helping African American students succeed in college. Check out Dr. Watkin's Tips for Students

$11.04
Quick and Dirty Se..

Quick and Dirty Secrets of College Success: A Professor Tells It All
This book provides inside secrets for being successful at the collegiate level. Dr. Watkins uses his 11 years of experience teaching at the collegiate level to break down the college process in ways that students understand. The book lists everything that a student needs to know in a shortened, list format so that the student can get the information very quickly without having to read very much. He uses lyrics, rhymes, short stories and creative poetry to bring his point across, followed by a list of "Dos" and "Don'ts" that students can follow with ease. This book is the secret to knowing the inside scoop on how to be a kick butt college student!

$15.26
Everything You Eve..

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About College: A Guide For Minority Students
According to one amazon.com book reviewer, "Watkins provides a very realistic viewpoint of what Black college students go through."

Higher Learning

2005-10-31T12:45:00.000-08:00

An opportunity can often be so close we can taste it, but too secret for us to find it. This is very common with respect to academic opportunities for people of color. Lacking proper promotion, funding, and advertising, many noteworthy programs become no more than word-of-mouth myths. For this reason msoy is dedicated to sharing such opportunities with you. Click here to explore what's available in Higher Learning - Not just about college, its about your future.

Higher Learning includes information about:

Pledge Time

2005-10-31T12:31:00.000-08:00

If you would like to learn about African American Sororities and Fraternities here are two good web resources:

Step By Step College Prep

2005-10-31T11:53:00.000-08:00

From first generation applicants to Mr. Harvard's great-great-grandchildren every student has questions, and every parent wants the answers. What school is the right school? What is the application process like? Who can get financial aid? Where do people go for help? It's normal to feel like you are caught in a whirlwind of questions. These are the thoughts in every college-bound students head, and every household chooses to deal with them differently.

For some families, the answers come in the form of private tutors, curriculum advisors, the best SAT courses. Unfortunately these solutions can be as expensive as they are successful. For those families in which financial concerns often outweigh academic opportunities there are available cost-effective solutions. In the spirit of college diversity and higher education for every child, both the government and nonprofit sector have developed a number of pre-college programs. These programs are an extension of after school initiatives, with a more specific objective. Beyond providing academic assistance, they identify low-income and first-generation college students and provide them with encouragement, support and assistance. Students participate in rigorous courses and projects designed to exemplify the standards and teaching styles one will come across in college. In between these sessions both students and parents participate in workshops and tours to gradually familiarize themselves with the college process.

A large percentage of these programs are located on college campuses, which is the ideal setting for a number of reasons. Many of their target students have never been on a college campus, so this is a great experience for them. In addition to becoming more familiar with the setting, they become more comfortable in it. While attending classes after school or on the weekends they gain access to campus resources. The computer labs, libraries, and cafeterias are among the few areas they will begin to visit on a regular basis. In conjunction with program coordinators and teachers, these activities are generally facilitated by college students who assume the role of tutors and/or chaperones. Their presence is an integral component to the pre-college process. With the advantage of being relatively close in age to their students, tutors can effectively become both role models and teachers, sharing valuable life lessons in a very unique and personal way.

Here is a listing of NYC based Pre-College Programs:

Gateway Institute for Pre-College Education
The City College of The City
University of New York
160 Convent Avenue,
Harris Hall Room 06
New York NY 10031
www.gateway.cuny.edu
(212) 650.6088

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Lehman College: College Now/High School Programs
College Now prepares high school students for college by providing enrichment workshops and access to credit-bearing college-level courses.
College Now Program at
Lehman College
Carman Hall, Room 189
250 Bedford Park Blvd. West
www.lehman.edu/provost/enroll
mentmgmt/collegenow/
(718) 960-8932

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Summer in New York
A Pre-College Program
Office of Pre-College Programs
Barnard College Columbia University
3009 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
www.barnard.edu/pcp
(212) 854-8866

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Pre-college Science Collaborative for Urban Minority Youth
The American Museum of Natural History offers this program to high school juniors. Students develop, conduct, and present a science research project with the guidance of a science mentor and the program's science educators. Eleventh grade minority students willing to commit to a two-year program of independent research are encouraged to apply.

Department of Education
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024
www.amnh.org/education/precollege.html
(212) 769-5180.

Additional Programs with bases on multiple college campuses:

Liberty Partnerships Program
The Liberty Partnerships Program (LPP) was created in 1988 as a legislative response to New York's school dropout rate. The goals of LPP are to (1) establish collaborative and supportive partnerships between degree-granting postsecondary education institutions, public and non-public K-12 schools, parents, and other stakeholders that will develop and implement comprehensive programs designed to improve the abilities of at-risk youth to (2) graduate from high school and (3) prepare for competitive entry into postsecondary education and the workforce.*

*Liberty Partnerships Program, http://www.highered.nysed.gov/kiap/PCPPU/lpp/home1.htm

Science and Technology Entry Program
The STEP program prepares talented junior high school and high school students for scientific, technical, and health-related careers. STEP seeks to increase the representation of historically under-represented minorities and economically disadvantaged persons in these fields.

Upward Bound Program
Mission: Provide opportunities for participants to succeed in pre-college performance and ultimately in higher education pursuits. Upward Bound serves high school students from low-income families, high school students from families in which neither parent holds a bachelor's degree, and low-income, first-generation military veterans who are preparing to enter postsecondary education. The goal of Upward Bound is to increase the rates at which participants enroll in and graduate from institutions of postsecondary education.
www.ed.gov/programs/trioupbound

For the complete listing pick up a copy of A Better Today Brings a Brighter Tomorrow, a resource guide for African American young people and their parents. Visit www.lulu.com/msoy for more details.

About the Author:
This article is an excerpt of A Better Today Brings a Brighter Tomorrow, (abt.msoyonline.com) a resource guide for African American parents, self-published by LaShanda Henry. Visit www.lulu.com/msoy to purchase a copy of this book or email lhenry@msoyonline.com for details.

© LaShanda Henry 2005

NOTE: You are welcome to forward or “reprint” this article online as long as it remains complete and unaltered (including the “about the author” info at the end and the copyright notice), and you send a copy of your reprint to lhenry@msoyonline.com.

One Sista's Dreams of Success

2005-10-31T11:48:00.000-08:00

Shacoya had dreams of graduating High School, going on to college, and reaching her dreams of success. Check out Shacoya's story in her freevibe.com national advertisement. It's great to see tv ads promoting Black Students with goals and aspirations.

Black Parenting Blog

2005-10-31T10:27:00.000-08:00

The Black Parenting Blog (http://blackparenting.blogspot.com ) is a resource blog for African American parents. If you can't find it on Black Parenting, let me know, and I'll work on putting something together. Submit post requests, comments, and articles to lhenry@msoyonline, subject: Black Parenting Blog.