Locks Down ~ Clarice's Blog (7)

2009 ~ Circle of Sisters October 10th & 11th Location: Jacob Javits Convention Center, 1C ALL PROCEEDS FROM ~BOOTH # 111 ~ LOCKSDOWN BY DESHALAMAR ~ FOR THE TWO DAY EVENT , WILL BE USED TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OUR FIRST RESIDENCE FOR HOMELESS AMERICAN VETERANS, LOCATED ON LONG ISLAND NEW YORK~ TO GOD BE THE GLORY!!! As President of Deshalamar Community Development Corp. , I myself am a Honorably discharged Veteran. Having personal experience, working one on one with displaced Veterans… Continue

If you own a business targeting New York’s women of color, the 2009 Circle of Sisters is where you need to be this fall! Drawing over 35,000 people, this two-day event, taking place October 10th and 11th at Jacob Javits Center is a designed to unite, empower and celebrate women of color. Circle of Sisters is sponsored by WBLS-FM, WLIB-AM and Inner City Broadcasting. WBLS (107.5 FM) is the premiere African American Station in the New York area. Some of its top-rated shows include The Wendy Willia… Continue

Sometimes, we hear a story and it stays with us forever. I know a man, who's mother planted a seed of Gods love in him when he was very young, by doing that, she saved his life. She was divorced from his father, took care of him and his little sister, remarried a good man. On the night she was to give birth to his new little brother or sister, she hemreged, and died, the baby died too. Filled with grief, pain and contempt for everyone that couldn't save her including God, his whole world changed… Continue

help pass bill H.R. 6259 Current mood: blessed Category: Life Congressman Bob Filner introduced the bill to congress to require the Commissioner of Social Security to revise the medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person diagnosed with Huntington's Disease and to waive the 24-month waiting period for Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled by Huntington's Disease. Please contact your representatives and ask them to co-sponsor this bill!! [www. govtrack. us] Here it is, so pl… Continue

the history of Huntingtons Disease Current mood: blessed In the first part of the twentieth century and earlier, many people with HD were misdiagnosed as suffering from alcoholism or manic depression. * Middle Ages: People with the condition were probably persecuted as being witches or as being possessed by spirits, and were shunned, exiled or worse. Some speculate that the "witches" in the Salem Witch Trials in 1692 had HD. * 1860: One of the early medical descriptions of HD was made in 1860… Continue

Happy New Year Everyone! As 2008 comes to a close, it's a great time to look back on what we've accomplished in the last year and what we'll need to keep in mind as we move forward in 2009. Fortunately, there's one important step we can take today to keep us on track: Contact the Obama-Biden Transition Team for HD Earlier this month, Barbara Boyle, with a delegation of HDSA advocates, met with the staff of key Senate leaders (Senators Kennedy, Baucus, and Majority Leader Reid) to discuss how… Continue

Hello everyone! We want to thank everybody for supporting the LOCKS DOWN, and the Rock the Locs Fashion Show! God is good! and we're going to the next level! NFL here we come! Bob Glauber, of Newsday NFL Blog http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/football/bob_blog/2008/05/a_solution_to_whats_really_ail.html Continue