Link: http://www.theringshout.com/ Author Martha Southgate sent everything that follows: After some births in the families of our founding circle–congrats to new mom for the second time, Bridgett Davis, new grandma, Alison Meyers, new dad ChrisContinue reading

Link: http://www.petitiononline.com/noaystim/petition.html Thanks to author Martha Southgate for this information: Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn NewsletterFebruary 26, 2009 Sign the Petition Opposing a Stimulus Bailout For Atlantic Yards——————————————————————- =============================================As the legal fight moves forward, your financialContinue reading

When We Were One Contest If you cannot view the email below properly, visit: http://zajiwrites.com/wwwocontest.html My first novel, When We Were One, is complete! And now, my first contest is afoot! The quick and dirty…Continue reading

Up South, Inc. in partnership with Medgar Evers Center for Black Literature present Voices and Visions of New American Dreams Celebrating a master storyteller TANANARIVE DUE American Book Award winner, Essence bestseller, and 2009 NAACPContinue reading

1) Explain what’s happening at NPR. Why is “News & Notes,” in addition to one other show, targeted for cuts as a result of this recession? Couldn’t the powers-that-be have found another way to cutContinue reading

Thank you to author Val Joyner for this link. Ted Kefalinos, owner of Lafayette French Pastry in the Village, is selling blackface caricatures of African Americans as cookies. (Talk about Eating the Other.) Please boycottContinue reading

Joyous elders, cranky kids, and a family rewarded by a detour to the port-a-potty: Everything that follows comes from Brooklyn-based writer and ringShout co-founder Martha Southgate: The inauguaration of Barack Obama. With more than aContinue reading

Yevette Richards Jordan Breaks it Down in a letter to NPR: Dear Mr Bolton, I heard your NPR discussion on the Reid story and I really disagree with your assessment. First, the Republican argument ofContinue reading

I joined Anthony Bradley of The Institute and Michael D. Cobb Bowen of The Conservative Brotherhood on today’s Bloggers’ Roundtable. Farai Chideya of NPR’s News and Notes moderates. Please listen to this 16 minute segment,Continue reading

“Depression is not a crime — it’s an illness.” – Terrie M. Williams Terrie M. Williams and Stay Strong: Healing Starts With Us (HSWU) Present“The Open Book” on BroadwayA Screening on What Depression Looks Like,Continue reading

gaza a great miracle happened here a festival of lights a casting of lead upon children an army feasting on epiphany i know nothing under the sun over the wall no one mentionssome must dieContinue reading

Activist poet and dear friend Suheir Hammad has sent a list of links to help us try to make sense of things. Please click around, and please provide other links, from any perspective on thisContinue reading

Carleen Brice has taken her campaign from the blogosphere to the mainstream press. Read her Washington Post article on marketing, race, and books by Black authors. And spread the word on the Black writers youContinue reading

The following comes from Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant: December 15, 2008“I thought I had a handle on my life—-then it broke off.” That’s what Thomasina “Tee” Hodges, the main character in our new book,Continue reading

Link: http://www.kmbc.com/video/17768384/index.html Click on this KMBC TV Kansas City report. A middle class African American college student returned a pair of shoes after finding another pair at a lower price. He discovered a racial slurContinue reading