Congratulations Jurnee and Mario. Please continue to do positive things.
Morehouse is still an excellent institution. Glad to see them reaching out to the community.

That’s great!

This whole post-Thats whats up! Mario is such cutie! I am up waaaaaaaaaay to early!

Jurnee needs to hurry up and marry me.

Good job Mario.. reading is fundamental.

Morehouse ‘06 Stand up!

Damn, Jurnee Smollett is turning into a fine young actress and activist doing something good with her name and fortune. *applause*

Jurnee could you call Megan Goode and see what went wrong?

Is it me or does it seem like more and more Black people are going above and beyond the call of duty to help others?

It is the Obama effect.

wow! Jurnee is an angel

Great job Jurnee!

LOVE JURNEE!!!!! SHE’S THE NEXT HALLE BERRY….JUST WATCH!!!!!

Good Deal!!! I wish both of them the best with there success!!!

Mario is so Sexy.

Thanks for posting this CL.
Its good to see people making a positive influence on other peoples lives. I feel like we get so caught up in trivial stuff sometimes, and then forget what is really important. Give back people!! It’s important!

Swaziland is not in South Africa- its a country on its own- next to south africa. This is good work Jurnee is doing

# 6 DukesMan2000…I have noticed more and more black folks stepping up to the plate and more going above and beyond the call of duty also.

I’m in college now, and I don’t have that much longer to go before graduation but I’m kinda wishing I had gone to a HBCU. Maybe I’ll get my graduate degree from one, we’ll see. Morehouse’s summer program is gives young men something constructive to do during the summer break and helps them advance, and realize their potential. I see only great things comming from this prgram and many others to follow.

good job mario and jurnee!! keep up the good work, im so proud of ya’ll!!!!

Beautiful!!

Love this post! I love seeing young folks making moves! Beautiful!

Jurnee - Good Look… Im so happy for her… She has staying power in this industry… Very talented.

Mario - Good Look for you as well… Good to see them trying to give back and do the right thing.

Morehouse summer program is a great idea.

This is just wonderful…what the world needs!! Keep it up guys!!! We aLL need to help…

I like Jurnee and its great what she’s doing! Keep it up!

I love Jurnee! Do that shit girl!!!

GREAT JOB Jurnee…..making US proud…..

This is a great post! Something positive that is going on in our community, and not all the negative crap that has been happening lately. Great way to start my day off! Thanks

I love this! It’s great to see young black celebrities giving back and helping others….

Putting that fame to use…..

Mario and Journee swell my heartstrings… Love them.. they both stay grinding on social issues….

Blessings all over the world!

Wonderful! Thanks for sharing this news…now this is stuff we should be encouraging on all blogs.

MOREHOUSE! FINEST MEN ON THE PLANET!

GREAT post! I hope to see more of this!

Jurnee Smollett - Is truly beautiful inside and out.
Mario - Happy he is helping the youth too

Naomi Campbell is THE woman! Too fierce too handle!
I knew there was a reason why I liked Jurnee Smollet. But come to think of it…why don’t they ever name ambassador to east europe countries where aids poverty and drugs strike too? Just wondering why some regions in africa are always under the spotlight as if it was the only place on earth with aids and poverty. Well more to the topic, the morehouse programm “sounds” good…
Hey Mario!

Now see, this is why I LOVE CL!!!! You all keep it fair and balanced. Keep up the good work Jurnee and Mario! Really good to see them answer the call of public service. Hey when is Mario’s new album coming out?

JURNEE! yes gurl, ur a great role model! she’s real kewl man. congrats to you chica.

Big ups to MOREHOUSE! thas wat i’m talkin’ abt! great idea.

Mario, good looking out.

Awww what a good little Smollett…..

Jodi

this is for u number 12

nobody said that Swaziland is in South Africa, smart ass!

If you read the post it clearly says…States COMMA, Swaziland COMMA South Africa…..

Journee should play Angela Davis in her Bio pic!!

YEA!!!! I like reading these kinda posts!!! Get it CL!!! I love Mario too, I just found his GO CD in my car and been bumpin it since!! Yum Yum!!! Jurnee is so pretty, she has that fresh and natural look. Very pretty. Was she the chick in Roll Bounce?? Just curious….

Why is it so much for a fee though?

im glad someone like jurnee is doing what she do
and somebody like mario…
didnt expect it but keep up the good work!

christina milian is just messy. she’s all up on The Dream, how weird that The Dream is producing a few songs for mariah and Niick is producing his videos.

Note:

Christina, Mariah is marriaged to nick, that union is protected by god. You will never have mariah’s hair texture or her voice.

Your sad Christina milian.

Finally a break from bs!

This is one of the best posts-young black celebs doing positive things!

The Morehouse program sounds wonderful!

Jurnee Smollett is a role model

Jurnee “Boule” Smollett is at it again, lol. These type of things are so phony and contrived. For black American people, any black American person at all, to go to Africa to “help”, “teach”, or “assist” the Africans would mean that black people are at the point where they can help someone. That is not the case at all, because black people in America are the most confused people on the planet earth. The only thing that black Americans can do, in any capacity on a worldwide scale, is be representatives for the white man. If the South Africans wanted or were able to solve their problems, they would remove the caucasians from their land, and while they’re at it they’ll kick black representatives of the white man out as well. Watch how quickly things would get better for them if they did. What is she going to do, teach the young South African women how to wear tight jeans, show half their behind, and get tattoes like the black American woman? She’s going to teach a people that have lineal knowledge of their customs about sex, lol? When the black American woman has the highest rate of AIDS? Yeah, ok.

Judah your statement has no basis. If Jurnee or any African-American, or better yet any individual can assist, teach or better the life of someone else they should. Why do you believe African-Americans are monolithic? Jurnee does not respresent all African-Americans and therefore her efforts do not imply that African-Americans have reached the finish line so to speak. We never will and we should not strive to be better off. We should strive daily to be better than the previous generation and help others on this never ending journey of success.I am only sorry for you because you spew the ignorance that is Prejudice. To be better doesn’t mean to do without another race it means helping yourself as you help others. After all if only one race is getting ahead then we might as well be living in slavery times.

HU………….. U KNOW.

Furthermore, Jurnee has spoken to over 5,000 inner city youth at middle and high schools about sex and HIV/AIDS with her project, Positively Speaking through the Los Angeles Unified School Distric in the past year not to mention her work for the Obama Campaign, her work with pipeline to Prison and work with the Children’s Defense Fund and the Black AIDS Institute. So know your stuff before you turn something positive into a negative. We could take a cue from her cuz she’s only 22.

Hi Judah,

I see you are on your high horse today. I wonder what you do in your life, you must be making a hell of difference for us black americans for you to spout out the dribble that you do. I can appreciate that you have a difference of opinion and you can effectively voice your opinion, but for someone who is supposed to be so pro black why do you call her a name.

I happen to have met her, and the young sister is one of the most genuine, passionate and humble young lady I have ever met.

I would love to see her play Angela Davis.

Great post, thats my two cents keep the change

Good look
Black people have always been doing positive things….but that is not what is glamorized in the media….so we do need more posts like these….

wow big ups 2 jurnee!!

the morehouse thing sounds great but i wish that they would also reach out to the young men that DONT have A’s and B’s and $1,400 idk maybe sponsor some kids or something…that way the program can show them that there is something better out there and that someone wants to help them succeed in e

in life*

This is wonderful! *Hugzz to them both**. I always knew Jurnee was destined for greatness. She just have that “it”. Does anyone remember that show she and her siblings had on ABC back in the day? Or am I just showing my age! LOL