Wednesday, April 15, 2009 |
Singer Michelle Williams is the latest celeb to pose in an advertisement for the ‘Until There’s A Cure’ campaign that advocates for HIV/AIDS awareness.
The foundation was founded in 1993 and past celebrity models included: The Rock, Raheem DeVaughn, Jessice Alba, Carmelo Anthony, Tony Hawk and more. Make sure to check out their official site for more information and to purchase your own bracelet for the cause.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009 |
A new study by the government’s National Center for Education Statistics says almost 1 in 5 American 4-year-olds is obese. According to the CDC, nearly 1 out of 3 children ages 2 to 19 is overweight or at risk of becoming overweight.
Boxing champ Laila Ali speaks about the importance of preventing childhood obesity along with Subway spokesperson Jared Fogle in the video above sponsored by the National Institute of Health’s We Can! Program.
Partnering with Subway restaurants, the program aims to reach families throughout the United States and beyond with practical tips and tools to help children and their parents maintain a healthy weight and prevent obesity. The program promotes three easy steps for preventing obesity: eat right, move more and limit screen time.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 |
Solange attends The Body Shop and MTV Networks’ Say Yes, Yes, Yes to Safe Sex event in New York on Tuesday.
Solange updated her twitter page earlier today with this info:
Today I have decided to dedicate myself to MTV’s “Staying Alive” campaign. Yes, Yes, Yes to safe sex to prevent HIV and AIDS. The Body Shop has created a great Lip Butter to support the campaign and proceeds go directly to the Staying Alive Foundation. This is a very scary topic, it could happen to ANY of us. 3,000 young people under 25 are infected with HIV daily! But it MUST be talked about!
My goal is to bring awareness in a very REALISTIC way. So many campaigns preach” Condoms Condoms Condoms” and it’s not getting thru..
Right now, there are over 33 million people living with HIV and AIDS around the world, and one of the main reasons is because people are having unprotected sex. You can do your part by taking to pledge to say yes to safe sex.
( PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES )
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Thursday, April 2, 2009 |
Lil Mama visits her fan Jasmina, a 6 year old that has leukemia and is in need of a bone marrow transplant, at NYU Hospital on Thursday, April 2nd in New York City.
Jasmina is desperately looking for a bone marrow donor and stars like Kelly Rowland, Vivica A. Fox and Rihanna are all making a call to action to save this little girls life, you can log on to www.oneforjasmina.com to get screened.
Lil’ Mama’s mother, Tara Kirkland died in 2007 after a four-year battle with cancer.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009 |
(L-R) Brian, Q, Tequilla, Willie, Robert and Mike
On Monday March 30th, MTV ‘MAKING THE BAND’ members Day 26 has joined the popular “Saving Our Daughters” speaking series presented by It’s Cool To Be Smart. The group spoke to 11th and 12th graders at McNair high school in Atlanta, Georgia on issues that affect young women (i.e. domestic violence, teen abuse, & women empowerment).
The group came out and warned over 300 teen girls about the dangers of domestic violence and how to stay away from it. “They really took their time to explain just how special young women are and I know that the ladies took every word in,” stated Tequilla Whitfield Artist Program Director/Mentor for It’s Cool To Be Smart/Saving Our Daughters.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009 |
Los Angeles visual artist Steven Lopez features singer/actress Erykah Badu in his latest addition to the “After Midnight” series, a collection of portraits celebrating notable musicians/singers, including Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Jill Scott, Sade and India.Arie, among others.
Lopez recently went to Badu’s home in Dallas, Texas to complete the signing of 100 limited edition prints which will be available for sale at midnight on April 15th, exclusively on aftermidnightsoul.com.
Part of the proceeds will be donated to Badu’s non-profit, Beautiful Love Incorporated Non-Profit Development (B.L.I.N.D.), a charity organization she established to provide community-based programs for inner-city youth.
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Thursday, March 26, 2009 |
On April 1 on PBS, viewers can tune-in to a new half-hours special, Coming Home: Military Families Cope With Change, featuring Queen Latifah, John Mayer and Elmo. This half-hour special, part of Sesame Workshop’s ongoing initiative, Talk, Listen, Connect, tells stories of service members who return home with injuries, visible and invisible, and explores the heroic struggles their families face in discovering a new way of finding a “new normal.”
On the episode Queen Latifah speaks on her father’s battle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD):
“My father actually suffered from PTSD. He was a veteran of Vietnam and I know he’s helped a lot of his friends from Vietnam and from other wars to try to get treatment and get help… it was very challenging for us as a family, so I can kind of relate to what the kids have gone through because it can challenge your relationships… [My father] just really explained that he saw a lot very difficult things that were hard to deal with and it was hard for him to deal with them emotionally and psychologically. I started to understand it. Luckily he sought treatment…and it really made a big difference because it helped him to recognize what was going on.”
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