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12/2/08
Here is another rare NON PR post. Sometimes, I just have to say things. Now we as women know that we can be a handful. So this is not a man bashing; so keep reading fellas as you are free to comment, in fact you're encouraged.
Back to the point: When your friends (or friends with benefits, or wives, or girlfriends or significant others) upset you or "piss you off" (for those of you who like to keep it gutta) there are so many ways to express your displeasure that will reach us faster. I am going to be generic, yet thorough. Bare with me, it gets better.
It's becoming apparant to me as I age that men and women have different versions of what is considered disrespectful. Let me list a few things that women find disrespectful...just for clarity:
1. Cheating (duh)
2. Intimate conversations with other women (see number 1)
3. Coming to pick us up or coming home late (depending on your living arrangement)
4. Not answering the phone when we call you and you're just "out with your boys"
5. Speaking to us differently when you are on the phone in front of your friends (see Beyonce's Say My Name)
6. Cussing us out or loud talking us (particularly in front of friends)
Now there are others, but thats a good start. Now lets talk about number six. Cussing someone out should be defined as calling them names that are also considred cuss words and usually doing it in an elevated voice. Sure there are cusswords that can be peppered throughout your conversation that are not cussing AT a person, per se, like "all the damn time" or "aint that some shit".
What I mean is Bitch this, F___ you, bitch. etc. That is soooo not the right way to get the result you want.
When you know the conversation is going bad and you're upset, try this: Listen ___________, I am not feeling this convesation right now, and we need to end it until we can talk later. Am I saying that she won't stil TRY to drill her point? She probably will. But guess what? She will HAVE to stop when she gets no response.
On the other hand, if SHE is calling you names without you breaking the rule, then the game changes; however, there are thousands of names you can call her without using the B word.... thousands. Try some of them. They work too, without the same damage.
If she is a good friend, or a lover, or a wife, or a friend with benefits, and she was a bitch, would you be with her? Probably not. If she's a "bump in the dark" and carries herself with no value, then maybe she can tolerate a few derogatory names, but fellas by all means, if you actually plan on getting a good response from someone on your list of valuable relationships, PLEASE find another word. That word does damage with repeated use. Consider that the warning on the side of the bottle.
Your comments are welcome. This has been one woman's opinion. Share your own.
2008 NAACP Freedom Fund Celebrity Weekend Features Special Closing Night Gala and Presentation of the Key to the City to ANTM Alum, Toccara Jones. Current Corporate and In-Kind Sponsors Include AK Steel, Miami University of Middletown and The Manchester Inn.
Middletown, OH - The NAACP Freedom Fund Celebrity Weekend, the largest local chapter event in the organization's history, announced today that Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter/producer, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds will serve as Honorary Chair of this year's Gala. In addition, serving as Honorary Co-Chair this year will be J. Phillip Holloman, President and COO of Cintas, a Nasdaq-100 company based in Cincinnati, Ohio that provides highly specialized services to businesses of all types throughout North America, reported sales of $3.7 billion in fiscal year 2007 and employs 34,000 partner-employees in more than 400 locations.
Realizing that freedom is not free, the purpose of the Freedom Fund banquet is to serve as the major fundraiser for scholarships and the general operations for the local NAACP which will afford each unit the resources to support the mission/vision of the NAACP which is that all people are entitled to political, social, economic, and educational rights free of racial hatred and discrimination.
This year's event, themed "Our Youth Are Our Future" will be held from Friday, October 31, 2008 – Saturday, November 1 and, for the first year, will feature a Celebrity Basketball Game, Youth Breakfast, Live, Silent and Online Auction events. Model, Actress and Television Personality, Toccara Jones, has been selected to receive the key to the City of Middletown and is our guest of honor during this weekend long event. Approximately 2,000 people are projected to be in attendance. Over the years, funds raised from this event have supported multiple civil rights and community development activities. This year, however, funds raised will be used to support our most vital asset in this community – our youth. All events will be held at Miami University of Middletown in various areas of the campus. Tickets are currently on sale and available for purchase at the event website www.celebrityweekend.co.nr.
The weekend-long festivities will feature live entertainment and for the first time, several celebrities will be in attendance to assist the chapter with fundraising efforts. The 2008 Freedom Fund Celebrity Weekend will culminate in the special closing night Gala, which will include a silent and live auction, dinner, photo opportunities and gift bags to selected guests, speakers and celebrities.
"I think this year stands to take the Middletown Area NAACP's Freedom Fund to a different level," says President of the Middletown Area NAACP, Anita Scott Jones. "Although we are not a big city, this event will have a big-city feel and will allow Middletown to be seen in a positive light by others. This year we are thinking out of the box with location, entertainment and the speaker. I am pleased to be a part of this new movement to include youth, seniors and all those in between while we continue to promote the educational, social, political, and economic rights of all people."
"We're thrilled to have an amazing artist like "Babyface" sign on as honorary chair for this year's festivities," said CulPatrice Foster, Event Coordinator of the Freedom Fund Celebrity Weekend. "The exciting lineup of celebrity and local talent rounds out our mission to raise funds and awareness for area youth programs as well as allows the local chapter to function throughout the year."
"I am honored to have been selected as the National Honorary Chair for this year's NAACP Middletown event," Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds shared. "I believe in the NAACP and without question support great programs that educate and empower today's youth in every community. For this reason, I openly and humbly accepted this invitation to serve the NAACP."
The event is still seeking marquis sponsorship from several area and national companies who have continued to support throughout the history of the chapter as well as attract new sponsor organizations that may not have been active in past events.
Notable Auction Items Include:
Authentic pearls valued at $500 from Pearl Paradise, a priceless autographed football from Cris Carter, former Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver, a seven-day Caribbean Cruise, Roundtrip Airfare and a five-night stay at Hyatt Resorts in Cancun or Acapulco, a hot air balloon adventure in the city of your choice including a hotel 2-night hotel stay, and many others. Auction and gift bag donations are currently being accepted.
For more information about the 2008 Freedom Fund Celebrity Weekend presented by the Middletown Area NAACP, please visit www.celebrityweekend.co.nr.
ABOUT THE NAACP:The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.
ABOUT KENNY "BABYFACE" EDMONDS: A 10-time Grammy winner with 11 solo albums of his own, Edmonds' impeccably crafted explorations of love, romance and relationships have made an indelible imprint on the evolution of contemporary pop music throughout the world: over 125 Top-10 R&B and Pop hits, 41 1 R&B hits, and 51 Top-10 Pop hits (including 16 1's), which have produced single and album sales in excess of over 100 million units.
2008 Freedom Fund Celebrity Weekend Events
FRIDAY October 31, 2008
Celebrity Basketball Game LOCATION: Bennett Recreational Center Miami University of Middletown
Celebrity Media Day for Radio and TV Outlets
SATURDAY November 1, 2008
Freedom Fund Youth Breakfast LOCATION: The Miriam Noll Campus Community Center Miami University of Middletown
Presentation of Youth Ambassador Award to outstanding area youth
VIP Reception
Silent Auction
Meet and Greet
RefreshmentsNAACP Freedom Fund Gala LOCATION: Finkelman Auditorium at Miami University Middletown Campus
Live Auction with Celebrity Auctioneers
Celebrity Performance
Celebrity keynote speech - TBA
Key to the City Presentation to Toccara Jones
www.celebrityweekend.co.nr
CONTACT: Toi Troutman for Press Inquiries, Auction or Gift Bag Donations and Celebrity RSVPs888-575-1241, gempublicity@gmail.com
CulPatrice Foster for Freedom Fund Weekend Tickets, Sponsorships and Information937-974-1325, mtocelebrityweekend@gmail.com
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3/18/08
Gary Sturgis to Co Star in Chicago Pulaski Jones
At long last, fans of Hollywood's favorite bad guy, Gary Anthony Sturgis ("Tyler Perry's Diary of Mad Black Woman", "Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls", "Pride"), will get a chance to see him do something totally different--comedy. That's right, Mr. Sturgis does have a funny bone and the golden voice can do more than frighten the good guy. Gary will be co-starring in the upcoming comedy, "Chicago Pulaski Jones", written by and starring Kel Mitchell and directed by Cedric The Entertainer, who also does a cameo in the film.
Sturgis was approached directly by Mitchell after they had established a friendship during several episodes of BET's game show "Take The Cake" on which Gary co-hosted with Toccara Jones and Kel was the guest.
Gary will be playing Mitchell's uncle in the film, a town hero by the name of Daddy Jay and the film promises some very funny moments from noted bad guy Mr. Sturgis. Though he will bring along the golden pipes for which he is famous, that will not be the focus of his character. When asked about his feelings on being seen in a comedic light vs. his famous bad-guy persona, Mr. Sturgis ecstatically replied, "I am a real actor...and real actors can do more than one character. I am not a bad guy in real life, so finally others can see me do something different and I'm grateful to Kel and Cedric for the opportunity."
This is not Gary's first comedic role. He has been seen in other comedies on the small screen such as "Malcolm and Eddie", "High Society" and most recently, "Girlfriends" where he was the object of character Joan Clayton's fantasy desires; and on the silver screen in the upcoming "The Adventures of Umbweki", directed by Sarah Poindexter.
Gary is available for on-set interviews during the week of March 24, 2008, and for magazine, television and radio interviews thereafter.
Chicago Pulaski Jones- written by Kel Mitchell and Janis Woody, stars Mitchell, Cedric, Tommy Davidson and Gary Sturgis. It centers around a young championship dancer, Jones (Mitchell), who heads to the big city for his shot at super stardom. On the day he arrives, his uncle (Sturgis) is murdered, leaving Jones to avenge his uncle's death vigilante style and alone. Cedric's manager and producing partner Eric C. Rhone is producing with Mitchell, Woody and Mathew Gray through Rhone and Cedric's A Bird and A Bear Entertainment. Cedric is exec producing. The film began production 3/10/08 in Los Angeles.
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----- BLACK PEOPLE, PLEASE, READ & HEED. POIGNANT.
The sad thing about this article is that the essence of it is true. The truth hurts. I just hope this sets more Black people in motion towards making real progress. Chris Rock, a Black comedian, even joked that Blacks don't read.Help prove them wrong! Read and pass on.Please Note:For those of you who heard it, this is the article Dee Lee was reading this m orning on a New York radio station. For those of you who didn't hear it, this is very deep. This is a heavy piece and a Caucasian wrote it.
Dee Lee, CFP
Harvard Financial Educators
Dee Lee
THEY ARE STILL OUR SLAVES. We can continue to reap profits from the Blacks without the effort of physical slavery. Look at the current methods of containment that they use on themselves: IGNORANCE, GREED, and SELFISHNESS.Their IGNORANCE is the primary weapon of containment. A great man once said, "The best way to hide something from Black people is to put it in a book." We now live in the Information Age. They have gained the opportunity to read any book on any subject through the efforts of their fight for freedom, yet they refuse to read. There are numerous books readily available at Borders, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon.com, not to mention their own Black Bookstores that provide solid blueprints to reach economic equality (which should have been their fight all along), but few read consistently, if at all.GREED is another powerful weapon of containment. Blacks, since the abolition of slavery, have had large amounts of money at their disposal. Last year they spent 10 billion dollars during Christmas, out of their 450 billion dollars in total yearly income (2.22%).Any of us can use them as our target market, for any business venture we care to dream up, no matter how outlandish, they will buy into it. Being primarily a consumer people, they function totally by greed. They continually want more, with little thought for saving or investing.They would rather buy some new sneaker than invest in starting a business. Some even neglect their children to have the latest Tommy or FUBU, And they still think that having a Mercedes, and a big house gives them "Status" or that they have achieved their Dream.They are fools! The vas t majority of their people are still in poverty because their greed holds them back from collectively making better communities.With the help of BET, and the rest of their black media that often broadcasts destructive images into their own homes, we will continue to see huge profits like those of Tommy and Nike. (Tommy Hilfiger has even jeered them, saying he doesn't want their money, and look at how the fools spend more with him than ever before!). They'll continue to show off to each other while we build solid communities with the profits from our businesses that we market to them.SELFISHNESS, ingrained in their minds through slavery, is one of the major ways we can continue to contain them. One of their own, Dubois said that there was an innate division in their culture. A "Talented Tenth" he called it. He was correct in his deduction that there are segments of their culture that has achieved some "form" of success.
However, that segment missed the fullness of his work. They didn't read that the "Talented Tenth" was then responsible to aid The Non-Talented Ninety Percent in achieving a better life. Instead, that segment has created another class, a Buppie class that looks down on their people or aids them in a condescending manner.
They will never achieve what we have. Their selfishness does not allow them to be able to work together on any project or endeavor of substance. When they do get together, their selfishness lets their egos get in the way of their goal Their so-called help organizations seem to only want to promote their name without making any real change in their community.
They are content to sit in conferences and conventions in our hotels, and talk about what they will do, while they award plaques to the best speakers, not to the best doers. Is there no end to their selfishness? They steadfastly refuse to see that TOGETHER EACH ACHIEVES MORE (TEAM).They do not understand that they are no better than each other because of what they own, as a matter of fact, most of those Buppies are but one or two pay checks away from poverty. All of which is under the control of our pens in our offices and our rooms.Yes, we will continue to contain them as long as they refuse to read, continue to buy anything they want, and keep thinking they are "helping" their communities by paying dues to organizations which do little other than hold lavish conventions in our hotels. By the way, don't worry about any of them reading this letter, remember, THEY DON'T READ!!!!(Prove them wrong. Please pass this on! After Reading it..)
Y B Hollywood?
