WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA) today announced major grants totaling in the millions of dollars for educational institutions and programs in Philadelphia that he has championed – including the Children’s Literacy Initiative and Mastery Charter Schools. “This is a great day for education in Philadelphia,” Fattah said. “These grants will fund ...
Washington, DC (PRWEB) September 20, 2010 Black farmer John W. Boyd, Jr. continues his daily rides on his tractor “Justice” from Virginia to Capitol Hill on Monday, September 20. Boyd, president and founder of the National Black Farmers Association, plans to make the ride through Washington, DC each day the Senate is in session, until ...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Legion testified to Congress on Sept. 16 that the Post 9/11 GI Bill, which provides veterans with the most comprehensive education benefits since World War II, should be extended to cover courses at non-degree granting institutions. Testifying before the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, Robert Madden of ...
By Josh Truman PHILADELPHIA, PA \ September 12, 2010 / DIVERSE NEWS — The mainstream media [MSN] made a big deal of just one (1) church that was going to burn Koran’s but apparently, they weren’t burnt. But here is one (1) guy who did burn some pages of one (1) Holy Koran giving the ...
Fairfield, Connecticut Massage Envy® Hosts Massage for the Cure Benefiting Susan G. Komen for the Cure® FAIRFIELD, Conn., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ — On Tuesday, September 14, 2010, Massage Envy will team up with Susan G. Komen for the Cure to help win the fight against breast cancer by hosting Massage for the Cure. During this ...
(Sayreville, NJ, September 9, 2010) GameServers.com, in an exclusive contract with Activision and Treyarch studios, announces that they will offer dedicated server rentals for the upcoming Call of Duty : Black Ops release scheduled for November 9, 2010. “We are extremely excited about this unprecedented relationship with Activision to offer dedicated servers exclusively for Black ...
Heroes to Send One Million Cards to Service Members Red Cross, Pitney Bowes Encourage Public to Send a Touch of Home to Service Men and Women WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes Inc. today launched the 2010 Holiday Mail for Heroes program to make sure military members, veterans, and ...
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says measuring success in Afghanistan will depend on determining what goals coalition forces have set.
National American Legion Convention, Milwaukee, WI. September 1, 2010 In what, he says, may be his last public speaking appearance before retirement from Congress, Rep. Steve Buyer (R-Ind.) used the American Legion convention in Milwaukee Wednesday as a platform for criticism of what he characterized as a partisan, hypocritical and misguided Congress. The nine-term Congress-man ...