Phillip Jackson: Recognized by White House!

Phillip Jackson: Recognized by White House! Correspondent: MG Media On Tuesday, February 26th, the White House honored ten leaders who have devoted their time, efforts and showing leadership in helping further education among African Americans. “President Obama has made providing a complete and competitive education for all Americans – from cradle to career – a top priority,” said Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett. That’s why, last summer, he signed an executive order to establish the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans. This week, we look forward to welcoming Champions of Change, who've been working to prepare students for high school graduation, college completion, and productive careers.” The Champions of Change program was created as a part of President Obama’s Winning the Future initiative. Each week, the White House features a group of Americans – individuals, businesses and organizations – who are doing extraordinary things to empower and inspire members of their communities. Lets salute Chicagoan Phillip Jackson, CEO of the Black Star Project for being selected. He's as worthy and has earned this accolade. His commitment to education is as dedicated to our youth as any single person in this country. And he's paid the price terribly for his aggressive and in your face approach to getting everyone involved in educating little black boys and girls. TBTNews is extremely proud of you Phillip. Here are the honorees: Robert Balfanz from Baltimore, MD is a professor at Johns Hopkins University, School of Education, and Co-Director of the Everyone Graduates Center. He works to end the nation’s high school dropout crisis. Kyle Bacon is from Gaithersburg, MD and is an entrepreneur committed to youth development and community service. Esther L. Bush serves as the President and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh, which was recently ranked as one of the nation’s top performing affiliates. Hedy Chang from San Francisco, CA, directs Attendance Works, a national initiative aimed at advancing student success by ensuring educators, community partners, and families work together. Haben Girma is from San Francisco, and she empowers students with disabilities to become better self-advocates. She wants to become a disability rights lawyer. Michael Graham lives in Durham, North Carolina and works at the Durham VA Medical Center. He's devoted to community causes dedicated to children with special needs and their families. Phillip was born into and resided in public housing in Chicago. He graduated from Roosevelt University with honors in Philosophy and studied education at National College of Education. He's served as assistant budget director for the City of Chicago; chief of staff for Chicago Public Schools; chief executive officer for the Chicago Housing Authority and president and chief executive officer for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago. He's founder of The Black Star Project, which works to create globally competitive, compassionate, cooperative students, parents, families and communities. Becky James-Hatter is President and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri. As a former high school teacher, Becky has devoted her career to formulating and advancing initiatives related to youth, mentoring, and education. Erin Jonesis from Lacey, WA. She speaks four languages and earned a BA in Comparative Literature with a focus on literatures of the African Diaspora. She was named Most Innovative Foreign Language Teacher in 2007 and in 2008 she was selected as the Washington State Milken Educator of the Year. Joyce Parker, from Greenville, MS is the Director of Citizens for a Better Greenville. Joyce has a degree in Criminal Justice. She is part of the Prevention of Schoolhouse to Jailhouse Coalition, Mississippi Delta Catalyst Roundtable, and Fannie Lou Hammer Sister Roundtable.

Things you might not have known about your Cell Phone

This should be printed and kept in your car, purse, and wallet. Good information to have with you. There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it: FIRST (Emergency) The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile network and there is an Emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly, this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it out. SECOND (Hidden Battery Power) Imagine your cell battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370#. Your cell phone will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your cell phone next time. THIRD (How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone? To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following Digits on your phone: *#06# A 15-digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. If your phone is stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.

Wal-Mart Vs.The Morons

This was sent to me through e-mail, I knew immediately that I had to share this with everyone who read's my blog. "MUST" see! WAL-MART VS. THE MORONS (NOT A JOKE) I know lots of folks don't like Wal-Mart, but this is fascinating ........ PLEASE, READ THIS TO THE END. IT IS VERY INTERESTING!!! Wal-Mart vs. The Morons 1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at WalMart Every hour of every day. 2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute! 3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year. 4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target +Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined. 5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people, is the world's largest private employer, and most speak English. 6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the world. 7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger and Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only fifteen years. 8. During this same period, 31 big supermarket chains sought bankruptcy. 9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world. 10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had five years ago. 11. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at Wal-Mart stores. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 Billion.) 12. 90% of all Americans live within fifteen miles of a Wal-Mart. You may think that I am complaining, but I am really laying the ground work for suggesting that MAYBE we should hire the guys who run Wal-Mart to fix the economy. This should be read and understood by all Americans Democrats, Republicans, EVERYONE!! To President Obama and all 535 voting members of the Legislature It is now official that the majority of you are corrupt morons: a.. The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775. You have had 234 years to get it right and it is broke. b.. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to get it right and it is broke. c.. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get it right and it is broke. d.. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor" and they only want more. e.. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44 years to get it right and they are broke. f.. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 years to get it right and it is broke. g.. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before. You had 32 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure. You have FAILED in every "government service" you have shoved down our throats while overspending our tax dollars. AND YOU WANT AMERICANS TO BELIEVE YOU CAN BE TRUSTED WITH A GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM?? Folks, keep this circulating. It is very well stated. Maybe it will end up in the e-mails of some of our "duly elected' (they never read anything) and their staff will clue them in on how Americans feel. AND I know what's wrong. We have lost our minds to "Political Correctness" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Someone please tell me what the HELL's wrong with all the people that run this country!!!!!! We're "broke" & can't help our own Seniors, Veterans, Orphans, Homeless etc.,??????? In the last months we have provided aid to Haiti , Chile , and Turkey ..And now Pakistan ........previous home of bin Laden. Literally, BILLIONS of DOLLARS to say nothing about the handouts to ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS!!! Our retired seniors living on a 'fixed income' receive no aid nor do they get any breaks AMERICA: a country where we have homeless without shelter, children going to bed hungry, elderly going without 'needed' meds, and mentally ill without treatment etc, etc. Imagine if the *GOVERNMENT* gave 'US' the same support they give to other countries. Sad isn't it? What happened to the old rule, "Charity begins at home"? Another value we have discarded thanks to our elected officials... both parties! 99% of people won't have the guts to forward this. I'm one of the 1% -- I Just Did "United Saves America"