tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94002682024-03-13T20:27:31.341-07:00The Color Of A Black Girl: Poetry, Prose & Visual ArtBy Lorraine K. McCallbbehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01614382284899913100noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9400268.post-20374455942128669042011-07-08T15:17:00.001-07:002011-07-08T15:17:45.190-07:00Support = Change Campaign<object width="300" height="400" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10.0.0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"/> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="base" value="http://static.wix.com"/><param name="movie" value="http://static.wix.com/client/app.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="FlashVars" value="pageId=Cy__1x_W3CY-a&embedFormat=websites&embedID=3194908a-e15b-431d-b55e-d8bea90372a8&partner_id=WMGs4POB1ko-a" /><param name="scale" value="noScale" /><param name="salign" value="tl" /><embed src="http://static.wix.com/client/app.swf" quality="high" allowNetworking="all" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" FlashVars="pageId=Cy__1x_W3CY-a&embedFormat=websites&embedID=3194908a-e15b-431d-b55e-d8bea90372a8&partner_id=WMGs4POB1ko-a" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" height="400" base="http://static.wix.com" scale="noscale" salign="tl" ></embed></object><br/><a href="http://www.wix.com"><b>Free website</b></a> - <a href="http://www.wix.com/create/website" ><b>Powered By Wix.com</b></a>bbehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01614382284899913100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9400268.post-82651486821567842142011-01-21T10:31:00.000-08:002011-01-21T12:06:46.993-08:00The Crayons Girls Draw With Self-Development Program<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MWokg93sGFk/TTnXs5d03lI/AAAAAAAAAoY/TCo5IuceHgo/s1600/keeweeboy060500087.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 168px; height: 113px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MWokg93sGFk/TTnXs5d03lI/AAAAAAAAAoY/TCo5IuceHgo/s400/keeweeboy060500087.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564715980933094994" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><a href="http://www.wix.com/blackgirl/vor-community-visions"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;">Visions of Rainy, Inc.</span></a> is proud to partner with <a href="http://www.raisingexpectations.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#00CCCC;">Raising Expectations, Inc.</span></a> in a mission to make a positive impact on the inner city youth of Atlanta. Ten beautiful young ladies have been selected and awarded the LaVerne Douglas Scholarship in order to participate in </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Visions of Rainy, Inc. pilot after school program<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;"><i> </i></span><a href="http://crayonsgirlsdrawwith.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;"><i>The Crayons Girls Draw With</i></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;"><i> </i></span>Self-Development at Kennedy Middle School. During the course of 19 weeks, these young ladies will be afforded classes in the following fields: Visual Art, Dance, Photography, Environment, Meditation, Yoga, Creative Writing, Theater and Multimedia. On a weekly basis the students </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">will be sharing their life perspectives, art, vision, photographs and experiences will participating in this program. To show community support in their self-realization, please follow their entries leaving words of encouragement and input on The Crayons Girls Draw With blog site. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Visions of Rainy, Inc. thanks you in advance for the love, time and energy invested to support our mission of promoting the "Self-Literacy" of our youth via art education.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Sincerely,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Lorraine McCall, Founder | Executive Director</span></span></div>bbehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01614382284899913100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9400268.post-81372952924628742872010-10-08T12:48:00.000-07:002010-10-08T12:50:07.388-07:00Donations Needed!!!<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/edw2qPVaDwA?hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/edw2qPVaDwA?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>bbehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01614382284899913100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9400268.post-64333696195199259092010-10-02T04:32:00.000-07:002010-10-02T05:24:12.231-07:00Gift of Giving | The Color of A Black Girl Book<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MWokg93sGFk/TKcaZ1dizWI/AAAAAAAAAoE/iIc7XuAVb6w/s1600/book+presentation.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MWokg93sGFk/TKcaZ1dizWI/AAAAAAAAAoE/iIc7XuAVb6w/s400/book+presentation.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523412499143249250" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Donations of $2500 or more will receive a signed special limited edition of The Color of A Black Girl: Poetry, Prose & Visual Art Book packaged in doll box designed by Lorraine K. McCall. (See image)</span></span></span>bbehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01614382284899913100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9400268.post-29647952262538850742010-08-17T16:06:00.000-07:002010-08-17T16:07:49.141-07:00The Color of A Black Girl Gallery Show<object width="400" height="300" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"/> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="base" value="http://static.wix.com"/><param name="movie" value="http://static.wix.com/client/app.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="FlashVars" value="pageId=yNOeCZ57bBI-a&embedFormat=websites&embedID=;LtKowojpDAZiJVI9Erf;TtWRjibBAG3lzzeXpF2b06JZTjqwU2AmQXe7hlgQv0La&partner_id=WMGs4POB1ko-a" /><param name="scale" value="noScale" /><param name="salign" value="tl" /><embed src="http://static.wix.com/client/app.swf" quality="high" allowNetworking="all" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" FlashVars="pageId=yNOeCZ57bBI-a&embedFormat=websites&embedID=;LtKowojpDAZiJVI9Erf;TtWRjibBAG3lzzeXpF2b06JZTjqwU2AmQXe7hlgQv0La&partner_id=WMGs4POB1ko-a" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" base="http://static.wix.com" scale="noscale" salign="tl" ></embed></object><br/><a href="http://www.wix.com"><b>Free website</b></a> - <a href="http://www.wix.com/create/website" ><b>Powered By Wix.com</b></a>bbehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01614382284899913100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9400268.post-1147854898403466182010-07-05T10:25:00.000-07:002010-07-15T03:45:45.948-07:00The Color of A Black Girl is in Print!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MWokg93sGFk/TD7mH0pdo1I/AAAAAAAAAm8/IuSIQ1RaNOk/s1600/Slide1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MWokg93sGFk/TD7mH0pdo1I/AAAAAAAAAm8/IuSIQ1RaNOk/s400/Slide1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494081617504609106" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Lorraine K. McCall is the Author and self-taught Artist of The Color of A Black Girl: Poetry, Prose & Visual Art. A compilation of words assigned to various mediums of art ranging from accrylic paintings to graphically altered photographs that depict her journey to date as an African American woman. Her book is the catalyst for her upcoming tea bag workshop entitled The Crayon Girls Draw & Write With offered to girls age 10 and older as well as women. She dedicates this book to Black Girls that are in search of their voice and are beginning to define and create their own tangents in life.</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;">Excerpt |</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 204, 204); line-height: 20px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman';">Between the Blues that leaned on the walls of my mother’s bedroom and hung on the hangers attached to clothes, I knew in the third grade that it did not represent me. I requesting oranges, yellows, and reds for the following school year. While Blue was the only color to be seen at every turn, Black was the color spoken and assigned to me “Black Girl”, by the lips of my grandfather.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman';">How was I to know what it meant if his words never confessed what he saw within my inner child? Who are Black Girls’ who are named by people they love? Who do Black Girls’ become in a world that seems uninterested in our plight not to be defined but merely just be? Who affirms Black Girls’ beauty and promotes their self-worth? Where do you find a Black Girl that is not in search for understanding or reflections that look like she? What does a Black Girl sound like in a crowded room? Does she even recognize her own voice?<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman';">My grandfather would never know my nickname would cause me to climb on top of the bathroom sink to study the pigment of my face in the mirror. Only later to compare my physical attributes to all the girls in my fifth grade class and declare myself ugly. It would be my reason not to smile and the reason to shy away from being the center of attention. Before the day I confidently spoke my disposition, it was words attached to paper that kept me safe, sound and ensured that I didn’t go missing at least not from myself. It became crucial for me to take heed to all that influenced me directly and indirectly. In order to move beyond the blacks, blues, pinks… spaces, faces of strangers who had no idea of the weight Black Girls’ carry when wanting to be more than what they are.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman';">It would take ten years for me to discover that this name was given in recognition of what was within and out, when my grandfather proclaimed me “Queen of Sheba” before all I love and all who loved me. I am writing to say let us celebrate what Franz Fanon calls the “ability to absorb the effluvia of the universe”. Let us restore the bonds of Black Girls’ born to men named Arizona or birth sons we call AC or Sims. Let us not mistaken our color for anything less than Black Gold. So this book is for all the little and growing Black Girls that will one day become who ever they decide. This book is to affirm the beauty that lies within as well as out. For I only want to speak of the relevance of our physical and spiritual person who both have the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman';">need to beam brightly</span></span>.</span></span></span></div></span></span></div>bbehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01614382284899913100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9400268.post-632204661852005182010-07-05T07:03:00.000-07:002010-07-05T07:08:29.770-07:00The Color of A Black Girl Submissions for 2011 2nd Series<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MWokg93sGFk/TDHmZMPcRyI/AAAAAAAAAmE/MXJLDEToF1g/s1600/cover.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MWokg93sGFk/TDHmZMPcRyI/AAAAAAAAAmE/MXJLDEToF1g/s400/cover.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490422741198456610" /></a> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">The Color of A Black Girl is an annual series that will publish the visual art (all mediums) and writings of Black Girl 6 to 18 years of age. Visions of Rainy, Inc. is accepting submissions for the 2nd series of The Color Of a Black Girl 2011. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; ">Rules:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; ">A maximum of 4 submittals per child</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; ">Visual art should be submitted as pdf file with a resolution of 350</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; ">Poem/prose should have name and contact information in right hand corner of each page</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">1 Page biography</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Deadline: January 31, 2011</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Send to: thecolorofablackgirl@gmail.com</span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p> <!--EndFragment-->bbehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01614382284899913100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9400268.post-24166720864137148362010-04-22T11:18:00.000-07:002010-07-19T11:22:12.418-07:00Scholarships for Minority Women<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MWokg93sGFk/TESXjsBAVkI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/KGtDoZQQJeA/s1600/ajcotton080200011.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 113px; height: 168px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MWokg93sGFk/TESXjsBAVkI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/KGtDoZQQJeA/s400/ajcotton080200011.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495684084665439810" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:small;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><b><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Scholarships for Minority Women<br /></span></span></b><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">Actuary</span></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"> Scholarships for Minority Students</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"><br /><span>American Chemical Society Scholarships</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">American Geological Institute Minority</span></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"> Geoscience Student Scholarship</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"><br /><span>American Institute of Certified Public Accountants</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">American Political Science Association</span></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"> </span></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">Minority scholarship</span></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"> list</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"><br /><span>Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation</span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">The </span></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">Community Foundation</span></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"> for Greater Atlanta</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"><br /><span>Engineering for Minorities</span><br /><span>Gates Millennium Scholars</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">International </span></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">Education Financial Aid</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"><br /><span>The </span><span>Jackie Robinson Foundation</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"> (<span>high school seniors</span> only)<br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">Jack Kent Cook Foundation Graduate Scholars Program</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"><br /><span>John L. Carey Accounting </span><span>Scholarship</span><br /><span>Kaiser Media Internships in Health Reporting</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">LGBT Scholarships</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">Microsoft Scholarships</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"> (for computer related degrees)<br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">Morris K. Udall</span></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"> Undergraduate Scholarship</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"> (for environmental studies)<br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (SMART Grant)</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"><br /><span>Student Affairs Administrators</span><span> in Higher Education</span><br /><span>Students of Color Scholarship</span><br /><span>Unmet Need Scholarship</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">USA Funds</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br /><br /><b>Scholarships for <span>African -American Women</span></b><br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">Herbert Lehman Education Fund</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"><br />The Jackie Robinson Foundation</span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"> (high school seniors only)<br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">Ron Brown Scholarship</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"> (high school seniors)<br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">Black Excel Scholarship Gateways</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"><br /><span>Congressional Black Caucus Foundation</span><br /><span>Dr. James M. Rosin Scholarship</span><br /><span>Fisk Premedical Summer </span><span>Institute / Minority Medical Education Program</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">General Mills Technology Scholars Award</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">Law School: MCCA Lloyd M. Johnson, Jr. Scholarship Program</span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">NAACP Earl Warren Shearman</span></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"> and Sterling </span></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">Law School Scholarship</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">NAACP</span></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"> Scholarships: Earl G. Graves Scholarship, </span></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">Agnes Jones</span></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"> Scholarship, Lillian and Samuel Sutton Scholarship, Roy Wilkins Scholarship, and the Hubertus W.V. Williams Scholarship</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"><br /><span>National Association of Black Journalists</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">National Black Police Association</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">National Society of Black Engineers</span></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"> Scholarship List</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"><br /><span>Sallie Mae</span><span> Fund American Dream Scholarship</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">Siemens </span></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">Teacher Education Scholarship Program</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">Spieler, Rhea and Louis Scholarship Program</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">UNCF</span></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"> Merck Science Initiative</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">United Negro College Fund</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><b><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Scholarships for Latina Women<br /></span></span></b><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">Hispanic Scholarship Fund</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"> (also for college students)<br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">Adelante US Education Leadership Fund</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"><br /><span>Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"> (Congressional Internship)<br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">First in My Family Scholarship Program</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"><br /><span>Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">Hispanic Internship Program</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">La Unidad Latina Foundation</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;">Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;">National Association of Hispanic Journalists</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); font-size:10pt;"><br /><span>Salvadoran American Leadership</span><span> and Education Fund</span><br /><span>State Farm Hispanic Scholarship Fund</span> </span></div></span>bbehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01614382284899913100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9400268.post-1145798604678059462006-04-23T06:00:00.000-07:002010-07-05T08:13:00.991-07:00Preprint Book Sale<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/416/683/1600/TCBG%20preprint%20sale%20adv.gif"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/416/683/320/TCBG%20preprint%20sale%20adv.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#FF6600;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#FF6600;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#FF6600;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#FF6600;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#FF6600;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#FF6600;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#FF6600;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#FF6600;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#FF6600;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#FF6600;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#FF6600;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#FF6600;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">PrePrint Book Sale!!!</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#FF6600;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Visions of Rainy, Inc.</span></strong></span> launches the development phase of <em><strong><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">The Color of A Black Girl Project</span></span>.</strong></em> This project is inclusive of a film documentary, self-discovery workshop <i>The Crayons Black Girls Draw With</i>, mobile visual art exhibit, online publishing of visual art /creative writing, and more for the purpose of providing African American girls age 6 to 18 years old a vehicle of expression. Please support us in our efforts by scheduling a Preprint Book Sale Party. The author and visual artist, Lorraine K. McCall joins you in the comfort of family and friends to read excerpts of her book <span style="color:#ff6666;"><em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#00CCCC;">The Color</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#00CCCC;"> </span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#00CCCC;">of A Black Girl: Poetry, Prose & Visual Art</span>.</strong></em><span style="color:#000000;"><strong> </strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">The purchase of a book is a donation to Visions of Rainy, Inc. to support their mission of serving every child through art education. For poetry lovers, bookworms and/or parents interested in a creative way to open dialogue with your daughter, schedule a Preprint Book Sale Party by contacting our representatives at </span><a href="mailto:thecolorofablackgirl@hotmail.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">thecolorofablackgirl@gmail.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">.</span></span></span></div></span>bbehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01614382284899913100noreply@blogger.com