SENWOT NELLA Productions Presents: "The Closet" An Interview with Maurice Townes & Kevin F. Allen
If you haven't heard the names, Maurice Townes and
Kevin F. Allen, you will soon. They are the
creators of "The Closet".
"The Closet" is a unique DVD series best described
as a mixture of Showtime's "Soulfood", HBO's "Six
Feet Under" and "Sex In The City"; only in DVD format.
I introduced you to "The Closet" a few issues ago,
but I wanted to go more into the closet concept.
The series is produced by SENWOT NELLA Productions.
And if you haven't figured it out yet, SENWOT NELLA
is Kevin and Maurice's name spelled backwards.
Now, before you start dismissing this as just
another episode in the down-low phenomenon, wait.
"The Closet" series plays out vast scenarios from
homosexual and lesbian to heterosexual relationships
described as human life reflecting humane stories.
Please note that some of this interview has been
doctored to fit the newsletter and a lot of words
have been omitted or replaced. The conversation,
although very interesting and lengthy, got a little
too steamy for this G rated publication.
Without further ado, I introduce you to Maurice
Townes, Kevin F. Allen and their P.R. Person Osiris
Munir.
Yolanda: Who came up with the idea for "The Closet"?
Kevin begins to explain how "The Closet" came about,
but Maurice who at this point is somewhat irritated
and agitated breaks in.
Maurice: Yolanda, in the beginning, Kevin and I
hated each other. At the time we had a mutual best
friend. Kevin was a brother dating on the down low;
dating both men and women and I was gay.
Kevin: I wanted to live my life and for people to
leave me alone.
Maurice: Kevin and I never spoke to each other
unless it was something of a derogatory nature.
Kevin: I lived most of my life dating just women,
and it was not until the latter part of my adult
life that I started to date men and women.
Listening to these two go back and forth was all but
amusing. You could see the passion that Maurice had
about this subject and often shot Kevin down for
sugar coating it. I finally chimed in.
Yolanda: When did you discover that you were gay?
Or do you believe that it is something that one is
born with?
Maurice: Yolanda, you are born gay, no matter what
Kevin tries to tell you. You are born gay. You may
try to run away from it but eventually you have to
accept it.
Kevin: Yolanda if I may finish answering your
question. The series was my idea, but I wanted to
do it in the form of a book but Maurice shot it own.
He claimed that it would just be a remake of other
"down-low" books that lack originality.
Maurice: Kevin kept talking about it so I told him
"so do something about it".
Kevin: Until recently it was viewed that only white
men were openly gay. That is not the case anymore.
Yolanda: What makes this project different from any
other "down-low" project?
Kevin: This is film.
Maurice: Our purpose is to show an image to others.
This is a visual society. We wanted to show
different angles of this dilemma from both the male
and female perspective. It's our intention to
educated both men and women. For women, there are
always signs. The signs are always there.
Yolanda: But isn't there a possibility not to show a
sign if you are good at what you do?
Maurice: Women have the biggest sign of them all.
You have something called intuition. We also want to
educate men. They need to know how to deal with
this as well. They could very well catch HIV and
not be a gay or down-low man. They may feel because
they are heterosexual that they are protected, but
they don't know the woman who may be faithful to him
now, may have slept with an infected down-low man,
and she may not have even known it.
Yolanda: What are some of the signs?
Kevin: There are always signs there in hindsight.
Sometimes those actions are very calculated and are
done systematically because he has to remember the
lies he has told. Now, not every black man is on
the down-low.
Maurice: Now days, women are paranoid with every man
they get with. I say have that man checked out.
And that's okay. Do a background check on him. Ask
him to take an AIDS test. If he refuses, move on.
Because any real brother would know he had nothing
to hide.
Kevin: Right, don't do things half-hazardly.
Maurice: It's best to know than not to know.
Kevin: A lot of these so-called down-low brothers
are married with children.
Maurice: But Yolanda, not all the characters on the
show are down low or even gay. Kevin plays Zachary.
Kevin: And it is important that our audience knows
that this is NOT a down-low show. This is a show of
human life reflecting humane stories. Our
characters are gay, lesbian and straight.
Maurice: There is one story about a college
graduate who is gay. His parents are aware of it
and while his father is okay with it, his mother
can't deal with it.
Yolanda: Back to my earlier question. Do you truly
believe that one is born gay?
Maurice: Either you are or you're not. You don't
date women and secretly date men.
Kevin: There are some guys that grow accustomed to
the gay life style but then there are some that don't.
Maurice: You may not talk about it, but you are gay.
A woman could never touch you the way that you are
used to a man touching you.
Kevin: What about those guys that are never touched
by a man again. Are they gay? A guy may be
straight but he may want to experiment. Jailhouse
guys can be straight. They may have sex with men in
jail and when they get out, never have sex with a
man again.
Maurice: Yolanda, I am in opposition. I will agree
that perhaps a man that may experiment one or two
times and never does it again, isn't classified as
gay. But if he's been in prison for ten years and
he's been having sex with men for ten years. He's gay.
Kevin: Gay is not just a physical activity, it is a
mindset.
Osiris: Sleep black but don't talk black. There
might be a tendency for guys to be with other guys
because they want to try anal sex but women won't
try it.
Kevin: The great racial divide. One of the shows
portrays a black preacher and a son of a preacher
who loves white men. He will only have sex with
white men.
Maurice: White sex is safe for him because these
white men are not in his general circle.
Osiris: He feels that the white culture is more
accepting.
Yolanda: I actually had a list of questions I wanted
to ask but it seems that as we go along, you tend to
answer them so I'll let you continue. This is very
interesting.
Kevin: There is a lot of flack from the Christian
community accusing of this being forced down their
throats.
Osiris: J.L. King; Keith Boykin.
Maurice: We want the public to know and we want to
re-adjust people's opinions of gays. Hollywood
portrays gay black men as being sissified guys.
There are gays that are masculine. They will
compliment a black woman and turn around in the same
breath and ask if she has a single brother or uncle.
We are everywhere.
Kevin: I came from a small town in Mississippi.
There are gays in church, including the pulpit and
the choir stands. We're not trying to push this down
anyone's throat. We want to be respected like any
one else. Women are walking through life thinking
that their man is not gay.
Maurice: Again, not all of our series talk about
homosexuality. Some are about women who have
miscarriages and some are about racism. We have a
Priority A and a Priority 1. Priority number one is
to educate African American females on AIDS. The
other is to provide role models for guys. For a gay
man to love himself and not feel that he has to
deceive a sister.
Kevin: Women would not perform fellatio. Guys would
try to satisfy their man as much as possible.
Osiris: Black curious.
Yolanda: What is the difference between "The Closet"
and "Living On The Down Low"?
Kevin: One is an episodic series and the other is a
documentary. Retail sites where the series is being
sold, the DVD series has been the #1 seller for
three or four months. These are white stores. Land
of Rising is a gay and lesbian retailer. We have
been #1 and #2 on their bestseller list since
December. And 98% of their buyers are white.
Kevin: People question the validity of the stats
given by the CDC about African American women.
That's okay, but it doesn't make it any less real.
The incline of African American women catching AIDS
at a high rate is real. We are trying to open the
eyes of people. Not just the black society, but
society as a whole.
Maurice: HIV is considered the "white elephant".
We're afraid. We know we have gay cousins. We just
never talk about it.
Yolanda: True. Everyone jokes about it. We all
joke that we have a gay uncle named Peaches. But it
is true.
Kevin: If it is talked about, it's hush-hush,
behind closed doors.
Maurice: In my family, we don't openly embrace it.
We don't talk about it.
Yolanda: You know I have to go back to Christianity
and religion and your beliefs in God.
Kevin: Hey, I see it like this. If a sister's car
stops and it's raining and someone stops to help
her, she is not going to care what about that
person's religion.
Osiris: According to Christianity, the same God
rules the entire world.
Maurice: We have folks running around saying they
are Christian. I say, just let God be God.
Osiris: We have to be open.
Maurice: I believe in God. He is the same God that
my mother believes in. I do not believe that
homosexual sex is wrong. I believe that God made me
the say I am.
Orisis: Humph. Fornication is a sin.
Kevin: I believe that there is a supreme being. The
same God that I believed in growing up and being
raised in the Baptist church. I began to question
things and became open minded.
The interview went on and on and I became more
educated than I was before the interview. Due to
lack of space I will go ahead and sum up the rest of
the interview.
Maurice and Kevin wanted it to be known that
understanding starts in the home. If your child
thinks that he or she may be gay, they may keep it
from their parents out of fear that they won't be
understood, ridiculed or even disowned. When this
happens, teenagers tend to find their support in the
streets and can ultimately get hooked on drugs and
other negative energy. In New York, there is a
Ronald McDonald sponsored house that takes in young
gay people and gives them support. Some children
realize even at an early age of 4, 6 and 8 when they
start to discover their sexuality and reach into
puberty that they are gay but are unable to feel
comfortable enough to approach their parents.
Maurice and Kevin both agree that this may be one of
the reasons that men resort to the down-low
lifestyle. They also want gay men to become more
responsible and stop putting innocent women's life
in their hands. They have to realize that they
can't have their cake and eat it too. It's just not
fair.
Part one of "The Closet" was released March 23,
2004. Part two was released December of 2004 and
part three will be released the second week of May
2005. Season one consists of ten episodes.
When I asked the gentleman if there were any plans
for a cable TV. Show, or perhaps even a motion
picture, I got an "It's in the works." When I asked
them would they follow suit and write a book, Kevin
answered simply, "maybe".
If you would like Kevin and Maurice to attend an
event, they are available for personal appearances,
college lectures, medical lectures, performing
artists and other events. If you would like to
contact them, please contact Osiris Munir of Ankh
Entertainment One at ankhentone@earthlink.net. Also
you can visit Kevin and Maurice at www.thecloset.tv
to find out more about the series, upcoming
projects, music projects and order the series.
To Order or Find Out More About "The Closet"
Quick Links...
|
|
Greetings!
Spring has sprung! And although some of you may
think that we lost an hour in a day, I view it as
gaining an hour. It stays lighter longer and I get
to enjoy being out in my garden. Who am I fooling?
I've seen more bullfrogs, garden snakes and spiders
than I can bear. But the bunny rabbits sure are
cute. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of those
annoying crickets???
With much respect to the Pope, may he rest in peace.
But it's over, he has been laid to rest, so let it
ALL rest. I was amazed at how they treated the
Pope, a Catholic Bishop as if he were Jesus Himself.
I understand that he was a good man and served the
goodness of man kind, but couldn't they have at
least cut in on the Pope coverage to get at least a
little glimpse of the Cochran funeral?
Yes, our dear Johnnie Cochran has gone on to the Lord
and his buddy O.J. Simpson received a standing
ovation at the funeral for the kind words he had to
say about the man that saved him from prison. On
the lighter side, I know a lot of black folk are
saying "Oh no! Johnnie gone, we in trouble now!" LOL.
Okay that's for those of us who have a sense of humor.
Around the world, people are losing their minds,
parents are beating down teachers for trying to
teach their children and others are shooting their
children's sport coaches. The world is certainly
gone to hell in a handbasket.
The format of this issue of the newsletter is
slightly different. I had the most interesting
interview and conversation with the creators of "The
Closet". And I am already hard at work on the next
issue. I would really like our readers to get
involved in the "What's on Your Mind?" segment. We
really would love to hear what you have to say and
hear your views and opinons.
For those procrastinators, YOU HAVE 5 DAYS LEFT TO
FILE THOSE TAXES!!!!!
Okay, I"m out of here. Enjoy the newsletter. We
are striving to be better in effort to keep you "aware".
Much Love, and God Bless
Yolanda
|
|
Entertainment
|
|
Music To Films: An Interview with Karan Ashley
by Shelia M. Goss
Karan Ashley is known worldwide as Aisha Campbell,
the Yellow Mighty Morphin' Power Ranger. Although
she's been busy promoting her latest movie, "Devon's
Ghost," she still found time in her busy schedule to
talk to me. Talking to her felt more like chatting
with an old friend than an interview. Although she
currently lives in Los Angeles, it's clear that she
has not forgotten her roots. Born in the small town
of Odessa, Texas, she grew up in the Dallas area.
Her latest movie, Devon's Ghost, took her home. Over
90 percent of the film was shot in Dallas and some
of the cast consisted of the area's local talent.
The multi-talented actress, believe it or not, first
entry into show business was in music. She was a
member of the girl group, KRUSH, back in the early
90's. So not only can she act, but she can sing. And
that's just the tip of the iceberg. She's also a
writer and producer.
When working on the popular kids show, Mighty
Morphin' Power Rangers, Karan recalls the 15 hours
days, 2 to 3 episodes a week schedule. Although she
had a hectic schedule, it's obvious that she still
has fond memories of that time. Curious as to how
long it would take to memorize a script under that
type of pressure, Karan responded, "I can memorize a
script in one day. I focus on what the character is
doing and the emotions of the character."
She's humbled and surprised when people still
recognize her. With the Mighty Morphin' experience,
Karan has been able to travel around the world and
she loves "doing things for kids."
She's also guest starred on several popular sitcoms,
including The Steve Harvey Show, The Parkers, Keenan
& Kal, and One on One. When asked about her
experience with working on the various sitcoms, she
responded, "Mark Cooper, Steve Harvey and Holly
Robinson-Pete, etc., were all professional and very
nice to work with."
What things do you look for when considering a script?
"The basics, what and why is something
happening, strong character development, such as a
character's past, why is the character acting a
certain way and how did they get into their current
situation, the script should also have good twists
and turns, even in a comedy, it should be some
surprises that are not easy to predict."
What things do you look for when considering a script?
"The basics, what and why is something happening,
strong character development, such as a character's
past, why is the character acting a certain way and
how did they get into their current situation, the
script should also have good twists and turns, even
in a comedy, it should be some surprises that are
not easy to predict."
Karan and her two partners, Ron Day and Tim Grace
formed Gag Order Films. Their current project is
Devon's Ghost, which stars Karan and Johnny Yong
Bosch (Adam Park, the Black Mighty Morphin' Ranger).
The concept was developed from an idea the three of
them had while just "sitting around brainstorming."
It's a movie about a young abused boy, who grows up
to become a killer.
What was the writing process?
"We planned out the script from start to finish."
How long did it take to write the script?
"The total process took two months. One month to
write the first draft and another month to iron it out."
How long did it take to film the movie?
"Twenty days on a low budget. We did one week of
filming in LA with the main characters, and the
filming and cast for the remaining two weeks was
done in Dallas. Once the shooting was done, we went
into post-production. It took six to seven months to
get it finished."
Will the film be entered into any festivals?
"Yes, the Cannes Film Festival."
Gag Order Films has plans on shooting more movies in
Dallas. Whenever asked if it's hard to find talent
in Dallas as opposed to Los Angeles, Karan
responded, "Dallas has a lot of untapped talent.
Texas has just as much talent as LA. The only
difference, LA actors may be more seasoned-meaning
they have more experience auditioning."
To read more about Devon's Ghost and other projects
that Gag Order Films is working on, please visit
their website: http://www.gagorderfilms.com.
|
|
Finance
|
|
by Monique Bruner
April is the time of year that people start
rethinking their finances. It's tax time and
graduation is around the corner. Parents want to
know about scholarships, especially if you have a
teenager graduating from high school and getting
ready to attend college. The following is a partial
list of websites that have scholarship information
available.
http://www.learningright.com/scholarships.htm
http://www.littleafrica.com/resources/scholarships.htm
http://www.ronbrown.org/
http://www.uncf.org/scholarships/index.asp
http://www.lenders-index.com/lenders/african-american-scholarships.html
http://www.collegephd.com/schps/africanamericanscholarships/
Reminder: Don't forget that April 15, 2005 is the
deadline to file your 2004 taxes.
|
|
Health & Beauty
|
|
by Monique Bruner
Being Healthy seems to be one of the top slogans for
2005. As a Black woman, that is concerned about my
health and that of my family I seem to fit right
into this mainstream phenomenon. However, so many
of my black brothers and sisters are not as closely
in tuned with their bodies. Black people in general
have higher rates of many illnesses, such as
hypertension, cancer at young ages, stroke,
diabetes, and lupus. There needs to be a better
understanding of the causes of these illnesses and
determinants of good health among blacks, especially
Black women.
Ten years ago, I agreed to take part in a long-term
study to research the health of the black women.
The Black Women's Health Study in collaboration with
the Boston University School of Medicine and the
Howard University College of Medicine designed a
study that would gather information on many
conditions that affect black women. This follow-up
study enrolled participants and then follows them
over time. The initial study was for five years -
then they were funded for another five - and
recently another five years. At regular intervals,
participants provide updated information on these
factors and other illnesses they may have developed.
Due to the study design, only the 59,000 women who
enrolled back in 1995 can participate. However,
everyone can explore the website and discover what
the nations top researchers are learning from this
study.
On their website you will find:
· Brief descriptions and full references of their 56
publications
· Review their study newsletters that give updates
and cover a variety of health and research topics
· Learn about the background and history of BWHS
· Read about the special studies that are being
conducted with the BWHS
· Link to health-related websites that can provide
useful information about specific conditions or
general health
|
|
Bookshelf
|
|
The Queen's Book Fair - April 30, 2005 Queens, NY
Authors will participating from a variety of genres
such as fiction,
non-fiction, romance, mystery, children's books,
etc. The book fair
will be held in the heart of Queens. Book lovers
from around the tri-
state area will be attending to support both
published and self-
published authors from around the country. Authors
will be signing
their books for consumers.
The Queens Book Fair is sponsored by C & B Books
Distribution Inc. C
& B Books Distribution Inc. was founded by Carol
Rogers & Co-founded
by Brenda Piper. The Queens Book Fair will be held
at the Jamaica
Market in the Harvest Room 90-40 160th St. Jamaica,
New York. The
Queens Book Fair will begin at 11:00 A.M. and end at
7:00 P.M.
A Power Networking Breakfast will be held prior to
the Queens Book
Fair at the same location and will begin at 8:30
A.M. and End at
10:00 AM. Registration for the Power Networking
Breakfast can be made
by logging on to Cbbooksdistribution.com web site or
you may email
cbbookdist@aol.com or call 718.591.4525 for
reservations.
A fee will be required to register for the Power
Networking
Breakfast. The Queens Book Fair is currently seeking
various vendors
for our annual Queens Book Fair, which will be held
in Queens, New
York.
This event will be advertised locally and abroad to
ensure a great
turnout. Wouldn't you like your company/organization
to be recognized
as a part of this effort that would bring unity to
our communities
together under one roof?
If you feel that your organization, business, or
non-profit
organization would benefit from such an event, Email
C & B Books
today at cbbookdist@aol.com to be placed on our
email list to receive
updates on the upcoming Queens Book Fair April 30, 2005.
JoJo's Caribbean Showcase TV Show has been selected
at the media
sponsor for the upcoming Queens Book
Fair.AMAG/Awarenessmagazine.net
has been selected as the magazine sponsor for the
upcoming Queens
Book Fair.
Please contact C&B Distribution Inc. at
718.591.4525 and ask to speak
to Carol or Brenda for more information on the
upcoming Queens Book
Fair or you may log on to our web site at
http://www.cbbooksdistribution.com/ and contact us.
You may also email us today at cbbookdist@aol.com to
be placed on our
email list for the upcoming Queens Book April 30,
2005. Consumers
will be admitted to the Queens Book Fair free of charge.
Phil Andrews
Public Relations Director
C & B Books Distribution
Log on to our web site at C & B Books Distribution
to Inquire about our upcoming April 30, 2005 Power
Networking Breakfast & Queens Book Fair
|
|
Music Notes
|
|
"Do You Swear Talk About the Jackson's the Whole
Jackson's and Nothing but the Jackson's
So Help You God?"
SGIB Magazine takes to the radio airwaves in the
newest project of Gerard, Owner of P.B.G.'s
Productions/Photos by Gerard & Editor-in-Chief of
Strong G Island Biz (SGIB) Magazine, The Music
Industry's First Bilingual Urban Music Magazine
created on Long Island. Gerard will be launching his
own radio show on Sunday nights from 10-11PM which
began on February 13, 2005 on WGBB 1240 AM and can
be heard on the internet website live at
www.AM1240WGBB.com (click on "Listen Live").
Gerard, who doesn't consider himself a die-hard
Michael Jackson fan (whose vote was always on
Prince) and as a photographer, has photographed
Michael on a number of occasions does recognize the
importance and value of the Jackson's music in the
musical history books. Deciding to broadcast only
Jackson music to drive home his point of just how
important the Jackson's & Michael's creativity and
success, both as a family & as solo artists, the
Jackson family has been.
The main goal is to fill in his listening audience
with updates from the trial as it progresses on a
weekly basis. Gerard will focus on how the trial is
impacting the world with call-in guests that will
range from people in the music industry, to people
inside the Jackson camp and to the everyday people
watching the potential and probable demise of a
gifted talent which was either brought on by his own
actions or his being falsely accused. Gerard will
have these guests express their opinions and
thoughts on what is going on from the trial from the
jury selection through the verdict and expressing
his thoughts as well. All ready the jury has been
selected (an "All White Jury", mind you) as "A jury
of his peers" from the surrounding neighborhoods in
which Michael lives. The thought of busing in Blacks
from other areas due to the all white jury pool was
never in the cards, which might have happened in
other cases. "Will Michael pay where O.J. got away?"
Gerard invites all who are reading this to join him
on Sunday nights, beginning February 13, 2005 at
10PM to not only listen in, but to call-in at (631)
888-8811 and provide us with your thoughts and
feedback. Gerard will provide briefings as well of
industry news that you won't hear anywhere else! So,
tune in to "SGIB ON THE AIR" and become a part of
Long Island radio history. Also, check out the
magazine's website at www.SGIBmagazine.com. You can
also e-mail us with your personal feelings about the
music and the trial and if you have a personal
Michael Jackson story, let us know and we will put
it in for consideration to be read on the air.
E-mail us at SGIBMagazine@aol.com. Contact Gerard at
(631) 969-3676
|
|
Children
|
|
It's Not Your Grandma's Lemonade Stand Anymore
by Jamila Barber
For years kids have found new and inventive ways to
make a little extra money for themselves in spite of
their allowances or parental treats for chores well
done. The classics or even staple jobs in the
American culture were the lemonade stand, cutting
the lawns, shoveling snow, babysitting or the
occasional paper route. But today's kids don't
quite believe in the lemonade stand anymore.
How shocking is it to realize that with the
abundancy of computers and multi-media outlets in
the home, there grew a cottage industry of young
people making mixtape CD's, DVD's and web cam
videos. All of which were designed for personal use
and comfort of having all types of media possible at
all times. But our young ones have turned it into
lucrative business. If you can download songs and
video and have a writable CD or DVD player on your
computer (which is now standard hardware at
purchase) then you can make a little change on the
side.
How little is it exactly? On Ebay you can purchase
stacks upon stacks of CD's or DVD's at low costs and
you can purchase the jewel cases as well. Friends
give you a list of songs - old and new - that they
would like to have and you go searching. Line up a
selection of songs, press record, wait a few seconds
and there you have it; product for sale. Let's say
you are conservative and charge $5 per CD and $10
per DVD and you set off for school. $5 or $10 is
nothing to your friends whose alternative is to go
to the record store and purchase a CD of their
favorite artist (where they are not guaranteed of
liking every song on the CD) and paying anywhere
between $7-$21 for your listening pleasures. But
your friend comes along and has a book bag full of
CD's of all the songs you like and only wants $5 for
it well this math is not hard.
I am glad to see that kids have not failed to use
their imaginations and have come up with a new way
to make their ends meet "so to speak". Many of the
traditional ways for a teen to be lucrative are no
longer as easily available to them. The lemonade
stand just will not work in your urban neighborhoods
and everyone is driving to a Starbucks in the
suburban ones. Babysitting is defunct because
people don't trust anyone with their kids anymore
and lawn care, snow shoveling and paper route jobs
seem to be taken on by adults who also struggle to
make ends meet. With the increasing need and desire
for disposable cash kids and parents have a hard way
of making adult paychecks last. This is not a new
problem for us to deal with but it is a new solution
that for now has worked out well for children.
|
|
Motivation
|
|
WALK, RUN, MARTAHON
by Monique Bruner
Everywhere you turn today you hear about someone
running or walking for a cause. Well it is about
time African Americans joined in the marathon game.
Most marathons have training schedules, group
meetings, eating regimes, and fund raising
commitments that you are to follow. This may be
just what the doctor ordered to get you on track
with that new workout routine. Perhaps you need a
workout partner but your home girl doesn't like to
sweat (sound familiar). Well joining one of the
WALK, RUN, MARTAHON for a cause in your area may be
the thing for you. I personally have been motivated
by several of my friends that have stepped up to the
plate for causes that are close to their heart.
Check out their stories and see if one touches you
enough to donate or perhaps put on your running shoes.
I'll walk 60 miles over the course of three days
with thousands of other women and men.
According to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation, approximately 200,000 American women
will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, and
nearly 40,000 will die from the disease. That's why
I'm walking so far. To do something bold about
breast cancer. I hope that you'll share this
incredible adventure with me -- by supporting me in
my fundraising efforts. Sincerely, Majaliwa "Maj"
DeRamus Copy and paste the following into your
browser to make a donation:
http://www.the3day.org/faf/r.asp?t=4&i=61805&u=61805-74533147&e=252966501
|
|
The Gospel According To:
|
|
(1 Pet 5:7)
Casting all your care upon Him, for He
cares for you.
|
|
What's On Your Mind?
|
|
We'd love to hear what's on your mind. Social,
political, business, health, fiance', opinions,
finance, comments, observations, breaking news,
scholarship information, domestic violence,
healthcare, military spending, infant morality,
gardens, revolutionaries, the church,
playstation...whatever it is... We want to know..
WHAT's ON YOUR MIND?
Email your comments to: woym@awarenessmagazine.net
Thank you Sylvia W. Lett for this edition's
question: Have we lost touch with reality?
|
|
Want To Advertise In AMAG?
|
For advertisement rates contact James Lisbon @
james@awarenessmagazine.net.
Learn More
|
|
|
