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Tyler Perry, playwright, screenwriter and female-role playing extraordinaire did a fantastic thing for the children of Creative Steps Day Camp who...
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After the widespread media coverage and public outcry for the elimination of Valley Swim Club’s discriminatory practices, avoidance of a...
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In 2000, I was a mother of two. My oldest was five and I had a new born baby boy, black children born to a black mother and father. My husband,...
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Let’s face it, kids are people too, and you don’t like every person you meet. You may not like every family member, co worker or...
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Toddlers like to explore and break away from your big, restraining hand. Observing details all around them, they want to touch and smell and even...
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With the recent events concerning the domestic violence the music artist Rihanna experienced by her partner Chris Brown, the story filters through and...
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