HAPPY MAY!
This Month Pledge to: Reach out to a child in foster care or consider being a foster parent! Volunteer for, or donate to a foster care charity! Ride a bike! Play tennis! Dance the salsa! Happy Mother's Day to all who have birthed, raised or cared for another!
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| Keymáh Leads Greeks for 2012 UNCF Walk |
Register Now for the 30th Anniversary UNCF Los Angeles Walk for Education, on Saturday, June 3, 2012! T'Keyah Crystal
Keymáh serves again as Honorary Captain of the Greeks for HBCU's Team. The annual 5K UNCF Walk for Education helps raise critical funds to support UNCF’s 38 member Historically Black Colleges and Universities and 55,000 students. 
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| Keymáh with the 2011 Greeks for HBCU's Team |
WHEN
SATURDAY, June 2, 2012
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Walk
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Post Walk Festivities & Entertainment
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Walk
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Post Walk Festivities & Entertainment
WHERE
Exposition Park at Coliseum Dr. and Menlo Ave., behind the Natural History Museum. With its expanded, carnival-like setting, the UNCF Walk for Education is a wonderful family-oriented event full of entertainment, celebrities, great food, recreation and important information about the value of UNCF’s historically black colleges and universities. Parking is $10.00 (Carpool if you can!)
Formerly "T'Keyah Fights City Hall"
which was formerly the "Do Something" column of this
newsletter, this is what the action is...
WHERE THE ACTION IS:
Formerly "T'Keyah Fights City Hall"
which was formerly the "Do Something" column of this
newsletter, this is what the action is...
Amnesty International (AI) wants us to write a brief message of solidarity for Afghan women who have been omitted from the progress their country is making and who are not even allowed to fly a kite, a popular pastime in Afghanistan. AI will put your note on a kite and will fly it during
the NATO Summit in Chicago, May 20-21, where President Obama and Afghan
President Karzai will be discussing Afghanistan's transition. (My note says, "I wish my Afghan sisters could fly my kite.) To write a brief note supporting Afghan women's rights Click Here! Please do so by Mother's Day, May 13!
STAGE AURORA PRESENTS THE WIZ
Join Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tinman, and Lion as they EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD! The Wiz takes Frank Baum’s classic, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and gives it a modern spin. Winner of 7 Tony awards, this beloved Broadway musical sets Dorothy's adventures in the Land of Oz to music in a dazzling, lively mixture of rock, gospel, and soul starring Darryl Reuben Hall as The Wiz! Performances are: May 11 -May 13 - A Great MOTHER’S DAY Gift! Tickets are: $15/ Students/Seniors (65+) with proper I.D. $15/ Advance and $20/Door for General Public - Call (904) 765-7372 / (904) 765-7373 - http://stageaurora.ticketleap.com/the-wizard-of-oz-production/
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| Aliyah as The Proper Princess, circa 2007 |
Aliyah Burchette will be performing the roles of Madam de la Grand
Buche and the Aristocratic Lady in the FXW production of "Beauty and the
Beast" on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 6:30 pm. at the Frances Xavier Warde School Auditorium, 751 N. State St.,
Chicago, IL.
Parking is free in the church parking lot across the street. Aliyah, a
bright young performer who studies voice, piano and guitar,
was last scene in FXW's production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat."
Forgotten Roots' First Annual 10 Minute Play Festival, THE RUBY at THE COMPLEX, 6476 Santa Monica Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90038 - Thursday-Sunday, May 17-May 20, 2012 - Doors open at 7:30 PM, Shows start at 8PM, $10 General Admission, Thursday night show - 2 for 1 admission!
Black Film Smorgaborg!
Check out Rel Dowdell talking about his new film Changing The Game starring Irma P. Hall which is in Theaters May 11! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vWpd6JYVxs, Also check out and support a feast of other exciting new Black films on http://blackactors.net/
FRI-SUN SPECIAL: Ticket and a Forgotten Roots T-Shirt-$15 (While supplies last) Come join us as we celebrate our first play festival! For more info contact Mateen Setwart, Artistic Director forgottenroots@gmail.com
"Tangled"
by Nicole Anderson-Cobb
Directed by Kamesha Khan
through – May 19, 2012
A
“dramedy” that examines the impact of gun violence in Chicago from
the unique perspectives of a family
of female African-American funeral directors and the burden
that these women bear trying to serve their community while battling
their own demons and mounting fears of violence in their community. ETA, 7558 S South Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60619-2644, (773) 752-3955 http://etacreativearts.org/mainstage_shows.html
WHERE THE ACTION IS:
Color of Change reminds
us that The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is closed door
group
whose members underhandedly push legislation that benefits corporate
interests. ALEC has written legislation to impose harsher criminal
penalties
on juveniles, to privatize education, and to break unions. ALEC is now
pushing voter suppression laws that seek to take the vote away from
Black and other disenfranchised people. To demand that they stop, Click Here! ...The AFL-CIO and the Communication Workers of America
wants us to stand behind American Airline workers and not let the
airline's illegal, anti-union tactics to stop a union election go
unnoticed. To urge the The
National Mediation Board to proceed with the proposed election so that
American Airlines workers are not denied their rights, Click here!
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Wiggins, Morris Photo: Carla L. Fallberg
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The Robey Theatre Company Ben Guillory, Sparkling City Entertainment Alex Morris & Vanessa Paul, Juvee Productions Julius Tennon & Viola Davis, in association with LATC present the West Coast Premiere of CAMP LOGAN - Was it Murder? OR Justice?
Written by Celeste Bedford Walker, Directed by Alex Morris, Starring: Dorian Christian Baucum, Bill Lee Brown, Kaylon Hunt, Dwain A. Perry, Jacob Sidney, Curtis Lee Stansberry and Sammie Wayne IV.
April 28th to May 27th - Thursday-Saturday 8pm, Sunday 3p
Tickets: $30, Students/Seniors/Veterans/Groups of 10 or more: $20 - 866-811-4111 - http://thelatc.org/2012/shows/camp-logan
LATC - Theatre 4, 514 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
HE AIN'T HEAVY - STILL LIGHT ON DISTRIBUTION FUNDS
Written & directed by jeff obafemi carr and produced by jeff obafemi carr and Mark D. Jackson, He Ain’t Heavy sold out 2 showings at the Nashville Film Festival and won the Tennessee Spirit Award for BEST FEATURE FILM and is distribution bound... with a little help from you. He Ain’t Heavy
is an explosive, fly-on-the-wall look into the ultra-secretive world
of hazing in a prestigious African-American fraternity, based on TRUE
EVENTS. To learn more about the journey of this film and help the filmmakers acquire distribution, visit http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/379630729/launch-he-aint-heavy
Written & directed by jeff obafemi carr and produced by jeff obafemi carr and Mark D. Jackson, He Ain’t Heavy sold out 2 showings at the Nashville Film Festival and won the Tennessee Spirit Award for BEST FEATURE FILM and is distribution bound... with a little help from you. He Ain’t Heavy
is an explosive, fly-on-the-wall look into the ultra-secretive world
of hazing in a prestigious African-American fraternity, based on TRUE
EVENTS. To learn more about the journey of this film and help the filmmakers acquire distribution, visit http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/379630729/launch-he-aint-heavy
WHERE THE ACTION IS:
Greenpeace is asking that we urge
the White House to publicly release all of the information they have on
the horrific BP Gulf oil spill. To urge the White House to make BP pay what they owe and put a stop
to ALL new offshore drilling right now, Click Here! ...Credo Action asks us to thank President Obama for standing up for marriage equality. To do so, Click Here!
South Coast Rep: May 11th - June 11th - http://www.scr.org/calendar/view.aspx?id=4338
Pasadena Playhouse: June 21st - July 15th - http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/box-office/mainstage/jitney/
Kristy Johnson is the flower of August Wilson's JITNEY at South Coast Repertory Theatre in Costa Mesa, CA and Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, CA.
MUAH! MUAH! MUAH!
Thank you to: Karen Walker, Aliyah Burchette, Michele Traylor, Bessie Carter, and Tineka Lewis for helping me host a successful and fun Popcorn and Lemonade Mini FunRaiser for CHARM Mentoring and Outreach Services (whose Board of Directors I am proud to Chair); everyone who supported the fundraiser; the 2012 TVLand Awards for honoring In Living Color; everyone at TVLand for making the event spectacular and memorable; Caravan Style Studio (Arianna,
KUDOS KUDOS KUDOS KUDOS
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The Crystal News respectfully acknowledges the life and transition of: Dick Clark, Charles "Skip" Pitts, Chut Wutty, and Adam Yauch.
We are blessed to have known their warm hearts, bright smiles and good works. We are inspired to follow their brave and noble examples.
Have you hugged someone you love today?
Stay Tuned...
June 5 is Primary Day! Are you ready to vote? Have you researched the issues? Have you vetted the candidates? Have you reminded your friends and family members to remember vote? Will you do so again on June 5th? Are you prepared to help someone get to the polls? Are you ready to vote?
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