Friday, June 21, 2013
If you are Hiring.....Register today for the July 23, 2013 Progressive Community Job & Career Fair
Dear Valued Employers, Recruiters and Hiring Managers,
You are cordially invited to join us for our 1st annual Progressive Community Job and Career Fair on:
This employer recruitment opportunity is held to specifically assist in reducing unemployment. Progressive Baptist Church and Emmett Till Legacy Foundation, in partnership with Ramsey County, Twin Cities RISE!, PROCEED, TheHookUpNetwork, Saint Paul NAACP, AALC and more, wish to garner a sense of community, economic development and community empowerment for employers and residents of the greater Twin Cities Area.
The Progressive Community Job and Career Fair will provide your business/organization the opportunity to:
§ Connect face to face with hundreds of local qualified candidates and job seekers in a single day
§ Network and strengthen your business relationship with diverse communities
§ Create awareness and market your company/organization and support services to St. Paul and Minneapolis job seekers
§ Expand your recruitment to a diverse pool of qualified candidates
We hope that you will join us for this unique community and family strengthening opportunity.
A registration/invoice form, including the fee structure and payment methods for participation in the Progressive Community Job and Career Fair are available via the links below for your convenience.
Here is the Registration/Invoice form link. http://www.pbcmn.org/graphics/pcjfform.pdf
If paying via credit card please click here: http://progressivecommunityjobfairemployerregistration.eventbrite.com/
Please note: The Early Bird special fee has been extended to
July 16, 2013! Register today! Pay via event brite, money order or check then Fill out registration form send form
1161 wayzata Blvd East Suite 43,
MInneapolis, MN 55391
July 16, 2013! Register today! Pay via event brite, money order or check then Fill out registration form send form
- via fax to 651 774 4495 Attention: Diana McGee or
- email to progressivechurch@comcast.net or
- send via USPS mail to:
1161 wayzata Blvd East Suite 43,
MInneapolis, MN 55391
Here is the link to the your (original) letter of Invitation to employers http://www.pbcmn.org/graphics/pcjf.pdf
In the meantime: Please like the face book page too! Click here and like now! https://www.facebook.com/ProgressiveJobCareerFair
We look forward to your support and participation!
Sincerely,
Rev. Dr. Earl F. Miller, Senior Pastor Progressive Baptist Church
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Charles Reese & Deborah Watts, Co-Founders Emmett Till Legacy Foundation
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Toni Carter, Ramsey County Commissioner
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Jim McDonough, Ramsey County Commissioner
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Jeffry Martin President, Saint Paul NAACP
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Progressive Community Job & Career Fair July 23, 2013 10a.m.-3 p.m. Register Today!
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| Job Seekers can Pre-Register at Eventbrite. click here: http://progressivecommunityjobcareerfair2013.eventbrite.com/
To stay up to date on tips and jobs....Like the Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/ProgressiveJobCareerFair
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
WHO KILLED EMMETT TILL? a moving documentary and enlightening Q & A with Deborah Watts on April 6
Who Killed Emmett Till? (A powerful and moving Documentary directed by award winning journalist +Ray Metoyer)
The library presents a Viewing
and post discussion with co founder of the +Emmett Till Legacy Foundation and
Till family member, +Deborah Watts. Bring your family and Join us at 1:30 pm on Saturday, April 6, 2013 at the
Westside Branch Library, located at 1580 W.
Cervantes St. in Pensacola, Florida. You don't want to miss this unique
opportunity. Spread the word!
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Westside Branch Library
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Emmett Till Legacy
Foundation
"Creating a Legacy Of
Hope"
Join us on facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Emmett-Till-Legacy-Foundation/138927669624 and
Please Join and Make the Never
Again Pledge at the "Never Again" Movement and Pledge Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Never-Again-Movement-and-Pledge/136014269806914,
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For more information about the
foundation and to provide in-kind services or sponsor an initiative email us
at:emmett_till_legacy@yahoo.com or info@emmetttilllegacyfoundation.com
Check out the blogspot too! http://emmett-till-legacy-of-hope.blogspot.com/
Emmett Till Legacy Foundation
is a 501c3 non profit organization "creating a legacy of hope". A tax deductible
donation to support our efforts can be made at http://www.emmetttilllegacyfoundation.com/
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Discussion is key to diversity
Discussion is key to diversity
Posted on 28 March 2013.
+Deborah Watts speaks about inclusion and injustice to a packed crowd at the Argonaut Athletic Club.(Photos by Kristine Medina)
+Deborah Watts, co-founder and board president of the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation, led a discussion on inclusion and injustice following a showing of “Who Killed Emmett Till?” last Thursday evening in the Argonaut Athletic Club.
+Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African-American boy from Chicago who was murdered after allegedly whistling at and flirting with +Carolyn Bryant, a 21-year-old Caucasian woman, during a visit to Money, Miss. in the summer of 1955. Till’s body was found in the Tallahatchie River days later.
+Roy Bryant, Carolyn’s husband, and +J.W. Milam, Roy’s half brother, are believed to have kidnapped, tortured and murdered Till on the night of Aug. 28, 1955. They were charged and acquitted for kidnapping and murder. Months later, Bryant and Milam confessed to Till’s murder in a magazine article.
Watts was introduced by +Mamie Hixon, assistant professor of English and director of the Writing Lab, before the showing of the documentary. Hixon met Watts four years ago during a book club meeting and discovered that Watts is a cousin of Emmett Till.
Hixon said Till’s story sparked discussion on the topic of racism last Thursday.
“Discussion is the key to inclusion and diversity,” she said. “You need all ethnicities participating in interactive discussion and hearing both sides. I think that’s what tonight’s message was about, allowing people to talk, because often we just don’t talk about race or racism.”
Hixon said it’s rare to see different people from different walks of life come together to discuss such a controversial topic, but acknowledging events in history such as Till’s death is needed to reassure that history won’t repeat itself.
Watts opened the floor for questions about Till’s story and discussion about inclusion and injustice after the documentary.
+Rose Marshall, a junior community health education major, spoke during the discussion about how stories, like Till’s, should not be used as a way of hate.
“You can’t just sit and be bitter about the past,” Marshall said. “You’ve got to deal with it. Let’s not let that happen again. We have to come together to make something better for all of us, not just for the black people, not just for the whites, but the purples and everybody.”
Erika Neat, a freshman marine biology major, came to the discussion for extra credit but became passionate about the topic because it reminded her of her old high school, Nathan Bedford Forrest High School.
Nathan Bedford Forrest was one of the leaders of the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist organization.
“There was a big drive my sophomore year of high school to get that name changed especially because of the demographic around that school,” Neat said. “It was degrading to go to a high school that was named after a leader of the KKK. It saddened me that such a drive of white resistance was against that change.”
Being Christian inspired Neat to refer to a verse in the Bible, Ephesians 4:29, that states: “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.”
“I feel like gossip is a huge topic,” she said. “And I feel like we really need to stay away from that and be conscious of how we make other people feel with our actions and what we say.”
Before the discussion came to a close, Watts invited students from the audience to lead a pledge on racism, hatred, injustice and crimes against youth. The “Never Again” pledge was inspired by Till’s story and written by college students.
Till’s case was reopened in 2004 after +Keith Beauchamp, producer and director of the film, “The Untold Story of Emmett Till,” found people accused of involvement with Till’s kidnapping and murder. There wasn’t any progress in the case, it was closed in 2006, but Till’s story still resonates with people exposed to the Civil Rights Movement.
Justice was never found, but Watts said she “gets to channel those disappointments into hope.” For that reason, she continues to discuss Till’s story with people across the country.
“Who Killed Emmett Till?” originally aired on the Black Family Channel in 2005. The 45-minute documentary chronicled the events leading up to the death of Till and the aftermath. The discussion was the final event of the Inclusion Series Spotlight hosted by Inclusion Services and Programs at the university.
“A Living Museum: Unearthing Common Ground” will be the program’s end-of-the-year event, which will be held April 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the University Commons Auditorium. The event will feature faculty, staff and students who will act as important figures throughout history.
Kristine Medina
Staff Writer
+Deborah Watts, co-founder and board president of the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation, led a discussion on inclusion and injustice following a showing of “Who Killed Emmett Till?” last Thursday evening in the Argonaut Athletic Club.
+Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African-American boy from Chicago who was murdered after allegedly whistling at and flirting with +Carolyn Bryant, a 21-year-old Caucasian woman, during a visit to Money, Miss. in the summer of 1955. Till’s body was found in the Tallahatchie River days later.
+Roy Bryant, Carolyn’s husband, and +J.W. Milam, Roy’s half brother, are believed to have kidnapped, tortured and murdered Till on the night of Aug. 28, 1955. They were charged and acquitted for kidnapping and murder. Months later, Bryant and Milam confessed to Till’s murder in a magazine article.
Watts was introduced by +Mamie Hixon, assistant professor of English and director of the Writing Lab, before the showing of the documentary. Hixon met Watts four years ago during a book club meeting and discovered that Watts is a cousin of Emmett Till.
Hixon said Till’s story sparked discussion on the topic of racism last Thursday.
“Discussion is the key to inclusion and diversity,” she said. “You need all ethnicities participating in interactive discussion and hearing both sides. I think that’s what tonight’s message was about, allowing people to talk, because often we just don’t talk about race or racism.”
Hixon said it’s rare to see different people from different walks of life come together to discuss such a controversial topic, but acknowledging events in history such as Till’s death is needed to reassure that history won’t repeat itself.
Hixon
Watts opened the floor for questions about Till’s story and discussion about inclusion and injustice after the documentary.
+Rose Marshall, a junior community health education major, spoke during the discussion about how stories, like Till’s, should not be used as a way of hate.
“You can’t just sit and be bitter about the past,” Marshall said. “You’ve got to deal with it. Let’s not let that happen again. We have to come together to make something better for all of us, not just for the black people, not just for the whites, but the purples and everybody.”
Erika Neat, a freshman marine biology major, came to the discussion for extra credit but became passionate about the topic because it reminded her of her old high school, Nathan Bedford Forrest High School.
Nathan Bedford Forrest was one of the leaders of the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist organization.
“There was a big drive my sophomore year of high school to get that name changed especially because of the demographic around that school,” Neat said. “It was degrading to go to a high school that was named after a leader of the KKK. It saddened me that such a drive of white resistance was against that change.”
Being Christian inspired Neat to refer to a verse in the Bible, Ephesians 4:29, that states: “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.”
Marshall
“I feel like gossip is a huge topic,” she said. “And I feel like we really need to stay away from that and be conscious of how we make other people feel with our actions and what we say.”
Before the discussion came to a close, Watts invited students from the audience to lead a pledge on racism, hatred, injustice and crimes against youth. The “Never Again” pledge was inspired by Till’s story and written by college students.
Till’s case was reopened in 2004 after +Keith Beauchamp, producer and director of the film, “The Untold Story of Emmett Till,” found people accused of involvement with Till’s kidnapping and murder. There wasn’t any progress in the case, it was closed in 2006, but Till’s story still resonates with people exposed to the Civil Rights Movement.
Justice was never found, but Watts said she “gets to channel those disappointments into hope.” For that reason, she continues to discuss Till’s story with people across the country.
“Who Killed Emmett Till?” originally aired on the Black Family Channel in 2005. The 45-minute documentary chronicled the events leading up to the death of Till and the aftermath. The discussion was the final event of the Inclusion Series Spotlight hosted by Inclusion Services and Programs at the university.
“A Living Museum: Unearthing Common Ground” will be the program’s end-of-the-year event, which will be held April 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the University Commons Auditorium. The event will feature faculty, staff and students who will act as important figures throughout history.
Kristine Medina
Staff Writer
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Loving From The Inside Out 2013 in Pensacola was a Success!
On behalf of the #Emmett
Till Legacy Foundation we want to express our gratitude to all of the circle
of women and men who helped the 5th #"Loving From The Inside Out" women's
empowerment symposium become a blessing to those in attendance and a success!
You missed it if you were not there on Saturday, March 9, in Pensacola Florida
at New World Landing! What an awesome experience for us all! The Inside your
Mind, Body, Spirit and Health presenters were powerful, real and empowering, the
Market Place was vibrant, informative and enticing, the MC, Mamie Webb Hixon was engaging and Electric! and OH!! the key note with Sheila
Raye Charles was raw, moving, entertaining and yet, fun! We hugged, cried,
laughed, prayed, shopped, danced, listened, spoke, revealed, connected,
affirmed, healed, grew, exercised, celebrated our Woman of Courage Honorees, and
learned how to start LOVING FROM THE INSIDE OUT and much more! If you were
anywhere near the symposium that day and on Friday evening at Five
Sisters Blues Cafe for the meet and greet, you were touched! and you told us
in your own words! THANK YOU for Honoring #Mamie Till Mobley and yourselves in
such a beautiful way! We are forever grateful! Much LOVE!
Who Killed Emmett Till? documentary featured along with post discussion with Deborah Watts
Come and engage with us at the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida on March 21, 2013 at 6:30pm. View this very moving and informative documentary directed by award winning journalist, Ray Metoyer. The event is featuring a post discussion with #Deborah Watts the Executive Director of the #Emmett Till Legacy Foundation and family member (cousin) of #Emmett Till.
You don't want to miss this!
Thursday, February 14, 2013
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Epic Records Apologizes for Lil Wayne's Emmett Till Lyric
Epic Records Apologizes for Lil Wayne's Emmett Till Lyric
Lil Wayne’s lyrics have often skirted the fine line between awesome and offensive, but it looks like he may have finally stepped all the way over. Or at least that’s what Epic Records is saying — the label is trying to take down a new Future remix that features a Weezy line that offended the family of Emmett Till.
Over the weekend, a remix to Future’s "Karate Chop" leaked, and a Lil Wayne guest verse included the following line: "Beat that p---y up like Emmett Till." Wayne was referring, of course, to the 14-year-old black teen who was murdered in Mississippi in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman. His death became a rallying cry for the civil rights movement.
Emmett Till’s family later expressed their disapproval of the line, calling it "disrespectful," and Jesse Jackson even reached out to Lil Wayne’s management, The Blueprint Group, on their behalf. And Future’s label, Epic Records, is listening.
Yesterday, the imprint issued a statement apologizing for the song. "We regret the unauthorized remix version of Future's 'Karate Chop,' which was leaked online and contained hurtful lyrics," the statement read. "Out of respect for the legacy of Emmett Till and his family and the support of the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. ... we are going through great efforts to take down the unauthorized version."
Neither Jackson, Tills’ family, Future nor Lil Wayne have yet commented on the new development.
BET.com is your #1 source for Black celebrity news, photos, exclusive videos and all the latest in the world of hip hop and R&B music.
Over the weekend, a remix to Future’s "Karate Chop" leaked, and a Lil Wayne guest verse included the following line: "Beat that p---y up like Emmett Till." Wayne was referring, of course, to the 14-year-old black teen who was murdered in Mississippi in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman. His death became a rallying cry for the civil rights movement.
Emmett Till’s family later expressed their disapproval of the line, calling it "disrespectful," and Jesse Jackson even reached out to Lil Wayne’s management, The Blueprint Group, on their behalf. And Future’s label, Epic Records, is listening.
Yesterday, the imprint issued a statement apologizing for the song. "We regret the unauthorized remix version of Future's 'Karate Chop,' which was leaked online and contained hurtful lyrics," the statement read. "Out of respect for the legacy of Emmett Till and his family and the support of the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. ... we are going through great efforts to take down the unauthorized version."
Neither Jackson, Tills’ family, Future nor Lil Wayne have yet commented on the new development.
BET.com is your #1 source for Black celebrity news, photos, exclusive videos and all the latest in the world of hip hop and R&B music.
Monday, January 28, 2013
You're Invited to: Loving From The Inside Out 2013
LOVING FROM THE INSIDE OUT™… (LFTIO)
"a powerful and life changing women's
empowerment symposium"
Presented by the Emmett Till Legacy
Foundation
When: Saturday, March 9, 2013, 8:30
a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Where: New World Landing, 600 South
Palafox Street, Pensacola, Florida. 35202
It's your turn, it's
your time to have the life, career and love you want and
deserve!
Join Women from across the country who are coming together to Engage, Heal, Grow and Find Love at "Loving From The Inside Out" on March 9, 2013. This one day, powerful and life changing women's empowerment symposium will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the New World Landing, in Pensacola, Florida.
YOU will learn from leading experts and each other, address issues that concern you and gain some important steps to having the love, career and life that you want and deserve!
YES!....it's your turn and your time!!
The Loving From The Inside Out
experience, involves:
- a pre: symposium meet and greet (on March 8 location to be announced)
- a vibrant "Loving from the Inside Out" Mind, body, and Spirit intimate Market place and Health/Career fair
- a full day
symposium filled with Dynamic speakers focused on the following "Inside your
Mind, Body, and Spirit" and addressing some of the important challenges facing
women today (Life, Love, Relationships, Career, Economic Stability, Health &
Wellness, Safety/Security and Family).
Inside your Spirit: First Lady Vonda Yates of Zion Hope Primitive Baptist
Church
Inside your Body: Dr. Kelli Tice
Wells, Family Practice and Weight Loss Physician
Inside your Mind: Maxine L. Bryant,
MA., author of I want my Groove back....God's way
Inside your Health: Sandra McDonald,
Pres & Founder of Outreach Inc. a Black HIV/AIDS and substance abuse service
organization, Atlanta
Energize! With Nicole Randolph
certified trainer and instructor of Body by Nicole Fitness,
Pensacola
- Book signings and Artist engagement
featuring our special guests and honorees and more
- Women of Courage" awards luncheon in honor of the late Mamie Till Mobley, mother of Emmett Till, truly a woman of courage!
- The dynamic and talented Mamie Webb Hixon will serve as Emcee for the awards luncheon.
- Featuring the multi talented Sheila Raye Charles, singer, song writer, author, founder of One Way Up Prison Ministry, 2011 Woman of Courage awardee and daughter of the legendary Ray Charles, as guest speaker for the awards luncheon.
The 2013 Woman Of Courage awardees
announced are:
- Sybrina Fulton, mother of the late Trayvon Martin
- Dr. Alexa Canady Davis, first African American woman Neurosurgeon
- Sharon Kidd Washington, aspiring author and mother of the late Jessica Tarver
- Sonja Griffin-Evans artist and owner
of Gumbo Gallery
Some of the Past recipients: Ann
Nesby (recording artist), Hyon Kim (first Asian board of regents U of MN), Sen.
Patricia Torres Ray, Judge LaJune Lange, Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton, Kelci
Stringer (widow of Korey Stringer-NFL), Donna Smith (philanthropist wife of
coach Tubby Smith), Sen. Mee Moua, Jevetta Steele (recording artist, playwright
Two Queens One Castle), Tonya Puckett (philanthropist), Sheila Raye Charles
(recording artist/daughter of legendary Ray Charles), Pamela Alexander (former
judge) , Elsa Batica (business owner and activist), Brenda Berkman (first woman
fire chief NYC), and Mary Johnson (founder from Death to life
org).
Request for media appearances and
interviews accepted.
For more information on the
foundation, see below for links to our;.
Website: www.emmetttilllegacyfoundation.com
Check out events on the site for the
flyer and registration forms
Join our Facebook pages:
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Inside Out" 2013 Facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/events/132746900214965//
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Movement and Pledge Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Never-Again-Movement-and-Pledge/136014269806914, Make the pledge!
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"Creating a legacy of hope"
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