Griot Nite Afterparty?

If you're on this website you probably have heard of and will be attending Griot Nite. However, Just as Griot Nite is finishing, a fashion show/live performance/club party will be right underway at Sevillas in Riverside.

The doors open at 10pm and the event ends at 2am.
This is an 18+ EVENT.

What to expect: Fashion show from: OneWayNorth or [OWN], Dangerous Negro (DN), Mariala, Major Hype, and Ropa Sucia.

Live performances: Dana La Rock, The PUSH!! and surprise performers.

Media: Local magazines including IE's finest "DeQ Magazine".

$COST$: $5 if you GUEST_LIST. call 951.445.0710 or 909.658.5623.

DRESS Code: no baggy clothing, no plain t-shirts, no flip-flops, no hats. DRESS to IMPRESS.

For directions and more: www.onewaynorth.com/republic/events

Sevillas: 3252 Mission Ave. Riverside,

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GRIOT NITE!!!

Griot Nite is a night full of poetry, spoken word, singing and more. It is open to everyone so if you feel you have the urge to express yourself, come out and perform.I know some of ya'll have some bomb poetry so don't let this opportunity go to waste.Besides that....come on time if you trying to sitand make sure you don't have arthritis because we not clappin' ... it's only snappin' ALSO The Barn will have HAPPY HOUR Prices for food! Hot wings, popcorn shrimp, tacos and more! SO bring yo dollas!

Date: November 20, 2008

Time: 7pm-10m

Where: Campus Barn

BE THERE! YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT!

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The battle continues...

Keith Olbermann’s special comment is the most eloquent and passionate response so far regarding this Prop 8

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Somewhere, somehow, someone

I was recalling instances where I've felt I can't do much more. Instances where I felt I didn't have the fuel, the motivation to go on. If you tend to feel overwhelmed, stressed out, powerless and unmotivated then this is for you.

There are times that you feel that you cannot go on. Times that you feel you are pushed to your very limits. Times when things seem to always go wrong. And at these times we tend to feel like giving up. At these times you just want to turn back. Turn around. Take a break. And Sometimes you feel alone, as if no one understands and if no one cares. And at times you feel you are the reason to blame. You feel your choices have led you to your current state. But I just dropped by to say just remember that somewhere, somehow, someone is counting on you to go on. Somewhere somehow someone is hoping you keep going. Somewhere somehow someone is hoping you stay strong. Someone somewhere somehow is hoping you do the right thing. And Somewhere somehow someone is praying for you to go on. Somewhere somehow someone is pleading God to give you the strength to go on.

If God has given you areas of influence amongst your peers, or even amongst the younger ones, remember that they look up to you and they're counting on you to do the right thing. They're counting on you to go on. No matter what you do in life, someone somewhere, somehow is counting on you to go on. And maybe you maybe that person's only life line, maybe you may be what keeps them going on. When school is difficult and feel that old tendency to procrastinate, remember that someone is counting on you to go on. Someone is counting on you to study and to work hard.

So remember that at times we're faced with very difficult decisions. We're faced with enormous circumstances. We're faced with unbearable uncertainties. But before you lose hop's always a way where there's a will. You can go on. You can make it.

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Beauty of the Day

Alright fellas, I know it has been a while, but I had to go soul searching to find this beauty of the day:




OLUCHI ONWEAGBA!



Not known to many people, this Nigerian beauty is a Victoria Secret and Sports Illustrated model who is passionate about charity work and giving back to Africa.

Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oluchi_Onweagba
Website: http://www.oluchi.com/

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The Renaissance

After nearly a decade, Q-tip is back with his new album, The Renaissance. The jazz-infused, vintage hip hop album features Raphael Saadiq, Norah Jones, D'Angelo, and Amanda Diva in what can only be described as an excellent listening experience from beginning to end. Don't sleep.

"You" and "We Fight/We Love" are my fave tracks.

Listen to tracks from The Renaissance on Q-tip's myspace blog here.

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World In Critical Condition As Obama Enters Office

In 74 days, President Barack Obama will assume responsibility for guiding the nation out of two wars and through a daunting array of real and potential global crises. Obama is likely to benefit from initial goodwill across much of the planet, where there's profound relief that the Bush years are ending. President Bush himself has taken steps, such as outreach to Iran and Syria , in his waning months that could provide Obama with diplomatic opportunities. But still, Obama faces many troubles to what might be the worst economy since the Great Depression in 1930’s.

Iraq, where Obama has promised to withdraw U.S. troops by summer 2010, is less violent, but far from stable or self-reliant because Al Qaida and the Taliban have grown stronger and now control parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan's tribal areas. Neither sanctions have halted Iran's nuclear development.

Obama has pledged to remove U.S. troops from Iraq in 16 months after taking office and to increase U.S. forces in Afghanistan . Whether he can meet that deadline remains to be seen, and the future of the U.S. troop presence is caught up in an agreement Bush is negotiating with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki that's been delayed repeatedly.

If history is a guide, Obama will face early tests from abroad as president, either from leaders seeking to gauge his mettle, or from surprise events. So please, don’t expect change immediately. Obama is a stepping stone for change. Hopefully he will be reelected because it is going to take at least one term for us to even see “change”.

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UPDATED: Yes, but what about Prop (h)8?

As we made history by electing our first African-American President, Proposition 8 passed. The election results come as a bittersweet victory for many as said proposition aims to eliminate gay marriage. Many wonder why, in a supposed liberal, equality-supporting state such as California, this prop was backed heavily.

There was a time when blacks couldn't even marry whites. It was deemed a felony just mere decades ago using the same scare-tactics displayed today; portraying it as some "abnormal", "detrimental" action among other mindless fodder spewed in campaign ads.

So here's a question: why eliminate someone's right to offically commit to their loved one? Religion? Homophobia? For those who voted Yes...why?

*If you were disappointed by the intolerance that many people still seem to possess in California, please sign the petition.

Click here.

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Barack Hussein Obama is the 44th President of The United States

Congratulations America and the first family...America has Changed

The Voice

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