Drake plans to face an all-star team from Mexico in Tanzania next year in what the school says will be the first American football game ever played in Africa.  Players will also participate in community service activities.
 

Dr.Lynette Danley founded Black Butterflies, mentoring secondary and middle school black girls and offering workshops on such topics as healthy relationships, black history, depression and teen pregnancy.

Vince Wilfork of the New England Patriots was recently named the winner of the 2010 Ron Burton Community Service Award.
 

Ensuring that KPRS would remain a family-run business, Michael Carter, the grandson, was named president of the company years ago. He actually made his radio debut at age 8.

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Kendrick Meek, an African-American Democrat from Miami who was raised in Liberty City, tells his story these days as a way of introducing himself as the Democratic candidate for Senate.
 

The inspirational 29-year-old’s newly established George Wilson S.A.F.E.T.Y. Foundation (Saving Adolescents from Everyday Trials of Youth) is a commitment of time, money and selflessness.
 

Nascar is behind a new reality television series on BET, “Changing Lanes,” that will make its debut at 8 on Wednesday night.
 

Beatrice John­son, 80, said the mostly African-American neighborhood was once beautiful, with streets named after trees, like Willow, Birch, Cherry and Cypress.

Dr. Lynda Mubarak challenges us to evaluate our fast food meals, slow down, consider the sources and make better choices about what we put into our bodies.

The benefits include increased physical efficiency, decreased risk of injury, increased blood supply and nutrient exchange to working muscles and improved muscular balance and posture.
 

President Obama will address the nation from the Oval Office about the end of the war in Iraq.  The invasion started on March 20, 2003.

The youngsters, the parents and the teachers at Village Prep and E-Prep are held to high standards, high expectations, no excuses and very strict discipline.