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2nd Annual Muslim Spelling Bee – Nationwide Spring 2013!

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE World’s First Muslim Spelling Bee Competition Launches 2013 Competition November, 2012, Chicago – Last year the first ever Muslim Spelling Bee successfully hosted their 2012 event with the support of nine regional Islamic Schools, including: American Youth Academy, Tampa, Florida Al-Ihsan Academy, South Ozone Park, New York Darul Arqam, South River, New Jersey Al-Hadi [...]

WATCH: If She Can See It, She Can Be It {SeeJane.org}

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American Heart Association offers Scholarships to Multicultural Women

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American Heart Association offers Scholarships to Multicultural Women Go Red For Women® and Macy’s Join Forces to Ease Burden, Drive Diversity in Medicine September 11, 2012 DALLAS — Tuition hikes at colleges and universities across the nation are putting the squeeze on many young people and forcing families to find new ways to pay for higher [...]

New Romantic Greeting Cards for Mixed Race Couples

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New Romantic Greeting Cards for Mixed Race Couples World’s first romantic greeting card brand for couples who love in color By Michele Hunt/Colors Greetings LLC November 13, 2012, Philadelphia, PA – Ethnically mixed couples have very little choice when it comes to romantic greeting cards, so today, Colors Greetings LLC and Colours Greetings Ltd. (UK) launch an [...]

Multicultural fiction author, Mina Khan, opens up about her new book ‘Dead: A Ghost Story’

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A new multicultural fiction tale, ‘Dead: A Ghost Story’ The following is a guest post by author, Mina Khan I started writing when I was a child and never stopped. It was and is my preferred way to communicate and to make sense of the world. I started out writing poetry and ended up working [...]

California’s Proposition 37 – What You Need To Know & Why You Should Support It

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Why You Should Support California’s Proposition 37 Also see Proposition 37 – Don’t Support Companies Who Hide GMOs, Vote With Your Dollar. California’s Office of the Secretary of State announced on Monday, July 9, 2012, that the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act, also known as the GMO labeling initiative, will appear on voter ballots [...]

Proposition 37 – Don’t Support Companies Who Hide GMOs, Vote With Your Dollar

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Proposition 37 – Don’t Support Companies Who Hide GMOs, Vote With Your Dollar Also see California’s Proposition 37 – What You Need To Know & Why You Should Support It. The food fight over California’s historic Proposition 37 ballot initiative, which would require labeling of food products that contain GMO ingredients, is heating up, now that an influx of [...]

VOTE: Support Girls in STEM & Black Girls CODE

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About Black Girls CODE Latism 2012 has ended, but the buzz is circulating around several stand-out organizations that made a splash a the conference last week.  One of those organizations is Black Girls Code.  The organization, which provides education in computer technology for girls ages 7-17, is based in San Francisco and provides the crucial [...]

The Beginner’s Guide to Healthy Eating {Steps 1-5}

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The Beginner’s Guide to Healthy Eating More and more emphasis is being placed on making better food choices these days. From outrage over ingredients that are hidden in our food to a demand from the public that food labels clearly state if the product contains GMOs, more and more consumers are getting serious about what goes [...]

Ask a Muslim: New Web Series Promotes Understanding of a Misunderstood Religion

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Ask a Muslim: New Web Series Promotes Understanding of a Misunderstood Religion It starts with interfaith dialogue—the real, unstaged, not-necessisarily-PC kind. That’s what it takes to change public sentiment about Muslims. As it is, all the dialogue in intrafaith, non-Muslims talking to other non-Muslims about Muslims and Muslims talking to other Muslims about Muslims. The [...]

Can Obama Still Win? Breaking Down the Numbers {Infographic}

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Can Obama Still Win the 2012 Election? A lot of people are wondering if Obama is going to make it to 2013.  I mean, after all, Romney is a powerhouse driven by big money, so is there really a chance? Let me ask you this?  Did we think there was a chance before?  When I [...]