The 57th US Presidential Inauguration
Barack Obama getting sworn in
Nominations Are In, Guess Who’s Up For An Oscar
Quvenzhane Wallis (Hushpuppy), 9
“The Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Photo: Michael Buchner, Getty Images
Director BEHN ZEITLIN, QUVENZHANE WALLIS (HUSHPUPPY) and DWIGHT HENRY (her single dad).
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Ferry crash injures dozens of commuters in NYC
A commuter ferry packed with more than 300 people crashed into a dock in Lower Manhattan early Wednesday, injuring 57 people, at least two critically, officials said. Nine people were also in serious condition -Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News
Mayor Michael Bloomberg surveys the damage to a passenger ferry after it crashed on Jan. 9 in New York. At least 57 people were injured, two critically, when a commuter ferry struck a dock in New York City’s financial district, ripping open a right-side front corner.
NYT: Seven Injured After Crane Collapse in Queens
A 300-foot crane crashed onto a building under construction in Long Island City, Queens, around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, while lifting a load, the authorities said.
US-Africa Ambassadors Holds Bake Sale
The highlight of my Saturday was…
14 Street, Union Square
After helping an elder man to a truck because he was hurting and felt he was going to fall, he gave me an apple (Green, my favorite)…
That simply made my day!!
We are all Ogoni! Today!
Nimmo Bassey
Today is the Ogoni Day. We remember all the fallen heroes of the land. We remember the words of the Nigerian national anthem: “The labours of our heroes past shall never be in vain.” Very true words if we stay alert!
We remember that it is one year and five months since the UNEP report on the assessment of the Ogoni environment was released. We shall not forget!
Solidarity with all the Ogoni people. Today we are all Ogoni!
New Year, Same Resolutions?
It’ s a new year, yet a lot of us have similar resolutions as last year. What went wrong?
Guilty!
Unlike some people who try to set unrealistic goals, I make sure I actually see through to what I envision for the year and do it – it’s that simple! I know that it is very difficult to to follow through to our goals but if we continue the path of saying what we don’t mean and doing what we don’t want, we will self-destruct.
US-Africa Ambassador 2012-13
About Fatima
A native Sierra Leonean, Fatima came to the United States in 2001 in search of a better future. She presently works for Sahara Reporters and Applause Africa Magazine. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia Journalism.
As the Editor-in-Chief of The Meridian, the Lehman College newspaper, and the Vice-President of The African Student’s Association, Fatima managed over 30 staff members, and was able to develop exceptional leadership skills.
Fatima has also travelled with the Lehman L.I.F.E Community Service program to New Orleans to build a house for Hurricane Katrina victims, and to Apopka Florida to work with Migrant Farmers. Through her extracurricular activities and childhood experiences from back home, Fatima has cultivated the skills to bring people of different cultures and social beliefs together.
Through her outstanding performance on November 10, Fatima has sent the message that the African culture vibrates in the mind and soul of Africans regardless of their place of residence.
As a US-Africa Ambassador, her role is to advocate for reinvestment in community building through education and gender equality.
The US-Africa Ambassadorship aims to develop young African women as leaders and luminaries so that they can be the change that they want to see in their communities.
MOTIVATING, ADVOCATING, DEVELOPING, EMPOWERING 