First Lady Michelle Obama is wrapping up the end of a historic 8-year period in the White House alongside President Barack Obama. As the first black first lady of the United States, the list of her accomplishments during The Obama’s time in the White House is endless. She details what is at stake on this […]
Bishop Paul Morton got the chance to chat with Erica Campbell and GRIFF about his new album, “Legacy: Live In New Orleans.” He says of this project, “legacy is how you want to be remembered,” and this project represents that for him. He also reveals some of the guest stars fans can hear on the […]
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In this edition of GRIFF’s Prayer, GRIFF talks about the experience he had when he went out to go vote early last Saturday. He walked up to the park where the voting took place, and saw a whole bunch of people, tons of cars, police and news crews. He immediately didn’t feel like voting, but […]
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past year or so, you know how absolutely mind-boggling this election season has been. This year’s race is historic for many reason, and which way it goes will determine a lot of the changes we will say over the next decade in this country. So Erica […]
In this edition of Faith Walking, Erica Campbell talks about an article she read about the election which challenges believers to activist their faith. The article also goes on to say that the isolation of believers is what is crippling their ability to use their authority on earth. As Erica says, this article really fired […]
Pastor Michael McBride of The Way Christian Center in West Berkeley talks about his newest initiative, the “Together We Vote” campaign, which aims to engage 1 million voters of faith nationally. With the stakes high for minority communities in the upcoming election, the initiative is especially significant in 2016. Sheena Meade, a policy advocate and […]
Today, in a major victory for voting rights advocates nationwide, a federal district court entered an order to ease Texas’s strict photo ID law — and allow voters without ID to cast a regular ballot this November. The Texas requirement, as written in 2011, is effectively struck down. Approximately 600,000 registered voters did not have […]
The Houston Area Urban League GUILD, The Alpha Nu Omega Alumni Chapter of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. and The Houston area chapters of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. have jointly scheduled a class for individuals to get deputized for Voters registration on July 27, 2016 at 6pm at the Houston Area Urban League office […]
On “Get Up! Mornings With Erica Campbell” they discuss why millennials are choosing not to vote. During the show a millennial mentioned that with all the crimes happening they will probably vote because they’re passionate about causes. Erica mentioned that some millennials can’t see the big picture but now need to focus on what might […]
