Showing posts with label african american. Show all posts
Showing posts with label african american. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Urban Farmer Ron Finley on Carson Daly
"Ron Finley: Last Call presents the "Gangster Gardener" of South Central LA. When city officials tried to shut down the curbside garden in front of his home, it kicked off a movement that would make him the face of urban farming. Ron Finley is in the Spotlight." --Last Call
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Must See! The Black Fatherhood Project (2013) (Full)
"First-time filmmaker Jordan Thierry offers context and conversation in this honest exploration of fatherhood in Black America. Through a telling of his own story and interviews with historians, he traces the roots of the fatherless Black home and reveals a history much more complex and profound than is often told. Putting that history into perspective is a dialogue among fathers discussing their experiences, inspirations, and insight on how communities can come together to ensure the power of a father's love is not lost on America's Black children." blackfatherhoodproject.com
Also read: Documentary Filmmaker Jordan Thierry Explores The Legacy Of Fatherhood
Friday, August 20, 2010
Time Magazine Profile: Traslation Advertising's Steve Stoute
"Ten years ago, Stoute left the music business — just before it tanked — and jumped into advertising and marketing. He saw an opportunity to navigate the gap that existed between corporate America and the lucrative youth market, an estimated $1.2 trillion sector that companies are eager to tap into but frequently miss the mark reaching.
"Brands don't often speak to young people in a way that is representative of them," says Stoute. "What I do is contemporize a brand." But, he says, "I don't take the brand away from what it stands for. I don't change who they are in order to appeal to the next generation."
....It was Stoute who in 2003 helped steer Justin Timberlake to McDonald's for its "I'm Lovin' It"...put pop singer Gwen Stefani together with Hewlett-Packard in a successful 2005 campaign to promote the company's Photosmart R607 camera," (as well as put Jay-Z with Reebok in 2003).
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2011574-1,00.html#ixzz0xCLrt9pr
Sunday, December 27, 2009
ABC Report: Why Successful Black Women Find It So Hard To get Married? (Steve Harvey Shares Input)
"You are a corporate exec, does he have to be a corporate exec?" Steve Harvey asked. "You make $150,000. He has to make $150,000 or above? If your requirement sheet is ridiculous, then you have to look at it."
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