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Chicago Bears cornerback Charles “Peanut” Tillman is already used to overcome tough challenges as an NFL football player. By participating in Allstate’s “Give It Up…

The holiday season is a special time of year, but some families need a helping hand. That’s where Texans’ wide receiver Andre Johnson comes in.…

Bullying and awareness of the problem has risen to prominence in recent years among k-12 students and parents, teachers, and policy makers in the U.S. According to the CDC, suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people, which contributes to about 4,400 deaths yearly. For every suicide among young people, there are […]

via: defendernetwork.com It has been a rough year so far for the Houston Astros on the field. The team has the worst record in baseball, some 20 games below .500. While the team has had its well- documented problems on the diamond, first-year owner Jim Crane has show his championship mettle in the community. With […]

Juneteenth is a Texas holiday honoring African American heritage by commemorating the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas in 1865. The city of Houston Celebrates the African American Freedom Day with a variety of family fun events. The Friends of Emacipation Park annual Juneteenth Festival is Today from 11a.m. – 8p.m. at the […]

Last Friday it was ‘Tom Joyner Day’ in Atlantic City where everyone including Atlantic City Mayor Langford showed Tom a lot of love for all of his work in the community…We definitely have plenty of pics for you to see from this awesome event…Check it out for yourselves and never stop supporting the hardest working […]

  AVANCE(A-vahn-ceh), from the Spanish word “advance” or “progress,” has been serving the needs of the hardest-to-reach families since 1973. Founded in Texas, AVANCE works with poor and marginalized communities to promote better parenting, school readiness, literacy, health and personal development.  In short, we help our participants move from historic cycles of poverty and illiteracy […]