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My Walk-Through at the Midnight Mission, Skid Row

My Walk-Through at the Midnight Mission, Skid Row
The Midnight Mission has provided a myriad of services to the people of Skid Row and the greater Los Angeles area. Our objective is to work with homeless individuals and families to help remove obstacles to self-sufficiency, while ensuring that immediate needs like food, shelter, and clothing are met. We...

My FINAL AIDS Walk L.A. TV Show Taping Fundraiser

My FINAL AIDS Walk L.A. TV Show Taping Fundraiser
Do you have a few hours of your time to volunteer for my fundraiser?  I am holding my last AIDS Walk L.A. TV Show Taping Fundraiser this coming Saturday, October 3, 2009.  My AIDS Walk group, Volunteer Nigeria!, will get paid $16 per person who shows up for the TV taping, and $18 per person if the group...

AIDS Walk Los Angeles 2009

AIDS Walk Los Angeles 2009
As many of you may already know… I will be participating again in this year’s AIDS Walk Los Angeles on Sunday, October 18! This year marks the 25th Annual AIDS Walk Los Angeles – the world’s first such event.  For more than two decades, teams have been an integral part of our success.  ...

Volunteer Nigeria!

Volunteer Nigeria!
My volunteer group is called “Volunteer Nigeria!” which supports Nigerians in the diaspora in their volunteer efforts in their own communities or abroad.   ‘Volunteer Nigeria!’ began in 2008 as an effort to promote volunteerism amongst Nigerians in the diaspora.  Nigerians are...

The Pasadena Birthing Project

The Pasadena Birthing Project
A couple weeks ago, I read an article that stated that minority babies have four times greater chance of dying than their counterparts (Caucasian babies). When I initially heard of this, I was shocked to hear such a grave statistic. Then when I read that it was caused from stress experienced by pregnant...