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Video: Jay-Z and Alicia Keys on the AMA’s

In case you missed it, here’s Jay-Z and Alicia performing at the AMA’s last night. The opening was a different twist.

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Tags: 2009 amas, alicia keys, empire state of mind, jay z, performance

New Book: Best Teen Writing of 2009

The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers has released its new anthology featuring works from teen writers who were honored for their writing by the The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2009. Taken from 452 award-winning manuscripts, Best Teen Writing features the work of 48 young writers. The writers are from 12 – 18. [...]

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Tags: alliance for young artists, best teen writing of 2009, creative teens, scholarship, writing

Youth Rights: What are they? Why should you care?

On this past Friday, I was the keynote speaker for Planned Parenthood’s Teen Life Conference that was held at William Patterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. One of the workshop topics was Youth Rights. A lot of young people don’t understand that they have rights. When I think of youth rights, I think of people [...]

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Tags: Planned Parenthood, Precious the movie, Shaniya Davis, Teen Life Conference, William Patterson University, Yasmin Shiraz, Youth Conference, Youth Rights

Vogue Videos: Rihanna vs. Madonna… And the winner is…

Rihanna covered Madonna’s Vogue on her new album and did the performance at the AMA’s last night. It didn’t have the high energy of Madonna’s first version of the song, but its not bad! Video below: And so you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about, below is a clip of Madonna’s original Vogue video. You [...]

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Tags: 2009 amas, AMA, american music awards, Madonna, Music Video, original vogue video, Rihanna, Vogue

Moms/Dads: 5 Tips for Discussing Healthy Relationships with Your Child

Yesterday, I was a radio guest on The Flow radio program with Marc Collins. The topic of the evening was Healthy Relationships for Our Daughters. Me and another guest, Ernestine Heldring of Scenarios USA talked about what was necessary for young people to develop healthy relationships. I think the most important thing that people can [...]