Young, Black and Gifted - Chicago Dance Troupe Use Arts to Fight HIV/AIDS

Deeply Rooted Dance Theator is a contemporary and African-based dance troupe that is using it's fall performance to continue its work in AIDS education. Deeply Rooted is committed to organizing forums on AIDS/HIV education and research. From a performance standpoint, the artistic directors remind us of the ongoing AIDS crisis via their incisive 2003 company work "Jagged Ledges." Read more from The Chicago Tribune.

Young, Black and Gifted - Ethiopian Youth Speak Out Against Rights Violations

Ethiopian Children called on government, non-government organizations and civil societies to pay 'serious' and 'concerted' effort to stop corporal punishment and other violations against children and demand the implementation of the International Child Convention. Read more from Allafrica.com

Young, Black and Gifted - Hundreds of Youth Protest in Paris

Hundreds of youths from the poor, immigrant suburbs that erupted in riots last year marched through Paris on Wednesday to present a collection of 20,000 complaints to lawmakers and urge the disenfranchised to make themselves heard with a vote, not violence. Read more from The Associated Press.

Young, Black and Gifted - Houston Native Takes Play About Black Women Nationwide

Playwright and actress Cristal Chanelle Truscott has received enthusiastic responses to her musical play, Peaches, throughout the country. "Peaches" uses a series of vignettes to explore the stereotypes surrounding black women. Read more from The Houston Chronicle.

Young, Black and Gifted - Samba Singer Launches Revolutionary TV Network in Brazil

TV da Gente is the brainchild of 35 year-old Jose de Paula Neto, an Afro-Brazilian singer and musician whose claim to fame was as a vocalist in Negritude Junior, one of Brazil’s most popular samba/pagode groups.TV da Gente – the People’s TV – premiered last November 20th on what has become nationally recognized throughout Brazil as Black Consciousness Day and will soon be celebrating its one year anniversary. Read more from The Black Agenda Report.

Young, Black and Gifted - Organization Aims to Uplift Youth

Knew Planet is a 501(c)(3) non-profit agency created to assist, teach and
guide at risk youth in South Central Los Angeles, Compton and Watts. Find out more at http://www.knewplanet.org/.

Young, Black and Gifted - Detroit Teen Excels at Chess and Cheerleading

Read more about Shaina L. Johnson-Coleman from The Detroit Free Press.

Young, Black and Gifted - Sengalese Girl Reaches Educational Dream

Kewe Thiam is the exception to the rule that most Senegalese girls don't make it to high school. Thiam is the only girl in her village to have completed high school. As in many villages in West Africa, education is still a distant dream for many girls. Read more from allafrica.com.

Young, Black and Gifted - Miss Howard University 2005 Reaches Out To Youth To Tell Stories

Miss Howard, Shayna Rudd, has worked for the past year to represent Howard and to act on her platform, ‘Project T.E.S.T.I.M.O.N.Y.’ The project is an acronym for ‘Telling Each Story To Inspire More of Our Nation’s Youth’ to succeed. The project is geared toward youth who come from backgrounds and circumstances that cause many to assume they will not succeed. Read more from The Hilltop.