Thursday, October 16, 2008

Help Black Bloggers Raise Money For School Projects

Donors Choice's Blogger Challenge

Some Black Bloggers in the Afrospear , spurred on by science educator The Urban Scientist, have recently come together to help raise money for various students and school projects.

You may already be familiar with the Donor's Choice website. As describe at the site:

"DonorsChoose.org is a simple way to provide students in need with resources that our public schools often lack. At this not-for-profit web site, teachers submit project proposals for materials or experiences their students need to learn. These ideas become classroom reality when concerned individuals, whom we call Citizen Philanthropists, choose projects to fund."

Well during October, Donors Choice is holding a blogger challenge; a friendly competition, as it is described, to raise some early school year funds for kids.

Various Afrospear bloggers have come together under the group Black Bloggers for Education. They have set up pages at the site promoting different projects that you can choose from to donate to.

BlackPerspective.net and the Eddie Griffin blog are helping to promote the effort.

So if you have even five bucks to spare, please go by and give to education; and show that Black folks do indeed care about more than just athletic achievement or kicking a flow.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Last Day To Register Voters In Some Key States

Neveda and West Virgina are very close, and Wisconson is still kind of in play. Do what you ccan to push registration of our folks.

State by state polling analysis

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14th
Maine (or on Election Day at polling place)
Maryland
Nevada
New Jersey
Oregon

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15th
Massachusetts
West Virginia
Wisconsin (or on Election Day at polling place)

A Lady's Perspective has the rest of the registration dates

In conjunction with the Afrosphere Action Coalition, Black Bloggers are asked to continue working to encourage voter registration until the last state's deadline.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Register People To Vote - Oct 6 Last Day In 19 States

Get everyone you know or may come in contact with registered on time.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 6th
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Michigan
Mississippi
Montana (or same day at elections office)
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas
Utah (or in person Tuesday, October 28th)
Virginia

A Lady's Perspective has the rest of the registration dates

In conjunction with the Afrosphere Action Coalition, Black Bloggers are asked to continue working to encourage voter registration until the last state's deadline.