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August - October 2008 Issue



 8/07/08- 8/21/08
Color of Change Supports
Investigation Into Army Murders




 7/25/08 - 8/07/08
A Walk in Mr. Obama’s Windy City Neighborhood 
 



 7/11/08 - 7/24/08
Coming July 16: 
New Vintage Black Cinema Stamps



6/27/08 - 7/10/08
Free Alvin Ailey Performances and Classes



 6/13/08 -  6/26/08
Obama and
The “Hardworking” White Working Class




5/30/08 - 6/12/08
Non-Americans Speak on Obama




5/16/08 - 5/29/08
Free Tickets to Jacob Lawrence’s
The Migration Series - D.C.




5/02/08 - 5/15/08
Another D.C. Area Black Institution Threatens Closure/Obama Wins? Blacks Takes Over?




4/18/08 - 5/01/08
Obama Draws Integrated Crowd in Chocolate City




4/4/08 - 4/17/08
The Middle Passage - Stories of Survival: 
"My Ex-Husband, The Church, and I"



3/21/08 - 4/3/08
The Lost Supreme: The Life of Dreamgirl

Florence Ballard



3/7/08 - 3/20/08
Gambians React to Obama's Success / U.S. Jail Population Soars!



2/22/08-3/6/08
Free Jazz Concerts - Washington, D.C. /
Ask Tyrone . . .




2/8/08 - 2/21/08
Your Comments on Karibu’s Historic Closing



 01/25/08 - 2/7/08
Terrence Howard and Phylicia Rashad in
A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof



1/11/08 - 01/24/08
Census Report:  Reasons Black People
Do Not Work




12/28/07 - 01/10/08
The Brothers Size Opens at Studio Theater - DC




12/14/07 - 12/27/07
Otis Redding – from Macon to Memphis Opens




11/2907 - 12/13/07
Nick Ashford & Valerie Simpson Pen Commemorative Song



11/16/07 - 11/29/07
Healthy Cooking at Home:
Soulful Cooking for the Holidays




11/02/07 - 11/15/07
Bill in U.S. Senate for Housing Racist Murderers




10/19/07 - 11/01/07
Afro-Latinos at TransAfrica - Washington




10/05/07 - 10/18/07
“I Don’t Suppose to Be Here” -
Michelle Obama in Washington



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In the current print issue

August - October 2008
Volume 14 Number 3

COVER STORY
20 Using Your House As a
     Financial Tool:
     Mortgage Strategies

Building or renovating your house into your dream castle requires the right tools, which include the right financial products.  In the cover story, personal mortgage consultant Donna Smith discusses the different types of mortgages, and how you can use your home as a financial tool to reach your homeownership and other dreams.

FOCUS:  Build/Renovate Your Own Castle III

23 In Your Castle

FEATURE:  
24 Poetry Pier

DEPARTMENTS 

2 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

THE PUBLISHER’S POINT
4  You Are Invited

PRAISING THE PAST
5 Njinga

THE OTHER SIDE
6 Where Hope Still Lives


The Middle Passage: 
A Story of Survival

7  Walking Along the Edge
    of Foreclosure

Money Matters
8  Survival Marketing for
    Today’s Economy


OUR SPACE
10 Recession-Proof Decorating

TRAVEL STORY
12 Back to Banjul

HEALTH
14
16 Thriving with Lupus


RECIPE
25 Café Trope’s Tuna Tartar


BOOK REVIEW
26 Bent Knees
     Straighten Crooked


COMING UP       
27 Harlem Week Marketplace,
     Democratic, and
     Republican Conventions

ENTERTAINMENT
28 The 45s’ Comeback

COVER CREDITS
Personal mortgage consultant, Donna Smith, simplifies the choices of mortgage products that are available to help
you build or renovate your castle (202-232-2744).  Meet her at POH’s Build/Renovate Your Own Castle III.  For additional event information see page 3.


Photo by Camille Mosley-Pasley of Pasley Place Photography.  See additional photographs by Moslely-Pasley on pages 1, 20, and 23 (202-581-4114).  Makeup by Kawana (240-605-2957).

Doll house from Once Upon a Time (703-255-3285).  Jewelry by Anthony Driver.  See additional jewelry by Driver on pages 1, 20, and 27 (240-821-8700).





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