GD eNews | Vol. 2, No. 19 | December 16, 2003

Religion and the New Immigrants: A Grantmaking Strategy at The Pew Charitable Trusts
The United States, as every child learns in school, is a nation of immigrants.  As such, the “first new nation” is a great experiment not only in constitutional democracy but also in creating national unity out of cultural and religious diversity.  One of the central accomplishments of American history has been the ability of an increasingly multicultural societyto unite different religious, ethnic and linguistic groups under a single sovereignty. [FULL_TEXT]

Missouri Not Doing Enough to Grow Black Businesses
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (NNPA) -- “Minority-owned firms have difficulty getting big contracts.  The way to grow their companies is by getting them smaller contracts.  Those are the meat and potatoes for these firms,” she said. [FULL_TEXT]

Study Reveals Employee Energy Key To Business Success
ANN ARBOR, MI -- Firms that placed high value on employee energy, corporate culture, rewards and organization structure outperformed their peers on stock price growth, sales growth and size when measured as total assets.  At the same time, firms that focused on the product, technology or venture capitalists had lower performance scores in 2001. [FULL_TEXT]

Black Women are Outpacing Black Men in Getting Elected
WASHINGTON, DC (NNPA) — The rate of black females being elected to public office in America has surpassed black males by 5-1 over the past 30 years, according to a study made public this week by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. [FULL_TEXT]

Piney Woods School - Changing America One Student at a Time
After several unsuccessful attempts to arrange the trip, I was finally able to get to Piney Woods School, one of this country’s four remaining Black-owned boarding schools, located about 21 miles south of Jackson, Miss.  Nestled among the pine trees, amid rolling hills, lakes and farmland, Piney Woods School made me feel like I had found a lost treasure. [FULL_TEXT]

Art Meets Science - Successful Entrepreneurs Offer Creative, Fresh and Proven Business Building Techniques
FLOWER MOUND, TX -- Standing out among scores of business books, a new entrepreneurial "Companion" book combining the "thinking, empowering, planning and doing" of successful business building practices has just been released. [FULL_TEXT]

Maine Supports Welfare Moms Going to College
WASHINGTON, DC (NNPA) — Heidi Hart was 15 and scared when she found out she was pregnant.  The high school sophomore in Westbrook, Maine, had grown up with an abusive father, and her mother was struggling to raise five children with the help of federal and state assistance.  The teenager was afraid of becoming an example of a failed teen mother. [FULL_TEXT]

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NBFEA.com Endorser Comments
Renounce and Denounce the N-word Resolution
Please help all of us stop the use of this word in public schools.
(online at http://www.NBFEA.com)