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Triangle International Titans. Your Hometown team. Hello Team, Everyone that wasn't out of town came out strong on this past  Saturday . It was great to see everyone!  PRACTICES:  All practices are closed; however, the Raleigh Dragon Boat Association (RDBA) has generously offered our team the opportunity to sign up for any already scheduled practice. This is really a great opportunity. Please sign up to one of the practices on meetup http://www.meetup.com/Raleigh- Dragon-Boat-Club/  and go to practice so that one of RDBA captains can work with you on your position in the boat. Once they work with you, they will tell you your strongest position so that we can assign you to a seat in the boat for the race. Please don't delay! Get your assignment as soon as you can.   T-SHIRTS:  Our team member Annie has designed a t-shirt for purchase on Zazzle:  http://www.zazzle.com/ collections/triangle_ international_titans- 119393403790231089 If

ALL SUMMER 2016  will have the best of the best family friendly events for cultural experience August is fast Approaching and so are the Annual event  that take place right on Fayetteville street mall and other area locations, SO I am sure you have your Favorites and so do I. Let see if i can give you a few undiscovered treats. August begins with a Bang !! Date: August 6th 2016  The 5th Annual Jamaican Pride Picnic Location: Spring Forest Road Park Cost: Free to attend  but be prepared to pay for food Date: August 13th 2016  A newbie this year The Sister Summit Location: Raleigh Conventions Center Cost:  Friday Boot Camp for entrepreneurs is $25.  The Saturday seminars are a part of the expo and is included in the cost of the $15 admission. Date: August 27, 2016  CARIBMASK Location: fayetteville street downtown raleigh Cost: Free to attend  Date Sept 3rd and 4th 2016  African American festival  Location: fayetteville str

Ankara, Kente, Wax Print so many choices!!  So I admit I have  slight love affair with the print. It's the colors like red which I wore for a year. and Orange that i wore another year, i alway had an affection for nice colors. African wax prints lets me have several at once. The patterns are beautiful. This obsession is not exclusive to me. Internet searches had proved that its a slight trend in this look. Okay not a big enough trend for Google but enough for my Facebook feed to be a little brighter.  My lovely husband brought back these 3 dress after a trip home and that was it. Did you know that custom made dresses is common in Africa. If you want a dress just send your measurements. This is great not how do we get this custom made dress way from Africa , no lovely husbands for everyone right ?   We all have a friend or 2  Ghana has the largest and most reliable textile industry on the west coast of African and the crown jewel is the GTP fashion. Its kn

I recently stop by an business i use to shop at to talk with the shop ownr about adding my products to their inventory. While there I had the best conversation with a woman that goes by "mama". she express to me how sells aren't what they use to be. Her store had been located on wilmington street.  One of the many downtown store that was forced to close. \

Diversity Summit We all had the same look of confused amazement when told that Town of Cary would be hosting a conversation of this nature. I admit I too was optimistically cautious. This Diversity summit was held in the Cary Arts Center, a beautiful location. They had 3 separate panels to discuss Diversity in Church, Community and Corporate America. The Martin Luther King Jr. quote :    " it is appalling that the most segregated hour of Christian America is eleven o'clock on Sunday morning ." was the inspiration for the first panel. This was a fitting way to start the discussion on such a still touchy topic. The panelist were composed of 5 of the largest and most noticeable church leaders in The triangle area.  From L-to -R Pastor Andy Thompson, Pastor Benji Kelly, Pastor Classy Preston,  Pastor Jasper Wilkins, & Pastor Ron Lewis.  Each pastor has a unique perspective on Diversity in church and why more church are not diverse. 2 of the panelist Pastor Ben

Not my normal Christmas Eve.... So there was a purpose to all the parties and posting I did over the holidays. After I dropped off my truck full of toys, I made it my point to show up during the toy drive. I don't usually take part in this every year so I was curious to see how many showed up. I heard Ms Silvia mention having lots of volunteers signed up to help, so I wasn't needed. My intention was to snag a few picture to share with those who donated. What I found far exceeded my expectation. Full Groups of volunteers manned all area from hot cook food to Charity boxes and of course the toys!! It was, as I like to call it "Organized Chaos" people were everywhere. Family and children in lines that led to street.  It was at this moment that  I finally realized that the novelty of collecting and donating toys was much more serious on the receiving end.  As I walked  through the crowd of volunteers and those anticipating presents, I quickly realized you can never ha