When men meet at Champions Barbershop on Saturday, Jan. 31, it won't just be to get a haircut, but also to reach out to youth in the community and recruit volunteer mentors to be Big Brothers. To date, traditional volunteer recruitment efforts directed towards African American men have been unsuccessful. In 2008, Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest served over 317 African American children but only 16 percent of these children were matched with an African American Big Brother or Big Sister....

• Free Classes in Computers, Writing, Parenting....
• workWISE Women's Career Workshop....
• Women in Black History....

• African Unity Fest Feb. 7....
• Camp Erin Seeks Volunteers ....
• Grief Support Groups ...
• Hip Hop Poetry Reading ...

"The Apprentice" finalist Marshawn Evans will be speaking on women's empowerment in Portland, on Tuesday, Feb. 3 ... The multi-faceted professional will talk about the power of expectation to surpass stereotypes and define your own success ... Evans is an attorney, author, speaker and media personality. She is the author of "Skirts in the Boardroom: A Woman's Survival Guide to Success in Business & Life."...

The Public Counsel Section of the Washington State Attorney General's Office today filed an appeal challenging the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission's approval of Avista's last electric and gas rate general rate increases that took effect on Jan. 1. "Public Counsel believes there are key legal errors ....

Grant funds are now available for Seattle organizations working to close the digital divide. The City of Seattle is offering grants to support the growth of a technology-healthy city through the Bill Wright Technology Matching Fund. Grants of up to $20,000 are available ...

After a nearly six-year hiatus, hip hop artist Luck-One is back. Working with producer Dekk for the first time, the duo's releasing their new EP "Beautiful Music" on Feb. 15. The album's release comes a day shy of the sixth month anniversary of the hip-hop artist's own release from prison on July 16, 2008. He's been wasting no time since. "Rap is the only thing I felt I was really, really good at ...

The Grammy-nominated rapper from New Orleans, Lil' Wayne, exploded onto the stage in a burst of fire and smoke at Seattle's Key Arena on Jan. 25 for his "I Am Music" tour, which also featured T-Pain, Gym Class Heroes and Keri Hilson.
The whirlwind tour, which hit more than 24 cities in a six-week period from December to January, culminated a record-breaking year for the veteran rapper.

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ATLANTA (AP) _ An influential Georgia lawmaker said Wednesday that the state's funding of historically Black public colleges is illegal. Seth Harp, chairman of the Senate Higher Education Committee, introduced a resolution Wednesday urging the state Board of Regents to save money by merging Black colleges in Savannah and Albany with nearby schools that are predominantly white. Harp, a Midland Republican, said the schools are a vestige of the Jim Crow era and "perpetuate segregation in our state." ...