Cosby Star Launches Online Greeting Cards

December 8, 2011 CONTACT:
Pamela Sherrod
risingstar31pro@gmail.com
www.risingstar31.com

COSBY STAR AND RISINGSTAR31 ANNOUNCE THREE SPECIAL EVENTS

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Geoffrey Owens

Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — This holiday season, RisingStar31 teamed up with Geoffrey Owens of The Cosby Show, to launch a new selection of on-line Greeting Cards called ‘Poetry-In-Motion.’ Now in production, the company’s developing a full line of cards for holidays and special occasions. Each message features Geoffrey’s magnificent poetry, accompanied by wonderful music and background scenery. Sneak peek samples are now available to view and purchase at www.risingstar31.com

To initiate a year full of ‘Star Search’ activities, the company just launched its first ‘Poetry-In-Motion’ Writing Contest for a $1,000 Prize. Owens, who is a Shakespearean actor and poet, will select the winner from a group of ten finalists. The entry fee is $25 and the deadline is New Year’s Eve. To enter, visit www.risingstar31.com

The ‘Star Search’ campaign continues when RisingStar31 launches its new web-show called The Witness, which will feature interviews with inspirational writers and people who’ve witnessed powerful miracles.

Pamela Sherrod, founder of the Christian-based company, says she hopes to identify the types of books and testimonies that would be ideal for adaptation to film. The Witness gives her an opportunity to collaborate with others writers and artists, and develop dynamic films and documentaries that can impact peoples’ lives. As she says, there’s a simple mission: “To showcase the stories that the whole world’s waiting to be inspired by… Yours!”

RisingStar31 offers publishing and video production services which include book trailers, commercials, documentaries, web videos and other promotional products. To see samples of their books and projects, visit www.risingstar31.com, or email them for more information at risingstar31pro@gmail.com.

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African-American – News

African-American – News December 8, 2011

Census: Widening income gap as blacks leave cities
Census: Widening income gap as blacks leave cities (York Dispatch)
Affluent black Americans who are leaving industrial cities for the suburbs and the South are shifting traditional lines between rich and poor, according to new census data.
NAACP: Restrictive laws ‘assault’ Americans’ voting rights (Wave Newspapers)
The voting rights of minorities, students, the poor, the elderly and the disabled are threatened by a concerted campaign to restrict access to the polls, according to a report released by the NAACP and NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

“Trek Nation” When Star Trek’s Lt. Uhura met Dr. Martin Luther King (The Skanner)
Do you wonder what is your role in service to the community? We are often blind to the role we already play to our community.

Swing States – Blacks, Latinos still fired up (Politico)
African-American and Hispanic voters in swing states still back President Barack Obama by overwhelming margins and are motivated to go to the polls – but Latino support rates are lagging behind 2008, according to a poll of likely voters 11 battleground states conducted by Brilliant Corners research and obtained by POLITICO.

The NAACP exposes voter suppression schemes | Kay Dilday (Guardian Unlimited)
There is scant evidence of ‘voter fraud’, yet under that pretext states are trying to return us to a pre-Civil Rights era America The NAACP will be sending a delegation to the United Nations Commissioner of Human Rights alleging a concerted effort to deny voting rights to black and Hispanic Americans.

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NEW THIS MORNING

NEW THIS MORNING:

* Gov. Andrew Cuomo insisted the issues behind the new tax package were fully aired for the last three yearsdespite the lack of public input as it was createdthe New York Times reports: http://nyti.ms/ukUSiY

* Kevin Davisa former chief executive of collapsed trading firm MF Globalhas abruptly resigned from his job handling commodity investments for city Comptroller John Lius officethe Wall Street Journal says: http://on.wsj.com/suQG5a

* Lius top political aide Chung Seto is facing $175000 in IRS liens for unpaid federal income taxesthe Post says: http://nyp.st/tv4ePS

* The Occupy Albany encampment won a permit from Albany officials allowing their tents to stay in a city-owned park near the Capitol for at least 15 more daysthe Times Union reports: http://bit.ly/tqMOwr

* The push to ban carriage horses in Central Park is picking up new steam from a well-funded effort by the ASPCA and othersdespite carriage owners efforts to infiltrate and secretly record the opponentsthe Times says: http://nyti.ms/vi0GDn

* The Binghamton City Council is considering a two-year ban on hydrofracking within city limitsthough there are no wells in the city under considerationthe Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin says: http://press.sn/tM7YiH

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