Our Branch General meetings are held  every 3rd Tuesday. Click for details.

View our complete
listing of local jobs.
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Now, more than ever, the NAACP needs your support. Click for details.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

NEWS

New Business Spotlight
 Downtown Fusion Grand Opening
110 E. 2nd Street
Davenport, IA
Monday August 2, 2010
6:30 AM - 6:00 PM 

Downtown Fusion is a Nutrition Club that features Healthy Meal Replacement Smoothies!  They have been operating since May of this year and are ready for the Quad Cities to come in and find out how to lose, gain or maintain weight by using their all-natural products! 

Downtown Fusion will be giving away prizes throughout the day and launching a 12-week weight loss challenge!  The challenge will include weekly meetings and weigh-ins, with information on healthy meal planning and healthy lifestyle changes!  Click here for more information.

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QC United's Unity Fest
The Putnum Museum
1717 W. 12th Street
Davenport, IA
Thursday August 26, 2010
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM 

Community leaders, business leaders, and residents of the Quad Cities come together and honor the rich diversity of our Iowa & Illinois Quad City community.  Funds raised will support Unity Fest International, a 501 3 (C) event).

Enjoy delicious ethnic food, specialty drinks, and great music.  Tickets are $20.00 in advance and $25.00 at the door.  You can find out more information and purchase tickets online by visiting their website.

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Iow@Work Announces Subsidized Summer Employment for
Local Youth in Scott, Muscatine, Clinton and Jackson counties 
Iow@Work, part of Eastern Iowa Community College District, announces subsidized summer employment for local Iowa youth/employers in Scott, Muscatine, Clinton and Jackson Counties. 
The state-wide summer employment program provides Iowa youth with an opportunity to develop the essential skills needed for successful employment.  The summer youth program is open to individuals 16-21, who are considered low-income and part of a family unit. A family unit includes a youth who is parenting or pregnant or living with at least one other relative.  The 2010 summer youth program focuses on finding employment opportunities in Iowa’s private industry.  Iowa’s youth will experience industries such as retail, healthcare, restaurants, child care, implementation dealers and others across the state. 

Iowa youth and/or Iowa employers interested in participating in the summer employment program should call one of the following numbers for more information: 

Scott County Muscatine County Jackson County Clinton County
563 . 336 . 3468  563 . 288 . 6175 563 . 652 . 5000 563 . 242 . 9060

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Iowa African American Hall of Fame Inductee Ceremony
Friday, August 6, 2010
Altoona, IA
 State of Iowa's African American Hall of Fame ceremony honoring our very own Charles Toney.  It will be held Friday, August 6, 2010 beginning with a reception at 5:00 followed by a banquet at 6:00.  Guest tickets are $50.00 per person and we may register by calling Rose Wilbanks at [515] 294-1909.  Make sure to mention you want to be seated near the Toney party.  Tickets include dinner and entertainment.  Dress for the banquet is semi formal.

Friday, August 6, 2010
Reception at 5:00 p.m./ Banquet and Program at 6:00 p.m.
The Meadows Event and Conference Center
Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino
1 Prairie Meadows Drive, Altoona, Iowa
Black tie optional

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 Free Masters Programs at Wake Forest University
 Wake Forest University has an opportunity for minority students to attend its MBA program for FREE,
and so far, the response has been very poor. Please, pass along this opportunity to your friends, families, and networks to see if there is an interest. This is a great school and a tremendous opportunity to attend a top graduate school.  (Click here to read the blog about this program.)

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Iowa African-American History Maker
 2010 Iowa African American Women’s Leadership Conference
Cedar Rapids, IA
The African American Museum of Iowa will honor African American women currently living in Iowa who have “made history” in our state at Laying Claim to Our Spirit: 2010 Iowa African American Women’s Leadership Conference. 

All nominees will be recognized at the event, with outstanding women selected by a Selection Committee as history makers.  The Museum will create a short film about their life, and present it at a gala celebration at the African American Museum of Iowa in Cedar Rapids.  The history makers will have a chance to make brief reflections on their lives and accomplishments at the Gala.

To nominate an African-American women, please click here to download the nomination form.

For More Information Contact
Tyla Cole, Statewide Program Director
African American Museum of Iowa
PO Box 1626
Cedar Rapids, IA 52406
tcole@blackiowa.org
(319) 551-8672

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Roy J. Carver Scholarship
 Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust
www.carvertrust.org

Since the Carver Scholars program’s inception in 1988, the Trust has distributed over $13.9 million in awards to more than 1,750 individuals for their junior and senior years of study at one of Iowa’s public or private colleges and universities supported by the initiative. The program centers on providing substantial scholarships to students who struggle to overcome significant social and economic obstacles in the pursuit of their education or who may be living in circumstances that may not normally be taken into account by other financial aid programs.

Scholarships are available to full-time (12 hours or more) students who will be starting their junior year in the fall semester of the award year. While amounts may vary, average awards are $5,200 
at public universities and $7,600 at the private colleges. Scholarships may be renewed for the senior year, but such renewal is not automatic, and students must re-apply on-line. 

For more information, please visit the scholarship website by clicking here.

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Harvard University Announcement

Harvard University announced recently that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families will pay no tuition. In making the announcement, Harvard's president Lawrence H. Summers said, "When only ten percent of the students in elite higher education come from families in the lower half of the income distribution, we are not doing enough. We are not doing enough in bringing elite higher education to the lower half of the income distribution."

If you know of a family earning less than $60,000 a year with an honor student graduating from high school soon, Harvard University wants to pay the tuition.

The prestigious university recently announced that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families can go to Harvard for free... no tuition and no student loans!

To find out more about Harvard offering free tuition for families making less than $60,000 a year, visit Harvard's financial aid website at http://www.fao.fas.harvard.edu/

Call the school's financial aid office at (617) 495-1581 .
 
 
 
   
 

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