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Eating right and living healthy is a life long mission for everyone.  No matter what your age is, having a good nutritional program is important.  This month the American Dietetic Association is focused on spotlighting the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits. 

Fitness Guru Donna Richardson Joyner has been motivating millions of people to get healthy and lose weight for over 20 years.  She passionately tells exercise-challenged people to Stop making excuses to exercise and just do it! Make it a priority.

American writer, Maya Angelou survived a tough childhood and early adulthood to become a singer, actress, activist, and writer. In 1993, she came to much…

All across the airwaves,  media outlets reported long standing children’s’ show, “Sesame Street” was pulling the skit of singer Katy Perry and Elmo’s remix of “Hot and Cold” off their season premiere episode due to excessive comments from parents complaining about too much cleavage from the “I Kissed A Girl” star. What appeared to be […]

Here’s part II of our interview with Kelly Price.  She’s definitely busy with the community and gearing up for her new album coming out this October.  check out what Kelly had to say. ELEV8:  Are you involved with any other community service projects? KELLY PRICE:  Yes, I’m involved with this exciting organization called, “Broadway in […]

(from AOL BlackVoices) School breakfast, lunch, summer programs and subsidized meals for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) are vital to the health and well-being of the nation’s children and adolescents, despite claims of links to obesity, according to an updated report. Approximately one in six infants, children and adolescents live in homes that experience limited […]

Althea Gibson lived in Harlem in the 1930s and 1940s. Her family was on welfare. She was a client of the Society for Prevention of…

Coretta Scott King is among the most influential women in American history. Her contributions to the progression and development of American Society have left a…

In honor of Black History Month, we profile the woman who stood by Dr. Martin Luther King’s side during his reign, his wife Coretta Scott…