Let's Talk: NFL vs Domestic Violence

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Recent events in the NFL have raised questions concerning domestic violence. Greg Hardy, Ray Rice and Jonathan Dwyer are just a few cases getting national attention. For two weeks, we've heard questions about punishment for athletes, policies for the league, even whether the commissioner should be fired. However, very little attention has been directed to victims of domestic violence.

This month, we will hear from a victim and local advocate for victims, Sandra Escobosa-Guynes, founder of Pearls For Creative Healing, which is a nonprofit organization that promotes awareness and empowers survivors of domestic violence through creative art programs.  Their non-profit organization has workshops focused on helping survivors express themselves through a creative outlet  and serve as a complement to group or individual counseling.

Join us....

General Body Meeting
Saturday, September 20th
 11:00 am

 All American Pub
 200 East Bland Street
 Charlotte, NC 28203
http://www.allamericanpubclt.com

Parking is FREE.
 

September General Body Meeting

Charlotte Area Association of Black Journalists

General Body Meeting
Saturday, September 20th
 11:00 am

 All American Pub
 200 East Bland Street
 Charlotte, NC 28203
http://www.allamericanpubclt.com

Parking is FREE.

 We can't wait to see you.

Successful Community Service Day

CAABJ 1st Community Service Day Event

If you missed our 1st Community Service Day, then you missed a treat. It was great to see everyone roll up their sleeves and join in this worth wild event. We had twenty-two journalists to attend. When you think about sorting non-food products, inspecting boxes and stocking donations, this sounds like a piece of cake. Needless to say, it was HARD WORK but with great team work, we were able to accomplish our goal before the 12 Noon deadline and retire at our meeting spot "All American Pub" for a great lunch. Because many of you truly had a ball, we will be doing this again really soon. Stay tuned...

Our past CAABJ President, Jarvis Holliday said, it best... "To whom much is GIVEN, much is REQUIRED." It's our civic responsibility to help those less fortunate than us.

Special thank you to Second Harvest Food Bank staff for all their assistance in making this happen.

Click Here for Community Service Day Slideshow.

General Body Meeting - Reminder!

Members and Friends,

Our next General Body Meeting will be TOMORROW, April 19 - 11:00 am at

"All American Pub"- 200 East Bland Street, Charlotte, NC 28203.  Parking is FREE.

For more information about All American Pub, click here.

If you have not submitted a Member Profile/Application for this year, please download the document using the following link:  Click here to download the application.  Your member profile allows you to share how you wish to participate with the organization and keeps your contact history current.

If you have any questions or technical difficulties using the online forms, please email us at info@caabj.org.

We can't wait to see all of you.

CAABJ Executive Board

General Body Meeting - Saturday, April 19th

Members and Friends,

Our next General Body Meeting will be Saturday, April 19 - 11:00 am at

"All American Pub"- 200 East Bland Street, Charlotte, NC 28203.  Parking is FREE.

For more information about All American Pub, click here.

See you April 19th. 

If you have not submitted a Member Profile/Application for this year, please download the document using the following link:  Click here to download the application.  Your member profile allows you to share how you wish to participate with the organization and keeps your contact history current.

If you have any questions or technical difficulties using the online forms, please email us at info@caabj.org.

CAABJ New Meeting Location

Members and Friends,

Our beloved meeting spot of 1½ years,  "Loco Lime Restaurant" closed it's doors January 22nd. Loco Lime food, staff and management team will be sorely missed. We wish them the very best. To read more about Loco Lime's closing click here.

There's an old saying, "When one door closes, another one opens." Well, All American Pub has opened their restaurant doors just for us, every third Saturday of each month. The CAABJ Executive Board and I are thrilled to call "All American Pub" our new home. We are looking forward to working with management and their staff.

This Saturday, February 15th at 11:00am,  we will have our General Body Meeting at

"All American Pub"- 200 East Bland Street, Charlotte, NC 28203.  Parking is FREE.

For more information about All American Pub, click here.

See you on Saturday. (( If the weather holds up ))

Alexis Mitchell 
CAABJ President