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Saturday 7PM Service
Conference Speakers:
Pastor Phillip & First Lady Kristina Davis Greater Shiloh Church  Easton, PA

Overseer Pastor Juanita Davis Greater Shiloh Church  Easton, PA

Pastor Benjamin Hailey Union Baptist Church  Allentown, PA

Pastor Gwen Mouliert Proclaiming His Word Christian Ministry, Pomona, NJ

For more information call: 610.252.5640

Andy Warhol Preview Party
SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 6  8 PM
Dont miss the biggest happening in the Lehigh Valley this summer. Bring your friends and join us for amazing food, a cash bar, fab music, and a GREAT time. If you missed the opening party for Linda McCartneys Sixties, you wont want to miss this. R.S.V.P. by June 1: events@allentownartmuseum.org

The cost will cover the following:

6 Hour stay at Tropicana, located on beach front (You can either walk the boardwalk; or visit casino)
Comedy Show Featuring Turae Gordon (From BET)
Live DJ Entertainment Featuring DJ Doc B

ALL YOU CAN EAT SEAFOOD FEAST (Spicy Crab Soup, Snow Crab Claws, Fried & Peeled Shrimp, etc.)... and for those of you like me who don't eat seafood, there will be Penne Pasta, Fried & BBQ Chicken, Mac & Cheese, etc)

Shopping at the renowned quarter (3 floors of Shopping, Dining, Theaters & Spa services) A $50 Deposit due by May 1st 2nd Payment of $25 due May 20 Balance due June 15th

Contact: Elizabeth Worsham - 732.925.5278 -or- 610.252.6738

Celebrating independent film of all styles, genres, lengths, and years from around the world. Enjoy independent films, experience live music, meet the filmmakers, attend filmmaking workshops, take your kids to the children's film series, and PARTY!!!

2006 Cultural Focus: Eastern Europe 2006 Genre Focus: Animation *Sponsored by the SouthSide Film Institute, a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization.

Lehigh Valley Donations

Donation of an LCD Projector - A local company is donating an LCD projector to any agency that might want it. Although a few years old, it is in excellent condition. Hardly ever used. Details: Sharp LCD Projector, Model XG-E650UB w/ hard case on wheels. To make arrangements contact Jill Kerecz at B. Braun Medical 610-266-0500 x 2422.

Donation of Padded Mailing Envelopes – One case of 5”x10” padded mailers is available. Approximately 250 mailers. To make arrangements contact Bruce at 610-807-5722 or brucef@unitedwayglv.org.

Donation of 3-Ring Binders – A local company is donating 10-15 boxes of 3-ring binders. For more information contact Bruce at 610-807-5722 or brucef@unitedwayglv.org.

Rally to Raise the Minimum Wage PDF file

A Reverse Mortgage allows homeowners age 62 and older to use the equity in their home for income. There are no payments to make so long as the homeowners own and reside in the home, which could mean no payments for life. FHA reverse mortgages are insured by the Federal Housing Administration. Learn more here.

For more information contact John L. Krajsa, Jr., Esq.
AFC Reverse Mortgage Reverse Mortgages For Better Living
AFC First Financial Corp
Phone: 610-437-7230 888-821-4076
FAX: 610-437-7232
Email: jkrajsa@afcreversemortgage.com

Graduates of Project Blueprint Spring Class of 2006 were honored at a dinner, May 15th at the Hotel Bethlehem.

Project Blueprint is a six week minority volunteer development program, coordinated by the Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley and funded by the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, for racial ethnic minorities who are interested in developing the skills necessary to be successful members of local non profit boards and committees.

The goal of the Project Blueprint Program is to accelerate involvement of African American, Asian, Hispanic and Native American volunteers to become policy makers on agency boards and committees. It is designed to help nonprofit organizations in the Lehigh Valley become more inclusive, responsive and reflective of the culturally diverse communities they serve.

Congratulation to the graduates: Enoch Berloche; Marlo Burnette; Anthony Colandra; Winona Dotson; Nilsa Fernandez; Cindy Garcia; Deborah Hepburn; Michana Johnson; Robbie Mathews; Judy McGriff; Luz Migliaccio; A. Mark Robinson; Jacqueline Saunders; Olga Torres; Ana Urrutia; Glenda Webb.

The Project Blueprint Program will be presented in fall 2006. For more information contact the Volunteer Center at 610-807-0336.

Featuring a great lineup of musical performers, including LL Cool J with special guest Ne-Yo Aug. 6,
Train Aug. 7,
KC's Boogie Blast - The Ultimate Dance Party Aug. 8,
Melissa Etheridge Aug. 9,
Styx and Kansas Aug. 10,
Carrie Underwood Aug. 12
Heart Aug. 13.

Other performers include Grammy Award winning trumpeter Chris Botti, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, R&B songstress Bettye LaVette, the jazzy Larry Coryell Trio and nearly 300 other acts. Tickets for all announced Musikfest concerts go on sale to the public 10 a.m. April 17. They will be available by visiting www.fest.org or calling 610-332-FEST. To learn more about Musikfest - America's Music Festival - visit www.fest.org.

G.W.C.Y.L. is a Christian support group for recovering alcoholics and addicts. We share our experience, strength and hope with one another to help solve our common problem and to enhance our personal relationship with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We use God's Word and the Twelve Steps of Recovery, believing that Scripture and the Twelve Steps are important healing tools. If we regularly apply these tools to our lives, we open ourselves to God's healing love and grace.

Monday Nights 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Greater Shiloh Church Shiloh Enrichment Center 548 Canal Street Easton, PA

Thursday Nights 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. St. Paul's Lutheran Church 8th & Walnut Streets Allentown, PA

For more information, call (610) 252-5640 or (610) 653-9494.

The YWCA of Bethlehem is the local site administrator for LPGA-USGA Girls Golf. Girls Golf provides the opportunity for girls, ages 7 to 17, to learn to play golf, build lasting friendships and experience competition in a fun, supportive environment that prepares them for a lifetime of enjoyment of the game. The only national initiative of its kind, Girls Golf is administered through a partnership between The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) and the United States Golf Association (USGA), both non-profit 501(c) (3) charitable organizations.

SAVE the DATE for our 4th Annual T.G.I.F. (Teaching Girls is Fun) Tournament on Friday, September 15, 2006 at Southmoore Golf Course, Bath. Funds raised from the T.G.I.F Tournament will help to provide program subsidies to financially disadvantaged girls and to help fund LPGA-USGA Girls Golf program expenses such as equipment, golf instruction, course access and field trips during 2007.

If you are interested in learning more about the Girls Golf Program, the Tournament or being a volunteer/mentor, please contact the YWCA at 610- 867-4669 or girlsgolf@ywcabethlehem.org.

Pastor Kent Yorgey & Pastor Tim Helms
Route 309 at Northwestern High School Turn onto Long Court and continue For ½ mile to intersection of Long Court And Flint Hill Road -- Church on right

Business
Eat with Gladness Personal Chef & Catering Group, LLC
Carlton D. Taylor Financial Services Representative
Community Action Rising Tide Loan Fund
Employment

Different News,Views, Blogs and Editorials
LIB Radio
Art, Education & History
Allentown Art Museum
Allentown School district
A new distance learning course on PA African American Heritage and Ethnography
African American World

Community Events and Support
Theatre Outlet to present Charles Busch’s gender- bending comedy thriller “Psycho Beach Party” June 9th

Afro American Community Project: Schedule of Events

Rejoice! Inc. Foster Care and Adoption Agency needs your ongoing support!

Entertainment
THE AFRO-SEMITIC EXPERIENCE, Appearing at Moravian College, Foy Concert Hall Wednesday, October 4, 2006 7:30PM Tickets: $15 general admission $10 senior citizens/students/children 12 and under.

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2006 Organization Members
The Afro American Community Project
The Crayola FACTORY
Lafayette College Office of Intercultural Development
St Paul Community Service Center
Allentown Art Museum
Virginia E Holland #86
Moravian College Music Department
Lehigh Northampton Airport Authority
Union Baptist Church Allentown PA.
Living Stone Fellowship Church
Private Industry Council of Lehigh Valley, Inc.
SouthSide Film Institute
Allentown School district
YWCA of Bethlehem
Art Quest
Coalition for Appropriate Transportation
Communities In Schools of the Lehigh Valley
Community Action Development Corporation Allentown
Greater Shiloh Church
God will Change Your Life Recovery Ministries
Lehigh County Senior Center
Lehigh Northampton Airport Authority
NAACP Allentown Chapter
Bridgeworks Enterprise Center
Rejoice Foster Care and Adoption Agency
Second Baptist Church of Bethlehem PA
State Theatre Center of the Arts
Teen Summit Program
Theatre Outlet
United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley
Virginia E Holland #86
Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley
Williams Center for the Arts Lafayette College

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