New Visions

Anisha Simpson has been named the Boys and Girls Club of Delaware 2009 Youth of The Year. Anisha volunteers at the Clarence Fraim Boys & Girls club in Wilmington, Delaware.
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Congratulations to Philadelphia's Creative and Performing Arts High School who are the 2009 winners of the American Red Cross High school video contest. Sophomores in the TV & Film production class created video to promote blood donation.
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The mentoring call is out too from Big Brother's - Big Sisters, who say the need for African-American men to get involved, to help young men stay on the right path has reached a crisis mode..Women are needed as well. But that is just one organization that's looking to step up. Many Fraternity's and Sororities are trying to do to same, in an effort to show they are more than just about stomping the yard...
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Patrons at the Oak lane diner offer advice to new graduates...

New Visions for Saturday, May 23.

Signs are going up all over town promoting next month's scheduled Odunde Festival , but will the festival, founded 34 years ago by Lois Fernandez take place Her daughter Oshunbumi Fernandez who is CEO of Odunde says for odunde festival to take place this year, they need $150,000 in corporate and or private donations. for details visit: http://www.odundeinc.org

If you are a fan of cornbread, you might want to check out Cornbread & Coffee in West Oak Lane.

7175 Ogontz Ave # 4D Philadelphia, PA 19138 (215) 424-0552

Life sized photographs with light and sound line a grassy area at Logan square across from Philadelphia Family court. It's called "or does it Explode?" The project was created by artist Dred Scott, The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and Students from Art Works. http://www.muralarts.org/

The Philadelphia Eagles will resume OTA's for rookie and selected veterans. Among the local players looking to land a spot on the 2009 roster is 2nd round draft choice LeSean McCoy, and 2nd year players Eugene Bright and Shaheer McBride. http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com

Dr. Edith Mitchell is a clinician and researcher at the Kimmel Cancer center at Thomas Jefferson Hospital. She's seen and treated people of diverse backgrounds who have fought a variety of gastro-intestinal malignances&Dr. Mitchell is considered quite an authority, having travelled the globe teaching and lecturing about cancer and it's racial disparities& She's written many papers and has co-authored a book called Racial Differences in Cancer.. http://www.kimmelcancercenter.org/

And across town in Philadelphia's Mt. Airy section, people can get a colonoscopy at Dr. J. Steven Blake and Associates. http://www.jsblake.com/physicians/ Dr. Blake says African-Americans are now being encouraged to get a colonoscopy test at age 45 rather than age 50. he adds that if you notice a problem at any age get in and get checked.

Shoppers at the Cheltenham Mall holla back about their plans for the summer.

New Visions Info for Saturday May 9, 2009 - Host Walter Perez

Segment #1 - Patti Jackson
Patti Jackson has been behind the microphone for over 25 years. Known for her popular 411 on radio station WDAS-FM, Patti is also a single mom who cares for her mother at home.
www.wdasfm.com/pages/airstaff/pattyjackson.html

Chef Joe Poon always has something cooking in Chinatown. Besides tours, he also holds cooking classes.
www.josephpoon.com/

Ken Poon and Shin Poon nephews of Joe Poon have opened a restaurant called the Ken Shin Diner. It's located at:
301 Spring Garden Streets in Philadelphia
215-925-8887 or 267-968-8888
www.KenShinDiner.com

Segment #2 - African American Crew Team
The Boys Latin Charter School has Philadelphia's only all African-American row team.
www.boyslatin.org/

Scholarship winners
JaiQuann Beckham, Elijah Williams, and brothers Barien and Darien White thought they were going on the Oprah Winfrey show http://www.oprah.com/tows for a feature about the economy. All seniors who run track at Christiana High school, they had plans to attend college but didn't have the cash...So JaiQuann took a chance by writing to Oprah not only about himself but about his 3 teammates, all raised by their mothers.. But on the show, instead of talking about the state of the economy, the teens got a surprise gift of a lifetime from recording artist Will I AM of the Black-eyed Peas..He gave each of them full 4 year college schoarships through his iamscholarship program. http://iamscholarship.dipdive.com/

Segment #3 - APM goes Green
Signs of Green & sustainable energy are all around..From roof tops to solar- thermal projects, efforts to help make communities environmentally friendly. Now the Philadelphia based Association of Puertorriquenos en Marcha also known as APM is making plans to go green too. They lay claim to being the only Latino agency in the Nation building all-green affordable homes. APM has been around for nearly 40 years offering a wide range of health, human services as well as various community programs. They recently finished 22 units of new (non-green) construction near fairhill and franklin srteets in north philadelphia..several have been sold but some are still available to first time low-income home buyers.
For details visit: www.apmphila.org

Segment #4 - Holla Back
Patrons Holla Back about special memories of Mom for Mother's Day.

NEW VISIONS - May 2, 2009

The possibility of a casino at 8th Market streets has many within Philadelphia's Asian community concerned. www.aaunited.org Two casinos would be located in the 1st district council. Councilman Frank DiCicco weighs in on the issue. http://www.phila.gov/CityCouncil/dicicco/index.html

Students at Philadelphia's W.B. Saul High school and Weaver's Way co-op farm have planted seeds to create a community supported agriculture farm, one of the first high school based CSA's in the country. www.weaversway.coop http://www.phila.k12.pa.us/schools/saul/school_info.htm

Through a shared passion for health and wellness, Sara Lomax-Reese and Denise Stragies Warkov became business partners to create Well4Good. Through a series of workshops, they offer tips on healthy living through nutrition, yoga, meditation and much more. Denise is a homeopathic practitioner, Sara is a registered Yoga teacher and holistic nutrition counselor. They often take clients food shopping to teach them about making healthy choices when purchasing fresh fruits, vegetables, juices and more. Workshops are planned for May. For details visit http://www.well4good.com/ Sara and Denise also have a list of 12 non organic fruits and vegetables they says are most contaminated with pesticides, and also a list of 17 they say are least contaminated:

Most Contaminated: Peaches, Apples Sweet Bell Peppers, Celery, Nectarines, Strawberries, Cherries, Grapes (imported) Spinach, Lettuce and Potatoes.. Least Contaminated: Onions, Avocado, Sweet Corn (frozen) Pineapples, Mango, Asparagus, Sweet Pease (frozen) Kiwi fruit, Bananas, Cabbage, Broccoli, Papaya, Watermelon, Grapefruit, Eggplant, Tomatoes, Sweet Peppers.

Inspired by a recent trip to Guinea, West Africa, the African dance and drum ensemble known as Kulu Męlé' will perform the U.S. premier of "Mali Sadjo" at the New Freedom Theatre next week. www.kulumele.org http://www.freedomtheatre.org/

And patrons at West Oak Lane's Cornbread and Coffee Holla Back on the Swine Flu Outbreak.

Cornbread and Coffee
7175 Ogontz Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19138
(215) 424-0552
www.cornbreadandcoffee.com

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