Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Gwen McMullins showed up for her interview at The Journal with a Census 2010 button on. She had just come from a census rally designed to get citizens to participate in the 2010 Census. It was testimony to her busy schedul...

The Links Yolanda Oliver is the current President of the Pasadena, Altadena Chapter of the The Links. She describes The Links as a "Women's Service Organization with a motto that says they are a sisterhood of friends providing service to the community."...

Phi Delta Kappa Kelly Lawson is the current president of Phi Delta Kappa, a national sorority of professional educators. Lawson is an educator who is passionate about literacy. The desire to help others learn to read is what drives her. Following her...

Women in Action Alison Moses is President of Women In Action. Women In Action is a service organization originally founded to assist in supporting African American Political Candidates running for public office. Like so many other organizations its focu...

Jack and Jill Charmayne Mills Ealy is president of the Pasadena chapter of Jack and Jill. She is well aware of the bourgeoisie image of the organization but shakes it off by saying, "Today's Jack and Jill is not your mother's Jack and Jill." She descri...

AKA Sorority Elise Mallory is the immediate past president of the Pasadena, Altadena Eta Lambda Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Sorority. During her tenure, the Pasadena Chapter AKA's hosted the 78 Annual Regional Conference in Pasadena, with over 1000 w...

United Fire Fighters of Southern California, a chapter of The International of Association of Black Professional Firefighters (IABPFF) will be hosting the Southwest Regional 2010 Spring Conference, April 8th thru 10th, 2010 at the Pasadena Hilton Hotel, 1...

Part II of Two Parts Back in the reality-based community - in just twelve short months - President Obama: 1.  Continued to draw down the misbegotten war in Iraq (But that wasn't good enough for his critics) 2.  Thoughtfully and decisively ...

The state of Missouri has created a juvenile justice system that has proved so successful over the last thirty years it's known as the "Missouri Miracle." A number of practices combine to make Missouri's system unique: It's primarily made up of small faci...

April 24, 2010 at Brookside Golf Club at 9:00 a.m. The Pasadena Journal will celebrate its 2010 Women of Achievement with a breakfast on April 24, 2010 at the Brookside Golf Club at 9am. The spotlight will be on this year's Women of Achievement but the b...

The Pasadena City College Dental Program was recently accredited by the American Dental Association (ADA) Commission on Dental Accreditation, whose purpose is to establish, maintain, and apply standards that ensure the quality and continuous improvement o...

Many students with special educational needs attend mainstream schools in Pasadena, CA, but few are able to have all of their complex needs met in either general or special education courses taught in the local schools. Because of prior and current budget...

Government makes extra push to tally people in 'hard-to-count' areas The U.S. Census Bureau's once-a-decade population count kicks into high gear this month as the government agency sends out forms to more than 130 million addresses across the coun...

Pasadena City College will partner with the city of Pasadena to promote "One City, One Story," an eight-year-old program designed to broaden and deepen an appreciation of reading and literature in the community. The program seeks to engage participan...

Women At Work, a Pasadena based career and job resource center, has announced that career counseling services are now available at the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce. Women At Work is excited to bring their services to the Arcadia community and looking forw...

On Tuesday March 9, the nation's capital witnessed its first same-sex marriages thus sending a not so subtle message. Washington, D.C., the seat of political power in the United States and global policy around the world,  has followed suite of only a...

Estate plans should be "evergreen". In other words, they should be living documents that can be changed and/or updated at any time so they are always a current reflection of one's personal situation and preferences. When I prepare estate plans, I always ...

Martial arts schools are now everywhere and practiced by just about everyone. For children, they're often the first choice when it comes to picking extra-curricular activities. They get to dress up, leap and kick, and work off excess energy...

The South Coast Air Quality Management District today launched the nation's first fully featured smart-phone application for a wide range of air quality information. The free application, designed for the iPhone™, iPad, and iPod Touch®, real-time and ...

Part One Before he'd served even one year President Obama lost the support of the easily distracted left and engendered the white hot rage of the hate-filled right. But some of us, from all walks of life and ideological backgrounds -- ...