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  1. khafraco:

    Khafra Company Presents: In the Mix - A Business Warming

    We recently had our business warming in downtown Oakland, CA.

    You know … like a house warming but instead of friends and families bringing you gift cards and and useless items to fill our house, we invited business owners (some friends, some soon to be friends) to get together and celebrate the beginning of Khafra Company with us!  

    They didn’t bring us presents.  But, they did bring us the best thing business owners can ask for: good community and great ideas.

    PLUS: More than a few of these entrepreneurs left with new connections to enhance their own brands.  And we could all use a network that … well … works.

    Oh ya … We also threw in some amazing food and desserts from Kainbigan and LulaMae Bakes!

    Want to join in the celebration?! We want to know what items you love the most so that we can stock up for our official online boutique launch in the fall.

    How can you help?! We’re releasing a small batch of summer accessory samples next week. Sign-up today for first dibs.

    It’s that simple.

    (Source: khafraco)

  2. chescaleigh: This past Memorial Day weekend, while walking home from work, twin brothers Aaron and Kristin were brutally attacked around 3 am Sunday in the LES by approximately 10-12 men.  Despite eyewitnesses and surveillance video of the attack, the NYPD were quick to label the attack “gang related” and close the case without any investigation. When Aaron’s girlfriend, Cipriana followed up with police a day after the attack she was told that the twins said they did not want an investigation and would “handle it themselves”. Knowing this was untrue, Cipriana encouraged Aaron to contact the police and ask them to pursue the investigation. When Aaron spoke with police and explained that they did in fact want an investigation he was told he could “face jail time for lying”. It wasn’t until Cipriana took to her blog, urbanbushbabes.com to write about the attack and the lack of police investigation that the press took note (NY Post & Fox 5) and the police suddenly changed their tune. Now the NYPD claims the case was never closed and has labeled it a hate crime. We really need your help to get this story out and to get justice for the twins. Here’s how you can help:• Sign the change.org petition to hold the NYPD & Internal Affairs Bureau Liable for their misconduct in the handling of Aaron and Kristin’s case• Click here to tweet the petition using the #justice4twins hashtag • read and share the full story and video from Cipriana’s blog • Reblog and share this post • Tweet this story using #justice4twins to media influencers like @MHarrisPerry @TheRevAl @ClutchMagazine @blackvoices and @thinkprogress

    chescaleigh:

    This past Memorial Day weekend, while walking home from work, twin brothers Aaron and Kristin were brutally attacked around 3 am Sunday in the LES by approximately 10-12 men.  Despite eyewitnesses and surveillance video of the attack, the NYPD were quick to label the attack “gang related” and close the case without any investigation. When Aaron’s girlfriend, Cipriana followed up with police a day after the attack she was told that the twins said they did not want an investigation and would “handle it themselves”. Knowing this was untrue, Cipriana encouraged Aaron to contact the police and ask them to pursue the investigation.

    When Aaron spoke with police and explained that they did in fact want an investigation he was told he could “face jail time for lying”. It wasn’t until Cipriana took to her blog, urbanbushbabes.com to write about the attack and the lack of police investigation that the press took note (NY Post & Fox 5) and the police suddenly changed their tune. Now the NYPD claims the case was never closed and has labeled it a hate crime.

    We really need your help to get this story out and to get justice for the twins. Here’s how you can help:

    • Sign the change.org petition to hold the NYPD & Internal Affairs Bureau Liable for their misconduct in the handling of Aaron and Kristin’s case

    • Click here to tweet the petition using the #justice4twins hashtag

    • read and share the full story and video from Cipriana’s blog

    • Reblog and share this post

    • Tweet this story using #justice4twins to media influencers like @MHarrisPerry @TheRevAl @ClutchMagazine @blackvoices and @thinkprogress

    (via blackqueerdo)

  3. ↪ BREAKING: First pro male athlete comes out as gay

    Raise that hand sir.  RAISE THAT FLAG too. 

    gaywrites:

    Jason Collins, 34-year-old center in the National Basketball Association, is the first openly gay athlete in major American sports.

    He wrote this piece for Sports Illustrated detailing his decision: 

    I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay.

    I didn’t set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I’m happy to start the conversation. I wish I wasn’t the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying, “I’m different.” If I had my way, someone else would have already done this. Nobody has, which is why I’m raising my hand.

    This is huge. This is so huge. Follow-up to come; we’ll be talking about this one for a while. 

    (via sistahmamaqueen)

  4. Good answer.

    Good answer.

    (Source: tonytoggles, via thedalekdream)

  5. love.

    love.

    (Source: sexgoddeathandus, via genderanarchy)