TheGrio’s 100: Alie Kabba, bridging African immigrant communities together

Keosha Johnson

theGRIO's 100 - Alie Kabba is the executive director of the United African Organization, a Chicago-based group comprised of multiple African national associations dedicated to empowering African immigrants and refugees in Illinois...

Judge Greg Mathis pays it forward by helping prisoners

Mara Schiavocampo

VIDEO - Judge Greg Mathis discusses his new activist program to help youth offenders and prison inmates build careers and take control of their lives...

'Sherpa' helps first-gen college students climb to the top

Mandisa Washington

VIDEO - Only 11 percent of students in the first generation of their families to graduate college successfully complete school, but the Univ. of Cincinnati is working to break the cycle...

GWU students deliver community service knockout

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From The Washington Post - VIDEO - Bucking the trend of the "Me Generation", George Washington Univ. students and staff volunteer in needy communities in D.C. and beyond...

African-American ladies who have led the way

Mandisa Washington

SLIDESHOW - From caregivers and laborers to CEOs and scientists, black women have held pivotal leadership roles in building America at every level...

New moms in Chicago get an extra helping of joy

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VIDEO - Nearly four thousand babies are born at Chicago's Mt. Sinai Hospital each year. To each mother, any gift, even a simple baby gift, makes a difference...

TheGrio's 100: Joshua Dubois, Obama's Pastor-In-Chief

Ethyln Harris

TheGrio's 100 - Don't be fooled by DuBois' age, describing him as very capable and a gifted relationship-builder in religious circles...

TheGrio's 100: Craig Watkins, a Texas DA using DNA for justice

Ethyln Harris

TheGrio's 100 - Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins became the first black district attorney in Texas. He didn't realize he was making state history...