Los Angeles- A Standing room only crowd gathered on Adams Blvd. For the 2nd Annual West Adams Block Party. This popular party to end all parties for Labor Day weekend, was Sunday, September 2nd, from 11:0am-9:00pm. The West Adams Block Party was presented by Delicious Vinyl partners Mike and Rick Ross, embRACE LA & Dreamhaus LA.
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Jamaican-born director Danae Grandison’s Film “Unspoken” To Have World Premiere at 22nd Annual Urbanworld® Film Festival in New York City
Jamaican-born filmmaker Danae Grandison’s short film “Unspoken” was named an official sectional in the Narrative Shorts Category at the 22nd Urbanworld® Film Festival (www.urbanworld.org), an annual showcase of diverse culture and sensibility.
Data show that illegal immigration does not lead to more crime. Period.
Years of research, using different sources of data (self-reports, arrests, convictions), at different levels of analysis (individual, city, state), conducted in different time periods, by different authors continues to show the exact same finding: Immigrants do not commit crime at higher rates than native-born Americans, and more immigration, in the aggregate, does not lead to more crime. Period.
USCIS Extends and Expands Suspension of Premium Processing for H-1B Petitions to Reduce Delays
USCIS is extending the previously announced temporary suspension of premium processing for cap-subject H-1B petitions and, beginning Sept. 11, 2018, will be expanding this temporary suspension to include certain additional H-1B petitions. We expect these suspensions will last until Feb. 19, 2019, and will notify the public via uscis.gov before resuming premium processing for these petitions.
How this son of migrant farm workers became an astronaut
As the son of Mexican migrant farm workers, his education was constantly interrupted as his family followed the changing crops. Often, they would spend December through February in Mexico.
Hernandez and his siblings would home school themselves with assignments from their American teachers during those months. But with all of the constant interruptions, Hernandez didn’t become fluent in English until he was 12.
FROM AFRICA TO THE WORLD, LEADERS IN BLOCKCHAIN INNOVATION PRESENT ODUWACOIN
The continent of Africa home to 1.2billion people who still depend on local resources like oil, gold, rubber, etc.…to compete in the world market, forgetting that the economic paradigm has shifted from humanism to data-ism, in order to solve everyday problems.
7th Annual South LA Power Fest with Aponte, Quetzal and Rapsody
Several thousand residents of Los Angeles heeded the call from Community Coalition as they presented the 7th Annual South LA Power Fest. This event is the premier political music festival that organizers schedule once a year as a day of celebration, education and community empowerment.
At 18, she launched a startup. At 22, she’s blazing a trail in the VC world
Her research on genomics has been published in science journals, she’s founded a profitable genetic testing company and she recently became the youngest partner to join Silicon Valley venture capital firm, Cervin Ventures.
But for Tie, this is just the beginning.
Tie moved from China to Toronto with her parents when she was four years old. She was a gifted child and by the time she entered high school, her deep interest in biology and chemistry required an outlet beyond the traditional classroom.
Hollywood is coming out in full force to Mr. & Miss India America 2018 & The Elite Awards
It’s that time again where we will witness the official crowning of Miss India America 2018. This year marks as the 26th anniversary for the beauty pageant. Founded in 1992, by Jinnder Chohaan, the pageant has grown to become an international phenomenon. Mr. & Miss India America 2018 is presented by South Asia Magazine, Wells Fargo and JINmodels.com. The Official TV Partner is JUS Hindi TV, a 24 hour channel on Dish Network.
USCIS Issues Revised Final Guidance on Unlawful Presence for Students and Exchange Visitors
WASHINGTON— U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published a revised final policy memorandum (PDF, 129 KB) related to unlawful presence after considering feedback received during a 30-day public comment period that ended June 11, 2018. Under the revised final policy memorandum, effective Aug. 9, 2018, F and M nonimmigrants who fall out of status and timely file for reinstatement of that status will have their accrual of unlawful presence suspended while their application is pending.