Articles by Teresa Emerson

ABOVE PHOTO:  Philadelphia 76ers’ Ben Simmons, left, of Australia, shoots over Miami Heat’s Hassan Whiteside, right, during the first half in Game 5 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series, Tuesday, April 24, 2018, in Philadelphia. The 76ers won 104-91. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)   For the first time since 2012, your Philadelphia 76ers are moving on…

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All Signs: Sunday’s Full Moon culminates the end of a challenging week. By tomorrow, the dust will settle. Ironically, the week ahead is relatively quiet, like the calm after a storm. This leads me to think this is the perfect time to count our blessings. Let’s be reminded of the opportunities that lucky Jupiter now…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  National Memorial for Peace and Justice   ASSOCIATED PRESS MONTGOMERY, ALA. — Visitors to the new National Memorial for Peace and Justice first glimpse them, eerily, in the distance: brown rectangular slabs, 800 in all, inscribed with the names of more than 4,000 souls who lost their lives in lynchings between 1877 and…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Bill Cosby, center, accompanied by Andrew Wyatt.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)   ASSOCIATED PRESS NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Bill Cosby was convicted Thursday of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era, completing the spectacular late-life downfall of a comedian who broke racial barriers in Hollywood on his…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Meek Mill  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)   associated press Philadelphia-born rapper Meek Mill rang a replica Liberty Bell at center court of the Philadelphia 76ers’ first-round clinching playoff game Tuesday less than two hours after being released from prison while he appeals decade-old gun and drug convictions. Following a five-month campaign by his supporters…

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If you’ve never heard of axe throwing as a sport, you’re like me.  I was recently introduced to the Throw House, an axe throwing arena located at 1121 Ivy Hill Road, Philadelphia, PA 19150.  Owners Aaron Holmes, Alex Nicholson and Travis Washington have been lifelong friends and recently opened the facility.  They host private parties…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Project Songbird members Romona Riscoe Benson, Sharon Powell and Mellanie Lassiter   Project Songbird features the vocal talents of Romona Riscoe Benson, Sharon Powell and Mellanie Lassiter. It is the musical fusing of busy women who are, much like the Sankofa symbol, reclaiming their love of music by performing songs of meaning and…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  From left:  Emma Chappell, Rita Hill, and JoAnn Bell   By Thera Martin Every decade or so, we hear a particular year proclaimed as “The Year of the Woman.” It was declared when Shirley Chisholm became the first African-American woman elected to the United States Congress in 1968. It was also declared after…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Various Olympians with ACT-SO Chair Sean Parker (in back).  (Photo: Leona Dixon)   At Saturday’s ACT-SO Competition, Philadelphia’s students got the chance to show off their talents.   By Denise Clay From 10:30AM to 5PM Saturday, I got the chance to read some of the best writing from Philadelphia’s high school students as…

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2nd Annual NAACP ACT-SO Showcase of the Stars: Remembering Jerome Whyatt Mondesire   By Germaine Edwards, Ph.D. The Philadelphia sports teams aren’t the only champions in the City of Brotherly Love. Philly has champion academic Olympians — the NAACP ACT-SO youth. The NAACP Afro-Academic Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) is an academic competition for…

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