bluephi.net turns 3

it’s hard to believe that i’ve been running this site in its current form for 3 years now. i just now looked back at the first post and realized that i’d written it 3 years ago yesterday. it reminded me of one of the reasons why i started blogging – to evangelize technology solutions to other Sigma webmasters and hope to create various web goodies you can use on your sites.

the first thing i did when i was asked to be a supporting officer was to establish my identity online. i went out and found pockets of active Sigma communities and i started participating, posting, introducing myself and so on getting my name out to get an idea of who’s who in Sigma online. it was then that i realized that the national site was missing out on a huge opportunity in not hosting its own social network and driving all that activity to pbs1914.org.

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Black Power Movement Leader: Huey P. Newton

Huey P. Newton

Born Huey Percy Newton on February 17, 1942, in Monroe, Louisiana. Bro. Newton helped establish the controversial black political organization, The Black Panther Party and became a leading figure in the black power movement of the 1960s.

In the mid-1960s, Bro. Newton was able to attend Merritt College, eventually earning an Associate of Arts Degree. Bro. Newton became a prominent member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Beta Tau chapter He also attended San Francisco Law School and Oakland City College, the latter where he became interested in politics and motivated to stop the oppressive conditions of America, particularly for blacks. It was here where Bro. Newton joined with Bobby Seale to form the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in 1966, a group based on the armed self-defense of blacks, which included patrolling the Oakland City Police and demanding justice and resources for blacks.

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nip/tuck

i posted about this a while back and am just now getting around to making the changes. so between football, i managed to tinker around with the site. i wanted to go to a 2 column layout to make better use of the space and move around things in the sidebar. i still have more … Read morenip/tuck

Target HQ Jobs

a few weeks ago, sharleen young, a recruiter from Target, inbox’ed me asking about reaching out to the phi beta sigma LinkedIn group. she’s looking for “diverse strategic business leaders at Target HQ” in their merchandising team. she writes “These are leadership positions within Merchandising where Buyers have the opportunity to: Manage a P&L, be … Read moreTarget HQ Jobs

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