Guest post by: Nikki @ Mommy Factor

As we end a month of Black History, I want to highlight an issue affecting black mothers and their babies everywhere. I was recently invited by Kimberly Seals Allers to attend a screening of the Crisis in the Crib: Saving Our Nation's Babies, a documentary by Tonya Lewis Lee focusing on maternal and infant health in the African American community

I joined Women's eNews, Tonya Lewis Lee, Carol Jenkins and many other African American women community advocates to celebrate the second year of the Black Maternal Health: A Legacy and A Future project with this screening. In short Crisis in the Crib highlights the maternal and infant health in the African American community. The rate of death for African American babies before their first birthday is twice the rate of non-black babies and greatly outpaces the national average.

Tonya Lewis Lee, an attorney and award-winning television producer, the wife of filmmaker Spike Lee, and a spokesperson for the Office of Minority Health’s “A Healthy Baby Begins With You” campaign since 2007…wants to change those rates and the plight of African American babies, their families and in the long run their communities.

Don't let this issue be a part of our Black History. To learn more so you can help spread awareness, you can watch the 30-minute documentary online and also see video from the screening at Women's eNews.

For more information: Office of Minority Health - Crisis in the Crib
http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=8142&lv...

For more information on the Healthy Baby Begins with You campaign please visit the Office of Minority Health: http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=2&lvlID...

It's been awhile, but here is a quick list of the latest mommy topics on the Black Moms Club. Before I get to the list, two quick things. If you want to earn an online degree, but don't have the money, Project Working Mom 2010 is your chance to win a scholarship and go back to school: Click Here to Learn More. Also, if you are on Facebook, visit the Black Mom's Club FB Page.

Things Black Moms are talking about on the BMC:

• Do Black Mother's have it harder?
• Curves Are In Style... what are you wearing?
• 2010 Verizon Wireless Black History Month Essay Contest
  5,000$ Scholarship + More for our Black Students
  
• We Gotta Talk About IT!
• Single Mother Starts Business Against All Odds
• Surprising Baby Myths from BlackDoctor.org

More to come,
LaShanda Henry

p.s. Mompreneurs don't forget to visit our sister site Black Business Women Online: http://sistapreneurs.ning.com

Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- In Verizon's continued support of Black History Month, they have teamed with United Negro College Fund to give students a chance to further their education. Applicants are required to write an essay about how the evolution of wireless technology has changed the world we live in, and they can win a scholarship award toward their college tuition.


Thirty-seven eligible students will be selected for the 2010-2011 academic year and will receive a scholarship of up to $5,000 each. Select students will also receive a personal technology make-over including an HP Netbook, a Motorola DROID cell phone and/or Verizon Wireless gift cards.

The deadline for the scholarship is April 15, 2010.

For more details, visit:
www.BlackStudents.com/verizon


Click the link below to find other websites featuring Black Scholarships and resources for Black College Students.

It’s Black History Month and Kmart wants you to help celebrate with the Share the Word program. Through Share the Word, Kmart is encouraging African-American women across the country to honor and nurture their unique beauty from the inside out. Throughout this month, Kmart is offering many ways to show your support and celebrate your individual beauty including ongoing conversations on their social networking sites MyKmart.com and smartshoppersunite.com along with Facebook and Twitter.

In addition, Kmart is bringing celebrity experts in-store to share their insights on beauty and wellness. Steve Harvey, media persona and author of “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man” kicked things off in Atlanta last week and spoke on relationship wellness. Throughout the event, Harvey gave away fun prizes and addressed those hot love topics at the top of every woman’s mind. You can check out some great images on Kmart’s Facebook page, too.

On February 27, celebrity hairstylist Johnny Wright will speak to beauty as he shares his hair secrets at a Kmart in Chicago (4101 W. 95th Street, Oak Lawn) from noon- 2 p.m. Known for his hair mastery, Wright has a high-profile client list that spans from the runway to the White House!

For more information on what’s going on, check out the Share the Word Web page at kmart.com/sharetheword. And don’t forget to join in on current conversations about health, beauty and wellness on Kmart’s sites, too.

Be sure to share your words. What ways are you embracing your beauty this month?