Dr. Henrie Treadwell is Associate Director of Development Morehouse School of Medicine's National Center for Primary Care. She is also Director for Community Voices; both are programs which focus on providing Healthcare access to the poor and underserved.

As a strong health advocate for lower-income communities, Dr. Treadwell has done extraordinary work, specifically for poor African-American males. Prior to her work at Community Voices, Dr. Treadwell served as a Program Director at W.K. Kellogg for 17 years. 

Dr. Treadwell’s education began at the University of South Carolina, which she helped integrate by becoming one of the first African American students to enroll in 1963. She also earned a Master’s from Boston University, a PhD from Atlanta University and did some post doctoral work at Harvard.



What is the National Center for Primary Care and Community Voices?

The National Center for Primary Care was established by the U.S. Congress to provide information and guidelines on how to get more people who are underrepresented in Healthcare into the Healthcare system when they need it. Both programs for men’s heath and others are really designed to help people get engaged in Healthcare and communicating with policy makers.

The Community Voices program came to the National Center for Primary Care in 2003. But the Community Voices itself and the Men’s Health Initiative were established in 1998 by the Kellogg foundation with the goal to get everyone up and talking about what is needed and what we need as a nation.

There have been six, full-length, live-action Batman movies since 1989. During those 19 years, America has passed through recession, expansion and yet another shaky financial situation that is still to be determined. The nation has waged several humanitarian missions, full-scale wars and acknowledged the use of torture or, “enhanced techniques” in the war against terror. And in that time, each representation of the Caped Crusader has seemed to mirror the national mood.

From Michael Keaton to Val Kilmer to George Clooney to Christian Bale, each depiction of Batman has been an object lesson in artistic supply and demand. For instance, the late ’80s, plagued with financial sluggishness and rising crime, produced a more grim version, filled with corruption, botched surgery and public hysteria during parades.

The current political climate is one of excitement albeit chaotic. This leaves room for potential misunderstanding and premature polarization.

I ask - what happened to the days when people voted for defined goals supported by achievements, the days of frugality emphasized by William Jefferson Clinton, stability by Richard Milhous Nixon, and even the “New Frontier” brought up by John Fitzgerald Kennedy. What happened to candidates who represented something more than just general “change,” or at least specifically defined “change,” rather than individuals defined by a “movement” or revolution.

ATLANTA-When Election Day arrives on November 4, the state of Virginia will likely play a huge role in determining whether Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain is the next President of the United States. Unfortunately, the vote tally from the Old Dominion will be illegitimate because the state will disenfranchise nearly 350,000 individuals who are barred from voting due to felony convictions.

Across the country, Obama's unique ability to energize young African American and independent voters is turning traditional "Red States," such as Virginia, into potential Democratic pick-ups.  But as attention shifts to these new swing states it also raises awareness of the restrictive voting eligibility laws that will disproportionately prevent many blacks from participating in the election.

War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing!

A hit song from the 70s became a rallying cry for a generation against the Vietnam War, one of the longest and deadliest in American history. Many of our parents protested not only by marching and chanting but also by doing the unthinkable at that time, dodging the draft, with some fleeing to Canada and others to points south. In conjunction with the Civil Rights Movement this was a time of activism, a time where American citizens demanded that their voices be heard. And though it wasn’t always easy, eventually change was affected, and we of “Generation X” and beyond are reaping the benefits.

To gain some insight on this issue we had the pleasure of interviewing Legal Momentum’s V.P. for Government Relations Lisalyn Jacobs.

“No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.” Jesse Jackson

I had the great honor to interview the dynamic political duo of Congressman Edolphus “Ed” Towns (D-NY-10) and his son, Assemblyman Darryl Towns. Excellent examples of modern living history, they are the first father & son to hold public office while serving simultaneously in the State of New York.

Congressman Towns is currently serving his 12th (twelfth) term in the U.S. House of Representatives. His district includes the well-known neighborhoods of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Carnarsie, and downtown Brooklyn. As a select member of the influential Energy & Commerce Committee, Towns has help to strengthen the standards regarding the privacy protection of online consumers and also minimizing the gaps of the digital divide. Many legislative initiatives have benefited from his insight and knowledge. With various accomplishments/awards to his credit, Representative Towns holds the distinction of being the first African American to serve as the Deputy Brooklyn Borough President.

"Many despair at all the evil and unrest and disorder in the world today... but I see a new social order and I see the dawn of a new day." -- Coretta Scott King

I recently sat down with the youngest member of Georgia's General Assembly, Alisha Thomas Morgan.  At the age of 23 she was elected the first African American to represent Cobb County in the Georgia House of Representatives.   Since her election in 2002, she has shaken-up the Georgia House with her zealous stand on issues such as gay marriage, Voter ID, and archaic Jim Crow laws. 

A few days ago, I had the pleasure to speak to the newly elected Assemblyman Karim Camara from New York. Two months ago, Assemblyman Camara was elected to the 43rds Assembly District of Brooklyn, New York. Rev. Camara is no stranger to politics. He was the former aide to his predecessor former Assemblyman Clarence Norman. Despite the controversy surrounding Norman’s departure from the New York Assembly, Camara garnered 77% of the vote beating out the Independence candidate Geoffrey Davis and Republican candidate Kenneth Cook. This Crown Heights, Brooklyn native is also the Executive Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Crown Heights. In 2002, he became the first and only Executive Pastor in the church’s 52 years history. Assemblyman Camara is a 34 years-old young man with many distinctive honors and awards.