Weekend Buzz

Written by Shirlene Alusa-Brown | May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Akon helped Radio 1 celebrate their big weekend.   Alek Wek was at a  show titled “The Model As Muse: Embodying Fashion”, hosted by the Costume Institute Gala. 

Charlize Theron was spotted at the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Annual National Tribute Dinner. Amobi Okoye was spotted at the Kentucky Derby with Tom and Donna Joyner.  Interested in possibly looking fly, Kenna helped launch Carrera’s new line of sunglasses. » Read more…

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Amobi Okoye gives back to Africa

Written by Shirlene Alusa-Brown | April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment

NFL Player, Amobi Okoye, started a project with other athletes called the Athletes in the Diaspora Community Interventions (ADCI) which provides humanitarian support for change on the African continent.

Amobi OkoyeFor one of the projects he established, Changing Africa Through Education (CATE), Amobi traveled to Nigeria with several other professional athletes (Adewale Ogunleye, Osi Umenyiora, Israel Idonije, and Ahman Green) to work on programs that included scholarship endowments, soccer camps, clean water programs and, and held five mobile clinics for over 1,000 residents. In addition, medicine was distributed in partnership with physicians from Integris Health of Oklahoma. Other athletes who donated but were unable to make the trip include Nnamdi Asomuga (Oakland Raiders), Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila (Green Bay Packers), Akbar Gbaja-Biamila (Miami Dolphins), and Adimchinobe Echemandu (Oakland Raiders). » Read more…

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