Inspiring

VIDEO: THE I’MPOSSIBLE YOUTH EDITION (HOUSE OF COMMONS – LONDON)

May 7, 2013

The historic I’mPOSSIBLE conversation youth edition took place on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at the House of Commons, London. Diane Abbott MPs ‘Black Women Mean Business’ and I’mPOSSIBLE global CIC brought 100 London school girls to the home of UK government to see the POSSIBILITIES of others who were like them. The event took place on the 21st anniversary of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work® day. Strong supporters, Michelle and Barack Obama sent their well wishes to the only official […]

POWERLIST 2010: BRITAIN’S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL BLACK PEOPLE

September 30, 2009

The names of the UK’s 100 most powerful people of African and Caribbean heritage are unveiled today in the second annual edition of The Powerlist: Britain’s 100 Most Influential Black People.  The list – compiled by a high-powered panel chaired by the British High Commissioner to Australia, Baroness Amos – smashes stereotypes by featuring business leaders, entrepreneurs and people from the arts, media, science and engineering, most of whom the average person in Britain will probably never have heard of, yet all […]

BRITISH ACTOR AML AMEEN LANDS FIRST HOLLYWOOD FILM ROLE

April 7, 2009

  British actor Aml Ameen has landed his first Hollywood role in the film Red Tails, the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.   Produced by George Lucas (Star Wars), Directed by Anthony Hemingway (The Wire), the film stars David Oyelowo (Spooks, Last King of Scotland), Bryan Cranston (Malcom in the Middle), Ne-Yo, Method Man and Jazmine Sullivan.      Aml will be travelling to Prague to begin shooting […]

UK NEWS: QUADRUPLETS ACHIEVE TOP A-LEVEL EXAM GRADES

August 15, 2008

(Left to right) 18-year-old quadruplets Tobi, Tayo, Tolu, and Tosin, who are all members of the Oke family. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA Wire A-level results are being hit by sibling inflation as the number of photogenic twins gaining top grades and places at the same university rose again for the 17th year in a row. And 2008 saw the usual twins being trumped by the appearance of the Oke quadruplets – Tolu, Tayo, Tobi and Tosin – who achieved A and B grades […]