Praise Cleveland - Praise 1300 Cleveland's Home for the Gospel Community » Empowerment http://praisecleveland.com Cleveland's Home for the Gospel Community Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:00:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 Praise Cleveland - Praise 1300 Cleveland's Home for the Gospel Communityhttp://your-img-here.com/http://praisecleveland.com Discussion: Is Beyonce’s Message of ‘Female Empowerment’ Hurting the Black Community? http://praisecleveland.com/national/thelonniehuntershow/discussion-is-beyonces-message-of-female-empowerment-hurting-the-black-community/ http://praisecleveland.com/national/thelonniehuntershow/discussion-is-beyonces-message-of-female-empowerment-hurting-the-black-community/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:42:05 +0000 The Lonnie Hunter Show http://praisecleveland.com/?p=1063232 Discussion: Is Beyonce's Message of 'Female Empowerment' Hurting the Black Community?According to the first single from Beyonce's highly anticipated album 4, girls indeed run the world. Thanks to her musical contribution to First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign, her recent Billboard Millennium Award, and surprise farewell performance to honor Oprah, all eyes from middle-age school rockers to professional in... Read more..]]> According to the first single from Beyonce’s highly anticipated album 4, girls indeed run the world. Thanks to her musical contribution to First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign, her recent Billboard Millennium Award, and surprise farewell performance to honor Oprah, all eyes from middle-age school rockers to professional intellectuals are on Beyonce. The 29-year-old is an influencer. From the words of her recent hit, “my persuasion can build a nation,” and she knows it.

Beyonce has built a musical career based on girl empowerment and the seduction of men. In her efforts to empower women, though, she has endorsed a self-absorbed world where a false view of love reigns supreme. Her songs reveal a worldview where men and women indulge in lust, lavish spending, and fantasies of catering, upgrades, and joy rides. I don’t see much responsibility or empowerment of either sex in that kind of behavior.

Yet the lyrics of her recent single acknowledge the men who respect what she does. In her skimpy attire, she seduces them while singing we have “endless power, our love we can devour when you’ll do anything for me.”
The question that haunts me and should arise from moral women of influence is: What type of power is Beyonce encouraging women to embrace? Is an average girl’s persuasion enhanced by flaunting her body, vanity, and money more than modesty, character, team building, and leadership that place the needs of others above themselves?
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]]> http://praisecleveland.com/national/thelonniehuntershow/discussion-is-beyonces-message-of-female-empowerment-hurting-the-black-community/feed/ 0 6 Tips To Be Happy http://praisecleveland.com/daily-dose-of-inspiration/edpowell/6-tips-to-be-happy-2/ http://praisecleveland.com/daily-dose-of-inspiration/edpowell/6-tips-to-be-happy-2/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:06:15 +0000 Ed Powell http://praisecleveland.com/?p=122581 6 Tips To Be Happy So happiness – isn’t that the thing that all of us strive to find and keep? Nobody is happy all of the time, but some people are definitely more fulfilled than others. Studies on what makes people happy reveal that it doesn’t have much t... Read more..]]>

So happiness – isn’t that the thing that all of us strive to find and keep? Nobody is happy all of the time, but some people are definitely more fulfilled than others. Studies on what makes people happy reveal that it doesn’t have much to do with material goods or high achievement; it seems to whittle down to your outlook on life, and the quality of your relationships with the people around you.

To be happy you should know what to love and how much.  Here are 6 tips to be happy:

1.  Be optimistic

2.  Follow your gut

3.  Make enough money to meet your needs

4.  Stay close to family and friends

5.  Find happiness in the job you have now

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article courtesy of Elev8.com

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The series is just one of the latest projects of the Lady Diva Corp., an organization founded by Miss Rudd in 2005 that provides mentoring, group discussion opportunities and seminars to help inner-city women rise above unfortunate circumstances. It has chapters in Philadelphia and the District of Columbia.

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article courtesy of The Washington Times

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