January 1st, 2012 
Administrator 
The year of 2011 proved to be an extraordinary season for the participants, petitioners and protestors who fanned freedom’s flames in the U.S. and abroad. From the fall of the last Pharaoh in Egypt, Khadafi in Libya, to the prancing Tea Party and the mobilization of its antithesis, the Occupy movement, the role of citizen [...]
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No Comments » December 17th, 2011 Administrator 
Would the world be in better shape if more women were in charge? Recently, Gloria Steinem and Tiffany Dufu, President of the White House Project, sat down with Bloomberg News and discussed this idea. Their talk covered women, politics, and sex and they asserted the world would in fact be in a better condition if [...]
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Tags: Gloria Steinem, If Woman Ran the World, Tiffany Dufu, White House Project No Comments » October 10th, 2011 Administrator 
Do you recall the Dream Act failing in the Senate last year? Well this week California took a stand for its citizens by passing A Dream Act of its own. AB 131 allows top students who are on the path to citizenship to apply for college financial aid. ”Going to college is a dream that promises intellectual [...]
September 25th, 2011 Administrator 
Have you heard the pundits assessment on President’s Obama’s fiery speech to the Congressional Black Caucus on September 24th? President Barack Obama says the best way to put Americans back to work is by passing the jobs bill he sent to Congress two weeks ago. Obama spoke Saturday night at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s [...]
Posted in Budget, Community, Congress, Economy, Education, Elections, Features, News, President Obama No Comments » September 25th, 2011 Administrator 
Interested in the economy and education, or tax reform and 2012 elections? These are key issues affecting the future of America. Leaders from both congress and the political spear were on television this week discussing topics of importance in growing our economy and moving our country forward. Below are excerpts from those discussions in case [...]
Posted in Community, Congress, Economy, Education, Elections, Employment, Features, Legislature, News, President Obama, Video, World News No Comments » September 19th, 2011 Administrator 
What’s in the American Jobs Act? Will it actually create jobs for those struggling across America? The bickering over the American Jobs Act has begun, but while bickering has always been the norm in Washington, will unemployment continue to be the norm across America? In reading the bill, several key points jumped out at us. If [...]
Posted in Budget, Community, Congress, Economy, Education, Elections, Employment, Features, Federal Aid, Legislature, News, President Obama, World News Tags: anita estell blog, Capitol Hill, Congress, economic recovery, Economy, House of Representatives, Politics, President Obama, The Peoples Place, www.anitaestellblog.com No Comments » March 25th, 2011 Administrator 
Are you a student or alum of an HBCU or do you know someone who is? As highlighted by a recent article by Dr. Benjamin Chavis, HBCUs are in desperate need of our help more than ever right now. On April 6th and 7th, you can show your support. Read what Dr. Chavis had to [...]
Posted in Budget, Congress, Economy, Education, Federal Aid, Legislature Tags: 111th congress, Anita Estell, anita estell blog, Ben Chavis, Capitol Hill, CBC, Congress, Economy, Education, federal grants, federal spending, government funding, HBCU, HBCU Budget Crisis, House of Representatives, HSAN, Legislature, NAACP, NAFEO, PBL, Policy, Politics, The Peoples Place, TMCF, UNCF, US House of Representatives, US Senate, www.anitaestellblog.com No Comments » December 23rd, 2010 Administrator What bills did you support this year? Were they passed or did they did on the congressional floor, victims of the increasingly partisan Congress? 2010 saw a flurry of legislative activity and some pretty monumental bills have been passed this year despite the bitter partisanship that marked the 110th Congress. This just goes to show [...]
Posted in Budget, Congress, Economy, Education, Employment, Energy, Features, Federal Aid, Healthcare, Legislative Calendar, Legislature, News, President Obama Tags: 111th congress, anita estell blog, Deficit, economic recovery, Economy, federal budget cuts, Federal Debt, government funding, House of Representatives, jobless recovery, Policy, Politics, The Peoples Place, US House of Representatives, www.anitaestellblog.com No Comments » September 13th, 2010 Administrator This week marks the launch of the inaugural edition of the E.P.I.Center: A newsletter for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). The newsletter is being launched in celebration of the White House Conference on HBCUs that is taking place this week in Washington, DC. If you too have an [...]
Posted in Congress, Education, News Tags: 111th congress, Anita Estell, anita estell blog, Capitol Hill, Congress, E.P.I.Center: A newsletter for the HBCU and MSI Community, Economy, Education, federal grants, government funding, government grants, House of Representatives, Legislature, Policy, Politics, President Obama, project funding, The Peoples Place, US House of Representatives, US Senate, white house, Word of the Week, www.anitaestellblog.com No Comments » June 22nd, 2010 Administrator Interested in learning more about how health reform benefits you and others across America or learning more about the programs for which you may be eligible? On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the comprehensive health reform legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordability Act. One week later he signed the Health Care and [...]
