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About Us
MISSION - DIVERSITY
Our mission is to showcase African American Achievements while providing interesting and exciting social news in a magazine format. It is important to promote our achievements and show how valuable we are to society in a marketplace that still ignores positive news and social events in the African American Community.
"Social Sightings" is a photo-journalistic archive of African American achievements and social events. We highlight professionals who are making a difference and promote organizations that are working toward positive social change.
Our page shows that the Black Community is peopled with judges, doctors, CEOs, attorneys, entrepreneurs and professionals of all stripes that are rarely seen in the media: it is visual proof that the "Huxtables" do exist.
"Social Sightings" offsets the sensationalism that usually surrounds news from the Black Community. "Social Sightings" features outstanding role models in our community. We hope to motivate children to focus on their education and to get involved in their community.
"Social Sightings" shows that the thirst for social interaction and inclusiveness can be found other than through gang membership by spotlighting sororities, fraternities, civic and social clubs.
"Social Sightings" posits the notion that education is valuable and leads to material gain as well as being the major tool with which to re-build the Black community. It is our civic duty to accentuate a more positive image.
HISTORY
Social Sightings (The CoLumn) was first published under the name "People" and printed in the Washington Afro-American Newspaper in 2001. The Column assumed its new name, Social Sightings, on July 3, 2003, and has been published in various venues such as:
The Washington Afro-American Newspaper
The Washington Examiner Newspaper
The New York Voice Newspaper
The New York Beacon Newspaper
Politico Newspaper
Our Town Magazine
Washington Life Magazine
Social Sightings (The CoLumn) is now being published monthly in:
The Fairfax Woman
The Montgomery County Women's Journal
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The Capital Community Newspapers (Monthly):
Hill Rag
DC North
East of the River
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Weekly in the Washington Informer Newspaper
FUTURE
In addition to publishing the Washington, DC social scene, our future plans call for us to cover high school graduations and to highlight the positive youth activities that occur in and around our city. We want to show our many viewers the youth who do "Get It Right" the first time and who are making positive contributions to society.
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