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A Musical Benefit Honoring Grammy-Winning Violinist Joshua Bell and Veteran Teacher Vincent Womack Dec 7, 2017

November 28, 2017 was a note-worthy evening as Education Through Music-Los Angeles (ETM-LA) hosted its 12th Anniversary Benefit Gala. More →

Meryl Streep To Members Of Congress: Put The Equal Rights Amendment Into The Constitution Jun 24, 2015

In support of a new ERA Coalition campaign, yesterday five hundred thirty-five letters personally signed by Meryl Streep were delivered to each and every Member of Congress. More →

Stars Back Exciting Charity/Video Online Platform Jan 29, 2014

“Chideo” (charity + video), an interactive online platform founded by entrepreneur and philanthropist Todd Wagner, launched this week. More →

The Tavis Smiley Show From PRI To Examine Ending Poverty In America Jan 9, 2014

The Tavis Smiley Show from PRI will feature a stimulating two-hour roundtable discussion on poverty as the centerpiece of its first new show of the year on January 10, 2014. More →

Tavis Smiley Launches Social Innovation Challenge Jul 15, 2013

Broadcaster Tavis Smiley, in partnership with the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland, will launch a $75,000 TS/UM Social Innovation Challenge to help address some of society’s most pressing issues in three key areas: hunger, education, and sustainability. More →

Tavis Smiley - Education Under Arrest Mar 22, 2013

A new episode of TAVIS SMILEY REPORTS (TSR), a primetime special on PBS, looks at the connection between the juvenile justice system and the dropout rate among American teens, as well as the efforts by educators, law enforcement professionals, judges, youth advocates and the at-risk teens themselves to end what has become known as “the school-to-prison pipeline.” More →

Tavis Smiley To Host A Future Without Poverty Event Jan 14, 2013

Just days before the presidential inauguration and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, broadcaster Tavis Smiley is bringing together a bipartisan dream team to discuss the creation of a national plan to cut poverty in half in 10 years and eradicate it in 25. More →

Tavis Smiley To Discuss Poverty Book Apr 12, 2012

The Eleventh National Black Writers Conference will host a post-Conference Center for Black Literature Fundraiser with Tavis Smiley and Cornel West on Friday, April 20, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. More →

Tavis Smiley To Discuss Women In Poverty Mar 5, 2012

Tavis Smiley is to moderate a national conversation on women and children in poverty. More →

Tavis Smiley To Put A Face To Poverty Sep 30, 2011

Tavis Smiley will put a human face on the alarming new data about poverty in America with special programming on both his national public television and radio programs. More →

Sting To Join James Taylor At Charity Concert Mar 15, 2011

James Taylor will play a special charity concert at Carnegie Hall next month, joined by a host of celebrity friends. More →

SAG Foundation Launches Online Celebrity Charity Auction Dec 10, 2010

The Screen Actors Guild Awards kicks off the first of its three online auctions to benefit the SAG Foundation at www.sagawards.org/auction with a Holiday Auction on Friday, Dec. 10, 2010. More →

Tavis Smiley Records New Orleans Special May 7, 2010

For his third Tavis Smiley Reports primetime special, Tavis Smiley will travel to New Orleans to capture the mood and spirit of the city’s courageous residents five years after the levees failed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. More →

LTTS Exclusive - The Alliance For Digital Equality Jan 22, 2010

The Alliance for Digital Equality met on January 15 at University of Southern California with a crowd consisting of politicians, executives, celebrities and people concerned about the digital divide. More →