Merry Christmas, Top 10 News of the Year, SOS and HBCU Donation

 Welcome to Our Own Voices Live with your hosts: Angela Thomas and Rodney Smith

Our topic today is,Merry Christmas, Top Internationsl and national News, SOS and HBCU Donation

From the Our Own VOices team and the Speak Up Network we we wish you a Merry Christmas!

Did you know Santa had a helper and many stories depict him as Black?

Here are some of the top news stories from the year.  We will pick some to discuss.  Please call in and share what you think of our picks and what yours would be.                                                  *Nelson Mandela's Death: The lesson of a life well lived

* Trayvon Martin, * Stand your ground laws in 34, * ALEC Mass Exodus, * Kendrick Johnson- Organ Harvesting, * Edward Snowden-NSA Surveillance, Prism, Meta Data Are we any safer?, * Filibuster, * Government ShutDown, *Sequestration, * Duck Dynasty                                         

Local man who grew up in the hood starts his own business and gives back to the community by donating to the local HBCU tour

SOS is traditionally a call for help.  Today a group have gottne together to have an SOS rally to Save Our Sons.  Others say it means to save our Sisters.  Let's say all of our children!