::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

        Faith, Global Health, and Courageous Sacrifice Intersect In Memoir of California Nurse Turned Adoptive Mother of Kenyan Siblings with Sickle Cell Disease   LOS ANGELES, CA—June 1, 2021— From Beyond the Skies , the debut memoir and self-described “non-glossy story of hope” by Juli Boit, is a remarkable love letter to her second home of Eldoret, Kenya, the unexpected family of children she adopted with her Kenyan husband, Titus, and the large community of friends, loved ones, and supporters who have emerged to share in this miraculous journey of love and healing.    When Juli lands in Kenya for a short-term humanitarian mission, she has no idea this place would capture her heart and change everything about her life. A trained and accomplished nurse practitioner from California, Juli comes face to face with the HIV pandemic in the villages where she is working. Drawn to the stories and people she meets, Juli partners with Kenyans to create ...

First Lady Melania Trump’s Visit to Accra and Cape Coast, Ghana American First Lady Melania Trump visit neo-natal hospital in Accra, Ghana on October 2, 2018. First Lady Melania Trump arrived in Accra, Ghana Tuesday morning.  Mrs. Trump was greeted by the First Lady of the Republic of Ghana, Rebecca Akufo-Addo and the Chargé d’Affaires of the United States Embassy to Ghana, Christopher Lamora.  Flowers were presented to Mrs. Trump and local schoolchildren greeted her waving United States and Ghanaian flags.  Mrs. Trump was welcomed to the Jubilee Lounge for an official meeting with Mrs. Akufo-Addo. In the afternoon, accompanied by USAID Administrator, Mark Green, Mrs. Trump visited the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, also known as Ridge Hospital.  The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) provides robust assistance to this hospital, specifically to support maternal, newborn, and child health.  The First Lady and Admin...

buzzz worthy. . . By Mona Austin Attorney Phaedra Parks tries to hold her husband Apollo Nida back from a fight that broke out on  Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 6. Since the days of smut show host Jerry Springer, adults behaving badly have been the center of money-making, ratings-boasting,  must-see T.V. The "Jerry Springer Show" primed and desensitized viewers to accepting non-fictional violence so that by the time reality T.V. penetrated programming, grown folks beating the snot out of each other in front of millions of voyeuristic viewers was the unfortunate norm.  Before I recap the most recent episode of the "Real Housewives of Atlanta" (RHOA) I want to point out Springer did not tolerate men and women going at each other, which is a comparison I never thought I'd be able to make given the level of success of some of the RHOA cast mates.  Unfortunately, based on the most recent episode, several women on the  RHOA  don't seem to have a probl...