GLO with PRIDE

How you doin' GLO Family and Friends,

President Barak Obama proclaimed June both Black Music and Gay Pride Month and this past weekend was filled with a lot of GLOtastic events that celebrated the month of June. First, GLO TV Network started off the weekend with the kick off to the 1^st Harlem Black Gay Pride in history. The intimate evening took place at Billie Black’s, located in the heart of Harlem. The night was hosted by none other than the Soulful Entertainer himself, Butterfly Soul and the house was packed. There were heartfelt speeches, spoken words, good food and great drinks, but nothing felt better than to see all the GLO on everyone’s faces and the love that we all embraced. A Special thanks to Bacardi and all the sponsors that participated for making the evening an unforgettable one. The night ended as we continued to GLO in Brooklyn as we headed over to the New York Mega Pride Party hosted by three of the most promising promoters, Ricky Day, KK, and James Saunders held at the Brooklyn Loft. We GLOed right into the wee hours of the night with all the love and support from a few of our GLO friends.

Next up was an event that is sure to go down in history, The 1^st Harlem Pride Street Fair. The Street was packed as faces of all beautiful races, genders, ages, and companies dawned along 119^th Street. The Saturday afternoon was filled with Pride and Joy as everyone came together in perfect harmony. The Harlem Pride Street Fair was topped off by great food, good music, gay-lebrity entertainers, Art, Health Education/prevention and tons of networking. This was one you should have not missed because it was GLOvah!! After that we were off to Manhattan to spend an evening at the New World Stages for the Out of the Box 2010 event. The room was wall to wall packed with GLOful faces as we watched creativity on film with the LGBTQ Web Series Festival. The evening was hosted by the moguls of The Future Forward, Nathan Seven Scott, Dwight O’Neal, and Cornelius Jones Jr members of the GLO TV family. The festival featured popular web series shows that are sure to have us all learning to leave the TV turned off. The event ended with a Q&A with all the talented creators and a few of the characters of the shows. We also had a guest appearance by none other than the frame extraordinaire himself, Stevie Boi.

Finally, the event of all events, the Main Event, The 40^th annual Gay Pride Parade. Over 850,000 homo-friendly spectators watched as we showed are true colors through the streets of Midtown and the village. Not only were we at one of the biggest events of the weekend but GLO TV had our very 1^st GLO float. Our GLObile was full of gorgeous faces and races. Our float featured performances by Hip Hop artist Bry’nt, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI9bMTWaf2s) the wonderful Foxx Jazzell, Last Offense, and R&B artist Joya Bravo. We also had special appearances by Def Poetry Jam’s Emmanuel Xavier, R&B artist Nhojj, Marck Angel, King Jabbar and our sexy Solid GLO Dancers. We really let our light shine and now I know that everyone will begin to feel the power of the GLO.

We send our GLO love and Special thanks to FACES NY, Blur Advertising, Harlem Pride, Temped to Touch, The Hot Boyz, Sonu Water and all of our partners and GLO friends for making this weekend a GLOtastic one. All Photos by Davide Laffe

LOS ANGELES - 4th of JULY!

Starting this Friday, GLO TV is proud to be a sponsor of At The Beach/Los Angeles Black Pride. Join us at the GLO TV Film Festival and the "Flipping The Script" Panel. On Saturday it’s the world famous Malibu Beach Party. Check out ATBLA.com for all the details. Will you GLO with US?

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Kehinde Wiley | Legends of Unity, “OF THE SAME EARTH”

The MEGA World of Lil Mogul

The Future has gone GLOBAL!!! It is international month so grab your passports and Let’s GO! Art, Music, Fashion and Sports transcend from country to country and with new technology being developed daily the world is getting smaller and smaller. Kehinde Wiley is one of our favorite artist at The Future.

To herald the start of a World Cup year and to celebrate PUMA’s long-standing partnership with African football (the Company sponsors 12 African teams, five of which have qualified for World Cup), PUMA has partnered with Kehinde Wiley, one of the world’s most sought-after artists, and commissioned him to create four original works of art inspired by three of football’s most decorated players. Wiley is best known for using contemporary African American men in poses taken from the annals of art history and for his distinctive use of elaborate, graphic and colorful wallpaper-like backgrounds.



PUMA-sponsored football stars; Samuel Eto’o of Cameroon, John Mensah of Ghana and Emmanuel Eboué of Ivory Coast sat for Wiley as he painted three individual portraits of each player wearing their national team kits. A fourth ‘Unity’ portrait was painted with all three players together, symbolizing the united countries of Africa. The players’ pose was inspired by a pendant Wiley discovered while touring the Continent. In the ‘Unity’ portrait, the players are wearing the PUMA Unity Kit, a limited edition uniform designed to be a third kit shared by all African teams, symbolizing unity. The brown pigment in the kit is a customized pantone PUMA created by mixing actual soil samples from four different African nations-Ghana, Cameroon, Cote D’Ivoire and Mozambique. The brown to blue color gradient represents the soil to the sky progression. In each portrait, Wiley captures the essence of each player using the rich heritage, customs and people of Africa as inspiration.


“PUMA is fortunate to have partnered with such a pivotal artist as Kehinde Wiley,” said Antonio Bertone, Chief Marketing Office, PUMA AG. “His keen eye for design, color and composition, brilliantly capture the spirit and passion of Africa – and the players he painted. His style perfectly complements the vibrant culture of modern Africa and the PUMA brand.”

The individual portraits, measuring 5 feet by 6 feet and the ‘Unity’ portrait measuring 9 feet by 12 feet, were unveiled in Berlin on January 20, 2010. The portraits will then travel as an exhibition beginning in February to Paris, London, New York, Beijing and Milan, ending in South Africa in June for the World Cup.



PUMA, best known for the sponsorship of 12 African national football teams, is expanding its reach beyond the pitch by creating African-inspired lifestyle products and artwork that is relevant and understandable to a younger generation in tandem with Wiley. To that end, Kehinde Wiley has also lent some of his unforgettable patterns to the PUMA Spring Summer 2010 PUMA Africa lifestyle collection of apparel, footwear and accessories. The PUMA Africa collection uses seven graphic patterns from Wiley’s existing work and integrates them throughout the bright, bold, color-blocking patterns of the collection. The collaboration between PUMA and Kehinde Wiley is part of a larger Africa-themed campaign PUMA is embarking on in advance of World Cup 2010, which will be held in South Africa in June.

Born in Los Angeles to an African American mother and a Nigerian father, Wiley describes his relationship with Africa as “one of searching and longing.” Kehinde, which means “second born of twins” in Yoruba, grew up without knowing his father and curiosity led him to Nigeria at the age of 20 to retrace his roots. Upon meeting his father, Wiley completed a series of portraits of him, and later, in 2007, returned to Africa to compile a body of work entitled “The World Stage: Africa Lagos-Dakar,” which was exhibited at the Studio Museum in Harlem. At age 32, he represents the African-American cultural explosion that has gripped the world. With an MFA from the esteemed Yale University School of Art, Kehinde Wiley’s work is sought after in major galleries around the world.

Kehinde Wiley Legends of Unity 2010 World Cup PUMA will be on view in:

New York, Deitch Projects, February 18 – 20, 2010

London, Elms Lesters, February 22, 2010

Tokyo, March 3 – 4, 2010

Beijing, UCCA, March 9 – 24, 2010

Milan, April 13 – 14, 2010

More on Kehinde Wiley at www.kehindewiley.com

Arts.Advocacy+Wellness: "Torya and her Notes on Ubuntu"

Ubuntu Scholars Program

An under-funded education system is often left to focus on student test scores and performance alone; personal development falls by the wayside. While increasing academic performance is the chief aim of the Ubuntu Scholars program, filling the void in enrichment education is a major part of the program.

Most students in the Port Elizabeth townships do not have access to programs that fall outside of the basic academic curriculum. Beginning in January 2010, Ubuntu Education Fund will expand enrichment classes for their students in 3^rd-6^th grade students. The expanded after-school classes will supplement their current academic weekend classes at Kip McGrath. Many students for the first time will have the opportunity to participate in classes as diverse as Yoga, baking, and ceramics. The classes are designed to bolster students’ creative thinking and team-building skills, as well as their self esteem. .

The program perfectly dovetails with Ubuntu’s current academic enrichment classes offered at Kip McGrath. Students receive individualized tutoring on basic math and English in order to give them “a strong foundation for their future studies,” according to Jacob Lief, President and Founder of Ubuntu Education Fund.

Studies have shown that these early-education programs will significantly help students maintain their focus and involvement with their education, and ultimately lead to greater academic success. The Ubuntu Scholars programs will not only offer children opportunities for their personal enrichment, but provides student with skills so they can enter university at the top of their class.