ladies and gents of iask, Inc.  If you have not yet joined a sister buddy or buddy brother group, please contact Opa Owiye or Karen Kennedy ASAP.  We would like to have everyone reading the “Little Black Book of Success” by the summer so we can engage in inter and intra group discussions. Remember 2010 [...]

iask Sister Buddy Groups
21 Day Fast for Renewal & Rejuvenation
Jan 1, 2010 Sun-up-Jan 21, 2010 Sundown
(If you cannot start on 1/1 start on 1/4)
1. Again, this year the buddy group sister Fast will be in the form of a “Daniel Fast” which is a partial fast. During the consecration members will be asked to abstain [...]

White House Wants to Hear from You!
By: Black Women’s Health Imperative Staff
October 16, 2009
The White House Wants to
Hear From You!
Join the Women of Color United for Health Reform on Tuesday, October 20, 2009, for a
Free Audio-Teleconference
3 p.m. EST
Why Women of Color Cannot Wait for Health Reform
Tina Tchen, Executive Director for the
White House Council on Women [...]

Join us during the month of October as we partner with Susan G. Komen’s “Circle of Promise” Campaign.  The past five (5) years we have seen first hand what Breast Cancer can do and we are fighting MAD!  The sisters of iask will be hosting pink parties in our October Buddy Group Meetings at the [...]

Last summer I wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post titled, “Black. Female. Accomplished. Attacked,” in which I addressed the New Yorker Magazine’s controversial and offensive depiction of Michelle Obama as a gun-touting, afro-wearing, fist-bumping Angela Davis 60’s radical. The magazine cover generated great outrage among many Americans, but black women found it particularly offensive [...]

We all remember the famous line where a 44 year old President John F. Kennedy introduces himself at a dinner in Paris, France by saying, “I do not think it altogether inappropriate to introduce myself–as the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris. . .”

One has to wonder if President Obama may have [...]

The 2008 iask, Inc. 4th annual Holiday Tea and brunch was wonderful! Our honorees not only looked beautiful (online photos & video to follow soon) but they also brought family and friends to join in with the annual iask, inc. family affair.
We heard from CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux and Soledad O’Brien. We heard from PBS’s Gwen [...]

Sisters & Friends of iask, Inc. we are pleased to share with you that we are almost sold out of tickets to our historic 4th Annual Holiday Tea & Brunch which will be hosted this year on December 13, 2008 at the University of Maryland College Park Marriott Conference Center in Adelphi, Maryland.
To register [...]

The Board and officers of iask, Inc. Are Proud to Announce This Year’s Six Outstanding Honorees in the Fields of Media & Politics:
Dr. Condoleezza Rice, United States Secretary of State*Mrs. Michelle Obama, Attorney and wife of Presidential Candidate Senator Obama **Gwen Ifill, Managing Editor and Moderator for PBS*Suzanne Malveaux,White House Correspondent, CNN*Soledad O’Brien, Anchor and [...]

iask President Sophia Nelson will join CNN Commentator Roland Martin, Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts, Author/Speaker/Minister Juanita Bynum, Washington Post Columnist Michelle Singletary, Media Personality Star Jones, Suzanne DePasse, and many more at The Essence annual Women Who Are Shaping the World Leadership Summit.
The annual event is one of their signature conferences and every year [...]

1st in a 5 part series:
As President of iask, I wanted to send some words of encouragement to our friends , members, partners, and subscribers about this troubled national economy.
Many of you (myself included) are being hard hit by the falling Dow Jones & The Wall Street Disaster, mortgage foreclosures, lost assets from your 401K [...]

iask, Inc.: iask,Inc. President & Political Analyst Sophia Nelson to be guest on Fox’s Hannity & Colmes, 9:20PM EST Segment Tonight!

Reprinted from Political Intersection BLOG (www.politicalintersectionblog.com):

Monday, August 25, 2008“Standing at the Crosscurrents of History”: Michelle Obama Speaks to the Nation“I love this country.”
“This country has given me much”
“I am the recipient of the blessings of those who came before me.”
“America should be a place where you can make it if you try.”
“Hillary Clinton put [...]

Please join Urban Cross Talk Host Marsha Sumner and iask, Inc. President Sophia Nelson as we discuss “The state of professional black women, Michelle Obama, and the 2008 Presidential Race” today at 12:30 PM EST.
Click on LIVE at: www.heaven1580am.com or turn your am stations to 1580AM. You can call in LIVE and ask [...]

iask, Inc. President Sophia A. Nelson was a guest on CNN Morning this Friday, July 25, 2008. Ms. Nelson was featured as one of the black American voices in response to the historic CNN series “Black in America”. She discussed her controversial Op-ed article in the Sunday, July 21st Washington Post article titled, “Black. Female. [...]