The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. Several topics really stood out this week, including the Oscars as social advocacy inspiration, civil rights and Black History Month, and lots of hot news on entertainment going Green. Check out our most popular posts of the week on these subjects, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites.

Katie:

Happy Belated “Freedom to Marry” Week!

Rosa and Raymond Parks: Valiant Valentine #5

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Nicole:

Top 10 Oscar Picks to Inspire Social Action

Cornel West: Black Thoughts On Black History Month

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Giulia:

H&M’s “Fashion Against AIDS”

Ed Begley Jr. Goes Green

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Gina:

Top 10 Best Picture Winners That Inspire

Remixing “Chicago 10″

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Kerry:

How To Set the World On Fire Without Burning Out

Eco-Brokers Cater to Green Homebuyers

As Black History Month 2008 draws to a close, celebrate with Cornel West’s Never Forget 101 course created “to unsettle, unnerve, and un-house you, as we wrestle with the history of the modern world by highlighting the doing and the suffering of people of African descent.” Think.MTV features Cornel West as their Artist of the Week, and has created a series of short clips with West taking questions from a diverse representation of voices including black musical artists in a virtual lecture hall, as well as children in an actual classroom setting.

West’s signature raw, lyrical lecture style is a delight to listen to as he tackles questions by artists including George Clinton and Lupe Fiasco about wealth discrepancy, gang violence, the role of hip hop in contemporary society, and the search for unity in America.

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