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Year: 2016
Lifestyle
Alhambra Chef DeJuan Roy Wins Food Network’s “Dueling Dads”
In what can best be described as a “come from behind victory,” Alhambra Theatre and Dining Executive Chef DeJuan Roy emerged the winner in a special Father’s Day episode of Food Network’s “Guy Fieri’s Grocery […]
Community
Entrepreneur Camp Challenges Youth to Implement Business Mindset
Last week Krumping 4 Success held a Youth Business Challenge at Hemming Park with campers increasing their entrepreneur skills. The campers are attended a six week summer entrepreneur camp with Krumpin 4 Success, an organization […]
Community
Youth W.I.N. with Boys Basketball Mentoring Program
Working to Improve Neighborhoods (W.I.N.) a crime prevention/youth empowerment program that uses organized basketball as a vehicle to create positive social change and encourages leadership among Jacksonville’s underserved male youth ages 12-18 held their yearly […]
Lifestyle
Essence Festival Brings Voices of Change to the Bayou
The 22nd Essence Music Festival was in full affect as millions of subscribers, fans, families and friends converged in New Orleans for a weekend of seminars, workshops, concerts and more! The annual music festival started […]
Local
Candidates in Full Force in Jacksonville Campaign Season
Last week at a scheduled candidate forum, organized by 15 year old Winston Seabrook and associates Traci Davis and Glo Emith, voter education was at the forefront. The non-partisan group hosted a State of Florida […]
Business
Google’s Parent Company Gets First Black Board Member
By Sydney Scott, essence.com Economist Roger Ferguson has been appointed to the board of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, making him the first African-American board member in the company’s history. According to USA Today, Ferguson will […]
Editorials
England Shocks the World
Beyond the Rhetoric By Harry C. Alford Last week marked an end to a very divisive debate: Should the people of England remain in the European Union or should they leave? To the surprise of […]
Local
7 Ways Black People Still Aren’t Free in America
By Jamilah King, mic.com That’s the question Frederick Douglass asked during a speech in Rochester, New York, on July 5, 1852. That speech, titled “The Meaning of July 4th to the Negro,” is among Douglass’ […]
Community
Eastside Neighborhood Promotes Education and Economic Development
The OaklandCEED, Inc. (Center for Education and Economic Development) weathered the storm for the second annual Neighborhoods Come Alive Tour, an eastside celebration held June 18th at A. Phillip Randolph Park. Though the crowd was a […]