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Health

Why Black Women Need to be Screened for Cervical Cancer

January 26, 2024 admin 0

While all women can develop cervical cancer, non-Hispanic Black women are more likely to be diagnosed and die of cervical cancer, compared to white women in the U.S. This disparity is not due to genetic differences among white, […]

Education

Author and Scholar Jelanie Cobb Dialogues Speaks Truth to Power at WJCT Studios

January 26, 2024 admin 0

Jacksonville Today and the Jessie Ball duPont Fund presented ‘A Conversation with Jelani Cobb,’ Columbia Journalism School Dean, staff writer for The New Yorker, and noted author. Jelani Cobb joined Jacksonville Today reporter and Northeast Florida National Association of […]

Entertainment

Ribault Graduate Honing Filmmaker Skills Dialogues with Academy Award Winning Nominated Filmmaker Ava Duvernay

January 26, 2024 admin 0

2017 Disney Dreamer, Ribault graduate and Morehouse student Jordan Mills recently experienced a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to sit down and engage in a captivating conversation with filmmaker/producer/director Ava DuVernay. The discussion and dialogue was involving her […]

Lifestyle

Custom Cocktail Catering Service Teaches the ‘How to’s of Mixology

January 26, 2024 admin 0

Happy hours usually begin at 5 p.m. somewhere! Here on the First Coast, Breezy’s Jazz Club located in San Marco offers happy hour and jazz entertainment for the after work and weekend crowds. Recently the […]

Entertainment

Sidney Poitier’s Director Daughter Witnesses Standing Ovation at St. Augustine Film Fest

January 26, 2024 admin 0

The 14th annual Saint Augustine Film Festival was celebrated last weekend bringing together theater t lovers from around the country. over the years, the fesitval reputation has grown within the film industry and among film […]

Community

Eastside Pearls Program Motivates and Inspires Next Generation of Professionals

January 25, 2024 admin 0

“Out East” was the location for Jacksonville Free Press Associate Editor Lynn Jones-Turpin to present journalism 101 to students at R. L. Brown Elementary. The school is named after R.L. Brown, Sr., (1854–1948), real estate […]

Community

Monthly Symposium Prepares and Educates on Alzheimers and Dementia

January 25, 2024 admin 0

More than 100 seniors recently attended the first of the year monthly ‘Pathways 2 Brain Health Expo,’ workshop series held inside Bethel Baptist Church in downtown Duval. The engaging session addressed key aspects of brain […]

Community

Community Champion Walette Stanford Lauded for Community Service

January 25, 2024 admin 0

St. James AME Church in Orange Park celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with a program promoting black businesses, supporting students and recognizing community leaders. The church awarded scholarships for after-school programs and to students […]

Community

Teens Learn Early the Value of Community Service

January 25, 2024 admin 0

The Martin Luther King Jr., national holiday was a day on not off for the teens of Jacksonville’s Chapter of Jack and Jill.  Thirty-five students in the organization volunteered to raise money, organize and execute an […]

Local

Old Timers Continue Unity in the Community Tradition

January 25, 2024 admin 0

by Lynn Jones – Author, coach and educator Nathanial Farley organized this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. ‘Old-timers Day.’  Held at northside’s Charles ‘Boobie’ Clark Park, the 26th annual event brings together Jaxsons of all […]

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