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Making Herstory: Black Girl Magic Sheet Apprentice Program Witnesses First Female Graduate

June 17, 2021 admin 0

SMART Local #435 has been providing highly skilled Sheet Metal Workers to signatory contractors for over 75 years. In addition, Local #435 provides a four year apprenticeship program tuition free which includes the Journeymen upgrade […]

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Reparations Fight Continues On the First Coast

June 17, 2021 admin 0

Interested Northside community members recently held a meeting inside Innerlife Chapel  International to discuss the history of 40 Acres and A Mule, and what it means for the African American people today and how African […]

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Classical Arts Program Returns to Eugene Butler Middle School

June 17, 2021 admin 0

Despite a national pandemic, musicians, and vocalists at an emerging magnet middle school in Duval County perseveres in its pursuit of performing arts excellence. Recently at Eugene Butler Middle School, the band and chorus presented […]

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Hands on Hilltop Yields Summer Transportation and Nourishment

June 17, 2021 admin 0

While the Hilltop Apartment community has been in the news for its high profile rodent infestation, the community has continued to rally around supporting its residents – including its youth. Recently the Duval County Public […]

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Stay Alert – Rental and Mortgage Scams Continue

June 10, 2021 admin 0

 BlackPressUSA THE WASHINGTON INFORMER — (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) – By Neighborhood Works America –The economic and financial impact of COVID-19 has made housing security even more uncertain for many Americans. With forbearance relief programs ending and […]

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Trust Your Gut: Why You Should Get Screened for Colon Cancer

May 28, 2021 admin 0

By Nicole Harris, MD – Even as a primary care physician, I’ll be the first to admit that it’s easy to put off a colonoscopy. I know my patients don’t look forward to the prep […]

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Boule Honors Top Students with Academic Scholarships

May 28, 2021 admin 0

By Hazel -Yates Campbell –  The Gamma Beta Boule marked the 37th Annual High Potential Youth Recognition Awards Program awarding eight of Jacksonville’s highest ranking African-American students from Duval County Public Schools. The students were […]

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Young Writers Festival Awards Students for Prose Compilations and Dramatization

May 28, 2021 admin 0

The Board of Directors of Friends of Brentwood Library, Inc. (FOBL) is bridging the gap and uplifting the youth of the community through poetry and dramatic arts. The James Weldon Johnson Poetry and Dramatic Arts […]

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River City Pearls Continues to Make a Difference in Duval

May 27, 2021 admin 0

 The River City Pearls, an Interest Group of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, recently conducted a “drop off of feminine products” and collected items for women and girls. These items were donated to the Renewing […]

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Edward Water College Names Professors of the Year

May 20, 2021 admin 0

Edward Waters College students had a much harder job than usual this school year.  Among their unexpected burdens were issues including facing a global pandemic, rising costs of student tuition and the strain of taking […]

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