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The Jacksonville music community came together this past weekend to support local recording artist Maurice “Moe” Ricks. Moe is waiting on a heart and kidney transplant at UF Shands Gainesville. Ricks graduated from Spirit and […]

Most high school and career guidance counselor encourage students to attend a four year college. College has always been the career of choice for counselors to include in their curriculum. Trade school options have diminished […]

Breezy’s Jazz Club recently celebrated their two-year anniversary at their location on Adams Street in downtown Jacksonville.  Each week, the venue hosts hundreds of local patrons for happy hour, dinner and live jazz. Jazz artist […]

Last Saturday, a local foundation celebrated life, legacy and the fight against cancer.  Today in America, breast cancer continues to be a major health risk for all women, but is much more devastating for Blacks. According to […]

Kids Hope Alliance Nutrition Intern Janasia Phillips and Nutrition Outreach Coordinator Michael Whitlock gave campers at JaxPAL’s Eastside Center a hands-on lesson about gardening and nutrition. In addition to helping the students plant their own […]

By William Jackson WordCamp Jacksonville 2019 celebrated its 4th year of dynamic speakers that shared information to empower, educate and inspire the over 200 people in attendance. Over the past four years, the camp has […]

Congressman Al Lawson and the American Red Cross of North Florida recently hosted a community Town Hall meeting at the Legends Center on the Northside.  The event connected community organizers, leaders, business leaders, first responder […]

Hundreds of women representing 40 Chapters around the country celebrated 63 years of service to children at the National Conclave of Continental Societies, Inc. Held at the Hyatt Regency Riverfront Hotel, the army of volunteer […]

Juneteenth, commemorates the June 19, 1865, announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. state of Texas, and more generally the emancipation of enslaved African Americans throughout the former Confederate States of America. Although Slavery […]