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The 5th Annual Marcus Garvey weekend, hosted by Masjid Al-Salaam was held last weekend at American Beach. Historic American Beach was the backdrop where participants had the opportunity to apply economic ideas of Marcus Garvey’s vision […]

  Andrea Bryant-Smith is a baker, but not a candle sticker maker! Her Pastries By Andrea/Too Nice Slice company organizes weekly food giveaways in the Springfield area. Every weekend Bryant and her volunteer staff rise […]

It’s back to school time and parents around Duval County have diligently stood in lines retrieving free book bags and supplies for their kindergarten, jr. high or high school student. These past weekends have witnessed […]

Dressed in all-white, more than 40 members of the Jacksonville (FL) Chapter of the Links celebrated sisterhood and service at their annual planning session dubbed an “All-White Beach Chic Retreat”.  Held at the Costa Verano […]

A legend in his native home of Jacksonville, Florida, James V. Brooks was a graduate of Bethune-Cookman University and Florida State University.  He excelled as an itinerant string instructor, high school music teacher and band director for […]

The late Kavin Grant, a First Coast High School graduate, dancer/choreographer and theater/dance professor at Alabama State University, was killed in a car crash earlier this year in Baker County. Grant was driving on Interstate […]

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 […]