Community

The Girls Who Brunch Tour recently hosted 138 young ladies for a brunch design to cultivate, inspire and empower at risk girls between the ages of 9 – 17 years old. The teens and ‘tweens […]

With the threat of violence in the streets of Jacksonville urban core neighborhoods becoming more prevalent, the Families of Slain Children, Inc. Teens Rising Above Crime (T.R.A.C.) Program presented a class to urban youth to […]

Baptist Health offered preventive health screenings to more than 500 women who gathered for Girls’ Day Out, a day of wellness for women. The one-day conference took place over the weekend and is co-presented by […]

FLAJAX Club members and their guests departed Jacksonville via luxury tour bus for their annual summer outing.  The club traveled to Savannah, GA for a Gullah Geechee tour that highlighted the culture and history of […]

The president of Jacksonville City Council answered the this week of weekend protestors asking several city departments to conduct an inventory of all Confederate monuments, memorials and markers on public property with the intention of asking […]

Earlier this month two dozen community members varying in age, race and socioeconomic status gathered in the sanctuary of Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church with a mission of challenging and expanding our current definition of […]

Black Rose Foundation for Children recently announced eight awards for the 2017-2018 academic years. Four of the awards are named in honor of the James V. Brooks Music Scholarships for higher education, given in honor […]

PNC Bank Arts Alive and Stage Aurora Theatrical Company presented the hit children’s production Disney’s The Lion King, Jr. to approximately 1,000 attendees for five performances, July 10 -14 at the Jacksonville Public Library Main […]