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Youth mentoring programs have had remarkable success throughout the country.  According to national studies, young adults with mentors have higher rates of high school graduation and are less likely to drop out of school. In […]

Crime is no stranger to the Families of Slain Children Inc. (FOSCI) staff, volunteers, community partners and the families impacted by homicide in Jacksonville.  FOSCI is a community-based organization founded 13 years ago to help families […]

The Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center has established itself as one of Northeast Florida’s leading nonprofits focusing on young ladies.  It is probably safe to say that Mrs. Weaver and the policy center are on […]

Democrats around the country forecasted a “Blue Wave,” which would usher new faces into national politics  – Muslim candidates, women, African American and gays.  As election results trickled in Tuesday evening, it was evident that […]

The streets of Avenue B and Weaver Road were filled to capacity for the Northside Church of Christ’s (NSCOC) 19th Annual Community Fish Fry.  Each year the church holds “Homecoming” type activities as they fellowship […]

Sometimes the best solution to a problem can’t be solved by just one person or one organization. “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much,” said Helen Keller. It was that […]

By Lynn Jones At the height of the civil rights movement, the NAACP was instrumental in developing strategies throughout the South to end segregation, lynchings and blatant economic inequalities. Today, the organization is still no […]

A lynching memorial marker was stolen Friday just hours after it was installed in St. Johns County. The marker was in honor of Isaac Barrett, who was was lynched in Orangedale County in 1897. Despite the […]