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The 7th Annual Urban Education Symposium: Reclaiming Young Black Males for Jacksonville’s Future was held over the weekend in downtown Jax at the Main Library. Students, teachers and parents and guardians were featured and shared […]

For the past year when you hear about the Eureka Gardens apartment community, it is accompanied by crime statistics and unflattering remarks uncharacteristic of a stellar city. Last weekend that stereotype became a adjective of […]

by M. Latimer The “Western Gala,” hosted by the Jacksonville (FL) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, is no longer just a party. The event, held annually since 2003, has become a Northeast Florida tradition. Last weekend […]

Celebrants enjoyed the J. H. Walker Chamber Players in a musical performance in the atrium before the program which kicked off with greetings brought by Mrs. Mary Brown Davis, Gamma Rho Omega Chapter President. […]

The 100 Black Men of Jacksonville, Inc. (J100) recently hosted their 11th Annual Infinite Scholar College Fair  at the Schultz Center. This event featured more than 20 national, regional, and local colleges and universities . […]

Alvin W. King, founder of Fishers of Men held a “get anchored and informed” event over the weekend to inspire men to be agents of change. Founded November 2013, Fisher’s of Men is an organization […]

Celebrants of all genders gathered in Hemming Plaza last weekend for a mass wedding held in honor of same sex couples. With the recent announcement that gay marriages are legal in the state, over 60 […]

The recent release of the movie Selma brought together area trailblazers with the community for a discussion on the current state of voting and civil rights. The film chronicles the tumultuous three month period in […]

The University of North Florida (UNF) presented an honorary doctorate to Edward Waters College (EWC) President Dr. Nathaniel Glover in recognition of his decades of service in law enforcement and education. The formal conferral will […]