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Carlucci Joins Forces With Potters House to Inspire Hoop Dreams

February 4, 2021 admin 0

For more than 17 years, the Potters House church men’s basketball ministry has been on the court shooting hoops at their church location on Normandy Blvd. Throughout the years, the courts have become a gathering […]

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Northside Ministers Demonstrate Strength in Number

January 27, 2021 admin 0

Collaborating as change agents through their combined ministries, the Northside Ministers Alliance (NMA) partners to demonstrate strength and unity to improve community relations and donations. The Clara White Mission was the reicpeint of thier phalanthrpy […]

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Interest Group Aims to Make Their Mark in Jax for Alpha Kappa Alpha

January 13, 2021 admin 0

The River City Pearls, an official interest group of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., has been actively engaged in developing a partnership with the Lutheran Services of Northeast Florida, Inc. (LSNF). This partnership is a […]

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Vision Board Brunch Manifest 2021 Dreams

January 13, 2021 admin 0

By Lynn JonesTurpin – The year 2020 was one of the most strife filled years ever overflowing with issues concerning social justice, politics, health issues and a barrage of conspiracy theories.  To expire Jaxons of […]

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Highsmith Tapped to Lead National Raines Alumni

January 13, 2021 admin 0

The Board of Directors for the William M. Raines National Alumni Association has elected Venus Highsmith as President for the 2021-2023 school years. Highsmith succeeds W. Earl Kitchings, who served in the role for five […]

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City of Jacksonville to Host 34th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast Virtually This Year

January 7, 2021 admin 0

 The City of Jacksonville invites the community to celebrate the life, legacy and service of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the 34th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast presented by Florida Blue. This year’s event […]

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Duval Celebrates Kwanzaa with Emphasis on Collective Work and Responsibility

January 7, 2021 admin 0

By Lynn JonesTurpin – As the world was winding down from the holidays, Kwanzaa stepped in to provide the seven principles for 2021. First celebrated in 1966, Kwanzaa is an annual celebration of African-American culture that […]

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Soil Collection Remembers City’s Lynched Black Men

January 7, 2021 admin 0

The Jacksonville Community Remembrance Project, an initiative of 904WARD,  held a virtual and social distancing soil collection ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the lynching of Eugene Burnam. The lynching, one of thousands of crimes […]

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Rhonda Peoples-Waters Makes History as a Duval County Judge

January 7, 2021 admin 0

After more than 18 tries ranging from petitions for governor appointments, recommendations and elections to become a judge, Rhonda Peoples-Waters has been sworn in as the first elected Black female judge of Duval County. Peoples-Waters […]

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St. Johns River Ferry Closure – Upgrades in the New Year

December 29, 2020 admin 0

St. Johns River Ferry will be closed for approximately 8 weeks starting January 6, 2021, as the JTA begins Phase IV of their ongoing improvements and to conduct a haul out of the vessel, as […]

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