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Over $170,000 was raised for Volunteers in Medicine at the fourth annual Women with Heart luncheon.  Eleven Northeast Florida women were recognized for their commitment to health and human services in the community.  The honorees […]

As an component of January being Human Trafficking Awareness Month, the Social Action Committee of the Jacksonville Section of National Council of Negro Women, Inc. in partnership with Rethreaded held a community  symposium focusing on […]

The Jacksonville Alumni Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., recently held their second Delta Days at City Hall for 2020. Thirty sorority sisters met with 13 of the Jacksonville City Council members to exchange […]

Clifford, 77,  is shown above with lawmakers. He was 34 at the time of his arrest A Jacksonville man who  was wrongfully convicted of murder that he served a 43 year sentence for remains on […]

By Lynn Jones In the tale of two city events, on Friday, January 17th, the National Association for the Advancement of  Colored People (NAACP), in concert with former Mayor Alvin Brown, SCLC and the African […]

  With the ever rising negative news statistics on black male achievement, Gabriel Rozier decided to create an event to honor black men for their community service and advocacy. Rozier is the founder of Black […]

The Martin Luther King Foundation held their 40th annual MLK Parade and MLK day activities, Monday, January 20th in downtown Jacksonville.  Thousands of residents,many of whom weren’t even alive in Dr. Kings Lifetime, lined Bay […]

TV Newscaster Dawn Lopez and Gene.com hosted the second annual Black Entrepreneur SisTer Society USA (B.E.S.T.) awards gala held last weekend at the Prime Osborn Convention Center.  The gala honored over 120 African American Women […]

By Tabitha Higgs Job seekers had the opportunity to attend the Work Your Dream Job Fair held at the Highlands Library on the Northside. The job fair featured various employers and positions of all types […]

Written by Brittany P. Bennett, Director of Branding Photo Credit: Pompy Portraits and Timeless Moments by Presha Stephanie A. Jones, founder of Women at Werk, a local women’s networking, empowerment, and mentoring organization, recently presented […]