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2nd Mayors Masked Ball Empowers Local HBCU

April 3, 2024 admin 0

The UNCF (United Negro College Fund) hosted its second Jacksonville Mayor’s Masked Ball at the Hyatt Regency Riverfront.   Over 500 attendees joined Mayor Donna Deegan and and EWU President A. Zachary Faison Jr., J.D. for […]

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State Representative Kimberly Daniels to Host Ceremony Honoring Dedication of “Gwendolyn Maxwell: Bridge to Ribault”

March 27, 2024 admin 0

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (March 27, 2024) – State Representative Kimberly Daniels is pleased to announce that she will host a ceremony to recognize the dedication of the bridge over Howell Drive to the late Coach Gwendolyn […]

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Woman Visits Every 4-Year HBCU in Nation to Share Experience with Students

March 12, 2024 admin 0

A  New Jersey woman visited over 90 HBCUs across the country to show high school students everything the colleges have to offer. According to Good Morning America, Eleise Richards, a Howard University alum, started a college fair in 2016 that has […]

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Florida is One of 18 States to Allow Corporal Punishment in Schools. Will it Change?

March 4, 2024 admin 0

By CRISTÓBAL REYES | ORLANDO SENTINEL/TNS | www.flcourier.com | The leader of a church-run school in Orlando was called into a fourth-grade classroom where more than a dozen children were allegedly acting out, and spanked […]

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Ta-Nehisi Coates Inspires Change and Activism in Jacksonville at EWU’s Stay Woke Series

March 1, 2024 admin 0

February 29, 2024 – JACKSONVILLE – Edward Waters University (EWU), Florida’s first Historically Black College and University (HBCU), recently hosted the latest edition of its monthly Stay Woke Distinguished Speaker Series at Milne Auditorium. This […]

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Court Hearings Set Stage as Florida Pursues Jacksonville Teacher’s License Over Black Lives Matter Flag

February 13, 2024 admin 0

Florida could ban a youth advocate and former Jacksonville teacher from its education system for displaying at school a Black Lives Matter flag and anti-Confederacy face masks three years ago. Court hearings on Wednesday and Thursday last […]

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Draconian Policies Continue: Florida Bans Public Funding for Diversity and Inclusion Programs in all State Colleges

February 2, 2024 admin 0

THE SERAAJ FILES, by Kevin Seraaj via orlandoadvocate.com – The Florida Board of Education has taken its draconian education policies even further. On January 17, 2024, the Department of Education announced that “taxpayer funds [can […]

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Michael Harriot Ignites Thought-Provoking Conversations on Black America’s Unfiltered History at Edward Waters University

February 1, 2024 admin 0

January 31, 2024 – JACKSONVILLE – Assembled in the Milnie Auditorium at Edward Waters University, a diverse audience comprising faculty, staff, students, and community members attentively absorbed the insightful words of Michael Harriot as he shared […]

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Florida Bans Funding DEI Programs at State Universities

January 31, 2024 admin 0

www.miamitimesonline.com | bodycopy = The board that oversees Florida’s 12 public universities voted last week to ban using state or federal dollars for diversity programs or activities, aligning with a law signed last spring by Republican […]

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Author and Scholar Jelanie Cobb Dialogues Speaks Truth to Power at WJCT Studios

January 26, 2024 admin 0

Jacksonville Today and the Jessie Ball duPont Fund presented ‘A Conversation with Jelani Cobb,’ Columbia Journalism School Dean, staff writer for The New Yorker, and noted author. Jelani Cobb joined Jacksonville Today reporter and Northeast Florida National Association of […]

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