Month: August 2026

By Lynn Jones By Lynn Jones Twenty years ago Pastor Darrell Gilyard could have cashed a blank check anywhere in Jacksonville. As the lead pastor of spiritual powerhouse Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church, Gilyard led the […]

By NFM Nearly 300 Jacksonville residents joined a press conference and marched to the polls to cast their ballot on March 7th, the first Saturday of early voting. The march was led by the Collective […]

Naval Retired Lieutenant Commander Herlena Washington joined her colleagues in Tallahassee to induct the Florida Veterans’ Hall of Fame class of 2019.  The FVHOF wall has been under construction since her 2018 induction, and the […]

In a world where beauty still defines a woman’s attributes, the 6th Annual Miss Fabulous Woman Pageant was held over the weekend at the Eagles Nest Conference center. There were eleven pageant contestants ranging from […]

‘Puttin’ On the Ritz’ formerly known as Amateur Night, features amazing performances and electrifying music in front of an audience voting on each weeks winner.  Known as the liveliest audience in the south, for decades […]

The Memory Café, a safe and comfortable space where caregivers and their loved ones with dementia can socialize, offer mutual support, exchange information, and combat the isolation and stigma often associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) […]

Felita’s Love is a non-profit organization founded in memory of Felita Rollins who succumbed to colon cancer in 2005,  Kentisha Mazeke mother was only 45 years old at the time of her death. To honor […]

Joy. Fear. Guilt. Generational connection. Grief. Deep love. These are only a few of the complex emotions experienced by all mothers. Magic, Mirth, and Mortality: Musings on Black Motherhood, a free exhibition that opened at […]