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#CONGRATULATIONS: Dreams Do Come True! Disney Dreamers Academy Unveils 2024 Class Of Dynamic Students

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After reviewing thousands of impressive applications, the Disney Dreamers Academy unveiled its newest class of 100 dynamic students who will explore a wide range of career disciplines while learning essential skills like effective communication techniques, leadership, and […]

Federal Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for White Man Who Fatally Shot 10 Black People in Buffalo Grocery Store

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BLACK PRESS – NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent- By Stacy M. Brown @StacyBrownMedia – Federal prosecutors announced on Friday, Jan. 12, their intention to pursue the death penalty for Payton Gendron, a 20-year-old white man […]

Why Black Women Need to be Screened for Cervical Cancer

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While all women can develop cervical cancer, non-Hispanic Black women are more likely to be diagnosed and die of cervical cancer, compared to white women in the U.S. This disparity is not due to genetic differences among white, […]

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

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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 […]

Ribault Graduate Honing Filmmaker Skills Dialogues with Academy Award Winning Nominated Filmmaker Ava Duvernay

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2017 Disney Dreamer, Ribault graduate and Morehouse student Jordan Mills recently experienced a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to sit down and engage in a captivating conversation with filmmaker/producer/director Ava DuVernay. The discussion and dialogue was involving her […]

Custom Cocktail Catering Service Teaches the ‘How to’s of Mixology

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Happy hours usually begin at 5 p.m. somewhere! Here on the First Coast, Breezy’s Jazz Club located in San Marco offers happy hour and jazz entertainment for the after work and weekend crowds. Recently the […]

Sidney Poitier’s Director Daughter Witnesses Standing Ovation at St. Augustine Film Fest

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The 14th annual Saint Augustine Film Festival was celebrated last weekend bringing together theater t lovers from around the country. over the years, the fesitval reputation has grown within the film industry and among film […]

Eastside Pearls Program Motivates and Inspires Next Generation of Professionals

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“Out East” was the location for Jacksonville Free Press Associate Editor Lynn Jones-Turpin to present journalism 101 to students at R. L. Brown Elementary. The school is named after R.L. Brown, Sr., (1854–1948), real estate […]

Monthly Symposium Prepares and Educates on Alzheimers and Dementia

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More than 100 seniors recently attended the first of the year monthly ‘Pathways 2 Brain Health Expo,’ workshop series held inside Bethel Baptist Church in downtown Duval. The engaging session addressed key aspects of brain […]

Community Champion Walette Stanford Lauded for Community Service

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St. James AME Church in Orange Park celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with a program promoting black businesses, supporting students and recognizing community leaders. The church awarded scholarships for after-school programs and to students […]