Community

by Lynn Jones-Turpin – Greater Love Development Christian Center (GLDCC) and DEM KIDZ INC nonprofit organizations were formed when best friends Jamica Rivers and Tammy Seymour corporate employers suddenly closed its doors. Friends for more […]

Fiends and family of Dr. Norma White gathered in droves for her 87th birthday celebration. The drive by festivities included honking horns, shout outs and gifts for the honoree who sat in a chair fit […]

Quench the Violence, a Jacksonville based non-profit whose mission is to promote peace, unity and community throughout all of Duval County, hosted “Unity in the Community” Saturday, November 20th at Jacksonville’s Riverfront Plaza. Annually, the […]

By Shirley Brill – The inaugural Treat-A-Ween event hosted by Educating Minorities About Transplants, Inc. (EMAT)  non profit was held on Halloween Eve on Palmdale St. on the Northside.  Each month EMAT members are out […]

By Cheryl McGrapth – Let’s define gentrification and how to engage. According to the Urban Displacement website, gentrification is defined as a process of neighborhood change that includes economic change in a historically disinvested neighborhood —by […]

By Lynn Jones – The 12th annual Family Fall Festival was held Saturday, October 23rd with over twenty community partners offering valuable services and resources in the areas of health, education, and economics including Covid-19 […]

The 66th Greater Jacksonville Agricultural Fair (GJAF) is back after a one year hiatus and ready to bring the fun! This year’s event is sure to be exciting with daily concerts, agriculture exhibits, contests, rides, […]

by Lynn Jones-Turpin – When it comes to cancer diagnosis’s in the African American community, African Americans are named as high risk in every genre.  From breast cancer, to prostate cancer, to pancreatic cancer and […]

On Saturday, Sept. 25th, Representative Tracie Davis (D-Jacksonville) partnered with Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition’s The Magnolia Project and Healthy Start programs to host the fifth annual community baby shower for expectant and new mothers. The baby shower […]

The Lincoln Proclamation Association presented their third annual Emancipation Proclamation awards luncheon last weekend. The event is dedicated to the proclamation that was delivered by President Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862 and was fully […]