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By Lynn Jones – The local New Black Panther Partner can still boast that the legendary organization remains on the front-line for justice. Currently, the local chapter is building up youth with their new ‘Black […]

by Lynn Jones – The owner of Kayla Mill Boutique had a vision to assemble successful entrepreneurs and career women for a Duval Black Women United photo shoot to illustrate to the community that there […]

Pastors, non-profits and members of the Jacksonville Faith Based Coalition held a Black Lives Matter peaceful protest from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) headquarters on Bay Street to the County Courthouse located on Adams Street. […]

By Lynn Jones – The Circle of Caring is making their way through city streets with fresh food deliveries to seniors, homeless and the sick and shut in that reside in the urban core zip […]

By Lynn Jones – The Greater El-Beth-El Holiness Church honored Juneteenth by feeding the community. Bishop Lorenzo Hall and members fed more than two hundred individuals at his monthly food giveaway.   Distributed food included poultry, […]

Members of the Jacksonville National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (NCNW), hosted a community educational event at Teen Leaders of America location in the citys urban core. The event began with a brief history of […]

Former legendary Pullman Porter and activist Sollie Mitchell recently celebrated his 102nd birthday. Born in 1918, the Jacksonville native attended Stanton High School, fought in WWII, participated in the 1963 March on Washington and worked […]

By Lynn Jones – People struggling to put food on the table received a little relief this weekend at two food giveaway events on Jacksonville’s northwest side. With the continued threat of Covid-19 and unemployment […]

  Empowerment Resources, Inc. held a private virtual celebration to recognize the accomplishments of 20 girls and award scholarships to four graduating seniors for the 16th Annual Journey Into Womanhood SM (JIW) Awards Celebration. The […]

Jacksonville faith leaders “took a knee” on the steps of the Jacksonville Sheriff’ s Office for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the approximate amount of time Derek Chauvin kneeled on George Floyd’s neck on Memorial […]