Community
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Jul- 2019 -19 July
County Learns Respond to Top Court’s
OAKLAND POST — Over 120 local community and elected leaders rallied June 27 to celebrate the Supreme Court’s decision to block the citizenship question on Census 2020, which was proposed by…
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18 July
L.A. City Councilman O’Farrell calls on state for more funds for homeless
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell called on the state to direct $1.2 billion toward the city’s battle against homelessness, matching the amount of a voter-approved municipal bond measure…
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17 July
Former NNPA Chairman Dorothy Leavell Reflects on the Black Press
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The chairman has a direct responsibility for their membership and to be speaking for them in every way to make sure that their rights, their names, and…
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17 July
Former NNPA Chairs Talk Yesterday, Today and the Future
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Whether it’s taking a stand for the Double V campaign during World War II; marching with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement; or…
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17 July
U.S. House Votes to Condemn President Trump’s Use of Social Media to Spread Racist Messages
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Some of us have been victims of the stain, the pain, the hurt of racism. In the 50s and during the 60s, segregationists told us to go…
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17 July
Waters to Facebook: Today’s Hearing is Only the First Step in Our Oversight and Legislative Process
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Facebook has proposed backing Libra tokens with government currencies and government guaranteed securities, and holding them in a so-called Libra Reserve, to be governed by Facebook and…
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17 July
PAVE + STCM has Rebranded and Renamed Itself to City Forward Collective
THE MADISON TIMES — After a year of doing outreach, PAVE + STCM have decided to rebrand themselves into City Forward Collective which will have a new organizational vision led…
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16 July
COMMENTARY: Where ‘Da Heck Are Black Leaders?
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Illegal guns and drugs are permeating black communities and destroying black men in unparalleled numbers since slavery. Is it happenstance or by design? What has led up to…
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16 July
Kimberly Riggins to continue leading Stono Park Elementary
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Charleston County School District announced this summer Kimberly Riggins as the principal of Stono Park Elementary School. Riggins served as the school’s interim principal for the 2018-19 school…
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15 July
Breast cancer is the most imperative health issue Facing African American women
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among black women, and an estimated 33,840 new cases are expected to be diagnosed in 2019. An estimated 6,540…
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