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Volusia census campaign seeks volunteers

DAYTONA TIMES — Volusia County Government and community partners will kick off a 2020 Census awareness campaign at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 28, at the Emergency Operations Center, 3825 Tiger Bay…

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Wells Fargo Announces $1 Billion Affordable Housing Commitment

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Candy Moore, the senior vice president and manager of Wells Fargo’s Community Relations and Southeast Community Development, told NNPA Newswire that the company will invest $1 billion…

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Training prepares Boys & Girls Clubs staffers for school year

DAYTONA TIMES — Boys & Girls Club staff members from all eight Boys & Girls Clubs of Volusia/Flagler Counties Clubs as well as the management team from the administrative office recently…

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Social room at Dearborn Homes dedicated to influential resident on 103rd birthday

CHICAGO DEFENDER —  The social room of the Dearborn Homes public housing development was dedicated to former resident Irene Hughes on Monday – her 103rd birthday.

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Gary mayor to head Chicago Urban League

CHICAGO CRUSADER — Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson has been named President and CEO of the Chicago Urban League, the organization announced Tuesday, August 13. Gary’s first Black female mayor will begin…

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Haymarket Brewing Nods to History has Defender Beer

CHICAGO DEFENDER — Did you know that the Chicago Defender has a beer named after it? We didn’t either. Not until a phone call from Haymarket Brewing. a couple of days…

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LGBT YouTubers Suing for Ad Discrimination

WASHINGTON INFORMER — Five LGBT YouTubers are going against the giant corporation and suing for discrimination against their sexual orientation. According to the federal lawsuit, YouTube and their parent company, Google,…

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Instagram’s ‘hidden likes’ feature could threaten music, media influencers

ATLANTA VOICE — Back in April, Instagram unveiled that they were “testing” a feature that would keep likes hidden from posts. Users of the photo-sharing app would allow them to…

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Metro Atlanta student Arantza Pena Popo wins $30K ‘Doodle for Google’ scholarship

ATLANTA VOICE — Arabia Mountain High School graduate Arantza Pena Popo was recently awarded a $30,000 college scholarship after her design won the “Doodle for Google” competition.

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Volusia libraries gearing up for art show

DAYTONA TIMES — As part of its 2020 National Endowments for the Arts (NEA) Big Read program, the Volusia County Public Library system will sponsor an art show based on…

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