Helping girls to know their power
PHOTO COURTESY OF GIRL POWER ROCKS BLACK GIRL MAGIC: The Girl Power program is celebrating its 18th year of serving girls and helping them connect …
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Natural Trendsetters celebrates 20 years of honoring black hair
MY SISTERS’ KEEPER: Celebrating 20 years in business, Natural Trendsetters is hosting its 15th annual Royal Coils Natural Hair and Beauty Expo on June 10. …
NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson being honored in bronze
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS INSTITUTE, W.Va. (AP) _ Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician whose calculations helped bring Apollo astronauts back to Earth, is being …
Parkland students to make bus tour to register voters
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) _ A day after graduating from high school, a group of Florida school shooting survivors has announced …
Jimmy Fallon thanks Parkland students for schooling world
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) _ The surprise commencement speaker at the Florida high school where a …
West Palm Beach Parks and Rec maintenance team honored
PHOTO COURTESY OF CITY OF WPB The City of West Palm Beach Parks and Recreation Department’s Parks Maintenance Team placed second in the Southeast Park …
Audience braves downpour for community celebration
RITES OF PASSAGE: Urgent Inc. recently celebrated its youth and elders with its annual Community Celebration and Recognition Ceremony. PHOTO COURTESY OF URGENT, INC. Staff …
It’s bigger than Starbucks
MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – When two black men were led out of a Philadelphia Starbucks in handcuffs for essentially doing what people go to Starbucks …
EMT program’s graduates welcomed
Miami-Dade Commissioner Barbara Jordan congratulates a recent graduate of the County’s Fire Rescue EMT program. PHOTO COURTESY OF MIAMI-DADE COMMUNICATIONS MIAMI-DADE – After the economic …
Youth can boost self-esteem, learn mindfulness at conference
POSITIVE DEPOSITS: Simone Alicia, “Self-Esteem Doctor,” helps children at the Overtown Youth Center learn to deposit positive thoughts into their “brain banks.” PHOTO COURTESY OF …