2014

Jacobs Center of Innovation hires new staff

SAN DIEGO โ€“ December, 2014 โ€“ The Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation (JCNI) announces the hiring of four key staff positions to further its mission of driving positive change, building community and expanding economic development. The recent addition of Angela Titus, Vice President, Impact and Marketing; Bennett Peji, Director of Marketing; Beatriz Garcia, Director of

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Russell Simmonsโ€™ GlobalGrind Acquired by Interactive One

In a press release today, it was announced that Interactive One, the top online unit of platform for the African American and the New Urban community has bought GlobalGrind, founded by Russell Simmons. The acquisition cements a previous partnership covering sales, content, tech, product and marketing between the two companies that began in April 2013.

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NAMM TEC Awards to honor guitarist Slash. Comedian Sinbad to host

Via press release–Carlsbad, Calif. โ€“ Iconic guitarist Slash will receive the prestigious Les Paul Award during the 30th Annual NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards, to be held Saturday, January 24 in Anaheim, California. Comedian Sinbad will provide the laughs as the eveningโ€™s host. The NAMM TEC Awards honors individuals and companies across 30 categories,

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Titi Branch co-founder of Miss Jessie's Natural Hair care products, dead at 45

Titi Branch, the co-founder of Miss Jessie’s a leading company in the natural hair care industry has died. She created their signature Miss Jessieโ€™s Curly Puddingยฎ for the Brooklyn hair salon, Curve, she ran with her sister Miko. As sales for the product skyrocketed the sisters decided to move the salon to the Bedford Stuyvesant

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Selma, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, Blackish Among the 2015 NAACP Image Award Nominees

Without a doubt, Shonda Rhimes and ABC is having another great year! Leading the pack of NAACP Image Award nominations in the television category, ย her hugely popular TV shows, โ€œGreyโ€™s Anatomyโ€ (ABC) โ€œHow to Get Away with Murderโ€ (ABC) and โ€œScandalโ€ (ABC), Rhimes and cast collectively are up for eleven nominations. Among those nominated are

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San Diego Photography Exhibit Tells Story of Immigrants, Health Barriers

Sometimes images are as powerful as words when telling stories about people and their communities. Thatโ€™s the idea supporting the San Diego photography exhibitย ย  โ€œOvercoming Barriers to Health,โ€ a collaboration between UC San Diego Center for Community Health, the AjA Project, City Heights Hope Youth Advocacy Project and SDSU Geography Co-Chair, Urban Studies Program. The

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Beyoncรฉ, JAY Z & More attend star studded ANNIE Premiere at Ziegfeld Theater in New York City

ANNIE, a Broadway classic that has delighted audiences for generations comes to the big screen with a new, contemporary vision in Columbia Picturesโ€™ comedy Annie.ย  Director/Producer/Screenwriter Will Gluck teams with producers James Lassiter, Jada Pinkett Smith & Will Smith, Caleeb Pinkett, and Shawn โ€œJAY Zโ€ Carter, Laurence โ€œJayโ€ Brown, and Tyran โ€œTy Tyโ€ Smith with

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