2018

2018 ESSENCE Announces Record-Breaking $280 Million Impact For Louisiana & the city of New Orleans

  Growth in Attendance and Tourism Spending Garners Highest Fiscal Input in the Event’s 24-Year History October 17, 2018 (New York, NY)- Essence Communications, the leading media, technology and commerce company serving Black women, today announced a record-breaking economic impact of $280 million for its 2018 ESSENCE Festival® presented by Coca-Cola.  Growth in Festival attendance, which

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San Diego Rock The Vote Event Set to Register & Mobilize Disenfranchised & Newly Registered Youth for Midterm Elections

  Indivisible Watu has partnered with Rock the Vote © to bring Rock, Rap, Register to San Diego on October 21, 2018 at the WorldBeat Cultural Center SAN DIEGO, CA— Indivisible WATU’s Rock the Vote San Diego, in association with Be the Vote, a coalition of nonprofit organizations focused on voter education and engagement, will

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Business Spotlight: San Diego Entrepreneur Kam Howard Launches Royalty and Reign Hair Extensions

San Diego based entrepreneur Kam Howard, has worn hair extensions since she was a teenager. Her decision to add on to her naturally long, thick mane, is plain and simple—she doesn’t particularly like being bothered with her hair. And wearing hair that doesn’t grow out of our head is, well, sometimes low maintenance.   San

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Photo: Maxine Waters Praises Tucson NAACP For its Strength

Special Honoree Ms. Kiana Adams-Baker (Red dress holding plaque) poses with friends, family and councilwoman Maxine Waters. Photo: Joe Jackson/NAACP (Tucson, AZ) Congresswoman Maxine Waters spoke to a conference room filled with dignitaries, honorees, guests and members of the community at Desert Diamond Entertainment Center in Tucson, Arizona at the invitation of the NAACP Tucson Branch

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San Diego: Award-winning Actor Jeffrey Wright Wins Best Documentary at GI Film Festival

SAN DIEGO – Oct. 3, 2018 – On the evening of Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018 the GI Film Festival San Diego announced the winners of this year’s festival. More than 120 people attended the soiree hosted by comedian and former U.S. Navy Officer, Jamie Kaler, with featured entertainment by the American Flyboys.   This year’s

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3X Grammy nominated recording artist, Raheem Devaughn releases new music “Decade of a Love King”

RAHEEM DEVAUGHN has been many things to contemporary music culture and his ever-expanding core audience, for which he’s amassed a combination of prestigious award honors/nominations and multiple chart-topping releases.  “There’s a lot of talk about ‘King of R&B’ and ‘King of Soul,” but I’ve got enough music for the next ten years,” says the three-time

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