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LAPD Officers Up Close and Personal with Young Black Adults in South LA

Snippets airing on every local news channel of 25 uniformed LAPD Officers showing up to start the dialog with 25 youth and young adult African American members in the community. The initiative titled “Perceptions, Empathy & Unification” (PEU) was hosted by Pastor Shep Crawford of the Experience Christian Ministries located at 326 E. 47th Place in South […]

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Black Women Walking For a Cure: Komen San Diego’s 23rd Annual Race for the Cure®

The statistics are alarming—Black women in the U.S. are 42 percent more likely to die from breast cancer than our white counter parts. Breast cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death among black women.  According to cancer.org research, an estimated 33,830 new cases are expected to be diagnosed in 2019. These statistics

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Austin Entrepreneur Jourdan Winstead Honors Ancestors through Holistic, Plant Based Products and Services

A few years ago when Jourdan Winstead’s fiancé Ricky, suggested that she look into beauty school, little did she know that she’d find her passion and beyond. It goes without saying, as a mother of two small children both under the age of seven, she’s used to having her hands full.  In addition to being

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Black & Woman Owned Ride Share Transportation Service For Kids On to Something Big!

“I’m on the brink of something bigger than me,” says Shan Cureton, CEO of Kiddie Commute a full service transportation service for kids. The busy mom of three and communications instructor at Southwestern college in Chula Vista, has found a niche offering rides exclusively driving for kids. It all started because of her challenges getting

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SDABJ Scholarship Reception with Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist, Wesley Lowery as Keynote Speaker

The San Diego Association of Black Journalists is thrilled to announce Washington Post national reporter, Wesley Lowery will be this year’s keynote speaker at our scholarship reception. Wesley Lowery is a Pulitzer Prize-winning national correspondent covering law enforcement, race and justice for The Washington Post and an on-air contributor for CNN. He has been the paper’s lead

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Author/Therapist Shares How to Go From Worrier to Warrior in New WorkBook

Are you a worrywart that can’t seem to stop obsessing over just about everything? Just so we’re clear, a “worrywart” is not just someone who worries; it’s someone who worries needlessly, often without justifiable reasons.    In a recent interview with Tangia Elieff, LCSW principal and CEO of Honor Your Emotions a private practice in

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“Orange is The New Black” Author and Black Stories Matter Panel Attend San Diego Writer’s Conference

The San Diego Writers Festival, a free community-based event designed to celebrate the power of writing and storytelling, was held on Saturday, April 13, at the downtown San Diego Public Library.  The idea of a writers festival was born a few years ago out of a need to create a fun inclusive experience where all

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The People’s Alliance for Justice Honors Women & Girls with Anti-Racism Activist Jane Elliott

This past Saturday, about a hundred or so people filled a space at the San Diego Union Tribune headquarters in downtown San Diego, for a celebration in honor of Women’s History Month, and to hear longtime anti-racism activist Jane Elliot speak. At 85, the guest of honor Elliott, was as feisty as ever, calling out audience

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2nd Annual Women of Color ROAR Black History Month Breakfast in San Diego Make History

In just a few short years of living in San Diego, Angela de Joseph, founder of Indivisible Watu and producer of the Women of Color Roar Breakfast has  made a huge impact in the community.  At the 2nd annual Women of Color Roar breakfast held on February 2, Angela, and organizers of the event welcomed four hundred attendees to this year’s sold

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