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Update: #BahamasStrong
By Marian Dozier |
As we've all seen, the response to the devastation of The Bahamas by Hurricane Dorian has been dramatic. In a good way. Indeed, all of the efforts to support ...
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Tomorrow: Another PBC Author!
By Marian Dozier |
Everyone has a story to tell, they say, but not everybody tells it. Tiffany Williams—single mother, college graduate, homeowner—has told hers and had it published. And from 5 to ...
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Update: Pray at City Hall
By Marian Dozier |
When community activist Rae Whitely and Apostle Tommy Brown decided to host a prayer-vigil-at-city-halls against gun violence Monday, they included concern about the mass shootings at El Paso and ...
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Update: free back-to-school events in PBC
By Marian Dozier |
The School District of Palm Beach County (PBC) will start the 2019-20 school year on August 12, so let's get ready! The good news is there's lots of options ...
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‘Foe Foe Tha Don’
By Jada Brown |
Meet 24-year-old rapper Foe Foe Tha Don, a West Palm Beach native who’s bringing a message to the airwaves. The message? That, no matter what trials and tribulations life ...
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PBC Museum of Black History? Getting closer
By Marian Dozier |
When Ineria Hudnell, 97, died last year, one question hung in the air at her funeral: what about the museum? The longtime educator had taught at the segregated Roosevelt ...
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Network. Invest. Grow.
By Marian Dozier |
An impressive list of local, state, national and global leaders, business owners, award-winning communicators, star athletes, public officials–all will be gathering next week for ‘Elevate Now International Symposium 2019,’ a conference ...
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‘Freedom Day’ across south Florida
By Marian Dozier |
'Juneteenth' refers to that day, June 19, 1865, when slaves in Texas were freed by the Union Army--two-and-a-half years after President Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. ...
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Another published PBC author–who also cares, responds
By Marian Dozier |
Yes, there is another published author in Palm Beach County (PBC) and, this one, for sure, has a story to tell. Stacey Nails had been homeless, on drugs and, ...
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Haitian Heritage Month continues
By Marian Dozier |
The United States Census reports that Florida is home to the largest Haitian population in the United States and we are also home to the most counties that celebrate ...
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