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Creating Emotional and Financial Wellness for Trauma Affected Entrepreneurs During COVID-19 | Afro
[BALTIMORE, MD, May 21, 2020— ] On May 30, from 11am-2pm Heal-A-Preneur will host a virtual summit to include: a panel of entrepreneurs affected by trauma, access to community sponsors who provide coping/healing techniques and alternatives for trauma affected persons, breakout sessions with
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
Moore, Gwendolynne S. "Gwen" (1951- )
Gwendolynne Moore is the first African American member of Congress from Wisconsin where she represents the state’s Fourth Congressional District. Moore, a community leader and lifelong civil rights and human rights advocate, is the first woman to represent the Fourth Congressional District.  She is
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Hip Hop Hall of Fame + Museum to Secure Its Museum Building in December 2015
The Community of Harlem has a rich history of Arts & Cultural contributions. The Harlem Renaissance has influenced artists, poets, scholars, educators, politicians, fashion, entrepreneurs, entertainers, and community leaders from New York City throughout the world. Hip Hop Music & Culture
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Joe Biden’s Plan for Empowering Black America
In a news release, the campaign noted that Biden “knows we need a comprehensive agenda for African Americans with an ambition that matches the scale of the challenge and with a recognition that race-neutral policies are not a sufficient response to race-based
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Reality Star Spent $2 Million Coronavirus Loan On Jewelry and Rolls Royce
A reality TV star in Atlanta has spent $85,000 of the $2 million emergency Coronavirus loan issued by the federal government on jewelry, authorities said on
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Black Barbers, Beauty Professionals Push Gov. Newsom to Reopen Their Shops – Voice and Viewpoint
Black politicians, social media commenters, and others blasted the governor, saying his decision to lift his state’s month-long stay-at-home order by first opening businesses like barbershops, nail salons, sneaker stores, tattoo parlors, gyms, and bowling alleys put the lives of Blacks at
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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper
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Williams, Sidney (1942- )
Former professional football player, businessman, and diplomat, Sidney Williams was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on March 24, 1942. Raised in Houston, Texas, he attended the city’s Phillis Wheatley High School and upon graduation in 1959 enrolled at Southern University in Baton
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Kenya coronavirus: 715 cases, Kenyatta joins summit of EAC leaders
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Forgivable SBA loans for Atlanta-area small bizs from minority-led Lendistry
Enterprises able to document 2019 finances encouraged to apply at www.mylendistry.com      Lendistry CEO Sands: Shorter wait times for well-documented applicants, new clarity from SBA on loan forgiveness, mean now is the time to act
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Seychelles: Small Business Owners in Seychelles Share Mixed Reactions to Government Credit Line
Small business owners in Seychelles are having mixed reactions to a credit line facility put in place by the Central Bank to help micro, small and medium enterprises impacted by
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Contracts signed for meals, microscope at KPH
THE Ministry of Health and Wellness has allocated $1.164 billion to provide meals at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) and the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH).The three-year contract was signed between the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) and the service provider, Patsy Lyn Caterers
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#LHHATL’s Arkansas Mo Charged With Fraud After Spending PPP Loan On Jewelry, Rolex
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Africa: Forgotten Diseases Hit Poorest Billion Hardest During Pandemic
[Global Health Strategies] A new Lancet Commission report shows for the first time that non-communicable diseases and injuries (NCDI) cause more death and disability at every age among the world's poorest billion than in wealthy countries. These conditions account for over a third of the burden of
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Magic Johnson Announces $100 Million in Loans for Business Owners of Color
Since April, when the $2 trillion COVID-19 Stimulus Bill was passed and the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) began to address COVID-19’s financial hits, the first study to look at the novel coronavirus’ impact on Black and Latinx business owners, conducted by the
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Local skincare company now making COVID-19 hand sanitizer
As sanitizing products continue to remain scarce nationwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, a local skincare company is doing its part to minimize the virus’ spread by shifting its production from bath and body products to hand
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Dziko, Trish Millines (1957- )
Trish Millines Dziko is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Technology Access Foundation. A native of New Jersey, Dziko focused on college and ultimately became a first-generation college student. Ms. Dziko also made history by becoming the first woman to be awarded a full basketball
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Roxbury Multi-Service Center
The Roxbury Multi-Service Center (RMSC) got its beginning in 1964 as a three-year demonstration project, after Helen Y. Davis and Judge Harry J. Elam and other community leaders became alarmed by the large numbers of low-income people moving into Roxbury and Dorchester at a time when public and
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Despite COVID-19 related economic challenges, retailers joined the“No Menthol Sunday” effort by agreeing not to sell menthol tobacco
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Cain, Herman (1945- )
Herman Cain, Republican Party activist and 2012 Presidential candidate is also a newspaper columnist, popular radio talk show host in Atlanta, and former chairman and CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, a Pillsbury subsidiary.  Cain was born on December 13, 1945 in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of Luther and
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Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus submits $457 million plan for CARES Act funds and creation of $100 million endowment for Mississippi’s HBCUs | The Mississippi Link
Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus is asking for $457 million from Coronavirus monies and $100 million endowment for HBCUs – Alcorn, Jackson State, Mississippi Valley State, Tougaloo, Rust, Coahoma and Utica Branch of
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Hall, Katie Beatrice (1938-2012)
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2012
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Congressman Denny Heck, Olympia, Washington
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