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I’m Every Womxn: Opportunity Washington Concert - The New York Beacon

By Viviane Faver The Opportunity Leadership Network will hold, next Saturday, a benefit show, 'I'm Every Womxn: Opportunity Washington', to highlight organizations led by blacks and black artists, dancers, and musicians. The event will be hosted by Angela Russell (co-host of Evening on Kings 5), […]

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