“The Daughter of A Junkie: A True Love Story,’ written by Terrinee Gundy, is a first-hand account of a young girl who escapes the ghetto trappings of impoverished community and to dispel the stigmas associated with children of drug addicted parents. Despite her father’s drug addiction to crack cocaine for overContinue Reading
Just one day after the racially motivated killings on Kings Road, the 63rd Anniversary of the Jacksonville Youth Council NAACP 1960 sit-ins and Ax Handle Saturday was held with a full audience in attendance. The commemoration tributes the infamous Jacksonville riot of 1960. Also a racially motivated attack in theContinue Reading
Ms. William M. Raines of 1995 Charzetta Patrice Spencer recently married her beau Gregory Steven Blue, Sr. in front of family and friends for a surprise wedding at the River Club. The hundreds of guests in attendance thought they were attending a birthday party but ended witnessing a vow renewalContinue Reading
Standing at the forefront of Mayo Clinic’s genomics advancements, Yan Asmann, Ph.D., and Aaron Mansfield, M.D. are working to tailor the diagnosis and treatment of certain cancers to a person’s unique genomic makeup. As a bioinformatician, Dr. Asmann is pursuing individualized therapeutic cancer vaccines that target a person’s distinctive tumor characteristics. Dr. Mansfield, a medicalContinue Reading
our year old twins have perished in Florida by suffocation after becoming trapped inside a cedar toy box. Their mother, Sadie Myers, now wants others to learn from their tragic ending. Please see the following excerpt from her Facebook post. Some material may be painful to read. “Last Friday nightContinue Reading
Community First Cares to match dollar-for-dollar up to $10,000 in donations to support adult literacy and other programs – JACKSONVILLE, Fla., September 5, 2023 – Recognizing how important adult literacy programs are to the success of the community, the Community First Cares Foundation has pledged up to $10,000 in matching funds forContinue Reading
JACKSONVILLE, August 31, 2023 – The Jacksonville Housing Authority (JHA) Board of Commissioners has approved plans to proceed with three separate real estate deals that could bring on line 789 new and upgraded apartment units for low-income residents. The board voted to enter into non-binding memorandums of understanding with threeContinue Reading
By Lucius Gantt – God is a Black woman. I don’t know that as a spiritual fact, but in my mind, Black women are at least the closest thing to the creator. I say God is a Black woman because the Black woman was the very first woman on planetContinue Reading
by Andrew Pantazi – September 2, 2023 – A state judge struck down North Florida’s congressional districts Saturday, rebuffing Gov. Ron DeSantis’ open defiance of anti-gerrymandering protections, finding the governor’s map illegally reduced Black voters’ electoral power. DeSantis had wagered the state’s Fair Districts Amendment against the U.S. Constitution, arguing mandatory protectionsContinue Reading
More than 53 million Americans provide unpaid caregiving to family members in their home. This difficult responsibility challenges caregivers with life and death decisions they are sometimes unprepared to make. Local nonprofit ElderSource has spent decades supporting those who find themselves in this tough-but-crucial position. As part of that work,Continue Reading