MONSE seeks proposals for anti-human trafficking efforts

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5 TIPS TO BUILD RESILIENCE IN SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN –

Recognizing the importance of resiliency in youth, Connections Academy, an online public school program for grades K-12, has partnered with the National Resilience Institute to elevate the topic of resilience and share expert advice for raising children who are brave, curious and better able to

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Source: Florida Courier

Is There More COVID Cash Coming to Help Californians?

It has $14 billion in spending cuts, including a 10% salary reduction for state workers, that would be triggered only if the federal government does not provide funding to California to cover some of its coronavirus losses before the fiscal year begins July

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

Africa: Update COVID-19 12 June 2020

12 June 2020 -- Sixteen (16) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 1584 samples tested

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Source: allAfrica.com

Sweet relief at Hellshire - As beaches reopen, a little boy gets his wish

Having not visited the beach for the last six months, Junior ‘Jah’ Marsh and his wife, Mary, decided to risk heading from Spanish Town to the seaside haven of Hellshire, Portmore, on Sunday, even if they would be in breach of coronavirus containment

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

The Artist and Activist Behind Birmingham’s Black Lives Matter Street Mural

Work began Wednesday on a “Black Lives Matter’’ street art installation in downtown Birmingham near Railroad

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Russell Simmons Leads Hip-Hop Elite in Praising New Police Reform Legislation – Voice and Viewpoint

In the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, the hip-hop community has rallied behind proposed new legislation to reform American

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

Africa: Update COVID-19 13 June 2020

13 June 2020 -- Thirty-one (31) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2043 samples tested

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Source: allAfrica.com

EDITORIAL: Finance ministers owe citizens the truth on budgets

Given the unusual circumstances, the Finance ministers struck an optimistic posture, perhaps trying to lift the spirits of a region weighed down by the ripple effects of varying levels of Covid-19 related lockdowns in three of the member

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Source: The East African

Dinkins, David N. (1927- )

In 1989, David N. Dinkins defeated his challenger, former federal prosecutor Rudolph (Rudy) Giuliani, to become the first African American mayor of New York

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Source: Black Past

Watch Meghan McCain’s Epic Fail At Trying To Grill Kamala Harris On Police Reform

While the President of the United States was tweeting about Colin Powell not voting for him, Sen. Kamala Harris, Sen. Cory Booker and other Democratic lawmakers were working on creating legislation around comprehensive police reform, which was announced this morning (June

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

Jackson, Rev. Mance (1931-2007)

Open housing was one of the most prominent goals of the Seattle, Washington civil rights movement in the 1960s. Up to the early 1960s African Americans in Seattle were almost completely restricted to housing in the Central District of the city. Housing restrictions were not based on laws but were

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June 15 is day of giving for B-CU –

Bethune-Cookman University has announced an “Advancing the Legacy’’ national day of giving to raise $100,000 in a single day to assist scholars during their matriculation through

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Source: Daytona Times

Civil Rights Groups: Increase Accountability in Policing

WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, submitted written testimony today to the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice highlighting the need for transformative reform of policing at both the federal

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Source: Atlanta Tribune

Houston passes budget that increases police funding, amid calls to ‘Defund’

After six hours of discussion and consideration of several proposed amendments, the Houston City Council today approved Mayor Sylvester Turner’s proposed $5.1 billion operating budget for the fiscal year beginning July

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

‘Abolish The Police’ Isn’t New. This Energy Is.

They argue that the U.S. criminal justice system has at every level — from law enforcement to courts and prisons — not only failed at public safety but actively harmed Black and brown communities through hyper-criminalization and refers to a world in which people don’t need to rely on police or

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a federal agency that administers and enforces civil rights laws against workplace discrimination. The EEOC investigates discrimination complaints based on an individuals race, children, national

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Source: ThoughtCo

Fattah, Chaka (1956 - )

Pennsylvania Congressman Chaka Fattah was born Arthur Davenport on November 21, 1956 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents, David Fattah (born Russell Davenport) and Sister Falaka Fattah (born Frances Brown) are community activists in West Philadelphia. Chaka Fattah attended Overbrook High

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Has Turner lost his damn mind? Racist statues to be placed in African American museum?

A press release sent out by Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner’s office on Thursday had me stop the printing of our newspaper after learning what the Black man leading this city has decided to do — and on Juneteenth, to add insult to

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Rwanda: Government Plans to Spend Rwf3.2 Trillion in 2020-2021

The Government is expected to spend Frw3,245.7 billion in 2020-2021 fiscal year, which is Rwf228.7 billion higher than the revised budget estimates of

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Source: allAfrica.com

Birmingham delays FY 2021 budget by three months due to COVID-19

Dealing with the uncertainty of its finances amid the COVID-19 public health crisis, the city of Birmingham will postpone its FY 2021 budget for three months, Mayor Randall Woodfin said

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Rosalind G. Brewer

Rosalind G. Brewer is President and CEO of Sam’s Club for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a members-only warehouse club channel with revenues of $56 billion for fiscal year 2013, 110,000 associates and 620 clubs. Brewer has implemented a growth strategy focused on technology and innovation, exciting and

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Source: Savoy Network

Los Angeles City Mayor Garcetti Announces 'All In for L.A.' County-Wide Campaign Encourages to Remain Resilient in the Response to COVID-19.

Los Angeles City Mayor Garcetti Announces ‘All In for L.A.’ County-Wide Campaign Encourages to Remain Resilient in the Response to

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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

Join Mayor Young, Health Commissioner Dzirasa, State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, and Police Commissioner Michael Harrison for a Telephone Town Hall this THURSDAY | Afro

Join Mayor Jack Young for a Telephone Town Hall, THURSDAY May 21st at 6:30PM to discuss public safety the city’s continued response to the Coronavirus pandemic along with our Health Commissioner Dr. Dzirasa, State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, and Police Commissioner Michael Harrison. We will be taking

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Privacy Bill: Kobe Bryant’s Death Inspired Moves Forward – Voice and Viewpoint

On May 20, the California Assembly Public Safety Committee approved a bill that would make it illegal for first responders to take pictures or record video of a deceased person at the scene of an accident or

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

Warren’s outreach to Black voters could help VP standing

Shortly before Elizabeth Warren joined their virtual happy hour on a recent Friday afternoon, the five African American women co-hosting the #TheSipHour mused about calling her by her first

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces the Reimagining Atlanta City Detention Center Task Force recommendations

ATLANTA—The Reimagining Atlanta City Detention Center (ACDC) Task Force submitted to Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, its Final Report on recommendations to close and reimagine the use of the Atlanta City Detention

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Mother Sues MPD for $100M Over Son’s Death

In observing the two-year anniversary of Marqueese Alston's police-related death, his mother has taken her crusade against the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to another level with a $100 million wrongful-death

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Source: The Washington Informer

Sheriff Cuts Are “Going To Hurt Somebody Somewhere, The Question is Where?” Marina Del Rey, View Park, Altadena, and Ladera Heights Residents Say “Not Here”

During a virtual town hall meeting called for residents of Ladera Heights and Altadena, Sheriff Alex Villanueva hoped to defuse the anger that surfaced with news he was closing the Marina Del Rey and Altadena sheriff

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

L.A. DIGEST: Mayor prepares ‘All In’ announcement

To make an appointment for services through the

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