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[NEW YORK] Catherine Green Is Keeping The Arts In East NY

April 8, 2016April 22, 2016Amsterdam News, New York

Catherine Green is using her passion for the arts to bring new opportunities to residents of the East New York community and beautify the neighborhood with the grand opening of the new Arts East New York headquarters.

Broward County’s First African American School Board Member, Dr. Kathleen Cooper Wright…

April 7, 2016April 22, 2016Florida, Westside Gazette

Broward County’s first African American School Board member, the late Dr. Kathleen Cooper Wright, honored with statue unveiling ceremony.

[NORFOLK] Nine-Year-Old Spreads Joy To Other Girls

April 7, 2016April 22, 2016New Journal & Guide

A story that made the national evening news surrounds the kindness of a 9-year-old local girl. Gianni Graham, of Norfolk, decided, last Christmas, that she wanted every girl who was in foster care or shelters to have a doll as her personal friend. Her goal was to collect 1000 Barbie dolls and distribute them to agencies that assist girls needing a “friend.” Donors from all over the world liked what Gianni was doing and lent support by sending dolls to her “Every Doll Deserves a Doll” campaign.

[VIRGINIA] Va. Black History Sites Among Highway Markers

April 7, 2016April 22, 2016New Journal & Guide

African-American achievement in civil rights and Black historical sacred sites were represented well when the Virginia Department of Historic Resources recently approved new state historical highway markers.

[BOSTON] New Organization Aims to Fight Mass. Income Inequality

April 7, 2016April 22, 2016Bay State Banner, Massachusetts

A $15 minimum wage, paid family and medical leave and a public higher education system that enables students to graduate debt-free are among the goals of Fair Shot, a new organization that launched Monday in Massachusetts.

[CHICAGO] Chicago Teachers Union Rally Unites Thousands: Signs of the Times

April 7, 2016April 22, 2016Chicago, Chicago Defender

An overwhelming display of organizational manpower was in effect around the city on Friday, April 1 when the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) executed a one-day strike that began with the union addressing its concerns about ongoing contract talks with Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool.