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(BPRW) HALLE BERRY AND LENA WAITHE TO EXECUTIVE PRODUCE BOOMERANG SERIES ON BET NETWORKS FROM PARAMOUNT TELEVISION
(Black PR Wire) New York, NY – Academy Award®-winning actress, Halle Berry, and Emmy® Award-winning screenwriter/producer, Lena Waithe, have signed on as executive producers for the BO...
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Healthy Churches 2020 National Conference – A National Multi-Platform Initiative Bringing Public Health & Faith Together
This year, The Balm In Gilead will host its fifth annual Healthy Churches 2020 National Conference from November 13 - 16, 2018 in Point Clear, Ala. The three-day interactive training conference brings the nation’s most prominent publi...
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(BPRW) ABFF Now Accepting Submissions for the Competitive and Showcase Sessions
(Black PR Wire) LOS ANGELES, CA -- The American Black Film Festival screens dynamic content by and about people of African descent from around the world. The festival has both competitive and non-competitive sections. Below is a summary of...
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(BPRW) NAACP PARTNERS WITH WE TV IN MULTI-PLATFORM EFFORT TO UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING IN THE MID-TERM ELECTION
(Black PR Wire) BALTIMORE -- NAACP, the nation’s foremost civil rights organization, today announced a partnership with WE tv, the #1 cable network for African-American viewers on Thursday nights, that encourages the channel’s v...
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(BPRW) Healthy Churches 2020 National Conference – A National Multi-Platform Initiative Bringing Public Health & Faith Together
(Black PR Wire) RICHMOND, Va. -- This year, The Balm In Gilead will host its fifth annual Healthy Churches 2020 National Conference from November 13 - 16, 2018 in Point Clear, Ala. The three-day interactive training conference brings the na...
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(BPRW) SBA Opens Business Recovery Center in Collier County For the Red Tide and Toxic Algal Blooms
(Black PR Wire) ATLANTA - SBA is opening a Business Recovery Center (BRC) in Collier County, on Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 9 a.m. Other Business Recovery Centers in Lee, Manatee, Pinellas and Sarasota counties are already in operation. ...
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(BPRW) Use FL511 to prepare for Hurricane Michael
(Black PR Wire) - TALLAHASSEE, FL -- In preparation for Hurricane Michael, be sure to include the Florida 511 Advanced Traveler Information System (FL511) in your planning efforts.
Floridians are asked to make a plan now in preparation for...
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(BPRW) Chance The Rapper Is Donating $1 Million To Chicago Mental Health Services
(Black PR Wire) CHICAGO, IL -- Chance the Rapper says he’s donating $1 million to help improve mental health services in Chicago.
The Chicago native announced the news during his second annual summit for his nonprofit SocialWorks on T...
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(BPRW) South Florida Youth Summit Return the Sixth Year
South Florida Youth Summit Returns for Sixth Year
(Black PR Wire) MIAMI -- The 6th Annual South Florida Youth Summit (SFYS), presented by L.E.A.D Nation in partnership with the Knight Foundation, will take place October...
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(BPRW) It’s time for Carnival in Miami! Here’s how to celebrate this Caribbean party right
(Black PR Wire) SOUTH FLORIDA -- Carnival, already?
Yes! So shelve all your upcoming plans, because it’s on. The Carnival countdown has begun.
The annual Caribbean Carnival season culminates with one of the largest cultural spectacles...
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(BPRW) LIFEHOPE presents An Evening of Hope, Inspiration & Transformation
(Black PR Wire) Join Lance Williams, founder and executive director of LIFEHOPE for An Evening of Hope, Inspiration & Transformation. It takes place on Friday, October 19th at Metropolitan Baptist Church in New Jersey. Doors open...
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(BPRW) NABJ to conduct Multimedia Short Course at North Carolina A&T State University
(Black PR Wire) The NABJ Multimedia Short Course at North Carolina A&T State University is a four-day intensive journalism workshop which provides hands-on experience and practical guidance of what it takes to be successful multimedia j...
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(BPRW) NABOB Annual Fall Conference set for October 11th & 12th
(Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON, DC -- The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK OWNED BROADCASTERS (NABOB) will hold the 41st Annual FALL BROADCAST MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE in partnership with KIZART MEDIA PARTNERS' annual POWER OF URBAN RADIO FORUM. The...
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(BPRW) Breast Cancer Rates Among Black Women and White Women
(Black PR Wire) -- Black women and white women get breast cancer at about the same rate, but black women die from breast cancer at a higher rate than white women.
Compared with white women, black women had lower rates of getting breast canc...
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Black History Express Apps Are Added To A 20 Year Portfolio Of Empowering Software
Hugh Smith, President of Quikthinking Software, today announced the launch of two new Android apps, Black History Express and Black History Quotes Express.
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Both apps gather tog...
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(BPRW) SBA Regional Administrator Ashley D. Bell Addresses Entrepreneurs during the 2018 Annual Black Professionals Summit
(Black PR Wire) MIAMI - U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Regional Administrator Ashley D. Bell will deliver the keynote address at the 2018 Black Professionals Summit on Friday, September 28.
This will be Bell&rsquo...
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Creating Your Own Path/ Thrivin Online with Lawyer & Entrepreneur Jean Paul
In the world today, success is measured not only on stature, but versatility and the ability to have a positive impact on multiple facets of life. There is a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson about the journey of life that reads “Do not go...
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(BPRW) 2018 National Essay Contest on the Film "DROP" for Youth, Ages 12-18 years Cash Prizes for Winners!
(Black PR Wire) -- Black Women for Positive Change (BW4PC) announces a 2018 National Essay Contest about the film, "DROP: A Story of Triumph." Contestants can write a 1 page essay, produce a 2 minute Rap or submit a poem to express their vi...
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(BPRW) Attention HBCU Colleges and Universities: Apply Now to Host 2019 Mandela Washington Fellows
(Black PR Wire) The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders (https://yali.state.gov/mwf/), is now seeking qualified U.S.–based colleges, universities, and organizations to implement six-week Leadership Institutes in su...
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NIH launches initiative to accelerate generic therapies to cure sickle cell disease
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced the launch of a new initiative to help speed the development of a cure for sickle cell disease, a group of inherited blood disorders affecting at least 100,000 people in the United Sta...
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