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Oct 24 2018

Susan G. Komen SD Hosts Free Circle of Promise Event in Lincoln Park

On Sunday, October 21 at the City of Hope International Church, Susan G. Komen San Diego’s Circle of Promise was onsite to bring much-needed health resources to the Lincoln Park and surrounding southeast San Diego community. Attendees had the opportunity to receive free mammograms and clinical breast exams and heard pertinent information from Community Resource Activist, Wendy […]

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Oct 22 2018

Rock the Vote San Diego: Doing What it Takes to Get Millennials to the Polls

On Sunday, October 21, Indivisible WATU in partnership with Rock the Vote© held a free non-partisan event to register and mobilize millennial voters for the upcoming midterm elections. Today, October 22, is the last day to register to vote in California. Indivisible WATU a political advocacy group (WATU meaning “people” in Swahili), in association with Be The

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Oct 18 2018

Chocolate Chat: A conversation with R&B’s Love King, Raheem DeVaughn

We first met three-time Grammy nominated recording artist Raheem Devaughn at the very first BET Experience in LA. Back in 2013, we knew then just as we know now, this brother can sang! With his new album, “Decade of a Love King” coming out on Friday, the love king himself took some time to chat

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Oct 17 2018

2018 ESSENCE Announces Record-Breaking $280 Million Impact For Louisiana & the city of New Orleans

Growth in Attendance and Tourism Spending Garners Highest Fiscal Input in the Event’s 24-Year History October 17, 2018 (New York, NY)- Essence Communications, the leading media, technology and commerce company serving Black women, today announced a record-breaking economic impact of $280 million for its 2018 ESSENCE Festival® presented by Coca-Cola. Growth in Festival attendance, which

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Oct 15 2018

San Diego Rock The Vote Event Set to Register & Mobilize Disenfranchised & Newly Registered Youth for Midterm Elections

Indivisible Watu has partnered with Rock the Vote © to bring Rock, Rap, Register to San Diego on October 21, 2018 at the WorldBeat Cultural Center SAN DIEGO, CA— Indivisible WATU’s Rock the Vote San Diego, in association with Be the Vote, a coalition of nonprofit organizations focused on voter education and engagement, will

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Oct 14 2018

Business Spotlight: San Diego Entrepreneur Kam Howard Launches Royalty and Reign Hair Extensions

San Diego based entrepreneur Kam Howard, has worn hair extensions since she was a teenager. Her decision to add on to her naturally long, thick mane, is plain and simple—she doesn’t particularly like being bothered with her hair. And wearing hair that doesn’t grow out of our head is, well, sometimes low maintenance. San

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Oct 14 2018

Photo: Maxine Waters Praises Tucson NAACP For its Strength

Special Honoree Ms. Kiana Adams-Baker (Red dress holding plaque) poses with friends, family and councilwoman Maxine Waters. Photo: Joe Jackson/NAACP (Tucson, AZ) Congresswoman Maxine Waters spoke to a conference room filled with dignitaries, honorees, guests and members of the community at Desert Diamond Entertainment Center in Tucson, Arizona at the invitation of the NAACP Tucson Branch

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Oct 10 2018

Tina Perry Named New GM for OWN

Oprah Winfrey Network OWN today that Tina Perry, executive vice president, business and legal affairs, and board member of OWN, has been named general manager of the network effective January 2019 overseeing all business and creative areas of OWN. She will report to OWN Chairman and CEO Oprah Winfrey. After seven years leading OWN as

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Oct 4 2018

San Diego: Award-winning Actor Jeffrey Wright Wins Best Documentary at GI Film Festival

SAN DIEGO – Oct. 3, 2018 – On the evening of Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018 the GI Film Festival San Diego announced the winners of this year’s festival. More than 120 people attended the soiree hosted by comedian and former U.S. Navy Officer, Jamie Kaler, with featured entertainment by the American Flyboys. This year’s

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Oct 3 2018

3X Grammy nominated recording artist, Raheem Devaughn releases new music “Decade of a Love King”

RAHEEM DEVAUGHN has been many things to contemporary music culture and his ever-expanding core audience, for which he’s amassed a combination of prestigious award honors/nominations and multiple chart-topping releases. “There’s a lot of talk about ‘King of R&B’ and ‘King of Soul,” but I’ve got enough music for the next ten years,” says the three-time

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October 2018