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GDN Print Edition 2-19-15

  Greater Diversity News (GDN) is a statewide publication with national reach and relevance.  We are a chosen news source for underrepresented and underserved communities in North Carolina.  GDN and our companion website focuses on issues and opportunities important to Historically Underutilized

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Woman Breaking Gender Paradigms

In a world where in theory, gender struggle is long gone, since the adoption of the feminine universal suffrage in 1931, in practice, for women today, reaching high positions remains a narrow path. It is not a secret that being

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2015 Pretty Brown Girl Day Celebration to Launch in Chicago on February 28th, 2015

Detroit, MI  – International Pretty Brown Girl Day was established by the Pretty Brown Girl Foundation. This is a special day to empower, inspire and encourage girls of color to love the skin they’re in. The mission statement of the

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Black Women To Gather In Los Angeles For A Conference On Opening Beauty Supply Stores

This year’s Beauty Supply Entrepreneurship Conference will take place at in Los Angeles, California on March 28-29, 2015   Photo caption: Entrepreneur Amanda Mickens and her son getting ready to pen their store. Los Angeles, CA – The ethnic beauty supply business is a $15

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Ben Tankard & Shirley Murdock Receive Gold Records

New ‘Full Tank 2.0 CD’ is Amazon #1 Bestseller NASHVILLE, TN – Gospel/Jazz pioneer Ben Tankard and R&B/Gospel sensation Shirley Murdock recently received RIAA Gold records for their 2006 hit JESUS IS LOVE for 500,000+ sales as part of the 2006 WOW

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GDN Print Edition 2-12-15

Greater Diversity News (GDN) is a statewide publication with national reach and relevance.  We are a chosen news source for underrepresented and underserved communities in North Carolina.  GDN and our companion website focuses on issues and opportunities important to Historically Underutilized Businesses

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Civil Rights Leaders Upset Over Non-Voting Rights Act Hearing

Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, he sparked controversy on Jan. 14 saying that, “The Voting Rights Amendment Act” – which would restore the pre-clearance requirement by the Justice Department for states mainly in the South

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Summer Academy for Minority Teen Girls at Princeton University Gears Up for Fifth Year

Photo caption:  At the Well 2014 Academy Scholars NEW YORK — For the fifth straight year, the At the Well Young Women’s Leadership Academy will be held on the campus of Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. The Academy is

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Study: Bad Middle Managers Are Just a Reflection of Their Bosses

Ray Friedman, Brownlee O. Currey Professor of Management at Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management. Keeping middle managers happy with their supervisors is the key to retaining the lower-level workers they manage and avoiding expensive turnover costs, according to a

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Stress Caused by Racism Linked to Mental Health Issues in Latino Teens

Latino adolescents who experience discrimination-related stress are more likely to experience anxiety, depression, and issues with sleep, according to research led by NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. These mental health outcomes were more pronounced among Latino

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Record-level of Criminal Exonerations

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Black criminal defendants accounted for roughly 46 percent of the 125 known exonerations in 2014, the highest annual number of exonerations recorded since 1989, according to a national registry that tracks wrongful convictions. According to a recent

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What’s Next in Diets: Chili Peppers?

Researchers at the University of Wyoming discover that adding capsaicin from chili peppers to a diet can help to prevent weight gain in mice on high-fat diet WASHINGTON, D.C.,  — Don’t go chomping on a handful of chili peppers just

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Rape’s Other Victims

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The first time Tiffany Perry learned about her conception, she was too innocent to fully understand the gentle explanation her mother was offering, too young to process such a heavy and complicated behavior. What she distinctly remembers

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GDN Print Edition 2-5-15

Greater Diversity News (GDN) is a statewide publication with national reach and relevance.  We are a chosen news source for underrepresented and underserved communities in North Carolina.  GDN and our companion website focuses on issues and opportunities important to Historically Underutilized Businesses

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Rodgers Receives SHARP Award for Dosher’s New Construction

NC Department of Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry (left) is pictured with Pat Rodgers (fourth from left), president and CEO of Rodgers Builders, and the Rodgers Builders construction management team during a luncheon to honor Rodgers and its sub-contractors for receiving

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Again, Let it Go – Please

I am trying again to internalize that today is the day the Lord has made. Don’t complicate it. The more complicated the world seems, the simpler it is to understand God’s Word. I’m reminded every day and sometimes get caught

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Income Inequality Rises In all 50 States

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Income inequality is rising and it affects workers in every state, according to a new report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). Researchers from EPI, a nonpartisan think tank focused on low- and middle-income workers, analyzed Internal

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Blacks Urged to Ramp Up Involvement in Internet

NASSAU, Bahamas – Blacks need to become more involved in what might appear to be arcane debates over “net neutrality – having an open Internet – because the fast-evolving Internet will have a major impact on their lives, including how

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Stop Street Harassment, Bullying, and Assault With the Stop-Attack Mobile App

LOS ANGELES — Officially launching in January 2015, the STOP-ATTACK (www.stop-attack.com) app will leverage smartphone technology to make the world a safer place for everyone. Whether it’s bullying, street harassment or something even more sinister, the app will record audio

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GDN Print Edition 1-29-15

Greater Diversity News (GDN) is a statewide publication with national reach and relevance.  We are a chosen news source for underrepresented and underserved communities in North Carolina.  GDN and our companion website focuses on issues and opportunities important to Historically Underutilized Businesses

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Poor Communities Lose Billions to Predatory Lenders

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Predatory lenders continue to target poor, Black and Latino communities, siphoning off $103 billion in fees and interests every year, and the rest of us are paying for it, according to a recent report by United for

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Finance Coach and Author on a Mission to Strengthen American Youth’s Financial Literacy

PHILADELPHIA, PA – In 2014, teenagers from different countries took financial literacy exams. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development administered a two-hour written test through their Programme for International Student Assessment to 29,000 15-year-olds in 18 countries or partner

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The Wendy Williams Show Looking to Hire Interns For Spring, Summer, and Fall 2015

New York — The highly popular Wendy Williams Show is looking to hire interns that want to gain experience in the television industry. This internship is for college credit and is located in New York City. Candidates for this internships

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NY Attorney General Settles Agreement with Bank in Fight to End Discrimination

Prompted by concerns of New York banks not lending to minority groups after the mortgage and financial crisis in 2008, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s Civil Rights Bureau launched an investigation into the claims. The investigation found that Five Star Bank’s

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Blueprint for Eradicating Poverty

“There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we now have the resources to get rid of it.” Not too many years ago, Kirtley Mather, a Harvard geologist, wrote a book titled, Enough and to Spare.

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Majority of Young Women and Men Prefer Egalitarian Relationships, Study Shows

WASHINGTON, DC, January 20, 2015 — The majority of young women and men today would prefer an egalitarian relationship in which work and family responsibilities are shared equally between partners if that possibility were available to them, according to a

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New Book Empowers Men And Women Who Are “Living Single In A Married World”

Maitland, FL — The new book, Living Single in a Married World: How to Survive and Thrive It’s Not Easy, But it is Possible! ($16.99, paperback, 9781498402699; $7.99, e-book, 9781498402705) was penned to encourage and empower men and women who

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