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What’s The Difference Puzzle Answers

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Developer Sells Chicago Property, Later Discovers Emmett Till Lived There

It looks like an ordinary building on the South Side, but its occupants were not. For 121 years, the two-story structure has stood in Chicago’s predominately Black Woodlawn neighborhood. An unassuming edifice built with Chicago’s muscular red brick, it’s a

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A 5-Year Plan to Rebuild Black Wealth and Expand Homeownership

While economists contend that the economic recession is over, the reality for much of Black America is starkly different. Racial disparities in unemployment and under-employment persist. And homeownership, a key measure of economic health for consumers and communities alike continues

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Partnership to Transform Health Outcomes in Local Communities

The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s EmPowered To Serve and Go Red For Women movements and Delta Sigma Theta today announced a national partnership that will combine the best-in-class outreach strategies to transform health outcomes in local communities. Together, the

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Baltimore’s Youth Are Champions, Not Thugs

Dear Mr. President, – I need your help and together I know we can make a positive difference in the lives of many young people who feel their country has passed them by – kids who see no future for themselves.

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Kyla Imani McMillan, a 13-Year-Old Inspiration

Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Kyla Imani McMillan, 13, is set for big things. This teenager’s resume is already impressive. She is being called “a developing quintuple threat,” with her songwriting, instrument playing, singing, dancing

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Registration Is Under Way For UNC School Of The Arts Summer Arts Intensives For High School Students

Sunday June 21, 2015 – Thursday August 20, 2015 Map and Directions | Register

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Eyewitnesses Call Fatal Los Angeles Police Shooting of Homeless Man Unwarranted

LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) – As the Honorable Louis Farrakhan was delivering Pt. 2 of his poignant Saviours’ Day message of guidance and warning, “The Intensifying Universal Cry for Justice,” at Mosque Maryam in Chicago and addressing police killings and brutality,

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Athletic Cattle in a Meat Market

The NBA trade deadline for the 2014-15 season expired on Thursday, February 19 at 3 p.m., and was followed by the 2015 NFL scouting combine from Friday, February 20 through Monday, February 23. Both professional team sport leagues – along

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A Radical Health Transformation: Creating a New Culture of Health in America

Like the water we drink, the air we breathe or the ground we walk on, health is more than being sick or well. Beyond going to the doctor or affordable health insurance, imagine health as a blanket that covers every aspect

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A Special Focus on Women of Color

From The Leadership Conference Report: “50 Years after the Civil Rights Act: The Ongoing Work for Racial Justice in  the 21st Century” While women are nearly half of the workforce and families depend on women’s income more than ever before, women

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Download GDN Edition November 6, 2014

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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MaceoPlex – Movement (Detroit) – 25-05-2014

Der at wisi mazim sadipscing, iisque bonorum fabellas in sed. Sint vocibus inimicus sed no, perpetua iudicabit rationibus ea est. An usu dicant quaestio hendrerit, ut cum odio laudem appellantur. At harum vocibus mel, unum propriae eam an, sed utinam

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Mat’s up – RI & Promo Mix

Der at wisi mazim sadipscing, iisque bonorum fabellas in sed. Sint vocibus inimicus sed no, perpetua iudicabit rationibus ea est. An usu dicant quaestio hendrerit, ut cum odio laudem appellantur. At harum vocibus mel, unum propriae eam an, sed utinam

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MaceoPlex – Movement (Detroit) – 25-05-2014

Der at wisi mazim sadipscing, iisque bonorum fabellas in sed. Sint vocibus inimicus sed no, perpetua iudicabit rationibus ea est. An usu dicant quaestio hendrerit, ut cum odio laudem appellantur. At harum vocibus mel, unum propriae eam an, sed utinam

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MaceoPlex – Movement (Detroit) – 25-05-2014

Der at wisi mazim sadipscing, iisque bonorum fabellas in sed. Sint vocibus inimicus sed no, perpetua iudicabit rationibus ea est. An usu dicant quaestio hendrerit, ut cum odio laudem appellantur. At harum vocibus mel, unum propriae eam an, sed utinam

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Race and Beyond: The Conundrum of White-Male Privilege

A pair of emails crossed my desk yesterday that plunged me down a rabbit hole and into an exploration of white-male privilege—it was an amazing trip. My understanding of the phrase “white-male privilege” tracks along the lines laid down by feminist

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North Carolina Award Nominations Deadline Approaching Fast

-Applications Must Be Received by May 15, 2014-    RALEIGH, N.C. — Nominations are now being accepted for the 2014 North Carolina Awards, the highest civilian honor bestowed by the state and awarded by the governor, through May 15. Created by the

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U.S. Voting Hurdles Remain

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – If you thought that the United States Constitution guaranteed your right to vote, think again. “While the right to vote is inherent throughout our founding document, and there are amendments prohibiting discrimination, nothing in the Constitution explicitly guarantees

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President Obama’s Fatherhood and Mentoring Initiative Fatherhood Buzz Encourages Fathers To Take Time to be a Healthy Dad Today

Select Local Barbershops to Host Events and Provide Fathers with Parenting Resources  Washington, DC (November 13, 2013) — As part of President Obama's Fatherhood and Mentoring Initiative, The National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (NRFC), funded by the U.S. Department of Health and

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Racism Costs the U.S. Billions Every Year

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Closing the income gap between Whites and minorities, would boost earnings by 12 percent, an economic windfall of $1 trillion, for a nation burdened by debt and an anemic job market, according to a recent study conducted

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Blacks Continue Fight to Secure Voting Rights

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When lawmakers ratified the 15th Amendment in 1870, protecting voting rights for Blacks, opponents of the law lashed out, violently at times, employing literacy tests, poll taxes, and fraud in an effort to disenfranchise the new voters.

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Having Access to Excellent Teachers is Civil Right

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A new study suggests that access to “excellent teachers” should be a civil right and that students should be able to “take legal action” to get better results. The Center for American Progress, a nonpartisan Washington think

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Download GDN Digital Edition Oct. 17, 2013

Get the latest edition of GDN in an easy to read and download Adobe PDF version. We provide this service free of charge to or dedicated readers and supporters. Please help us keep this service free by supporting our advertisers.  

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Tell House Republicans: Don’t cut food stamp benefits.

In June, Republicans tried to cut $20 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the program formerly known as food stamps, and failed. Any rational person would say that they went too far.

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NCDOT News: Preserve and Protect NC’s Natural Beauty – Volunteer for Fall Litter Sweep

RALEIGH – If you enjoy North Carolina’s natural beauty, consider showing the state how much you appreciate it by lending a hand during the N.C. Department of Transportation’s 2013 Fall Litter Sweep. Scheduled from Saturday, Sept. 21, through Saturday, Oct.

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POST-9/11 “TURBAN MYTHS” IN AMERICA

New Research Shows Most Americans Misidentify Turban-Wearers In U.S. PALO ALTO, CALIF. – In a groundbreaking new study titled “Turban Myths,” researchers at SALDEF (Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund) and Stanford University found that 70 percent of Americans

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Construction News and Resources: S&W Ready Mix Concrete named first place winner in Commitment to Environmental Excellence

Norfolk, Va. – Company officials proudly announce that S&W Ready Mix Concrete Company’s Castle Hayne Plant was recently named as a first place winner of the 2013 Commitment to Environmental Excellence Awards. Co-sponsored by Concrete Products magazine and the National

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Diversity: more than a business issue

It’s time to stop focusing on the business case for workforce diversity and start thinking about the moral, ethical and demographic aspects of the debate. Why? Because positioning diversity as a business issue fails to take account of the tension

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Download GDN Digital Edition Aug. 29,2013

Get the latest edition of GDN in an easy to read and download Adobe PDF version. We provide this service free of charge to or dedicated readers and supporters. We are coming together, all groups, all minorities, to only support

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GDN Book Feature: Fit, Fine and Fabulous by Dr. Laureen Wishom

Vision it, implement it and leverage it – that’s success. And  it all starts with a radical decision. In her acclaimed debut book: Fit, Fine & Fabulous in Career, Business & Life, Dr. Laureen Wishom delved into the lives of

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Standard Surveys Overestimate Black Progress in Education, Earnings

By many counts, the lives of African-Americans in the United States have progressed since the Civil Rights era. National surveys show narrowing over the past few decades of gaps between blacks and whites in education and employment. There’s a growing

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Dating, Drinking and Violence in Young Adult Lives

Jacquelyn Wiersma wants to know why people select a certain person as a romantic partner. She can’t answer that question yet, but on her way to the answer, she has learned some important things about the lives of teenagers and

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Why (I)we Occupy

Since the start of the Occupy Wall Street movement I’ve been captured by the opportunity to complete the unfinished business of the Civil Rights movement. Yes, I believe that the Occupy Movement offers Black America an opportunity to address income

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U.N. to Probe Missing and Murdered Native Women

As a United Nations committee initiates an inquiry procedure into the alarming number of missing and murdered Native women across Canada, human rights groups are hoping that an on-the- ground investigation by the international body will finally help stem systematic

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Justice, anyone: Book explores how the American judicial system perpetuates discrimination

The recently published Race Justice: Judicial Atrocities Committed Against People of Color by Rogers Hicks is sobering reading for individuals from every ethnic and socio-economic background.

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Attica’s 40-year Legacy: Revisiting the Prison Riot’s Deadly Lessons

BUFFALO, N.Y. Mixing a historic panel of eyewitnesses and survivors with past and present multi-media attractions, the University at Buffalo will mark the 40th anniversary of the most deadly prison riot in the nation’s history with a three-day conference, Sept.

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Supporting Leadership that Promotes Racial Justice

Oakland made the headlines again this summer when a jury delivered a verdict of involuntary manslaughter in the trial of Johannes Mehserle.  Mehserle, a BART police officer, was on trial for shooting Oscar Grant, a young, African American in 2009. 

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New Report: How to Develop and Support Leadership that Contributes to Racial Justice

Leadership for a New Era, or LNE, is a collaborative research initiative launched by the Leadership Learning Community that focuses on understanding how leadership can become more inclusive, networked and collective.

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Boosting Diversity With Leadership Effort For Girls of Color

Oakland, CA — The Making a New Reality Foundation will launch PROJECT G.U.R.L.S. – a global initiative to engage girls of color in leadership development and utilizing their own voices to create change. The initiative begins with the inaugural G.U.R.L.S.

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$11.5 Million NIH Center Grant Funds Novel Cancer Stem Cell Research at the Methodist Hospital Research Institute

The Methodist Hospital Research Institute was awarded an $11.5 million Center Grant by the National Institutes for Health (NIH) today to study the best way to attack deadly cancer stem cells to enhance treatments for breast cancer. Other members of

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Survey Reveals Universities’ Impact on Economy, Job Creation

In fiscal year 2008, 595 new companies were formed as a result of university research. In fact, many of the world’s most interesting and important inventions such as Google, Warfarin (coumadin) and FluMist, got their start in a university laboratory.

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Between Two Worlds – How Young Latinos Come of Age in America

Hispanics are the largest and youngest minority group in the United States. One- in-five schoolchildren is Hispanic. One-in-four newborns is Hispanic. Never before in this country’s history has a minority ethnic group made up so large a share of the

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Worldwide Study Finds Few Gender Differences in Math Abilities

Girls around the world are not worse at math than boys, even though boys are more confident in their math abilities, and girls from countries where gender equity is more prevalent are more likely to perform better on mathematics assessment

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Social Networks Help Hispanics Prepare for Disasters

FINDINGS: Historically, authorities have used broad media campaigns to encourage the public to prepare for disasters — an approach that has proven largely ineffective. For this new study, UCLA researchers sought to test novel, culturally tailored, informal social networking approaches

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New Study Wins Prize for Socially Responsible Investment Research

A study examining the complex relationships between corporate financial performance, corporate social performance, and social pressure has won the 2009 Moskowitz Prize for Socially Responsible Investing (SRI).

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College Grads Get Failing Grade in Professionalism

A nationwide survey of human resources professionals and business leaders—those who make final hiring decisions—shows that personal professionalism matters most when deciding whether to extend a job offer. The survey also found that a lot of college grads are failing

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View and apply for jobs Job seekers can see what the job entails in detail. When viewing a job listing, the company name, location, industry, job description, and other information is shown. Once ready, he can apply for the job

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