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GDN Print Edition 3-24-16

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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Recent Black History Celebration at James Sprunt Community College

KENANSVILLE, NC– Dr. Kent Guion, Chief Diversity Officer from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, was the guest speaker for the recent Black History Celebration at James Sprunt Community College. Dr. Guion received a Medical Doctorate from the School

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Black-Owned Innovative Company Raises Hair From the Dead!

A four-month old African American-owned company has created a nationwide frenzy with its all-natural internal hair regrowth products. The company is called MyFlowIndustry, created by Dr. Malikah Murphy who is also the CEO, and they have quickly made their mark

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Historic Black Press Week Captivates Washington

Publishers and leaders from the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), a trade group of more than 200 Black-owned media companies, and from the 400-plus member National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP) recently held a historic three-day summit in Washington, D.C.

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Trump’s Hostile Takeover of the Republican Party

I have repeatedly heard many of the talking heads in Washington, D.C. and the Republican establishment accuse Donald Trump and his presidential campaign of engaging in a hostile takeover of the Republican Party. I agree with them.   Having received

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From Mary Church Terrell to Barbara Lee: Black Women in the Peace Movement

Some words seem rarely mentioned in this highly toxic political season. We’ve heard about bombs and walls, but very little about peace. One is almost tempted, when some of the candidates are speaking, to burst into song – give peace

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GDN Print Edition 3-17-16

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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Disorder of Trump Protests and the Stoking of His Supporters’ Fears All Play Into the Hands of ISIS

In the wake of protests and escalating violence at 2016 GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s political rallies, the clashes are an outcome of his rhetoric fostering outrage and hostility of his supporters, a researcher said, and combined together, the polarization

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Mindfulness in the Workplace Improves Employee Focus, Attention, Behavior

Mindfulness is often viewed as either a touchy-feely fad or valuable management tool that can lift an entire workplace. A new comprehensive analysis of mindfulness research, co-directed by a management scientist at Case Western Reserve University, suggests the latter—that injecting

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‘The Good Death: An Exploration of Dying in America’

A series of cases surrounding the shifting definition of death were brought before the public in the 1970s, including that of Karen Ann Quinlan. Quinlan was twenty-one when she collapsed after drinking alcohol and taking Valium. She had been unconscious

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March is National Nutrition Month: Develop Better Eating Habits

(StatePoint) Have your healthy New Year’s habits already begun to fade? Recharge your resolutions in March during National Nutrition Month and remember the importance of developing and following sound eating habits. The 2016 National Nutrition Month theme, “Savor the Flavor

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Where We Live Affects Our Bias Against Mixed-Race Individuals, Psychology Study Finds

Whites living in areas where they are less exposed to those of other races have a harder time categorizing mixed-race individuals than do Whites with greater interracial exposure, a condition that is associated with greater prejudice against mixed-race individuals, a

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Black Churches Engage in Winning the Fight Against Prostate Cancer

Boston, Mass  – The Prostate Health Education Network (PHEN) announced today that it credits its partnership with Black churches for helping to make important progress in the fight against prostate cancer within Black America. Over the past 12 years, the

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GDN Print Edition 3-10-16

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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North Carolina Azalea Festival Presented by Belk Announces Friday Night Concert at the Belk Main Stage Snoop Dogg

WILMINGTON, N.C. – The North Carolina Azalea Festival is pleased to announce the third concert act on the Belk Main Stage is Snoop Dogg, playing Friday, April 8, 2016, with opening act Doug E. Fresh. “The Azalea Festival is so

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Big Chair Chess Club Hosts Day of Fun

(NNPA) For young, Black men living in Washington, D.C., the game of chess provides an opportunity to develop critical thinking skills that prove essential in avoiding common pitfalls. It also allows them to revel in each other’s company and enjoy

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Google Study Reveals Most Racist Places in America Based on Searches for N-Word

Search engine giant Google has just released a new report that reportedly shows what parts of the United States have the most racist people. The study measured the incidence of racist attitudes according to the way people search the web.

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Where is Today’s Madam C.J. Walker?

(NNPA) Women entrepreneurs have a powerful role model when they consider Madam C.J. Walker. One of our nation’s first female self-made millionaires, her story of combining herbs to develop and manufacture a hair pomade, of empowering tens of thousands of

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Young Talented Entrepreneur Gunned Down in His Popular New Jersey Sneaker Store

Rahway, N.J. – 21-year old Jamal “Mally” Gaines, the owner of a local sneaker store called East Coast Sneakers, was recently shot and killed just as he was closing up his shop for the day. Gaines had just recently overcame

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Obama-Nominated Black Female Government Administrator to Speak at DC Women’s History Month Event

Denise Turner Roth, Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) Washington – On Thursday, March 24th, Sterling Women of Washington DC will host a special Women’s History Month Luncheon featuring guest speaker Denise Turner Roth, Administrator of the General Services

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What I Learned From the Rise and Fall of the Black Panther Party

(NNPA) Oh yes, those were troubled times during the decades of the 1960’s and 1970’s. When Beyoncé gave tribute to the 50th Anniversary of the start of the Black Panther Movement, I thought, “She doesn’t know what she is celebrating.”

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GDN Print Edition 3-3-16

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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Black Female Tech Entrepreneur Aims to Address Unconscious Bias in Career Recruiting

NEW YORK – Blendoor, a mobile job-matching app, which uses a blind recruiting strategy to eliminate unconscious bias and increase diversity, is set to launch during the South By Southwest Conferences and Festivals (SXSW) at the BLENDOOR DAY PARTY. The

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Proposals Perpetuate Unequal Treatment of “Select” UNC Schools

Recent articles published in several newspapers and online have attempted to represent the position of those who publically call for radical changes in the UNC system. Specifically, one of these proposals involves potential changes to mandate that the least qualified

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African American Resident Lands Top Breast Cancer Fellowship

Charleston, S.C. – As Vivian Jolley Bea, M.D., finishes her surgical residency at the Medical University of South Carolina and learns she is accepted into M.D. Anderson’s breast surgical oncology fellowship, she marvels at how this feat – being accepted

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43-Year Old Beloved Black Advocate Gunned Down in Broad Daylight

43-Year Old Beloved Black Advocate Gunned Down in Broad Daylight Helendale, Calif. – In a year when the question of “Black lives Matter” and gun control are the topic of political debates, campaigns and coffee house discussions, a story of

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The Real Reason Why America Still Has a Race Relations Problem

When you begin building a structure that tilts from the ground up, like the leaning Tower of Pisa, it can never be made perfect, but will forever remain in its skewed position without falling. Race relations in America can never

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