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On Friday, September 2, 2016, NAMI is leading a National Call-In Day for Senate Mental Health Reform.
The House passed mental health reform, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, last ...
Posted Thursday, September 1st 2016 at 11:31AM
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Tremell Parker, a 20-year-old sophomore from Durham, N.C., is the latest HBCU All-Star chosen to represent Johnson C. Smith University on the national stage. The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities announced his nam ...
Posted Wednesday, August 31st 2016 at 3:54PM
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When it comes to getting her sexy on, media mogul Oprah Winfrey reveals she turns to her network’s new drama series “Queen Sugar.”
“Queen Sugar,” starring Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Kofi Siriboe, Tina Lifford, Bianca Lawson, Greg Vaughan, Henry G. Sanders ...
Posted Monday, August 29th 2016 at 9:58AM
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Own a restaurant or retail store? Looking to increase your revenue by adding your menu online?
Pacific Northwest Orders is here to help!
At Pacific Northwest Orders, we allow restaurants and retail stores to add their menu online as a means t ...
Posted Monday, August 29th 2016 at 9:44AM
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Michael Jordan was such a huge brand for the NBA that we still talk about him, now an owner of the Charlotte Hornets, nearly 15 years after he last took off an NBA basketball jersey. As the years go by, his legend grows among new and young fans of th ...
Posted Monday, August 29th 2016 at 9:21AM
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If his Instagram stories are to be believed, LeBron James is great at Uno. James, Chris Paul and their spouses played some Uno on Saturday, and James couldn’t help but brag about winning. “Oh, I forgot to mention,” James said to his phone. “I’m about ...
Posted Monday, August 29th 2016 at 8:10AM
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Last month, NAMI Maryland Executive Director, Kate Farinholt, had the opportunity to attend a briefing at White House as part of the White House 21st Century Policing Briefing Series.
Since the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing r ...
Posted Monday, August 29th 2016 at 6:57AM
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Join us at the 2016 NAMI Maryland Annual Conference!
Registration for the 2016 NAMI Maryland Annual Conference is now open! This program will take place October 14-15, 2016 at the Conference Center at Sheppard Pratt in Towson.
Participants ...
Posted Monday, August 29th 2016 at 6:51AM
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ALLLL Aboard the new LOP school bus! We are loading up for the 6th Annual USDE Back-to-School Bus Tour in just a few short days before we take off!
Ok, everyone's reading "I Saw You In His Eyes" available in Amazon Kindle format at: https://ww ...
Posted Monday, August 29th 2016 at 6:45AM
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"5-Rail-Bank-Shot" ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB8VLaB5mtA
"Back in the day" as a former local "Pool Hustler" I had walked away from GOD and the church. I acted like I didn't know Him but I'm so glad GOD never gave up on me! During the mo ...
Posted Saturday, August 27th 2016 at 8:47PM
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HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Pres. Obama remarks on National Park Service 100th Anniversary (#FindYourPark),
NATION-AT-A-GLANCE FEATURING U. S. SURGEON GENERAL VIVEK MURTHY on OPIODS EPIDEMIC!! and so much more inside to share and discuss with your f ...
Posted Saturday, August 27th 2016 at 11:46AM
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY!
FREE ADMISSIONS ALL WEEKEND TO CELEBRATE!!!!
#FindYourPark: http://connect.usa.gov/free-entrance-to-national-parks-this…
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Posted Friday, August 26th 2016 at 5:47PM
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America's doctor just knocked on the doors of every single US physician across the country.
Virtually, at least. On Thursday, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy sent this letter™÷ to 2.3 million American doctors asking for their help to curb what's b ...
Posted Friday, August 26th 2016 at 1:30PM
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Savannah State University (SSU) student Alicia Montgomery has been chosen as a White House HBCU All-Star. Montgomery is a sophomore business management major from Atlanta, Ga. The oldest of five children, she is also the first in her family to go t ...
Posted Friday, August 26th 2016 at 11:06AM
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by The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
Tyler Brown, senior public relations and political science major, spent her summer as a Congressional Black Caucus intern in the office of Representative Elijah Cummings. She is a native of Washington, ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 4:54PM
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The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities announced recently that Gabriel Carter, of Atlanta, Georgia, is one of 73 students from across 63 HBCUs named as the 2016 HBCU All-Stars. The All-Stars, comprised of undergrad ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 4:51PM
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The White House Initiative (Initiative) on Educational Excellence for African Americans hosted the inaugural White House Summit on African American lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) Youth in Washington, DC in partn ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 11:13AM
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The African American Youth with Disabilities Summit:
The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans (the Initiative) hosted a White House Summit on African-American students with disabilities on Tuesday, July 26, 2016 ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 10:57AM
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As a child, I loved spending Saturday afternoons at Eso Won Books, a Black-owned bookstore in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. The store was filled with books full of images of Black girls, girls just like me. Eso Won often hosted storyt ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 10:41AM
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Many of you know the rock star, Pat Scott, from the film. She was the School Homeless Liaison at Prosser who was featured in the film. We're saddened to learn that she was victim to the recent outrageous layoffs by Chicago Public Schools. Not onl ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 10:33AM
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We’re hitting the road for our sixth annual back-to-school bus tour, and earlier today we announced the eleven stops we’ll be making in seven states during the week of September 14. We’re really excited to be visiting the following locations:
•Woodl ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 10:14AM
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Inspired by Barack and Michelle Obama’s first date, SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU recounts the eventful summer day in 1989 when a young law firm associate named Barack Obama (Parker Sawyers) tried to woo lawyer Michelle Robinson (Tika Sumpter) during a daylong ...
Posted Wednesday, August 24th 2016 at 1:36PM
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Press RELEASE!: "I Saw You In His Eyes" by Agnes B. Levine (ebook) is available for purchase NOW in the Amazon Kindle Store for $9.99 - https://www.amazon.com/I-Saw-You-His-Eyes-ebo…/…/ref=sr_1_1…!
This is a story of courage, humility, and triumph ...
Posted Wednesday, August 24th 2016 at 1:16PM
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Texas Southern University is proud to announce that Sekeia Wyatt, a third-year Thurgood Marshall School of Law student, and Kaleb Taylor, a Political Science major in his junior year, were recently selected as White House Initiative HBCU All-Stars fo ...
Posted Tuesday, August 23rd 2016 at 5:54PM
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Better Youth, a mentoring and creative development agency for urban youth ages 12-24 will host its “2nd Annual Real To Reel Global Youth Film Festival” from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Los Angeles Film School.
The festival will screen a diverse slate of f ...
Posted Monday, August 22nd 2016 at 2:17PM
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