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(BPRW) What Serena Williams And All Mothers of Color Need: New App That Aims to Battle Bias in Maternity Care to be Featured at Upcoming MIT Hackathon

(Black PR Wire) -- A new app concept, known as “the Yelp for the health equity movement” will be featured at the MIT Make the Breast Pump Not Suck Hackathon happening April 27-29 at the MIT Media Lab in Boston. &ldquo...

(BPRW) Miami Garden's Vice Mayor Dr. Erhabor Ighodaro Receives Meritorious Honor from Florida Memorial University

(Black PR Wire) MIAMI GARDENS, FL — The City of Miami Gardens is pleased to announce that Vice-Mayor Dr. Erhabor Ighodaro has been awarded the Nathan W. Collier Meritorious Service Award by Florida Memorial University. The award is gi...

(BPRW) Louis Vuitton Announced Virgil Abloh, New Menswear Designer

(Black PR Wire) New York -- Virgil Abloh, 37, is making history as the first black artistic director for Louis Vuitton. This is a huge accomplishment, considering how underrepresented black names are in the luxury European world of fashion....

Inaugural Oakland Art Month Debuts in May 2018

Features Packed Calendar of Arts Events & Performances, Including 1st Annual Oakland Mural Festival (Oakland, CA) – Visit Oakland, the city’s official destination marketing organization, celebrates the Oakland creative...

Hyams Foundation Releases First-of-its-Kind Report on Racial Equity in Boston

New report gauges attitudes on race, policies, and quality of life among people of color (Black PR Wire) Boston – The Hyams Foundation has released Racial Inequities, Policy Solutions: Perceptions of Boston’s Communiti...

Jesus Christ Superstar features John Legend

(Black PR Wire) Oscar, Golden Globe, Tony and 10-time Grammy Award winner John Legend has been cast as Jesus Christ in NBC’s special event “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert,” to be aired Easter Sunday, April 1.

(BPRW) Vy Higginsen, the first woman in NY prime time radio, returns to the stage in the new musical Let The Music Play... Gospel!

(Black PR Wire) The Mama Foundation for the Arts proudly announces the brand new production of their acclaimed musical, Let the Music Play... Gospel! From the creators of Mama, I Want To Sing! – the worldwide musical sensation –...

Jason Taylor Foundation to Host Fourth Annual Louder Than A Bomb Florida Poetry Festival from March 26 - April 21, 2018

(Black PR Wire) For the fourth consecutive year, the Jason Taylor Foundation is giving the South Florida community the chance to witness the top youth poets in the state compete during a cutting edge event – the Lo...

Walmart continues its focus on African-American Women Owned Companies

Restauranteur Leah Abraham Shares her Recipe of Success of Hiring Locally and Giving Back (Black PR Wire) The second Quick Chat video in the three-part series Hidden Talent, sponsored by Walmart, highlights Restaurant Owner L...

FMU to Hold Dedication and Unveiling of “Sacred Woman” Sculpture

(Black PR Wire) -- Florida Memorial University will hold a dedication and unveiling ceremony of the sculpture “Sacred Woman”, Friday, March 16, 2018 at 6 p.m. in the Student Services Courtyard.

(BPRW) FMU to Hold Dedication and Unveiling of “Sacred Woman” Sculpture

(Black PR Wire) MIAMI GARDENS, FL – Florida Memorial University will hold a dedication and unveiling ceremony of the sculpture “Sacred Woman,” Friday, March 16, 2018 at 6 p.m. in the Student Services Courtyard. Created by...

(BPRW) TOP 10 SPRING FASHION TRENDS

(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK/MIAMI -- This season, let’s welcome spring with fresh, new and sensational styles that exude flavor, character, fun and style. Here’s a peek at my Top 10 choices for 2018 … 1. LAVENDER The n...

Actors Danny Glover and Delroy Lindo Join Inaugural From the Fire Summer Leadership Academy for Young Men of Color at Princeton University

(Black PR Wire) New York, New York — Leadership development, mentoring, and Rites of Passage are the focuses of the new From the Fire: Leadership Academy for Young Men on July 22-August 3, 2018. Operated by At the Well...

A TRIBE CALLED IDENTITY … FINDING YOUR WAKANDA

AfricanAncestry.com Educates on African Tribes as Part of its 15th Year Celebration in 2018 (Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON, DC (Feb. 21) – African Ancestry, Inc. (AfricanAncestry.com), the pioneers of genetic ancestry tracing for peo...

(BPRW) ONYX MAGAZINE’S WOMEN ON THE MOVE AWARDS TO HONOR WOMEN OF COLOR

Black PR Wire (ORLANDO, FL) - ONYX Magazine’s third annual Women on the Move (WOTM), presented by Title Sponsor Herzing University and Presenting Membership Orlando Health will recognize Florida’s most impactful and influential...

3 Presidents Who Shaped our Food System and the Role of African Americans in It

(Black PR Wire) Many of our past presidents were farmers or ranchers at some point in their lives, but a handful of them significantly changed how we grow our food and eat it. We can’t examine that history, however, wit...

(BPRW) Valentine's Day Style Sense

(Black PR Wire) Valentine’s Day is a day for couples to be obnoxiously adorable and for singles to unite and hit the town. It’s a day filled with love, chocolates, and omg what am I going to wear? This year, let that be the leas...

(BPRW) EDUCATOR DR. ROSEMARY JACKSON, WIFE OF TELEVISION EXECUTIVE DON JACKSON, PASSES AT 71

(Black PR Wire) CHICAGO -- The family of Dr. Rosemary Robinson Jackson, Ph.D., Chicago educator, business woman and community leader, announced today that she died Wednesday at the age of 71, succumbing to cancer. Services will be held in C...

The Home Depot Announces the 2018 Retool Your School Grant Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

The Home Depot’s Campus Improvement Program Will Award a Total of $360,000 in Campus Improvement Grants to Nine Deserving HBCUs (Black PR Wire) Atlanta, GA, January 29, 2018—The Home Depot, the world’s largest home improve...

Healthier Soul Food Cookbook Takes Fresh Approach to Traditional Recipes for "Go Red" Heart Health Month

Joint Project Between Transamerica Center for Health Studies and the Association of Black Women Physicians Promotes Healthier, Happy Traditional Eating (Black PR Wire) LOS ANGELES – January 29, 2018 – The Healthier Tr...