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(BPRW) ESSENCE Announces the Expansion of Its Empowering Mentoring Initiative on the International Day of the Girl: “Girls United by ESSENCE”
(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ESSENCE, the leading media, technology and commerce company dedicated to Black women, celebrates the International Day of the Girl with the expansion of its empowering mentoring initiative, G...
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(BPRW) Howard University Joins with Amazon Studios to Launch Howard Entertainment
(Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON & CULVER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Howard University and Amazon Studios (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced the launch of Howard Entertainment, a program designed to diversify the enterta...
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(BPRW) MASSIVE EFFORT TOWARDS REBUILDING OF ABACO BAHAMAS COMMUNITIES BEING LAUNCHED FROM SOUTH FLORIDA
(Black PR Wire) MIAMI, Florida – One month following the catastrophic Hurricane Dorian that affected an estimated 70, 000 Bahamians on the Islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama a local South Florida 501 C organization, Global Empowe...
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(BPRW) Jessie Trice Community Health System among Sponsoring Agencies for Adolescent Health ECHO 2020
(Black PR Wire) Did you know that you can help improve the adolescent friendliness of your health center and provide better care to adolescent patients by joining the School-Based Health Alliance’s Adolescent Health ECHO? The Jessie T...
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PepsiCo Beverages North America & ESSENCE Launch "She Got Now" Platform to recognize Black female movers and shakers at HBCUs
PepsiCo Beverages North America, in partnership with ESSENCE, introduced today "She Got Now" – a multi-tiered platform that celebrates, supports and honors young Black women aspiring to and attending Historically Black Colleges and Un...
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(BPRW) COOKIE JOHNSON JOINS KEY INFLUENCERS AT THE 6TH ANNUAL HEALTHY CHURCHES 2020 NATIONAL CONFERENCE
(Black PR Wire) RICHMOND, Va. – Cookie Johnson – philanthropist, entrepreneur, author, and wife of NBA legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson – is among the headliners of the prestigious roster of faith and public healt...
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(BPRW) Essence Full Circle Festival Launches in Support of Cultural Ownership and Economic Collaboration in Africa and Building Bridges Between Africans on the Continent and in the Diaspora
(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Essence Ventures, an independent Black-owned consumer technology company merging content, community and commerce to meet the evolving cultural and lifestyle needs of people of color and the parent...
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(BPRW) BAHAMAS FLORIDA SALES TEAM UPDATES TRAVEL AGENTS ON HURRICANE RECOVERY AND THE 14 BAHAMA ISLANDS STILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS
(Black PR Wire) FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - The Islands Of The Bahamas recently partnered with American Airlines to host a ‘Sip and Paint’ networking opportunity for some of American Airlines’ top travel professionals in t...
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(BPRW) Hampton University to Offer Free Enrollment, Room & Board to University of the Bahamas Students Displaced by Hurricane Dorian
(Black PR Wire) HAMPTON, Va. – In an effort to help those students and families affected by Hurricane Dorian, Hampton University is entering into an agreement with the University of the Bahamas-North to allow students who hav...
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(BPRW) Early Life Environment May Lead to High Blood Pressure in Children
(Black PR Wire) -- WASHINGTON -
Where a mother lives and the temperature outside while she is pregnant, among other environmental factors, can impact whether her child is prehypertensive or hypertensive during childhood, according to a stud...
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(BPRW) BET+ Is Now Streaming Black Culture --- BE THE FIRST TO EXPERIENCE MORE THAN 1,000 HOURS OF AD-FREE CONTENT FROM ACCLAIMED AND RISING AFRICAN AMERICAN CREATORS, SIGN UP NOW AT BET.COM/BETPLUS
(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The wait is finally over! BET+ launches today in the U.S. BET+ is available on the App Store for iPhone and iPad, Android™ devices, Android TV™ devices, Amazon Fire TV a...
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(BPRW) The Collaborative Experience, Inc., Open Call for African-American Men to Pen Their Stories a new in Book Anthology
(Black PR Wire)-New York, NY –The Collaborative Experience is currently compiling a collection stories by African American male authors entitled, “Our Stories Our Voices: Black Men Speak Their Truth” (OSOV), which is set t...
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(BPRW) Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society & Warner Bros Acquire Film Rights to Rena Barron's Epic Fantasy Trilogy ‘Kingdom Of Souls’
(Black PR Wire) In an exciting deal for a debut author, Michael B. Jordan and Warner Bros. have just acquired Kingdom of Souls, the first installment of a fantasy novel trilogy by Rena Barron, in which a young woman must give up her own lif...
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(BPRW) Silicon Valley African Film Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary with 85 films from 35 countries - join us!
(Black PR Wire) The 10th Annual Silicon Valley African Film Festival (SVAFF) will be held at the Historic Hoover Theatre in San Jose from Friday, October 4 through Sunday, October 6, 2019. The annual showcase includes a mix of feature films...
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(BPRW) Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2018
(Black PR Wire) Washington, DC -- The U.S. Census Bureau announced today the median household income was not statistically different from the 2017 median, and the official poverty rate decreased 0.5 percentage points from 2017. At the s...
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Woman's Activists, Celebrated Pastor and Television Personality Sabrina McKenzie Announces New Show, "In A Man's World" Set To Premiere On Bravo TV
Atlanta, GA - Celebrated Pastor, Business Woman, and Television Personality, Sabrina McKenzie, officially announces her newest role as the star of the highly anticipated BRAVO television show "In A Man's World." Produced by two time Gr...
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(BPRW) Tampax Radiant Aims to Help Reverse Period Miseducation Among Black Women
(Black PR Wire) CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Even in 2019, period myths, miseducation and stigma are limiting Black women from receiving the information about their bodies, and their periods, they deserve. In fact, a new study by Tampax Ra...
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(BPRW) AFRICAN AMERICAN SPENDING POWER DEMANDS THAT MARKETERS SHOW MORE LOVE AND SUPPORT FOR BLACK CULTURE
(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK, NY – African Americans want more for themselves and from corporate America, and they express it with their dollars as they move through the consumer journey, from brand awareness to purchase, as revealed tod...
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(BPRW) "SAINTS & SINNERS" WRAPS MOST-WATCHED SEASON EVER, SEEN BY 7.1 MILLION VIEWERS
(Black PR Wire) ATLANTA, GA - It's rare for a television series to increase viewership season over season. Bounce's original drama Saints & Sinners has done exactly that - for the fourth consecutive time.
The show's just-conclude...
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