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JANUARY 12-19

ANNIVERSARY EDITION 2011

NC NAACP ANNOUNCES POVERTY TOUR, WEEK OF JANUARY 5-11, 2012

The North Carolina NAACP, NC Justice Center, and NC Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity announced the first leg of the ''Truth and Hope Tour of Poverty in North Carolina,'' a state-wide tour of rural counties and inner city neighborhoods where North Carolinians have struggled to find work, decent housing, transportation, and ...

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National
CHAVIS ''OCCUPY THE DREAM'' AIMS TO GROWN BLACK BUSINESS OWNERSHIP, WEEK OF JANUARY 5-11, 2012

BY HAZEL TRICE EDNEY
OF TRICEEDNEY.COM

(TriceEdneyWire.com) A national group ...

NEW STUDY SAYS IMMIGRANTS ACTUALLY CREATE MORE JOBS FOR AMERICANS, WEEK OF DECEMBER 29, 2011-NOVEMBER 4, 2012

BY STEPHON JOHNSON
OF THE NEW YORK
AMSTERDAM NEWS

(NNPA)--Despite what many ...

Community News
FREEMAN PIER WILLISTONIANS PLAN SEABREEZE EXCURSION MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, WEEK OF DECEMBER 29, 2011-JANUARY 4, 2012

The Williston Alumni Association is planning a fun-filled weekend for its biennial Memorial Day Reunion events ...

WREATHS 2011 HONORING OUR FALLEN SOLDIERS, WEEK OF DECEMBER 22-28, 2011

BY VALERIA SMITH, DEN LEADER PACK 252
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

On Saturday, ...

Editorials
DR. BENJAMIN CHAVIS OUR VOICE, GUEST EDITORIAL, ''BLACK CHURCH REVIVES THE MOVEMENT'', WEEK OF DECEMBER 29, 2011-JANUARY 4, 2012

One of my favorite mentors and colleagues in the Civil Rights Movement continues to be The Reverend Dr. ...

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN OUR VOICE, GUEST EDITORIAL, ''A PRAYER FOR THIS HOLY SEASON'', BY MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN, WEEK OF DECEMBER 22- 28, 2011

God help us to end poverty in our time.

The poverty of having a child with too ...

Health
CERVICAL CANCER THE PEOPLE'S CLINIC, ''WHAT WE SHOULD ALL KNOW ABOUT CERVICAL CANCER'', WEEK OF JANUARY 12-18, 2012

Last week, we talked about preventing birth defects, this week we will discuss Cervical Cancer, because January is also ...

BIRTH DEFECTS THE PEOPLE'S CLINIC, ''LEARNING HOW TO PREVENT BIRTH DEFECTS''. WEEK OF JANUARY 5-11, 2012

January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month, sponsored by the National Birth Defects Prevention Network. Did you...


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