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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated: Celebrating 70 Years of Timeless Service
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Gamma Rho Omega Chapter, Inc. Platinum and Pearls: Celebrating 70 Years of Timeless Serves The Gamma Rho Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated celebrated seven decades of contributions to the Jacksonville community on Saturday, August 25, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency on East Coastline Drive. More than 300 […]
Balance Life – Eat Pecans!
REPOST: “Because History Repeats Herself.” Dear Gods of Digital Time and Calendar Power, Thank you for the “Fall Back” and “Spring Forward” you so graciously grant. Personally, I appreciate a gesture of goodwill intent, but really: an hour? Really? It quite frankly makes no difference unless you’re one of those persons who looks at day-parts […]
The Art of Moving On
I have always thought well of Tupac Shakur. His black-ground is amazing and his fore-front is also rather keen. He is one of my favorite wordsmiths for all the reasons others choose to only identify him with “Thug Life.” Sometimes in order to be heard in this world, you have to simply use rogue, thug tactics. […]
The N.B. Forrest Rebel Brigade Reunion
The occasion of the Nathan B. Forrest Rebel Brigade Band Reunion was held last evening, June 21, 2014 at the Sheraton Hotel (Deer Creek) in Jacksonville, Florida @ 7:00 p.m. It was a culmination of years of murmurs, suggests, ideas, non-ideas, and finally, band members Russ Carpenter and Leonor Diaz took the helm as leaders […]
Jacksonville Film Festival 2011
What a wonderful weekend I had covering the Jacksonville Film Festival. In all fairness, yes, the additions of the African American films (and their producers and featured actresses) were last minute additions, but we made the best of Friday thru Sunday, and I’m grateful to the Gods of journalism that I was able to “capture” […]
September 11, 2001: A ten year reflection
This is a re-posting of my 9/11 ten year anniversary blog. There are some things worth hoarding, and this commemorative 9/11 magazine is one that I’m glad I held onto. I tend to keep things, always thinking: “I’m going to need this one day.” I never gave thought that ten years following the most horrific […]
Penny Dickerson 