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Founded by Jamaican native Careda Brown, this newly opened small business faced difficulty during COVID-19 but persevered and triumphed through hardship.

On Friday, September 18th, 2020, FunTimes hosted its bi-weekly FunTimes Friday event. This time, the virtual event was themed ‘Election Education,’ and shared resources for voting in the 2020 election.

“We can see the impact when we look at Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and many others,” says Dr. Tracie Collins, dean of The University of New Mexico College of Population Health. “The racism really warrants attention, it warrants prevention, diagnosis, and treatment like any other crisis.”

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On Friday, September 4th, 2020, FunTimes hosted its biweekly FunTimes Friday event. The theme of this event was ‘African Diaspora Leaders Roundtable Part II,’ and continued a conversation about strategies to build and strengthen connections between the African Diaspora.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn is the belief of absurdist proponent, Albert Camus. The revolt we see …

Today, white families have thirteen times the wealth of Black ones—a gap that persists at every educational level. Black household’s average net wealth is $11,000, compared to a white household average of $141,900. How did this happen?

As Pennsylvania grapples with a new reality, we honor the work leaders in our community are doing to march citizens into brighter circumstances despite COVID-19.

By Oga AfricaJohn Lewis, the legendary civil rights leader, author, orator and U.S. Representative, transcended the physical realm this past…