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Mandela Fellow: Anike Lawal
The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders is the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) which bro…
DiverseForce is UPPN’s Latest Brainchild
By Layla JonesThe Urban Philly Professional Network (UPPN) started as a party plug called UrbanPhilly.com. Its creator, Sulaiman Rahman, a P…
The Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists Black Vigilance
By Layla JonesThe National Association of Black Journalists, now located in Washington, D.C., got its start in Philadelphia in 1973 by the f…
Mitnaul Leads National Society of Black Engineers
By Layla JonesStephen Mitnaul always knew he wanted to be an engineer. What else would a kid gifted in math and science aspire to? But it wa…
Tomas Varela and NExT Support Black Millennials
By Tomas Varela,President of NExT Philadelphia, sums up a dichotomy of being a civic-minded Black person in Philadelphia.“We have the burden…
NBMBAA Promotes Career Development
By Layla JonesOn May 17 in a dimly lit Old City lounge, some of the city’s finest Black professional organizations linked up for a quarterly…
The Alliance of Black Social Workers is Open to All
If there is such thing as anOG (Someone who has been around, old school, and is highly skilled in a particular area.) in the world of social…
The Laff House Brings Positivity, Laughter, and Joy
By Ayana JonesThe world is full of artistic and creative genres such as music, theatre, visual arts, literature, and more, including the gen…
James Mitchell Uses Food to Build Community
By Rayna WeddingtonJames Mitchell became a vegetarian at age 21and has been on a journey of eating good and
feeling good for about 40 years …