NNPA NEWSWIRE — For Mateo, the world-famous and self-taught designer whose collection earned selection by the Smithsonian Museum for featuring and selling at the African American Museum of Art and Culture, participating in the #BlackisBrilliant campaign is all about helping Africans who need it most. “I normally ignore everything, but when [De Beers] kept writing, I said ‘let me respond’ because De Beers is synonymous with diamonds,” Mateo told NNPA Newswire.
Black Is Brilliant: De Beers Showcases Designers
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IN MEMORIAM: A Salute to Edgar Brookins — ‘Mr. D.C.:’ Veteran, Omega Man, Long-Time AFRO employee dies at 74
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In addition to his work with the AFRO, Edgar Brookins used the latter years of his life to serve as an advocate for a number of health causes, including prostate cancer and lupus, both of which directly affected his life in major ways. Brookins was first diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2016 and became an outspoken voice advocating for “brothers” to “get their annual screening from age 45 forward,” according to a biography Brookins wrote more than five years ago.
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OP-ED: Liberty, Justice and Contracting Opportunities for All Our Entrepreneurs and Innovators
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Achieving President Biden’s new contracting goal will be a giant leap forward and make a big difference for many small businesses and communities across the country, putting an extra $50 billion into the hands of America’s small, disadvantaged businesses over the next five years.
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Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Landmark Case Challenging Roe V. Wade
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Frederick Isasi, the executive director of Families USA, called the Mississippi case – known as Dobbs v. Jackson – unconstitutional and an orchestrated attack on the ability of women to make their own decisions about their health and their reproductive freedom. “By asking the Supreme Court to gut or even overturn Roe v Wade, it will deny women abortion services and fundamentally jeopardize the lives and health of women in the state,” Isasi asserted.
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Stacey Abrams Governor Run Provides a Jolt for the 2022 Midterms
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A Democrat and noted voting rights advocate, Stacey Abrams lost to Kemp by just over one percentage point in their controversial 2018 battle. Her activism helped Democrats claim the majority in the U.S. Senate when Georgia Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff defeated Republicans Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue in the January 2021 runoff election.
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Symone Sanders, VP Harris’ Chief Spokesperson and Senior Advisor, Plans to Leave the Administration
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Every day, I arrived at the White House complex knowing our work made a tangible difference for Americans. I am immensely grateful and will miss working for her and with all of you,” Symone Sanders, Vice President Kamala Harris’ chief spokesperson and senior advisor wrote in a letter to Vice President Harris’ staff.
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PRESS ROOM: Playboy Names Cardi B as First-Ever Creative Director in Residence
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In her new role as Playboy’s first-ever Creative Director in Residence, Cardi will provide artistic direction across co-branded fashion and sexual wellness merchandise collections, digital editorial, experiential activations and more.
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City of Joliet 2021 Santa Send-Off event
Back again by popular demand, the City of Joliet and Mayor Bob O’Dekirk will host the Santa Send-Off on Saturday, December 18, 2021, beginning at 10 a.m.
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Illinois Lottery player is finalist for “Powerball First Millionaire of the Year “drawing
TTW Staff
A Lottery player from Aurora could ring in the New Year $1 million richer after being selected as one of the finalists in the “Powerball® First Millionaire of the Year” drawing!
And the winner is going to be drawn live on air, just after midnight on New Year’s Eve, as part of “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2022” Linda Perkins from Aurora, IL is one of five finalists who were randomly selected, in a preliminary drawing, from a national pool of lottery players from across 29 U.S. lotteries. “I learned that I won from an email in the middle of my workday, so I was really shocked,” said Perkins. “I can’t believe it; I’m still having a hard time believing this – I’m in total shock.”
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Nearly $1.5M in educational scholarships to Black college students for 2022 open
TTW Staff Report The Executive Leadership Council (ELC), the pre-eminent membership organization committed to increasing the number of global Black executives in C-suites, on corporate boards and in global enterprises, will offer nearly $1.5 million in scholarships for Black undergraduate and graduate students in 2022. Undergraduate scholarship applications opened at https://elcscholarships.elcinfo.com/ and graduate applications launch on February 15 via the same link.
