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The transition process will be a lot easier for thousands of Philadelphia school students thanks in part to a $50,000 grant to the School District of Philadelphia from United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ).  

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“Empowering our residents with the education and training resources they need to succeed in life is a critical part of our mission and makes a real difference in their lives. These residents know, as I do, that education is the key—it’s the real game changer,” said PHA President & CEO Kelvin A. Jeremiah.

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The African American Chamber of Commerce has partnered with the Urban League of Philadelphia to create the Minority Business Empowerment Directory, a searchable and comprehensive web-based directory for local minority business.

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For many people around the nation and the world, William H. Gray III was a congressman who made history and the head of an agency designed to connect African American students with money for college. But to John Grinnage, William H. Gray III was his minister, and someone who showed him a spiritual path.

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The West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance’s Paul Robeson House Museum in partnership with the Parkside Historic Preservation Association and the West Philadelphia Senior Community Center will hold its 11th Annual Jazz Jamboree on Sunday, August 11, 2013.

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John-Hall was an award-winning columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer from 2007 to 2013. In 2010, she was one of 20 African-American columnists invited to the White House for a group interview with President  Barack Obama.

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In 1965, Joseph Certaine, Philadelphia’s former managing director, was an organizer for voting rights in Georgia, making sure that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was observed and all were allowed to exercise the franchise.

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Most of the attention in the bruising battle to adopt the recently enacted Pennsylvania budget focused on whether the state budget passed on time.  It did. But a story far more important than budget passage itself was largely missed in covering the late night, last- minute theatrics…

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The SUN offers a few last glimpses of former Congressman, Rev. William H. Gray III, a man who blazed his own trails through civil and human rights as a political man and a religious man. 

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Fruitvale Station tells the true story of Oscar Grant, a 22 year old Bay Area resident who was handcuffed and unarmed while fatally shot by a transit officer on New Year’s Day 2009 on San Francisco’s BART system.

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