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ABOVE PHOTO:  WIM Women –-(from left) CEO/Communications Mgr. On Point Communications Haniyyah Sharpe-Brown; CEO/Sincerely Syreeta Co. LLC Syreeta Martin; NBC 10 Anchor Tracy Davidson, and CEO/founder of Affairs of Isis, Danielle Jeter posing with Davidson and her Arete’ Media Award for journalistic excellence.   (Photo: WIM Philly) By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie Saturday, September 24th was a busy…

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By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie Last week, 20th Century Fox released the trailer for the new biopic Hidden Figures, the story of three incredible black women who defied all odds and challenged the status quo to get one man into space.  The film is scheduled to be released in January 13, 2017, but until then, we’ll…

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By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie Disney is really brewing a lot of diversity magic in their chambers lately with their first Latina princess set to conquer the small screen, and now it seems they’ve returned to the Motherland to crown another member of the royal court in upcoming film “Queen of Katwe.” The “Queen of Katwe”…

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By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie “My love is too sanctified to have thrown back on my face/My love is too magic to have thrown back on my face.”  These are only a couple lines from one of the most profound theatrical displays ever to come to the stage.  If you in all your blackness are not…

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By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie As soon as the stage lights went up at Stagecrafters Theater, the drama was thick.  The audience is instantly engaged as we learn the first secret of a terrified mother Kara (Nastalgia Jenkins) giving her teenage daughter Jenna (debut actress Wyzairah Brooks) an emergency cell phone to contact her grandparents—very much…

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By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie Ever wonder if young people are aware that their actions could create major consequences? What about if they use their energies toward something positive in their community? The theater production “Tomorrow Can Wait” explores these themes through all forms of visual art.  Bright paintings lined the back of the stage, depicting…

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Tomorrow Can Wait—a production striving to keep faith By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie Ever wonder if young people are aware that their actions could create major consequences?  What about if they use their energies toward something positive in their community?  Theater production Tomorrow Can Wait explores these themes through all forms of visual art.  Bright paintings…

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By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie Most Philadelphians are aware that “Amerikkka’s Most Wanted,” Ice Cube was seen gallivanting around the city on March 23 promoting his most recent edition to the Barbershop franchise—The Next Cut.  He brought along co-star Deon Cole (from the ABC comedy “Black-ish”) and a check for $5,000 to support the School District…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Amir Lyles with paintings By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie “When I do a series of paintings, I approach it like an album, each piece is a single,” says self-taught artist Amir Lyles in the back room of his florid gallery named S.O.N. A.R.T.  Since December 2014 the gallery has made 7122 Germantown Avenue its…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Cecil B. Moore with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the sixties. By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie Those who have been fortunate enough to call themselves residents of the city of Philadelphia may be familiar with the name Cecil B. Moore. However, few understand the weight that this former NAACP Philadelphia chapter president…

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