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Black and Missing Foundation Shines Spotlight on Missing Persons and Their Families
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Black and Missing Foundation Shines Spotlight on Missing Persons and Their Families

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior CorrespondentMarch 19, 2020

Derrica Wilson and her sister Natalie noticed what had become the norm for mainstream media when it comes to the plight of missing women and girls of color: there was little to no media coverage. As a result, in 2008, Derrica and Natalie founded the nonprofit Black and Missing Foundation with a mission to bring awareness to missing persons of color and to provide vital resources and tools to missing person’s families and friends.

TANYA ACKER — A Judge Who Understands the Need for Solidarity in ‘Hot Bench’ the Syndicated CBS Television Show!
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TANYA ACKER — A Judge Who Understands the Need for Solidarity in ‘Hot Bench’ the Syndicated CBS Television Show!

Lapacazo Sandoval, Contributing WriterMarch 12, 2020

“Hot Bench,” the syndicated CBS television show now in its sixth season with Judge Tanya Acker, a noted attorney and arbitrator, is one of the very best in the judicial, legal genre. Her no-nonsense approach to getting to the root of justice has a glint of self-sufficiency, which is in line with her personal philosophy–being able to make a profound difference using whatever tools are available to us.   

Report: Companies Owned by Women of Color Account for 89 Percent of All New Women-Owned Businesses
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Report: Companies Owned by Women of Color Account for 89 Percent of All New Women-Owned Businesses

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior CorrespondentMarch 12, 2020

The annual report, based on U.S. Census Bureau data adjusted by Gross Domestic Product data, found that women-owned businesses continue to trend above all others. Over the past five years, the number of women-owned businesses increased by 21 percent, while all enterprises increased by only 9 percent.

Congress Passes Historic Anti-Lynching Legislation
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Congress Passes Historic Anti-Lynching Legislation

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior CorrespondentMarch 5, 2020

Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) called lynchings racially-motivated acts of violence and terror that represent a dark and despicable chapter of our nation’s history. 
“They were acts against people who should have received justice but did not. With this bill, we can change that by explicitly criminalizing lynching under federal law,” noted Harris, who suspended her presidential campaign late last year. 

NNPA EXCLUSIVE — Biden Says, ‘The Black Vote Will Determine the Nominee’
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NNPA EXCLUSIVE — Biden Says, ‘The Black Vote Will Determine the Nominee’

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior CorrespondentMarch 5, 2020

“I got started in the African American community. I got involved in the Civil Rights Movement when I was a kid. I helped de-segregate a movie theater, that kind of thing,” Biden noted. “I was the only guy who worked in the projects on the East Side who was White. That’s how I got started, and the Black community is the community that, as we say, brung me to the dance. That’s how I got elected.”

LADWP Commitment to Fostering Gender Equity Honored by Society of Women Engineers
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LADWP Commitment to Fostering Gender Equity Honored by Society of Women Engineers

Sentinel News ServiceFebruary 27, 2020

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) was honored with two Society of Women Engineers (SWE) “WE Local” awards this month at the WE Local San Diego conference in San Diego, Calif. The Department received the Sustaining Benefactor award, while its LADWP-SWE chapter was selected for the Outstanding Professional Development Event award.