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Mental Health Within the African-American Community: a call to action

Mental Health Within the African-American Community: a call to action

by Ebony JJ Curry | Aug 22, 2019 | Health

WASHINGTON – Celebrity activists and members of Congress are using their platforms to call attention to the many mental health issues facing African-Americans. “We’ve got to get to the bottom of this,” said Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District of...
Preventing Violent Extremism Training: a look into the eyes of the affected

Preventing Violent Extremism Training: a look into the eyes of the affected

by Ebony JJ Curry | Jul 31, 2019 | National Security

WASHINGTON – With over 250,000 radicalized child soldiers in the United States, violent extremism has become a nationwide issue. Clarion Project along with former extremists Tania Joya hosts their Preventing Violent Extremism Training program in downtown D.C. at...
Never again: ‘Lights for Liberty’ attendee says Trump administration is repeating history

Never again: ‘Lights for Liberty’ attendee says Trump administration is repeating history

by Ebony JJ Curry | Jul 16, 2019 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Susan Kent Avjian, whose parents are Holocaust survivors, says she refuses to stay silent about immigrant detention facilities at the U.S. southern border because it reminds her of the path that led to the genocide of Jewish Europeans by German Nazis in...
Special Delivery: Code Pink displays ‘Baby Trump’ during July 4th Salute to America

Special Delivery: Code Pink displays ‘Baby Trump’ during July 4th Salute to America

by Ebony JJ Curry | Jul 5, 2019 | Politics

WASHINGTON – Activist group Code Pink welcomes 20-foot ‘Baby Trump’ balloon on the National Mall just hours before President Donald Trump’s Salute to America speech. Many believe that Trump’s new-found tradition of Salute to America was...
Columbia Heights community rally rejects ICE in two languages

Columbia Heights community rally rejects ICE in two languages

by Ebony JJ Curry | Jul 1, 2019 | Immigration

WASHINGTON — One week before President Trump’s planned mass deportation operations, hundreds of protesters marched in a bilingual community rally, sponsored by Sanctuary DMV and other immigrant advocacy groups, on Saturday evening. The rally also was spurred by...

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