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Health & Wellness

NFL Hall of Famers Kick-off Super Bowl Week with Campaign to "Know Your Stats about Prostate Cancer"

More Recruiting of Underrepresented Minorities Needed at U.S. Medical Schools, Study Says

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Judges' Gender and Race Make A Difference, Say Studies

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Businesses

BLACK ENTERPRISE Announces 2010 Women of Power Legacy Award Winners

Minority Chambers of Commerce Aim to Amplify Message to the FCC: 'What's Next for Internet Regulation and the National Broadband Plan?'

Education:

English language and literature courses are an integral part of every high school curriculum-Pittsburgh Public Schools New Course

President's 2011 Budget Represents Opportunity to Close Achievement Gap

Diversity:

M. Gayle Moss-President, NAACP

PA Tourism Office Invites Public to Help Tell the Stories of U.S. Colored Troops Members

Technology:

MAYOR ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF ONLINE NEIGHBORHOOD DATA AND MAP RESOURCE SITE

Minority businesses bridging the digital divide

Green:

MAYOR INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO CREATE LAND RECYCLING TASK FORCE

Pennsylvania Receives $6 Million to Help Energy Sector Identify, Prepare Workers for Green Careers

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Photo Exhibit Featuring Pennsylvania Children Waiting to be Adopted Visits Harrisburg

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Black History in Western PA

  Nate Smith-Created Opportunities for Blacks in Construction  

Nate Smith - Fought His Way into the Union, Bulldozed Path for Blacks in Construction. "I want to see young minorities take advantage of the opportunities today that I created in the early '70s in the building trades." That's my philosophy," If you live in America, you should be able to have bacon and eggs on Sunday morning. It means you can work. That you got a job." Minority union workers around the country should tip their Sunday morning coffee cup to Smith in salute," Nate Smith.

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History in the Making

City of Pittsburgh Honors Greer Reed Jones -Leader of Today

 
Greer Reed Jones is currently Artistic Director for Dance Alloy Theater, Pittsburgh’s premier modern dance company, and recently received an August Wilson Center Fellowship to create the August Wilson Center Dance Ensemble. Ms. Jones has been consistently recognized for her dedication and passion to the community and mentoring young dancers. 
 

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