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b'Jussie Smollet has been charged with faking a violent homophobic hate crime and the featured actor in the Fox show Empire has been written out of the last two episodes of the series while his case wends its way through the criminal justice system. Loraine Ballard Morrill speaks with David Johns, Executive director of the National Black Justice Coalition which is a civil rights organization dedicated to the empowerment of LGBTQ people of color about his perspective on the case.
http://nbjc.org/

Stepping Stones Scholars offers academic enrichment programs for youth with the aim of completing high school and going on to College. The program has an outstanding record achieving this goal and for the 6th year they are sponsoring The Step Into College Conference which provides students, their families, and counselors with essential college preparation, guidance and informational resources. Loraine Ballard Morrill speaks with Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown, a long time sponsor of the event, Sean Vereen, President of Stepping Stone Scholars and David Forde, Vice President, Community and Government Affairs at the University of the Sciences which is hosting the conference.
March 8th 2018 8:30am - 1:30pm - Invite Only
March 9th 2018 9:00am-2:00pm Open to the Public

Location: University of the Sciences - McNeil Science and Technology Center
https://www.steppingstonescholars.org/single-post/2019/01/07/2019-Step-Into-College-Conference


Kenny Holdsman has devoted the past two decades of his career to the empowerment of urban young people through education, leadership, and character development, mentorship, family involvement, and high quality opportunities both in schools and in communities. Loraine speaks with Kenny about his latest project Philadelphia Youth Basketball which is hosting the Game Time Gala on March 14th from 7-10:30 pm at the Fitler Club in Philadelphia.
https://phillyyouthbasketball.org/gala/'