I don t look at this as a big threat : Jacksonville City Council member welcomes Orange Crush Festival
Jacksonville City Council members Matt Carlucci and Garrett Dennis said they see the festival as an opportunity for the city. Author: Kailey Tracy Updated: 7:58 PM EDT June 9, 2021
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. In less than 10 days, police say anywhere from 5,000 to 13,000 people will make their way to Jacksonville Beach and other parts of the city for the Orange Crush Festival.
The already controversial festival is causing some new controversy after some businesses said they re closing out of safety concerns. It has some people on social media asking whether race was a factor in that decision since the festival draws a largely Black audience of young adults.
An Indianapolis Black woman is calling out discrimination in the real estate industry.
Carlette Duffy, who lives in a historically Black neighborhood, was confused when she had her home appraised twice, and the figure came back below or what she paid for the house in 2017. So she made slight changes to her home and had a white male friend sit in for her, and the home’s value reached over $100,000, per
With help from the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana, she filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
“When I challenged it, it came back that the appraiser said they’re not changing it,” said Duffy.
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In December 904WARD, a 5-year-old community organization advancing racial equity in Jacksonville, hired its first CEO and announced plans to expand its efforts to end racism in the community.
One of those efforts was compiling 75 years of research looking back at decades of disparities and failed efforts to address them, according to the nonprofit and producing an eight-part series of progress reports, Race in Retrospect.
The introductory report, released Feb. 12, will be followed by weekly reports through February and March on progress in education, health, housing, justice and the legal system, employment, media and politics and civic engagement. We kept coming back to the same point we do not need another study. Our community has researched this subject for more than 70 years, said CEO Kimberly Allen. We know what the gaps are. We know where the challenges exist. We know where there is opportunity. Little has changed. Efforts advance, groups are forme