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• World-Renowned Speakers Headline Women’s Holistic Wellness Retreat

  15-10-2023 16:15
  
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  Chicago-based non-profit to bring together African-American women for introspective retreat.
  The I Am That Woman Movement (IATW) has announced the 2023 I Am That Woman Retreat – Reclaiming Your Strength, Courage, and Wisdom: a 5-day, 4-night women’s wellness retreat at The Scottsdale Plaza Resort and Villas, Scottsdale, AZ from Oct. 25-29, 2023. 
  The Retreat, targeting women ages 40 and up, will feature both personal and professional development,
  
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• Gov. Pritzker Launches $2.5 Million Economic Empowerment Centers Program

  15-10-2023 15:30
  
  On Friday, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity launched $2.5 million in funding for the new Illinois Economic Empowerment Centers Program.
  Eligible career education agencies and non-profit organizations can now apply to serve as EECs to provide entrepreneurship training to prepare individuals from historically marginalized communities to pursue business opportunities in a more inclusive business ecosystem. EECs will be selected through a competit
  
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• 100-Year-Old Woman Reveals Secrets For Living Long Life

  15-10-2023 15:00
  
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  A centenarian is sharing her secrets to living a long life, per Insider.
  Born in 1922, Ruby Cole, a 100-year-old retired nurse, has lived through the Great Depression, World War ll, the civil rights movement, and more.
  Cole said one of the secrets to happiness and longevity is serving others.
  “You have to be kind, loving, and serviceable,” she said. “It works both ways because you feel good when you’re helping other people feel good.”
  Another one
  
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• Black Man Who Spent 31 Years In Jail Exonerated Of Rape He Didn’t Commit

  15-10-2023 14:30
  
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  A judge has vacated the conviction of an Oklahoma man who spent 31 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, KFOR reports.
  Perry Lott was convicted of rape in 1988 after the victim picked him out of a police lineup. No physical evidence linked Lott to the incident.
  According to the Innocence Project, an organization that works to free those wrongfully convicted, a DNA test from the victim’s rape kit proved Lott’s innocence in 2014. The state, however, di
  
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