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• Real Men Cook: 35 Years of Celebrating Fathers And Uplifting Black Men

  15-06-2024 22:42
  
  When Yvette Moyo co-founded Real Men Cook with Kofi Moyo, the mission was clear: to change the narrative around Black men and celebrate their contributions as fathers, mentors and community leaders.
  “At that time, even though there were no Black unemployment statistics for males, we still understood that the media portrayed Black men negatively,” Moyo recalled. In creating Real Men Cook, they aimed to dominate the media with positive messages and images of Black men. 
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• Real Fatherhood: Joseph Williams, Mr. Dad’s Father’s Club Leads a Movement

  15-06-2024 15:30
  
  “Fatherhood saved my life.” 
  Joseph Williams stated this unequivocally when recalling how he went from being a young man finding his way to becoming one of our city’s biggest champions for fatherhood. 
  It’s because of Williams and his organization, Mr. Dad’s Father’s Club, that dozens of other men have been able to achieve a similar transformation.
  The story of this innovative organization begins with a book or more specifically, an assignment that W
  
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• Austin’s Front Porch Arts Center Plans Grand Opening June 15

  15-06-2024 14:15
  
  Local author and community arts advocate Keli Stewart invites friends and neighbors to a Grand Opening of Front Porch Arts Center’s new storefront space at 5851 W. Madison St., Saturday June 15 from noon to 3 p.m.
  The fundraiser for the 501(C)3 nonprofit, now in its fifth year,  will feature readings by local poets plus the “(R)Evolution” Art Exhibition,  a Juneteenth  show by local artists curated by Westside artist Tony Collins. The exhibit includes art wo
  
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• What the statue of a kneeling enslaved man in the Emancipation Memorial of 1876 tells us about its history

  15-06-2024 14:00
  
  The Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C. 
  − an art historian explainsby Virginia Raguin, College of the Holy Cross
  The striking Emancipation Memorial statue in Washington, D.C., shows Abraham Lincoln standing, while a man wearing only a loincloth is appearing to rise from a kneeling position.
  The face in the memorial is that of Archer Alexander, who had escaped slavery in 1863 by fleeing to St. Louis, Missouri. Fundraising for a memorial was launched in 1864 by Char
  
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