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Cindy Bass, Councilwoman for the 8th District, announced last week, that she would begin regularly holding “Coffee with the Councilwoman” on a rotating basis throughout the District in order to speak directly with constituents as she, and her staff, actively work to open a district office.

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“In order for Philadelphia to be a 21st century work-ready city, our workers need to be better prepared, educated and trained. Our partnership with IBM is an important first step in furthering existing initiatives and developing new solutions to improve workforce development,” said Mayor Nutter.

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Ken Johnson Director of Urban Programming for Clear Channel Radio in Philadelphia has announced Cappuchino (Cheryl Haygen) will join Power 99 fm as the station’s new midday personality. Johnson says, ” Philadelphia is going to love her upbeat personality and passionate love of music.”

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Mayor Nutter was sworn in for a second term, promising to crack down on gun violence and improve the quality of public schools in the nation’s fifth-largest city. Nutter told members of the City Council and other dignitaries that high crime rates and lack of quality public education were holding the city back…

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The YMCA of Philadelphia & Vicinity and the 2011 National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies will host the 2012 Strong Kids Campaign Kick-Off Event on Thursday, January 12, 2012 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM at Citizens Bank Park.

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World family and friends of the late Smokin’ Joe Frazier will meet to commemorate his 68th birthday, Thursday, January 12, 2012 in Philadelphia, at City Council Caucus Room 401, City Hall, 1401 John F. Kennedy Blvd., from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

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You ever have a year in which it seemed like every time you turned around someone was hitting you in the head with a baseball bat… and you knew it was coming but couldn’t avoid it? That would probably be the best way that I could think of to describe 2011.

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Sing Your Song surveys the life and times of singer/actor/activist Harry Belafonte from his rise to fame as a singer, inspired by Paul Robeson, and his experiences touring a segregated country, to his extraordinary work in Hollywood…

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The Philadelphia Martin Luther King, .Tr. Association for Nonviolence, Inc. will host its 3011′ Annual Awards and Benefit Luncheon on Monday, January 16, 2012 at the Sheraton Ph iladelphia Center City located at the 17th and Race Street at 12:00 PM.

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As a legislator, I have come across pieces of legislation, commentary from public figures and news stories that I believe are discriminatory in nature. They have caused me to think that the more things change, the more they stay the same. While great strides have been made…

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