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By Andrea Lawful Sanders As Father’s Day quickly approaches and you all try to figure out the most basic of gifts to give the men in your lives, allow me to share what has been a best kept secret.  Fathers are a valuable and needed part of their children’s lives.  There, I said it. Too…

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Philadelphia soul music icon Patti LaBelle, will have a Center City street renamed in her honor. Broad and Spruce Streets will be renamed Patti Labelle Way. LaBelle will be honored during this year’s Wawa Welcome America festival on July 2 at 4 p.m. Labelle will also read an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence in…

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Film and Music Icon, Jennifer Hudson, performing alongside The Philly POPS® BIG Band, and Pop Superstar, Meghan Trainor Slated for Showstopping Performances on the Independence Blue Cross Stage at the Wawa Welcome America July 4th Concert on Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 7 PM on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and broadcast live on NBC10. Source:…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Keir Bradford-Grey By Andrea Lawful Sanders The Defender Association of Philadelphia is nestled on 1411 Sansom Street between famous restaurants Ocean Prime and Del Frisco’s Steakhouse. It is easy to miss, covered with scaffolding as it undergoes repairs and cosmetic changes. If one isn’t looking for it, it most certainly would be overlooked…

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ABOVE PHOTO: From left: Willa Hightower, chairwoman, Marian Anderson Award; Gregory Murphy, interim executive director, Marian Anderson Awards; Lady Alma; Bill Jolly, music director, Marian Anderson Awards and Dyana Williams celebrate the announcement of the 2019 Marian Anderson Award, which will be presented on November 12 to R &B pioneers Kool and The Gang. (Photo/ Robert…

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U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans (D- 3rd Dist.) held a news conference on May 29 at Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia to release a report on the prices of diabetes drugs for seniors and the uninsured in Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District. The report finds that the prices of diabetes medications — and insulin in particular — are…

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ABOVE PHOTO: State Sen. vincent hughes speaks to audience about the investment of $85 milion for school repairs.  The union leaders and legislators who comprise the Fund Our Facilities Coalition met on May 29 at Richard Wright Elementary School to announce legislation sponsored by State Sen. Vincent Hughes that would invest $85 million to make…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Bensalem Mayor Joe Di Girolamo, Faatimah Gamble The 2019 Universal Audenried Charter High School graduating senior class continued making great academic strides by receiving a total of $800,000 in scholarships. The graduates celebrated this accomplishment on June 3, 2019 during a graduation ceremony at the University of Pennsylvania’s Irvine Auditorium. The original Charles Y….

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Meek Mill’s lawyers will get a chance to argue the rapper’s 2008 conviction on gun and drug charges should be overturned. Pennsylvania Superior Court granted Mill a hearing in his long-running appeal, his legal team announced Tuesday. Arguments are scheduled for July 16 in Philadelphia. Mill has been trying to get his…

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By Andrea Lawful Sanders Davida Corinne Godett’s beautiful and inspiring soul left her body on May 13 2019, after facing several adverse health challenges, including a final battle with cancer.  She was so determined, even after being told there was nothing left to do, that she spoke of one last ditch effort to stay alive…

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