‘A Mississippi Project’: Councilwoman Spearheads Skatepark Project in Meridian
The City of Meridian projected Grindline’s design concepts for the skatepark on a big screen at the reveal party at Ben Arthur Davis Park in November 2022.
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The City of Meridian projected Grindline’s design concepts for the skatepark on a big screen at the reveal party at Ben Arthur Davis Park in November 2022.
The McCoy House of Jackson is a women’s addiction recovery center where patients stay for 90 days with a structured daily routine and AA meetings.
Central Mississippi Dance Director Reagan Cooper and her dance instructors began planning for “The Nutcracker” back in August of this year.
Jackson Public Schools Office of Innovative Strategy Executive Director Samecia Stokes described Amia Edwards’ after-school program as unique, necessary and vital to helping students develop and hone their voices and agency.
NAACP President Derrick Johnson told citizens that the State of Mississippi knew Jackson’s water had contaminants and did nothing about it, continuing to starve the capital city of resources instead.
Bobby Rush, Central Transportation Commissioner Willie Simmons, Carla Thomas and Eddie Lloyd break ground at a press conference for the site of the National R&B Hall of Fame, which took place in Marks, Miss., on Sept. 30, 2022.
Director of Advancing Health and Black Equity for Gilead Sciences Tiffany West said Tougaloo College’s rich history as a Mississippi-based institution was one of the many reasons the foundation chose the school as a recipient for the Creating Possible Fund.
The Mississippi Humanities Council has awarded a mini-grant to the Natchez Museum of African American Culture and Heritage, along with the Natchez Civil Rights Trail Committee, to create maps of the civil-rights sites around the city.
Although the costs of meat and other products have risen over the last year, Stamps Super Burgers Operations Manager Phil Stamps II has negotiated with multiple vendors to keep the store’s menu prices unchanged.
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