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Artists, business owners and individuals: Please donate a piece of artwork, or a gift or gift certificate from your shop, by Wednesday, July 14, to be included in the 2010 Chick Issue shopping guide, which publishes July 21–three days before the 6th Annual JFP Chick Ball at Hal & Mal’s. The amazing Chick Ball silent auction each year raises the bulk of the money to help fight domestic abuse. Please do what you can.

You can drop at the JFP offices during business hours, or arrange for pickup. E-mail [e-mail missing] or call ShaWanda at 601.362.6121 ext. 16 to get on the donation list.

Thank you for your help stopping domestic abuse in Mississippi!

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We can also use corporate swag (pens, coozies, stickies, etc.) to use for prizes in the game alley! There is truly a way for everyone to help!

#158519 | Author: DonnaLadd | Date: Jul 5 2010

Cheers to Heather’s Tree for joining the 2010 JFP Chick Ball as a Queen-level sponsor. May Heather Spencer’s legacy save the lives of other women.

#158561 | Author: DonnaLadd | Date: Jul 12 2010

Founding Editor Donna Ladd is a writer, journalist and editor from Philadelphia, Miss., a graduate of Mississippi State University and later the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, where she was an alumni award recipient in 2021. She writes about racism/whiteness, poverty, gender, violence, journalism and the criminal justice system. She contributes long-form features and essays to The Guardian when she has time, and was the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Jackson Free Press. She co-founded the statewide nonprofit Mississippi Free Press with Kimberly Griffin in March 2020, and the Mississippi Business Journal named her one of the state's top CEOs in 2024. Read more at donnaladd.com, follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @donnerkay and email her at donna@mississippifreepress.org.