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Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians

Mar 11, 2016 10:34AM

The Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians, Philadelphia, PA, recently presented its Solas Awards (Gaelic for light) to shine a light on vi...

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Straddling Two Worlds In Search Of Who Am I?

Mar 10, 2016 04:36PM ● By Cheri Avery Black

Among our most important beliefs are those we hold about who we are, our values and what we can achieve. This is usually a challenging lifetime journey to find clarity of Self and then to follow through with continuity in our actions. The cultures or "roadmaps" in which we are raised and the cultures we find ourselves living in as children and adults have tremendous influences on our identity, often unconsciously.

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Pope Francis Visits Philadelphia: What the people say!

Mar 10, 2016 04:30PM

By now you have no doubt heard the news that Pope Francis will make his first ever U.S. visit to Philadelphia during the 8th Annual World Co...

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The Penn Relays' A Fun Time

Mar 10, 2016 03:12PM

The Penn Relays were founded by the University of Pennsylvania in 1893 to run alongside the university's Spring Handicap Track and Field gam...

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African Caribbean Business and Tourism Programs

Mar 10, 2016 03:06PM

African Caribbean Business and tourism programs FEATURED AS PART OF ODUNDE 2015 SEVEN OF THE TEN FASTEST GROWING ECONOMIES IN THE WORLD ARE ...

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Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project

Mar 10, 2016 02:56PM

Almost everyone has heard of the Middle passage in one form or another, but how many people knew about Philadelphia's involvement in this lu...

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Cultural Identity and the African Diaspora

Mar 10, 2016 08:00AM ● By Adrienne Tingba

Like many Africans in the Diaspora, it is a daily struggle trying to prove myself as acceptable to a world essentially different from my own, all the while trying to prove to my own people that I am still a part of them: that I have not forgotten my culture; that they are still a part of my cultural identity; that they will always remain a huge part of who I am.

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Individual Perspectives on Cultural Identity

Mar 10, 2016 08:00AM ● By Rayna Weddington

FunTimes Magazine has interviewed 4 young people on their perspectives on cultural identity.

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The Name African American: Convenience or True Ethnic Identity?

Mar 10, 2016 08:00AM ● By Joseph Warkreh T-Toe

I was born in Africa, Liberia to be specific and I became an America citizen in 1998. Yes I am proud to be an American. But I am also proud of my African roots and identity: language, culture, family, education and all of the anthropological dynamics that helped mold me. My Americanism has in no measure changed or tarnished my Liberian ancestry. If I were to be politically correct, I would have referred to myself as a Liberian American as in Irish American, Italian American, Chinese American, to name a few.

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The Link to My Self-Identity Is ODUNDE

Mar 10, 2016 08:00AM ● By Lorenzo Pierce

As young black person who was born and raised in the city of Philadelphia, finding your identity can be one of the most unidentifiable challenges of your youth. The reason why I refer to it as an "unidentifiable challenge" is because most times in the lives of young black people, finding oneself is a struggle that can be difficult to articulate and pinpoint. Hopefully, this makes sense to you.

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