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Nov 30 – Dec 13, 2023

Annual Winter Festival Returns to Prince George's

The 37th Annual Winter Festival of Lights opened in Prince George's County, Maryland November 24 and remains open until January 1, 2024.The drive–through outdoor festival is open daily.
Ukraine, Now Palestine, Are American Blacks Neglecting Their Own?

Some have told me, but did you see how "evil Israel" destroyed that hospital in Gaza? My response: in many African American communities there was once a hospital, but now there are no hospitals to even bomb and as Sojourner Truth might had added, ain't we human?
Cast Down Your Bucket Where You Are: Renovating IN Gary, IN
SHORT TERM RENTAL, MARKETING/FURNISHING

When creating a modern, but traditional setting inside the renovated house, the first decisions centered around what furniture to keep. Interestingly, I found that it was often cheaper to buy new furniture than to have old furniture restored.
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Nov 16 – Nov 29, 2023

10 Ways to Cut Expenses by 10%

By saving just $14 a day, you'll have over $5,000 more in your bank account at the end of the year. Too much? Saving about $5.50 per day could add up to more than $2,000 after a year.
Cast Down Your Bucket Where You Are: Renovating IN Gary, IN
FINANCING AND MANAGING PROJECTS IN GARY AND OMAHA

"I wanted to establish a foot print in my hometown. Legacy building is very important to me. I wanted my nieces and nephews to see that we can do it, too." One result of her quest for legacy and generation wealth building was the identification of the building. "I named the apartments after my mommy, Climmie. It's called The Climmie."
Holiday Gift Guide with a POH Jingle

The holiday season is here and these unique items will put a merry jingle on your holiday list.
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Nov 02 – Nov 15, 2023

How to Age Gracefully, According to a Plastic Surgeon

There are also ways to maintain a youthful appearance without injectables, Dr. Chen says. Here are some of her tips for aging gracefully:
Philly's Winning Design for Harriet Tubman Statue Unveiled

I thought it’s time we change the narrative," sculptor Alvin Pettit said about choosing to portray Tubman in combat, not in flight with others as part of her well-known role on the Underground Railroad.
Cast Down Your Bucket Where You Are: Renovating IN Gary, IN /
WHAT'S DRIVING THE AMERICAN HOUSING SHORTAGE

My Gary contractor often laments that the problem is exacerbated by the labor shortage and even more so by the lack of skilled workers for him to hire and to follow his path when he retires. My DC contractor says the same.
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Oct 19 – Nov 01, 2023

Ena Re E Bitsa Kobo Ya Taemane / This We Call a Blanket of a Diamond

The "place of work" in this case, can be wherever hope resides. That is the hope to find a diamond, the shining stone that can fish out a man and his family from a life of want and lack overnight.
Cast Down Your Bucket Where You Are: Renovating IN Gary, IN
"PORTAGE MIDTOWN, SOUTH BEND, IN"

Howard Ways, an urban planner and educator based in Metro Washington, DC, supports Mike Keen's (of South Bend, IN) objectives but adds that his major concern is that people don't often separate economic gentrification from cultural gentrification.
Activities

The link to get four free at-⁠home COVID–⁠19 tests is under COVID; Eriq La Salle is having a book signing and Chester Higgins a photography showing in New York City; Up Jump The Boogie, a dance performance, takes place in Cheverly, MD.
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Oct 05 – Oct 18, 2023

Cast Down Your Bucket Where You Are: Renovating IN Gary, IN
"COMING HOME"

(This article is part of a ten-article series.) On Monday, November 14, 2022, my brother and I joined a growing movement of small developers investing in a city that has experienced divestment for more than 40 years. On our street, four homes sitting on spacious 75–feet wide midwestern lots have been recently renovated.
A Meditation on Maynard: Is a Meditation on American History

Pearl Cleage’s past plays and novels dealt with racism, sexism, and feminism with force - - and she does not hold back with this work either.
Activities

The Apollo Theater’s Inaugural Festival of Arts & Ideas starts Friday; Dr. Makaziwe Mandela speaks in London for British Black History Month; and don’t miss the Children’s Africana Books Awards Ceremony and Festival Oct. 14 in DC. NAREB-HBREA Building Black Wealth tour starts in Houston, Oct 7. If you have a student loan, see Biden Unveils New Student Debt Forgiveness Plan under Money and Khismet Wearable Art is having a pop-up at Zawadi-DC Oct 14 -15.
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