Will Brown

1 week ago | newsbreak.com | Will Brown

Black and brown teenagers may not always understand that it is OK to not be OK in a given moment. Myles McLaughlin, Aiden Wright, Kristion Thompkins and Joseph Dorsey know there is a challenge getting teens to appreciate their mental health options. The quartet have devoted the last four years to the creation of a digital solution. They created Empower Me, an app that will provide daily affirmations as well as mini-games that foster mental health awareness.

1 week ago | jaxtoday.org | Will Brown

Black and brown teenagers may not always understand that it is OK to not be OK in a given moment. Myles McLaughlin, Aiden Wright, Kristion Thompkins and Joseph Dorsey know there is a challenge getting teens to appreciate their mental health options. Jacksonville Today thanks our sponsors. Become one. The quartet have devoted the last four years to the creation of a digital solution.

1 week ago | jaxtoday.org | Will Brown

It’s been 10 years since a white supremacist entered one of the bastions of the African Methodist Episcopal church and murdered nine people during their benediction. Jacksonville native Kevin Sack was in Charleston, South Carolina, in the aftermath of the shooting at Emanuel AME Church. Earlier this month, the Jacksonville native published his first book, Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church. Jacksonville Today thanks our sponsors. Become one.

2 weeks ago | jaxtoday.org | Will Brown

United Way and LISC Jacksonville went into the heart of Moncrief to profess their commitment to homeownership. The two nonprofits created a $5 million fund that will provide loans to developers who commit to produce housing in six Jacksonville ZIP codes. Jacksonville Today thanks our sponsors. Become one. United Way will allocate $4 million, while LISC Jacksonville will provide an additional $1 million. LISC Jacksonville will be the loan servicer and compliance monitor.

3 weeks ago | jaxtoday.org | Will Brown

Free local news and info, in your inbox at 6 a.m. M-F. Sign up for the Jacksonville Today newsletter. The Jacksonville Journey Forward board will send a proposed $3.33 million budget to Mayor Donna Deegan’s office to promote early literacy, provide job training for incarcerated people returning to society and gang prevention programming for its first full year of services. The Journey Forward board made the budgetary suggestion during its monthly meeting Thursday afternoon.