Unapologetically Black

15/12/2023

Portsmouth Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office to host Second Chance Success

The Ctrl+Alt+Del Program was formed by the Portsmouth Commonwealth’s Attorney in 2015 with the purpose of providing resources to our formerly and presently incarcerated community members. Many other organizations across our state and region are committed to the same important goal, which drastically reduces recidivism and provides opportunities for our citizens to be successful.

Ctrl+Alt+Del in partnership with Tidewater Community College, the Virginia League for Safer Streets, Nolef Turns Inc. and PRR will present the Second Chance Success seminar to explain the status of the law pertaining to Second Look and expungement. The seminar will also provide information on resources for job preparedness, business formation and the re-entry process.

Date: Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Location: Tidewater Community College Portsmouth Campus Room 202

The Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney welcomes all who may benefit from the information slated to be provided. There is no cost to attend.

20/11/2023

I remember this interview like it was yesterday. I Am Onyx

07/11/2023

17/10/2023

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16/09/2023

Get ready to be inspired. Alumnus Donnell Britt, the 2022 PRR Buisness of the Year, will be returning as a guest speaker to the 2nd Annual 757 BlackTie Gala as a guest speaker.

🎫 Available 👉🏽: https://757BlackTieGalaFeaturingTheCaseExperience.eventbrite.com

15/09/2023

He leads, he inspires, he teaches, he protects, he advocates, he activates, he legislated, he protests, he seeks redress, he is one of the most prolific catalyst and leaders of our era. He learns the way, he goes the way and he shows the way. He has been speaking truth to power, holding the powers that be accountable, changing the paradigm and and actively seeking equity for women and people of color while being a servant leader, before it was popular to do so.

He practices constructive dissent and walks it like he talks it.

He is one of the foremost dynamic leaders of our time, that is why, on November 18, 2023, PRR is presenting Dr. Wes Bellamy with the Vanguard Award at the 2nd Annual 757 Black Tie Gala.

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24/08/2023

Excellence!

COME ON CHAMPIONS!!!🏅👏🏾🏅👏🏾🏅👏🏾

Sha’Carri Richardson is officially the FASTEST woman in the world. Richardson ran a 10.65 to win her first ever world title in the Women’s 100m.

Noah Lyles is officially the FASTEST man in the world. Lyles ran a 9.85 to win his first ever world title in the Men's 100m.

Laulauga Tausaga becomes the FIRST U.S. athlete to EVER win the Women's Discus competition at the World Championships!!

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19/08/2023

The impact that Lateacia Sessoms had made on her community is powerful. Congratulations!

🎫 available 👉🏽: https://form.jotform.com/231318339147153

We are excited to announce that the power house, also known as Lateacia Sessoms, will be honored with The PRR Impact Award on Saturday, November 18th, 2023.

🎫 available here: https://757BlackTieGalaFeaturingTheCaseExperience.eventbrite.com

For Sponsorship Opportunities email: [email protected]

19/08/2023

We love seeing leaders that make a difference receive the flowers while they can still smell them. Congratulations Monica Atkins!

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We are excited to announce that Monica Atkins, one of the most dedicated and impactful community leaders around, will be honored with the The PRR Visionary Award on Saturday, November 18th, 2023.

🎫 available here: https://757BlackTieGalaFeaturingTheCaseExperience.eventbrite.com

For Sponsorship Opportunities email: [email protected]

30/01/2023

If you're not ok with the erasure of either, sign our petition calling for the College Board to reject Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to block an AP course on African American Studies.

We owe it to students across the country to ensure they receive an equitable education.

Take swift action to make sure Florida does not modify the curriculum of the proposed AP African-American Studies course designed with the help of respected Black scholars.

10/02/2022

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01/02/2022

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Jeremiah G. Hamilton (sometimes Jerry Hamilton) was a Wall Street broker noted as "the only black millionaire in New York" by James McCune Smith about a decade before the American Civil War. Hamilton was a shrewd financial agent, amassing a fortune of $2 million ($250,000,000 in current dollars) by the time of his death in 1875. Although he was the subject of much newspaper coverage and his life provides a unique perspective on race in 19th century America, Hamilton is virtually absent from modern historical literature. Almost a decade later, after the 1835 Great Fire of New York destroyed most of the buildings on the southeast tip of Manhattan, Hamilton accrued about $5 million in current dollars by "taking pitiless advantage of several of the fire victims' misfortunes". His business practices were controversial; where most black entrepreneurs sold their goods to other blacks, "Hamilton cut a swath through the lily-white New York business world of the mid-1830s, a domain where his depredations soon earned him the nickname of "The Prince of Darkness". Although he circulated among the financial elite and was himself very wealthy (an equivalent fortune of around $250 million), Hamilton was also a victim of the racism against African-Americans, so pervasive during his time. During the New York City Draft Riots in 1863, white men seeking to lynch Hamilton broke into his house, but were turned away with only liquor, ci**rs, and an old suit by his wife Eliza after she said her husband was not home. Eliza Hamilton was white which made her marriage to Jeremiah taboo for the time. His life is chronicled in the 2015 biography “The Prince of Darkness”, by Shane White.

06/01/2022

24/12/2021

Voting matters!

18/12/2021

The top college football recruit in the class of 2022 is off the board to Jackson State

09/12/2021

Opening statements took place Wednesday in a Minneapolis court, where Potter is charged with manslaughter for the shooting of Daunte Wright.

18/10/2021

Rest in Power!

George W. Bush hailed the former secretary of state as “a great public servant.” Stacey Abrams, a voting rights activist, said Mr. Powell “admitted fallibility,” after he cited faulty intelligence in 2003 to make the case for war in Iraq.