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What You Need To Know About Black Excellence Expo On Sat. in MN

Discover the Black Excellence Expo in Rochester, MN on February 24th, supporting minority-owned businesses. ....

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Black Excellence Expo is Feb. 24

The event stems from a critical analysis undertaken by the NAACP in partnership with the Brookings Institute through The Black Progress Index. ....

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Rochester NAACP Plans to Launch an "Olympics of the Mind" for Local Students

ROCHESTER, Minn.- The NAACP is bringing the Afro-Academic Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) to Rochester for local high school students this August. ....

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Rochester Branch of the NAACP unveils ACT-SO

The Rochester Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) announced the upcoming launch of a new program in Rochester, Minnesota called the Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO). ACT-SO, an initiative of the NAACP was founded in 1978 by the renowned author and journalist Vernon Jarrett and is rooted in the belief that Black/African Americans can excel at the highest levels in various fields when provided with the right support. Often referred to as the "Olympics of the Mind," ACT-SO aims to recruit, stimulate, improve, and encourage high academic and cultural achievements among high school students. According to Lancet Public Health and the National Center for Health Statistics, education is a neglected social determinant of health that is also intrinsically linked to well-being. ACT-SO is a yearlong program with competitions in STEM, humanities, business, and performing, visual, and culinary arts. It pro ....

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Full Slate of Events Set for Martin Luther King Day in Rochester

Rochester’s annual celebration to commemorate the work and life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is set for Monday. ....

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