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Good News!

October 1, 2025October 8, 2025 The Positive Community

Attention Roll Call Members:It was gratifying to learn that our newest member—the youth ministry of Pilgrim Baptist Church in Newark,

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Seasons Change, but our Priorities Remain the Same

September 30, 2025October 1, 2025 The Positive Community

Building record amounts of housing to make New York City more affordable  This autumn, the leaves aren’t the only things that are falling. The Adams administration has brought down the

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Purposefully Employed

September 28, 2025October 16, 2025 The Positive Community

Rev. J. Loren Russell I Corinthians 58-50:51 NKJV Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the

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In The Potters Hand

September 21, 2025October 1, 2025 The Positive Community

Rev. J. Loren Russell Jeremiah 18:1-6 NKJV The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: “Arise and go

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Your Reputation Precedes You!

September 5, 2025September 29, 2025 The Positive Community

Rev. J. Loren Russell Psalm139:1-4 NKJV O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down

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Kingdom First!

August 25, 2025September 29, 2025 The Positive Community

Rev. J. Loren Russell Matthew 6:25-33 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will

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No One is Safe.

August 22, 2025September 29, 2025 The Positive Community

By AUSTIN FENNER After Congress passed President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill into law, one of the main features of

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King in the Wilderness

August 20, 2025September 29, 2025 The Positive Community

We tend to think of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy as comprised of his famous “I Have a Dream

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Consider it Pure Joy | Jennifer Jones Austin

January 10, 2024January 30, 2024 The Positive Community Health

When Jennifer Jones Austin, wife, mother, lawyer and child advocate, and the picture of good health, found herself burdened by a fever she couldn’t shake, doctors insisted it was merely viral and told her to sleep it off. Just days later she lay comatose with a 99% probability of imminent death.

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Hope for the Holiday Season and Beyond

December 26, 2023January 9, 2024 The Positive Community

As the end of 2023 draws near, some of us may be feeling our holiday spirit dampened by current happenings in the world. There’s war between Israel and Hamas, and here in America, mass shootings are still taking place. Inflation is taking a bite out of holiday gift giving, and even stealing bites from our holiday meals with the price of food so high.

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Saving Our Communities: Positive Music Matters
PUBLISHER 

Saving Our Communities: Positive Music Matters

April 3, 2024May 25, 2024 The Positive Community

Dear Mr. Council,I wanted to express my heartfelt gratitude to you and The Positive Community for your invaluable contribution to

Saving Our Own Community
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Saving Our Own Community

December 12, 2023January 9, 2024 The Positive Community
Community Education Forum with Alfred Bundy guests Dr. Jamila Davis, David Sharp & Adrian Council Sr
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Community Education Forum with Alfred Bundy guests Dr. Jamila Davis, David Sharp & Adrian Council Sr

December 6, 2023December 28, 2023 The Positive Community
On Harlem, Business, and the Economics of Culture: Brothers Gonna’ Work it Out
MONEY PUBLISHER 

On Harlem, Business, and the Economics of Culture: Brothers Gonna’ Work it Out

September 5, 2023October 23, 2023 R.L. Witter
BERKELEY COLLEGE CELEBRATES ‘REMARKABLE RESILIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE’
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BERKELEY COLLEGE CELEBRATES ‘REMARKABLE RESILIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE’

May 23, 2024May 23, 2024 The Positive Community

Photo Caption: Berkeley College celebrates the perseverance and achievements of more than 1,000 graduates during a Commencement ceremony on Thursday, May

KIPP Newark Collegiate Academy Class of 2022
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KIPP Newark Collegiate Academy Class of 2022

September 6, 2022September 8, 2022 R.L. Witter
Graduates from Essex County Tech Schools Accepted into Prestigious Colleges and Universities
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Graduates from Essex County Tech Schools Accepted into Prestigious Colleges and Universities

August 31, 2022September 8, 2022 R.L. Witter
Hooray for the Graduates
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Hooray for the Graduates

August 29, 2022October 4, 2022 R.L. Witter
An Evening with Ms. Sande’s Village
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An Evening with Ms. Sande’s Village

April 30, 2026May 4, 2026 The Positive Community

By R.L. Witter Spring has sprung. Most of us immediately think of renewal during this season. The new flowers, young

Sent
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Sent

April 19, 2026May 4, 2026 The Positive Community
It’s An Inside Job
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It’s An Inside Job

April 11, 2026May 4, 2026 The Positive Community
Who Are You?
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Who Are You?

February 8, 2026February 13, 2026 The Positive Community

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