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CARTER™️ Magazine and DNA America Have BREAKING NEWS: History Is Being Made!

CARTER™️ Magazine and DNA America is partnering with 12 On Your Side Broadcast Media, to provide African American History, and, News, through our digital media platform and social media-covering the interests, and concerns of the African American communities across the nation and Central Virginia.

A special section for Richmond Local News will be under the title, “Key Awareness” in honor of Robert Wright Evans Sr., a Richmond legend, who gave voice to the African American communities of; Gilpin Court, Mosby Court, Creighton Court, Fairfield Court, Hillside Court, Whitcomb Court, Blackwell, Southside, Northside, East End, West End, Church Hill, Jackson Ward, and the entire Greater Richmond area.

A breakthrough for broadcast media has begun with 12 On Your Side, CARTER™️ Magazine and DNA America.

A televised announcement will be held on air April 4, 2024. More details will be available on 4/4, with a link for viewers to tune in.

A new day in media has begun.

12 On Your Side / CARTER™️ Magazine / DNA America

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Key Awareness - Richmon Local News: ‘I’m Comfortable Here’ - New Program Uplifts Children In Gilpin Court

By @azriah_bryant

With spring break well in effect for young students in our Central Virginia, they have time to go on trips, relax or just hang out in their neighborhoods.

That’s the same for children in Gilpin Court, but a new initiative is helping keep the kids out of trouble and active.

“Like I’m comfortable here. It makes me feel like I’m in a community,” sixth-grader Jazier Jackson.

Every week you can find Jackson at the Calhoun Community Center playing basketball with his friends or getting help with his homework.

“It helps lead them to the right way and not the wrong way like sitting over there on the corner store and like leads them to the right way to do what they want to do in life,” said Jazier.

It provides a means of escape from the troubles of the real world.

“We are working with Gilpin Court in terms of mediating and keeping our young persons on the right track, and part of that is having our program here throughout the week,” said Dr. Gwendolyn Andrews.

Andrews came up with the program. She is the supervisor of the Richmond Community Mediators, which operates with the Richmond Police Department. She’s here every week because this is personal.

“I was here as a young social worker back in the ‘80s, and I knew, being from a broken home, what it meant to have great mentors, and so again, when the opportunity to return came, I embraced it,” said Andrews.

More than 60 kids come together to pack out this community center to receive youth counseling, play sports and other activities in hopes of keeping children off the streets and out of violence. -(source: 12 On Your Side / CARTER Magazine / DNA America)

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Key Awareness: Henrico Leaders Investing Millions To Support Youth Mental Health

By Sarah Chakales

In partnership with Henrico County Public Schools, county leaders unveiled a new multi-million-dollar mental health initiative Friday to support students and families.

“The Henrico CARES plan will create an enhanced system of mental health care for youth and their families that includes school-based, private and public providers and adapts as a person’s needs evolve,” the county said in a news release.

CARES stands for Coordination; Access to Prevention and Responsive Early and Intensive Interventions; Systems Navigation.

Varina High School junior Kenya Sarai spoke on behalf of the county’s 50,000 students.

“In school where it’s so much drama, so much gun violence, so [many] things that are negative, this program will help grow us mentally as students and just help us overall in our student mental health,” Sarai said.

Click the link in our bio for more.-(source: 12 On Your Side/CARTER Magazine/DNA America

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