Leona Bishop, 37, will be the first to tell you: Where she started is nowhere near where she is today. However, where she is today is exactly where she needs to be.
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Sitting in a lounge chair in his living room, dressed in jeans, a T-shirt and wearing a red, green and yellow Rastafarian crown, Otis "ObeyJah" White beats conga drums in a melodic fashion. With his raspy Jamaican accent, he chants…
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The poster on Julieta Mendez's office wall at Catholic Charities reads "Communication: Build bridges, not walls." By working and communicating with immigrants, Mendez is building bridges for people in the community.
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Twice a month, Arthur Jones, 34, dons his overalls and gets down to business. With a pocket designated for his thermometer, and using tools he forged himself, he lights the grill. Cooking is one of his great loves,…
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Since being named the first female brigadier general in the history of Mississippi in March, Catherine Lutz has become a role model for women, as well as the entire state.
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Gina Carter-Simmers, 41, hasn't always dug jazz. But after 20 years in working for public broadcasting, she has found a tune of her own as the general manager at WJSU.
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When Joel Bomgar developed a new type of software at age 23, he had no idea that in a few years, he would be running one of the fastest growing technology companies in the country. He was simply trying…
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Whitney Grant, 24, lives and works in a think tank. She is an intern architect at the Jackson Community Design Center, a research laboratory that analyzes urban design and provides feedback for future development in the city. JCDC's planning…
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Jarvis Dortch, 28, always thought he'd be a lawyer. With a bachelor's degree in political science from Jackson State University, Dortch headed to Howard University in Washington, D.C., to study law. A year later, he realized that the vision for…
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Richard McKey, 55, didn't know he was destined to be an artist. Born in Starkville, McKey moved to Jackson in the second grade. On a path similar to Van Gogh's, McKey first studied pre-ministry at Belhaven College. Halfway through school…
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Nov 06, 2009 JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson Ronni M: Bubba, like most things, it's only unimportant if it has no affect on *your* life. If you were an African…
Nov 06, 2009 JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson Ironghost: I think you were the one I pointed out asking about the divisiveness of the issue. I'd have to go back…
Nov 06, 2009 JFP People of the Day: Barbara Taylor and Jerry Mosley L.W.: That's great! Maybe I will see them at the walk tomorrow. I'm so glad that people…
Nov 06, 2009 JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson Queen601: No idea why I'm biting on this, but Ironghost, I'd love to know which one of those categories you've placed me…
Nov 06, 2009 New Look, New Name for Downtown Restaurant thabian: They do...
Nov 06, 2009 JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson BubbaT: Brian- I just did a quick count, but they aren't far off. Wasn't trying to be scientific, just a rough count.…
Nov 06, 2009 JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson Brian C Johnson: Bubba, if were to apply the same measure to this issue of the JFP that the index applied to…
Nov 06, 2009 JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson golden eagle: I'm a little late on this, but I found some numbers on the percentages of black in the metro area.…
Nov 06, 2009 New Look, New Name for Downtown Restaurant Deirdra Harris Glover: Does anyone know offhand if Suniora's takes plastic?
Nov 06, 2009 JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson Ironghost:
Actually, I don't know what 90 percent of our readership is going to decide, Iron. Considering how diverse our readership is,…
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Nov 06, 2009JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson
Ronni M: Bubba, like most things, it's only unimportant if it has no affect on *your* life. If you were an African…
Nov 06, 2009
JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson
Ironghost: I think you were the one I pointed out asking about the divisiveness of the issue. I'd have to go back…
Nov 06, 2009
JFP People of the Day: Barbara Taylor and Jerry Mosley
L.W.: That's great! Maybe I will see them at the walk tomorrow. I'm so glad that people…
Nov 06, 2009
JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson
Queen601: No idea why I'm biting on this, but Ironghost, I'd love to know which one of those categories you've placed me…
Nov 06, 2009
New Look, New Name for Downtown Restaurant
thabian: They do...
Nov 06, 2009
JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson
BubbaT: Brian- I just did a quick count, but they aren't far off. Wasn't trying to be scientific, just a rough count.…
Nov 06, 2009
JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson
Brian C Johnson: Bubba, if were to apply the same measure to this issue of the JFP that the index applied to…
Nov 06, 2009
JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson
golden eagle: I'm a little late on this, but I found some numbers on the percentages of black in the metro area.…
Nov 06, 2009
New Look, New Name for Downtown Restaurant
Deirdra Harris Glover: Does anyone know offhand if Suniora's takes plastic?
Nov 06, 2009
JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson
Ironghost: