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AVENTURA, Fla. – Before thousands of media professionals, students and celebrities arrived in South Florida for this week’s National Association of Black Journalists 2019 Convention, dozens of volunteers donated their Saturday to fill convention bags in a ballroom at the host hotel, the Turnberry Resort in Aventura. “Fight The Power: Press Forward with Passion and Purpose” is the theme of this year’s gathering of the organization, founded 44 years ago, which also is convening myriad media executives and public relations professionals, providing countless workshops, innovative programs, remarkable presenters and networking opportunities, and once again hosting the nation’s largest journalism jobs career fair. More on the NABJ convention in next edition.