ESSENCE Ventures President and CEO Caroline Wanga To Deliver Dillard University Commencement Address

M³ Honors MPS Seniors Graduating with Early College Credit

The latest class of Milwaukee Public Schools high school seniors to complete the M³ early college program was honored with a virtual ceremony, capping a year of growth for the trailblazing partnership involving Milwaukee’s three largest public education institutions. M³ (pronounced M-Cubed) is

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District dispels rumors about Morningside High closure -

INGLEWOOD — The Inglewood Unified School District held a virtual town hall meeting July 14 to dispel rumors that the district is considering closing Morningside High School. “As a proud Monarch, that’s not happening,” said Inglewood school board President D’Artagnan Scorza, who grew up in Inglewood

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Former Saniation Worker Celebrates Recent Acceptance to Harvard Law

Rehan Staton is a 24-year-old former sanitation worker who recently celebrated his acceptance to the prestigious Harvard School of Law.

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Los Angeles Community College District Commits to 100 Percent Clean, Renewable Energy - Los Angeles Sentinel

On July 8, 2020, the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) Board of Trustees signed the Clean Energy and Sustainability Resolution committing the community college district to eliminate carbon-based electricity consumption by 2030 and replace all other carbon-based energy use with

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Newswire : Black jobless rate was 15. 4 percent in June

by BlackmansStreet.Today The Black Unemployment rate June was 15.4 percent in June, down from 16.8 percent in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last week.The jobless rate for Black men, 20 and older, however, rose to 16.3 percent in June compared with 15.5 percent in May, BLS

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Mississippi set to remove Confederate emblem from its flag | Dallas Weekly

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Mississippi is on the verge of changing its state flag to erase a Confederate battle emblem thats broadly condemned as racist. The flags supporters resisted efforts to change it for decades, but rapid developments in recent weeks have changed dynamics on this issue in the

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Spelman College Creates Scholarship Honoring the Late John Lewis

Spelman College creates an endowed scholarship in honor of Congressman John Lewis worth $10,000 to five social justice fellows each school year.

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COVID-19

As of July 1, 2020 at 10:00 AM Alabama had 38,442 confirmed cases of coronavirus with 947 deaths Greene County had 166 confirmed cases with 7 deaths; 9 more cases in a week Sumter Co. had 276 cases with 12 deaths Hale Co had 293 cases with 21 deaths

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If coronavirus cases continue spiking, SCS Supt. Ray says he cannot ‘in good faith’ open school buildings - TSDMemphis.com

If coronavirus hospitalizations and cases continue to surge, Memphis students will start the school year online, Supt. Joris Ray said Friday. “If we are where we are today, in good faith I could not open schools,” the Shelby County Schools leader told Chalkbeat. “And when I say open

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Literary spotlight: What to read while you wait – Daytona Times

Editor’s note: Donna Gray-Banks is the author of Ila’s Diamonds I, II and III and the host of “A F.R.E.S.H. Conversation’’ on Joy 106.3 FM. BY DONNA M. GRAY-BANKS SPECIAL TO THE DAYTONA TIMES As we continue to live safe and stay in place, here are more authors and their books you might want to

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Newswire : Native American groups ask NFL to force Washington Redskins name change

By: Stephen Whyno, AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a dozen Native American leaders and organizations sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday calling for the league to force Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder to change the team name immediately. The letter was signed

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Gov. Walz, Lt. Gov. Flanagan announce public-private partnership to support technology needs of MN students

Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan announced a public-private partnership that aims to meet the technology and connectivity needs across the state. Source

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Arkansas daycare kicks out girl, 6, for wearing Black Lives Matter shirt - TheGrio

A mother in Arkansas is alleging her 6-year-old daughter was kicked out of her daycare because she wore shirts that supported Black Lives Matter and racial justice. READ MORE: Mother sues Franklin County Board of Education for racial discrimination Journei Brockman has attended daycare at His Kids

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Hosea Helps Back to School Drive providing hand sanitizer in Atlanta | Atlanta Daily World

palmpalm Donates Over 2,500 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer to Hosea Helps Back to School Drive in Atlanta As children across Atlanta get ready to head back to school this fall, palmpalm™, a new, fast-acting hand sanitizer company, is donating over 2,500 bottles of hand sanitizer, hand sanitizer

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OP-ED: We Can't Let This Moment Pass | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The last few months have made the truths of being Black in America clear to all. We have watched as a pandemic killed Black people at the rate of almost two and half times that of other Americans. Not from a mutation of the virus but from an underfunded system that too often

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RCOE Chief Academic Officer, Cynthia Glover Woods, Appointed to State Board of Education - Black Voice News

On Monday, July 6, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the appointment of inland area resident Cynthia Glover Woods of Eastvale to the State Board of Education (BOE). Highly respected and recognized for her educational acumen, Glover Woods has served as Chief Academic Officer with the

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Superintendent makes proposal for reopening schools - WS Chronicle

Earlier this week Superintendent Dr. Angela P. Hairston provided more information on what schools could look like at the start of the 2020-21 school year. The post Superintendent makes proposal for reopening schools appeared first on WS Chronicle.

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Morehouse School of Medicine Awarded $40 Million Federal Grant to Fight COVID-19 Free Press of Jacksonville

by Dana Givens – The spread of COVID-19 has severely impacted marginalized and underserved communities. In numerous cities like New Orleans and Milwaukee, Black neighborhoods saw increasingly high rates of cases due to pre-existing conditions and a lingering history of racial discrimination in the

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- Black Voice News

In the first week of June, a food services employee in the El Centro Elementary School District in Imperial County tested positive for the coronavirus. By early July, about a dozen nutrition and transportation workers had been infected. The positive test result briefly halted the meals distribution

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$200,000 Matching Gift Challenge for #ConnectMilwaukee Issued by Burke Foundation and Zilber Family Foundation - Milwaukee Community Journal

The MPS Foundation is announcing a major matching-gift fundraising challenge issued by the Zilber Family Foundation and the Burke Foundation. The foundations will match up $200,000 in donations to the #ConnectMilwaukee fundraising campaign, meaning a donation of $10 turns into $20, $500 becomes

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MPS recommends remote learning to start school year

Plan to be presented to school board Thursday On Tuesday, July 14, 2020, Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Keith Posley recommended no in-person classes to start the 2020-2021 school year. MPS has outlined three instructional model scenarios and a three-phase return model that begins with

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What Black Men Must Do Now. - ThyBlackMan

(ThyBlackMan.com) Won’t somebody tell me, answer if you can! Want somebody tell me, what is the soul of a man. I’m going to ask the question, answer if you can. If anybody here can tell me, what is the soul of a man? ~Blind Willie Johnson Perhaps the title of this essay should more aptly […]

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Students have their own concerns about returning to school -

LOS ANGELES — With the start of a new school year still more than a month away for most local students, many youngsters have mixed feelings about returning to classes for more reasons than one. Going back to school will mean long-awaited reunions with classmates after a spring and summer of

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Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Honors Senior Thesis Projects Virtually

By Hayley Crandall In the age of social distancing rules and disease prevention guidelines, many organizations have been exploring the digital space as a means of holding events. Colleges certainly have not been an exception to these adventures. Milwaukee Institute of Art Design (MIAD) is holding

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Greene County High students show noted progress in ACT scores

The Greene County Board of Education held its regular meeting on Monday, June 15, 2020, as a Virtual Zoom meeting in keeping with safety measures relative to COVID-19 Pandemic. All board members were participants as well as Superintendent Corey Jones, Attorney Hank Sanders and CSFO LaVanda Blair.In

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COVID-19 Could Mean Better Pricing from Your College of Choice. Heres How to Ask - Milwaukee Community Journal

If your financial aid offer is lower than you had hoped, you don’t have to settle for paying more—especially if the pandemic and the subsequent downturn have hit you hard. Financial guru Eric Tyson, MBA, shares strategies parents can use to get a better price. Hoboken, NJ (July 2020)—COVID-19 has

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COVID-19

As of July 22, 2020 at 10:20 AMAlabama had 70,413 confirmed cases of coronavirus,(14,000 more than last week) with 1,325 deaths (189 more than last week)Greene County had 224 confirmed cases, 23 more cases than last week, with 9 deathsSumter Co. had 325 cases with 13 deathsHale Co. had 402 cases

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Billionaire Robert F. Smith Launches Student Freedom Initiative to Ease Student Debt at Historically Black Colleges

Robert F. Smith—the billionaire who pledged during a commencement speech last year to pay off the student debt of the Morehouse College class of 2019—is, according to time.com, launching a new init…

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Newswire : Aunt Jemima to change name, remove image ‘based on racial stereotype’

By Biba Adams, The Grio After 130 years, Quaker is finally changing the name of their popular pancake brand, Aunt Jemima. Acknowledging that the brand was based on a racial stereotype, the name of the product will change and the imagery removed.Introduced on Nov. 1, 1889, the inspiration for the

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Michigan Chronicle/TCF Bank S.W.A.G. Awardees Continue to Build Community and Reach Higher | Digital Daily | The Michigan Chronicle

As the cost of higher education continues to trend upwards, students are searching far and wide for scholarships to pay for college. Recognizing the need to remove the financial barrier to higher education, the Michigan Chronicle partnered with TCF Bank to develop the S.W.A.G. Scholarship Awards to

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