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Nationwide protests have taken place since October 7 despite the disbanding of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit.
The demonstrators have been accused of attacking police stations and personnel.
The rallies which are mostly attended by young people have become avenues to vent against corruption and unemployment.
Rights groups say at least 15 people have been killed the demonstrations began in early October.
[New Times] University students who were awarded in the previous Capital Market University Challenge have managed to create jobs and continued to save through the capital market.
Last week SA clinched the top spot in the world as an attractive destination for global business services, beating competitors India and Philippines, says President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Join the Los Angeles Urban League and the Black College Expo to Celebrate Black High School Graduates In The United States of America.
“2020 Black High School Graduation: Rites Of Passage” where nationwide, students will share their high school achievements during this historic virtual ceremony.
join Black College Expo and the Los Angeles Urban League to present “2020 Black High School Graduation: Rites of Passage,” a positive and uplifting cultural celebration for high school graduates.
Hosted by Emmy award-winning television host Shaun Robinson with special appearances from University of Southern California president Carol Folt, R&B singer Brian McKnight, actress Lala Anthony and comedian Michael Colyar, the highly anticipated once in a lifetime, grassroots-oriented black high school graduation will celebrate the 2020 graduates giving them the opportunity to enjoy the traditional celebration of their achievements during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Highlights of the virtual “2020 Black High School Graduation: Rites of Passage” will include celebrity performances, spoken word presentations, student recognitions and keynote speeches by notable celebrities and academic leaders, including fiery orator Thomas Parham, PhD, President of California State University, Dominguez Hills.
Basic Education Minister said that the COVID-19 vaccination programme for teachers and support staff will begin on Wednesday, 23 June.
BBC CHILDREN in Need will match Stormzy's £10 million pledge to support organisations working to...
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Simon Lamont Estes is a prominent and critically acclaimed African American opera singer. He has made singing appearances before six US presidents, including Barack Obama, numerous other presidents and world leaders, and dignitaries such as Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. He has appeared in opera houses worldwide, sung under the baton of the greatest conductors of our time, has extensive recording contracts, and has received six honorary degrees and awards.
He was born to Simon Estes, Sr., a coal miner and the son of a slave, and Ruth Jeter Estes, a homemaker. He grew up in the small south central Iowa town of Centerville. His mother stimulated his interest in music and he began singing in church at an early age.
When he entered the University of Iowa in 1957, he was intent on becoming a doctor. But he came to the attention of faculty member Charles Kellis, who became his first and life-long voice teacher, and who encouraged his focus on classical music. After graduating from the University of Iowa, Mr. Estes spent a year studying at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City, New York.
In April 1965, Estes made his operatic debut in Berlin, Germany with the Deutsche Oper in Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida. He later won the bronze medal in the prestigious Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow, Russia in 1966. From 1965 to 2011, he has performed to great acclaim in opera houses around the world.
In 1978, his triumphant performance as the Dutchman in Richard Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman marked the first appearance of an African American male singer at the famed Bayreuth Festival in Germany.
Simon Estes made his operatic debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in January 1982 in Wagner’s Tannhäuser to both audience and critical acclaim. In 1985, he sang with Leontyne Price in Verdi’s Aida, in the legendary soprano’s farewell appearance at the Met. He also starred in the 1985 production of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and opened the 1986 Met season singing Wotan in Wagner’s Die
As head of the UN Office to the African Union (UNOAU), Ms. Tetteh spoke with Africa Renewal’s Kingsley Ighobor on, among other issues, the current state of the UN-AU partnership and how women and young people can help resolve conflict.
There are currently three partnerships between the UN and the AU: There's the Partnership on Africa's Integration and Development Agenda (PAIDA), one on Peace and Security, and another on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union's Agenda 2063.
But its development agency [African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)] and other pan-African institutions such as the African Development Bank and, on the UN side, the Economic Commission for Africa, can help countries develop policy responses.
Creating lasting peace and security in countries or communities in conflict involves negotiating a peace agreement and a process of reconciliation--that involves men and women.
The UN has supported the AU's project of developing a cohort of female mediators--FemWise Africa--for deployment in countries to ensure more women and young people are brought into the processes of mediation and peacebuilding.
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — On a sunny June day in Nepal, hundreds of young people in face masks stood a meter apart behind the barbed-wire barricades and rows of riot police guarding the prime minister's residence, shouting slogans demanding a better government response to the coronavirus pandemic. In a rare show of young people humbling a powerful government to action in Asia, they got one. But not before hundreds of protesters were doused with water cannons, some beaten with police batons and others detained. A charismatic young leader nearly died on hunger strike. 'Governments have […]
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MAKING A DIFFERENCE If you ask a young, homeless person where they’re going and they reply to My Friend’s Place, they are probably in good hands. My Friend’s Place is a nonprofit that assists and inspires homeless youth ages 12-25 to build self-sufficient lives. Originally called the Lighthouse, My Friend’s Place was co-founded in 1988 Read More...
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Only days ago, McKinney’s 19-year-old son, Ayodele McKinney, felt “the power of marching on the street” to protest the May 25 killing of 46-year-old George Floyd at the hands of a Minnesota police offer, who now faces a string of charges and has been fired from the force.
Like every conscientious father of African-American sons, McKinney had “the talk” – If you’re ever stopped by police, do everything you are told to do, and be polite; answer “yes, sir” and “no, sir.”
“My older son knows what was going on in his life by the names of people who have died in police custody,” said McKinney.
Charles McKinney saw the future a few years ago when he took his sons to a rally protesting the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.
Now his 19 year old, Ayodele McKinney, is among those local protesters saying “no more” to ongoing police brutality and systemic racism.
As golf tournaments go, it was a typical early spring Sunday at Langston Golf Course in northeast D.C.
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George Floyd’s girlfriend spoke out on Tuesday after former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of his murder. Floyd’s... View Article
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JAMAICAN JHANNEL Tomlinson has been selected to represent the island as a youth delegate at the inaugural YOUNGA Forum this fall. The event is being billed as ‘a first-of-its-kind global youth takeover of the United Nations’, promising an...
According to a new study published earlier this month by the National Bureau of Economic Research, the nationwide demonstrations don’t appear to be linked to spikes in coronavirus cases.
“Our findings suggest that any direct decrease in social distancing among the subset of the population participating in the protests is more than offset by increasing social distancing behavior among others who may choose to shelter-at-home and circumvent public places while the protests are underway,” the report reads.
“Cities which had protests saw an increase in social distancing behavior for the overall population relative to cities that did not,” the report notes.
Basically, during the massive protests, enough people stayed home to avoid running into the massive demonstrations that it could have actually helped limit the spread of the virus.
For example, in Texas, one of the first states to completely disregard the health of its residents in favor of economic gains, Gov. Greg Abbott said people under 30 have made up a majority of new coronavirus cases in several counties.
On Thursday, Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin joined the national Co-Chairs of “HBCU Students for Biden” to discuss Vice President Biden’s policies and to answer questions.
“A couple of weeks ago, Vice President Biden released what he called ‘Lift Every Voice’, a plan for black America,” said Woodfin, a Morehouse College alum.
Woodfin, who has already endorsed Biden for U.S. President in the November general election, said the vice president wants to make public colleges and universities tuition free for families with income below $125,000.
In response to a question about what is at stake in this election for African Americans Woodfin said, “just the belief that we can succeed … And I think in America it’s hard to believe that you can, a black man can be running down the street running down the street and something happens to him and he will never be able to return home to his family.
Other issues at stake, Woodfin said, is “health care . . . [and] the ability to have opportunity to participate in the American Dream, to have a level playing field as it relates to obtaining an education, not just in college but K through 12.
On Sunday (June 7), former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were among a group of celebrities who virtually honored the graduating high school class of 2020.
“You have arrived, here in the middle of a global crisis, a racial pandemic and worldwide expression of outrage at the senseless killing of yet another unarmed Black human being.
The killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and so many others have left us all broken,” Beyoncé added.
You have arrived, here in the middle of a global crisis, a racial pandemic and worldwide expression of outrage at the senseless killing of yet another unarmed Black human being.
One of the main purposes of my art for many years has been dedicated to showing the beauty of Black people to the world: our history, our profundity, and the value of Black lives.
The views and opinions expressed by the author(s) do not represent the official position of Barbados TODAY. by Wayne Campbell “Literacy is not a luxury; it is a right and a responsibility. If our world is to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century, we must harness the energy and creativity of all our citizens.” […]
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Active from 1942 to 1970, the Christian Friends for Racial Equality (CFRE) was a locally founded leader in the Seattle civil rights movement. CFRE’s non-confrontational social methods for improving race relations made it Seattle’s largest civil rights organization in 1956, with 1,000 members by 1959.
CFRE’s social activities included monthly meetings with guest speakers, social teas and luncheons, folk dancing, and picnics. The Christian Friends’ more businesslike work included maintaining an office, publishing a monthly newsletter of civil rights news and membership updates, coordinating with other local civil rights groups (like the NAACP and the Seattle Urban League), contacting businesses and the government to encourage equity, running a speakers’ bureau, and working through churches and synagogues to promote racial equality. CFRE was especially active in the 1940s and 1950s with desegregating cemeteries, the “open housing” movement, and spurring government action to improve equality, all at the municipal and county levels.
Despite its name, CFRE was an ecumenical group that also included many Jewish members. Two-thirds of its membership and officers were women. CFRE members tended to be of middle age and older and were involved in other civil rights groups.
Given its non-confrontational, social approach, and its membership, it is not surprising that as the national civil rights movement evolved towards direct action and legal battles, and became increasingly driven by young people, that CFRE found difficulty attracting members and affecting change. Its last known records date from 1970; by that time, the group had slowly dwindled to obscurity.
Sources:
Johanna McClees [Phillips], Christian Friends for Racial Equality: A Unique Approach to Race and Religious Relations in Seattle 1942-1970, (B.A. Thesis, University of Washington, 2000), UW Manuscripts, University Archives and Special Collections, University of Washington Library, Seattle, Washington; David Wilma, “Christian Friends for Racial Equality,”
Faulu Bank’s CEO, Apollo Njoroge, was named the CEO of the Year.
The youngster is 18-year-old Aldain Daley, who, on May 17 of this year, ran into the burning home of Vernon Sewell, an 86-year-old retired farmer, after the senior citizen reportedly left his gas stove on by accident.
Young Aldain was hanging out with friends at a section of the community when they spotted smoke coming from the Sewell's home, located on a nearby hill.
It was at this point two of young Aldain's friends arrived on the scene to render some assistance.
One resident, Marlon Daley, notes that Aldain did a “great and brave job” and that youngsters across Jamaica can take a page from his book.
District officer at the Santa Cruz Fire Station, Omar Simms, told JIS News that the community and Jamaica should be proud of the youngster and his friends, who sprang into action when they did.
The YMCA of Central New York welcomed a new leader as President and CEO earlier this year, who has big goals for expanding its reach and mission. Bertram
“I went home, showered and the body aches became severe and my temperature shot up from 100 degrees to 102 degrees as well as a terrible headache,” says Stephens. “I also began sweating as if someone poured water on me.”
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Attracting business investment, particularly to third world countries like Haiti, has always been a challenge. Therefore, the burden of job creation turns to be on the government, despite scarce resources and its limited abilities. One of the appeals of the Haiti government is for members of the Haitian diaspora to remit home for job creation...
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YOUNG people in Trench Town and Tivoli Gardens in Kingston are being empowered to participate in the development of their communities under the Inter-Agency Network Youth Development Programme.
Arthur Reid, Jr., business man, founder and president of Reid’s New Golden Gate Funeral Home and a longtime benefactor of student education in Milwaukee, died Wednesday, May 27, 2020.
Before opening his own funeral home, Arthur Reid worked in a factory and at several other jobs, saving money and learning the business.
For seven years, Golden Gate Funeral Home serviced the Milwaukee community.
Arthur Reid Jr., became the sole owner and operator of Reid’s New Golden Gate Funeral Home located at 5665 North Teutonia Avenue in 2008.
In 2012 Reid’s New Golden Gate Funeral Home opened up its second location at 1910 Taylor Avenue in Racine, Wisconsin.
Summer is almost here, and we are slowly getting to back some routine activities such as dining out, traveling and gathering with family with friends. Another activity that I suggest be added to the list is financial literacy activities for your children. Living through a pandemic has taught many lessons with a big emphasis on […]
In the crowded alleys of Bambari's Kidjigira market, customers of all faiths brush together as steam rises from hanging cooking pots and flies swarm around them.
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Senator Steven Bradford (D- Los Angeles) vice chair of the Legislative Black Caucus.
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Shortly after members of the California legislature took a knee for eight minutes and 46 seconds at the California Capitol to protest racism and the death of George Floyd, Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) took the opportunity to call out some of her Latino colleagues.
“I have to be honest, I’m disappointed with our Latino caucus,” Gonzalez said at the event that Assemblymember Syndey Kamlager (D-Los Angeles), a member the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC), organized.
Gonzalez said although some of the California Legislative Latino Caucus (CLLC) members have co-authored pieces of legislation with Black Caucus members, they have not been supportive enough of policy that can make a measurable difference in the lives of Black Californians.
The protest-slash-tribute took place in front of the California state Capitol’s West steps to honor the late George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer who pinned the unarmed Black man down during an arrest.
“As the mayor of Georgia’s largest city, I expressed opposition to Gov. Brian Kemp’s recent order allowing certain businesses—dine-in restaurants, gyms, hair and nail salons, barbershops, tattoo parlors and bowling alleys—to reopen before health experts say doing so is safe.
However, Lightfoot is grappling with many young people being non-compliant with the shelter-in-place orders her city is aggressively enforcing in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 in its neighborhoods; black neighborhoods, in particular.
As the nation’s third largest city’s first black woman and first openly gay mayor, she has had to struggle with the virus’ disproportionate impact on the black community.
Dr. Henry Louis Taylor, a professor of Urban and Regional Planning and the director of the Center for Urban Studies at the University of Buffalo, said we should not give these mayors a pass or holding them partly responsible for the catastrophic impact the pandemic has had on the black communities in their cities.
Given these African American mayors’ knowledge of their black communities and its social demographics they should have been better prepared for the deadly pandemic regardless of what the federal or state leaders did, Taylor said.
