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United Negro College Fund Launches HBCUv Platform To Advance Digital Learning, Cultivate Community
The United Negro College Fund has launched an online platform dubbed HBCUv to advance digital learning and cultivate community.
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Aspiring veterinarian receives $1.3M in scholarships and 49 college acceptance letters
A high school student from South Fulton, Georgia has been accepted to nearly 50 colleges and awarded more than $1.3 The post Aspiring veterinarian receives $1.3M in scholarships and 49 college acceptance letters appeared first on TheGrio.
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Airtel sells its towers in Malawi for over K45 billion
Airtel Africa has sold its 723 towers in Malawi to Helios Towers, an independent telecommunications infrastructure company, for US$55 million (about K45.1 billion). The towers were owned under Airtel’s passive infrastructure company, Malawi Towers Limited. According to a statement published on
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BOOKS: Lilly Ann Granderson, the Midnight Teacher | Post News Group
Lilly Ann Granderson (1816–1889) was born a slave in Virginia. Little has been recorded about her childhood, but it is known that early on she was relocated to Kentucky. There she became close to her owner’s children, who taught young Lilly Ann to read and write. It was through reading that Lilly
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MPS shifts to mask-optional policy beginning April 18, 2022
Beginning April 18, 2022, masks will no longer be required for students and staff in Milwaukee Public Schools and buildings. The wearing of masks will be optional at all MPS locations. The decision was made on March 24, 2022, during the regular monthly meeting of the Milwaukee Board of School
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Lone Star College Foundation StarGala raises funds for scholarships - African American News and Issues
PHOTO: LSC 2022 StarGala BY: LSC HOUSTON (April 14, 2022) – Lone Star College Foundation raised nearly $440,000 during StarGala 2022, its annual signature event. “It’s been three years since we were able to gather in person due to the pandemic,” said Stephen C. Head, Ph.D., LSC Chancellor. “I am
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Milwaukee Academy of Science Youth win Silver Ball during State Championship
On Saturday, March 19, 2022, 20 bright and talented young men of color from Milwaukee Academy of Science competed for WIAAWI Division 4 Basketball State Championship and won the 'Silver Ball,' in Madison. Most of the young men on the Novas team are freshman. They have worked incredibly hard this
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Biden Administration Focuses Money on HBCUs After Bomb Threats | Post News Group
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On March 16, in a small auditorium at the Old Executive Office Building next door to The White House, Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke on the plan. The allocations, coming from existing money from the
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Biden’s budget plan: Higher taxes on rich, lower deficits - The Atlanta Voice
President Joe Biden announced a budget blueprint Monday that calls for higher taxes on the wealthy, lower federal deficits, more money for police and greater funding for education, public health and housing. In essence, it tries to tell voters what a diverse and at times fractured
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Black Marine Sciences Scholar Makes History At UNC
Aliyah Griffith made history by becoming the first Black scholar to earn a graduate degree in marine sciences from the University of North Carolina.
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California Association of African American Superintendents and Administrators (CAAASA) holds annual summit in Sacramento
By Nicholas Ibarra | OBSERVER Staff Writer More than 600 educators and education-related stakeholders from throughout California are in Sacramento to attend the annual conference hosted by the California Association […] The post California Association of African American Superin
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South Africa's $1m shopping-spree student jailed - NewsDay Zimbabwe
Sibongile Mani received 14m rand instead of her monthly student grant of 1,400 rand in June 2017 and started spending it immediately, the court heard during her trial. The post South Africa’s $1m shopping-spree student jailed appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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Cape Town to overtake Casablanca as Africa’s top financial hub
Cape Town is one step away from claiming Africa’s top financial center, thanks to significant improvement on its ranking and rating scores over the last year.
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Black Future Co-op Fund Awards $1.05M In Grants To Black Women-Led Nonprofits Advancing Social Justice
The Black Future Co-op Fund has donated $1.05 million to Black women-led organizations on the frontlines fighting for justice in Washington.
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Gifted Education and Segregation
Segregation and discrimination in the school systems persists even in the gifted programs offered. In 2021, then New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio announced that they were looking to phase out their gifted and talented student programs, following in the footsteps of Boston and Seattle, in an
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PRESS ROOM: ServiceNow Supports Thurgood Marshall College Fund to Boost Racial Equity in Higher Education
NNPA NEWSWIRE — ServiceNow, Silicon Valley, technology company, cloud-based platforms, solutions, digitize organizations, commitment to racial equity, higher education, Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), TMCF, scholarships, eight students, Historically Black Colleges and
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Invisible in Plain Sight | Chicago Defender
“… I am invisible, understand simply because people refuse to see me.”- Ralph Ellison Being visible in a world that doesn’t see you for who you are is something people of color have been subjected to for centuries. Urban communities are inflicted with many issues that are overlooked because the
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Republic Bank Enhances Learning With Donation Of Computers - St. Lucia Times News
Republic Bank, in its ongoing commitment to the community it serves and its strong sense of corporate social responsibility, recently donated 14 Wi-Fi enabled desktop computers loaded with Office 365 to the Patricia D. James Secondary School. Recognizing that electronic devises for school learning
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Howard President Wayne A.I. Frederick Announces Retirement
After nine years marred in recent times by student protests over filthy and unlivable dorm conditions, a threatened faculty strike, and a walkout by hospital workers, Howard University President Wayne A.I. Frederick has announced his retirement. The post Howard President Wayne A
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Principal at Phelps ACE High School Resigns
A principal’s abrupt resignation at Phelps Architecture, Construction and Engineering (ACE) High School has become the turning point in ongoing efforts, among teachers and students, to ensure administrators uphold academic standards and increase transparency about on-campus safety
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Senators Murray, Warnock Push Efforts to Lower Cost of Lifesaving Drugs Like Insulin at Roundtable with WA and GA Patients - The Seattle Medium
On Thurs., U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) joined Protect Our Care and patients from Washington state and Georgia for a virtual roundtable to discuss their fight to lower
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White House to extend student loan pause through August
By Collin Binkley and Zeke Miller | The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration plans to freeze federal student loan payments through Aug. 31, extending a moratorium that […] The post White House to extend student loan pause through August appeared first on T
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Inside daba’s plan to become an all-in-one platform for investing in Africa
Co-founded by Boum III Jr and Anthony Miclet, daba is a mobile platform built to provide an end-to-end solution for foreign retail investors willing to invest in both African startups and stock exchanges.
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Newswire : Confirmation hearings for Judge Jackson wraps with independent witnesses
With public hearings, the historic – and mostly despicable – confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson concluded on Thursday, March 24. And the Republican Party punctuated their four-day-long, racially-charged, and otherwise disrespectful digs at Judge
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IN MEMORIAM: A Passion-Driven Life — Remembering Educator Brenda Harris (Dec. 1951 – March 2022) | Post News Group
“I had the honor of knowing Brenda for over 35 years, dating back to when she was a senior advisor at the California Department of Education. She was an extraordinary individual, an expert policymaker in the field of education and a fearless civil rights advocate,” said Dotson Wilson, former chief
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Clark Atlanta receives $11.8M grant to teach students about augmented, virtual reality
Students at Clark Atlanta University will soon take a huge step forward into the digital age, thanks in part to The post Clark Atlanta receives $11.8M grant to teach students about augmented, virtual reality  appeared first on TheGrio.
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101-year-old man receives high school diploma from historic Harper’s Ferry school
Merrill Pittman Cooper grew up in segregated America in the 1930s, so his family was too poor to pay for The post 101-year-old man receives high school diploma from historic Harper’s Ferry school appeared first on TheGrio.
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Newswire : Obama’s White House visit stirs laughter, memories and new health care proposal
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent With the style, grace, and humor that personified his two terms in office, former President Barack Obama returned to the White House to help celebrate the Affordable Care Act and help announce plans to strengthen his signature law which
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Black Georgia Teen Receives Over $1.3M In Scholarships From 49 Of The 51 Colleges She Applied To
18-year-old Makenzie Thompson is the latest to become an academic beacon of hope after the Georgia high school senior made our whole community proud by obtaining over $1.3 million in scholarship offers from 49 out of the 51 universities that she applied to for college.
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