Helios Education Foundation invests in SPC to enhance FAAME

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Helios Education Foundation invests in SPC to enhance FAAME

The Florida African American Male Experience initiative will support students along each stage of their academic progression and provide a clear pathway to and through their degree completion. ST. PETERSBURG - Helios Education Foundation has awarded a Community Investment Grant for $1.6 million to St. Petersburg College (SPC) to support the Florida African American Male Experience (FAAME). […]

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The coronavirus pandemic has focused the nation’s attention on the essential role public schools play in families and communities’ lives. The NAACP said it’s also exposed severe racial inequalities that continue to plague the country’s education system and disadvantaged students of color. Rather

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Source: The Washington Informer

Report: Coronavirus Will Make Income Inequality Even Worse for Black and Brown Americans

The coronavirus pandemic has hit low-income Black and Latino Americans harder than others; a report shows the income divide in the U.S. will likely rise.

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As wildfire season looms, California adds 900 firefighters to its crews - Black Voice News

In summary Fewer inmates are available for hand crews so the state is filling the gap. So far, slightly more acreage has burned this year than last year. California will hire nearly 900 new seasonal firefighters to make up for a dwindling number of firefighting inmates as wildfires already have

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

Black Teens Celebrate Another Win At Harvard Debate Competition

Madison Webb and Christian Flournoy program's made history with their win at the Harvard Debate Competition in Atlanta as the first Black female student and youngest Black student to do so.

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'I Was Asked If I Stole My Car': Black Diplomats Describe Harassment At U.S. Borders - African American News Today - EIN News

In April 2018, Tianna Spears joined the State Department, looking forward to the promise of a fulfilling career. Then 26, she had spent three years

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The virus and the vulnerable: Latino children suffer higher rates of COVID-19 - Black Voice News

In summary Latino children are testing positive at higher rates than other groups of children, accounting for the majority of all California cases among those under 18. Experts say close contact with essential workers and crowded living conditions play a role. The baby’s father was the first to get

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

Local college student pursues her dreams during times of great uncertainty

SPC alumna Brittaney Hall encourages college students to face their fears and not give up on their academic goals. ST. PETERSBURG - At the beginning of the year, St. Petersburg College student Brittaney Hall felt excited as she looked forward to wrapping up her last semester and becoming the first

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Filing for unemployment? Here’s how California is scrambling to respond - Black Voice News

Missing checks. Marathon waits on hold. Mysterious financial penalties docked from payments that promise a lifeline amid extreme uncertainty. Welcome to the world of California unemployment benefits in the age of coronavirus. With the state’s jobless rate hovering around 15%, more than