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Each year, Jamaica celebrates National Youth Month in November. This year, the theme for the month is ‘RETHINK Youth: Resilient through Entrepreneurship, Training, Hope, Innovation, Networking and Knowledge’. To celebrate National Youth Month 2020...
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.
Bank of America today announced that the two Savannah high school juniors and seniors selected as Student Leaders (#BofAStudentLeaders) have started their paid summer internship experience of leadership, civic engagement, and workforce skills-building. In light of the health concerns that remain in local communities, the program has been adapted to a virtual format, through which students will have the opportunity Continue reading \"Bank of America Connects Savannah Youth To Work Success Through Paid Virtual Summer Leadership Experience\"
On Friday, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser had a massive mural reading Black Lives Matter in block yellow lettering painted on 16th Street near the White House. The next day, activists painted another message in that exact same yellow lettering on the same street. It read: Defund the Police. Amid the ongoing protests in the wake of the death []
Porsha Williams is urging protesters from the Black Lives Matter movement to “keep going.”
The Real Housewives of Atlanta star has been on the front lives marching for the Black Lives Matter movement since the horrific death of George Floyd.
Porsha posted several videos of herself and her fiancé, Dennis McKinley, among those being tear-gassed during a protest in Atlanta on Instagram on June 1, advised that instances like this shouldn't deter anyone from joining the Black Lives Matter movement or continuing the fight.
The 38-year-old reality star is taking after her grandfather, the late Reverend Hosea Williams who marched with Dr. King and John Lewis during the civil rights movement.
Porsha also shared how she was first \"smacked in the face with racism\" while attending a protest with her grandfather at 6 years old.
in New Haven. Six are African-American; two are Latino. Two are female (including one of the African-American cadets).
When asked how the
As US President Donald Trump and others brazenly use the social network to spread misinformation and foment violence at protests against police brutality, CEO Mark Zuckerberg is clinging to the lame argument that he can’t constitutionally do anything — even as other social media take action and his own top employees publicly object and quit in disgust.
More recently, she helped manage scandals involving Russian election meddling and user data harvesting by the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.
In this case, real leadership would at the very least involve a public disavowal of Zuckerberg’s irresponsible stance
Sandberg is also the self-fashioned champion of executive-suite women.
When Sandberg says we need more women leaders, I can’t help but ask: leading what, and to what end?
In this case, real leadership would at the very least involve a public disavowal of Zuckerberg’s irresponsible stance.
Ryan Destiny, who is best known for her role as Alexandra Crane on the now-canceled Fox television show \"Star,\" recently sent a message to young Black
NNPA NEWSWIRE — It is shocking that in 2020, mothers in African American and minority communities still have to worry about the safety of their sons and daughters when simply going off to the store, going out for a jog and or being stopped at a traffic light. This must end.
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.
ArtEsteem is the youth arts program of the Attitudinal Healing Connection.
Since 1995, ArtEsteem has fostered transformative healing through the arts for youth in West Oakland schools and throughout the Bay Area.
Calhoun is a student of ArtEsteem’s West Oakland Legacy & Leadership Project (WOLLP), a visual arts and environmental program that supports youth in developing powerful, educated voices for social and environmental justice.
WOLLP used the curriculum from the book “Self As Super Hero,” by AHC’s executive director Amana Harris, to develop the fifth and last mural in the Oakland Super Heroes Mural Project.
Among the issues addressed in the mural are air pollution, gun violence, drug abuse, defor “We are seeing young people rise up, communities organize, and history taking place” writes
WOLLP student and host of the exhibit Chosang Tenzin after attending the recent protest of George Floyd’s death and the many black lives ended by police that was led by Oakland Technical High School alumni.
ZIMBABWE is now a sad story where youths have been robbed of a whole generation of prime time, the self-exiled director of the Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation Mthulisi Hanana has claimed. BY SILAS NKALA Hanana who skipped the country at the height of State-sponsored abductions and persecution of activists ahead of the abortive July 31 protests, said young people in the country had been subjected to poverty since independence. “Zimbabwe has succeeded in robbing many young people of their prime time and their potential has been destroyed, their dreams have been parked, and they hustle in the hope that one day Zimbabwe will change,” Hanana said in a statement. “Young people keep waiting on ‘Hope Street’ and they forget that they have no obligation to wait for Zimbabwe to change at the expense of their lives. At some intervals, it feels as if change is close and one is lulled into a false sense of security and hope.” Hanana criticised Zimbabwean youths for being timid and afraid of change. “We would rather believe that somehow change is near and leave our destinies in the hands of fate. I remember that when MDC was formed, many young people believed that change was nigh. We could see a new dawn. Many snubbed opportunities to go abroad and chose to wait for that change,” he said. The human rights activist said since the era of the late former President Robert Mugabe, young people hoped for change which never came. 'We calculated that once we are done with our first degrees, Mugabe would be dead and the country would be better, but 15 years later, Mugabe was not dead. The country was worse. Our calculations were based on hope and nothing else. Many lost opportunities waiting for Mugabe to die. “Even our professors with whom we shared a packet of maputi (snacks) as they walked from Mt Pleasant to Harare central business district, told us to be patient. However, our age mates who left Zimbabwe 15 years ago are now far in terms of life's achievements,” he said. Hanana alleged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s new dispensation was presiding over misgovernance, while the opposition was weak. “The biggest deception now is to think that the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa will bring change. His political stamina lacks sting and ‘that thing’. Yet we keep hoping that change is near,” he said. “As young people if we are not careful we will rot in this grave while waiting for a ‘messiah’ to come and perform a Lazarus-like resurrection.” Follow Silas on Twitter @silasnkala
The legalization of marijuana for recreational or medicinal use has become commonplace throughout the U.S., but the American Heart Association recently issued a report saying the herb may be unhealthy for the heart.
Send an email with the subject “summer camps” in the subject field to moving operations online or proceeding with on-site programs, summer camp leaders are rethinking protocols to limit contact and prioritize the safety of their staff, campers and families.
Many of the campers who typically attend weekly in-person programs are the children of essential workers who depend on camp services as child care, said Lynn Greb, the recreation director for the Milwaukee Recreation Department, which runs through Milwaukee Public Schools.
Summit Educational Association, which normally runs a full time, seven-week program for students in the fourth to eighth grades, also plans to provide an in-person camp, with programs scheduled to run five days a week starting June 22 until Aug. 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Here are more updates on how local programs are adapting their summer programming due to COVID-19:
The 7 Generations YEP Summer Day Camp at the Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center has always been a space for native youth ages 7 to 12 to participate in activities focused on well-being, mental health and their indigenous culture.
Families can reach out to Lynn Anders, the environmental education manager, at a nonprofit that typically hosts tutoring and sports camps all summer long, plans to continue programs virtually through live fitness workout videos on its Facebook page Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Western Bureau: Despite the buzz around his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) challenger, Tamika Davis, Ian Hayles of the People’s National Party (PNP) is flush with confidence that come September 3, he will retain his seat as member of parliament (MP)...
Becoming a statistician was never something that Amanda Lee had planned on doing. In fact, when the 27-year-old St Hugh’s High School past student started The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, her career goal was to become an economist. “I...
Globally, school closures due to COVID-19 have affected 1.29 billion students in 186 countries, which is 73.8 per cent of the world’s student population, according to the UN Education Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Despite the challenges of limited access to internet connectivity, electricity or computers, countries are keeping learning active through various remote learning methods such as radio and television programmes, on addition to online platforms and social media.
In Egypt, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Morocco, Rwanda, South Africa and others, a number of schools and universities have moved some of their programmes to online platforms and have encouraged students to get connected.
With assistance from UN agencies such as UNICEF, UNESCO, the World Bank and others, countries are quickly scaling up their radio and TV programmes or launching new initiatives.
For example, Ghana’s public broadcasters have rekindled dormant programmes on tv and radio for high school students.
Leaders are calling for the communitys help after two children were killed on Saturday in Chicago By Trina Orlando, NBC 5 News On Saturday, 10-year-old Lina Nunez was shot and killed while sitting on her family’s couch in the Logan Square neighborhood. Nunez was struck in the head by a stray bullet after a gunfight []
BY WINSTONE ANTONIO LOCAL arts production house, Patsimeredu Edutainment Trust’s director Jasen Mphepo says theatre plays an important role in people’s lives, not only providing entertainment, but also creating a platform for engagement, debates and questions critical issues affecting the society. Patsimeredu Edutainment has been using theatre to create dialogue in different platforms of engagement on diverse societal issues. In an interview with NewsDay Life &Style yesterday, Mphepo said their key programming was centred on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) targeting mostly in and out of school youths. “The Buddies For Love, which is our organisation's flagship project, targets young people through the use of theatre. Theatre and other communication strategies such as song, dance and peer education form part of the project intervention,” he said. “Theatre plays both an informative as well as an influencer role. Artistes are emulated by the audience they perform for, hence playing a decisive role modelling good behaviour and at the same time helping people change their behaviour by offering them alternative solutions,” he said. Mphepo said their work entailed helping young people believe in themselves and make informed choices about their sexuality and sexual health, adding that they used baseline surveys to gather evidence on issues affecting young people to produce theatre plays that are then performed for the target audience. “The programme which annually targets over 36 000 students and 3 000 out of school youths empower young people with knowledge and information, leading to behavioural and attitude change with regards their sexuality and sexual health,” he said. “The programme links young people to services such as legal and health-related services. We have helped many young people who are at risk of sexual abuse and risky sexual behaviours overcome them including drug and alcohol abuse.” Currently Patsimeredu is running a radio drama titled Shelea on women empowerment that shall be airing on local radio station every Thursday. The compelling radio drama (Shelea) is part of a She Leads campaign being supported by HIVOS and the Embassy of Ireland in Pretoria. “Patsimeredu produced a soundtrack for Shelea for the radio and since its launch a week ago, has generated a buzz of engagements both on radio and social media,” he said. Mphepo said over the years they had worked with about 120 schools across the country, in cities and towns like Harare, Bulawayo, Masvingo, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West and Mutare.
At least 200 people have turned out for a protest in a poor Nairobi neighbourhood against police violence linked to the deaths of 15 people nationwide since the authorities imposed a curfew to fight coronavirus.
The LSE Black Achievement Conference is still going strong in its 13th year! This year...
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The first virtual NAACP ACTSO Awards Ceremony was held on Sunday May 31, 2020. The theme was “Quarantined Teens Meeting the Challenges of the Pandemic Without Pandemonium.” The National NAACP ACTSO Director, Mr. Larry Brown, joined in as the keynote speaker and delivered an inspiring message. All nine hopeful students won gold medals, positioning themselves to advance to the Virtual 42nd Annual NAACP ACTSO National Competition in July 2020.
Competing and winning students were Jalyn White, Jy’Mir Starks, and Deovionn Gaylor, who qualified to compete nationally in 2019 in Detroit, MI.
Continue reading Quarantined Teens Participate In A First Ever Virtual NAACP ACTSO Competition at The New Journal and Guide .
Recently, JPMorgan announced that Chief Executive Officer of Chase Consumer Banking, Thasunda Duckett, will be the first African-American named to the firm’s Operating Committee in the biggest expansion of its […]
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I didn’t really know much about book genres or categories; I just knew I had this story about this Black queer kid growing up.
Looking back now, it made sense, because I have always shown love to Black children, especially Black queer kids and Black girls, who are thrust in a world to face so many forms and oppression at such a young age.
You know, the world doesn’t give Black people empathy and so I could have written about all the wrongs my dad did, but I’d rather write about how he and other family members were trying to do the best they could with the tools they were given.
“All Boys Aren’t Blue” would always be timely, but looking at Black queer children such as singer Lil Nas X and Zaya Wade, along with adults such as Billy Porter, who have been mistreated by the public for stepping outside of the hetero norm, this book is even more critical.
But I also want to say that this book is more than just pain, because white people love reading about Black trauma and often shun Black joy, so I wanted to show all the sides of my life because I had and have happiness and lean into mine as much as possible.
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.
Members of Parliament have questioned how textile firm Nytil was awarded a contract to produce and supply facial masks across the country.
\"Now that government is to provide masks to Ugandans, I seek to know how ordinary companies and young people making masks can benefit.
In his address on Monday, President Museveni said it will take Nytil two weeks to manufacture masks for all Ugandans above six years of age.
It was, however, sold in 1996 to Southern Range Nyanza Limited, a private company owned by Mr Kishor Jobanputra, who is also a member of the National Response Fund to Covid-19 formed by President Museveni on May 3.
Government had threatened to cancel the VAT concession in the 2014/15 budget before Nytil ran to Parliament and threatened to lay off more than 3,000 employees directed employed by the company.
Photo courtesy Leonard McKenzie
Cadman Plaza saw a huge turnout on Thursday for a memorial rally for George Floyd, whose death last week at the hands of Minneapolis police has sparked ongoing protests against police brutality.
Mayor Bill de Blasio was not well received, as the crowd booed him while he spoke of a commitment to making police accountable and to honoring Black lives didn’t seem to satisfy the crowd.
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams attacked the mayor and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and de Blasio’s statement saying that he sympathizes with the Floyd family.
De Blasio and Cuomo both said they had not seen widely shared videos of officers using batons on protesters who remained in Brooklyn’s Cadman Plaza after the 8 p.m. curfew.
Cuomo said, “If you are violating the curfew and you refuse to leave so you continue to violate the curfew, the police officers have to enforce the law, which is: You’re supposed to off the street.”
World Population Day — established by the United Nations Development Programme in 1989 — seeks to raise awareness of global population issues.
Winnie Mutuku has managed to sustain a feeding program for street children and families in Kitale, a town in western Kenya about 280 miles from the capital, Nairobi.
Mutuku, who manages Upendo Street Children -- a project run by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul -- has reunited many children with their families to avoid their being arrested by police during curfew hours.
Currently, I'm working on developing a new project for street children in the western part of Kenya [Kitale] where the Daughters of Charity have been engaged in services for 11 years.
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I came to Kitale in July last year to do a feasibility study in preparation to respond to the issues of street children in Kitale town.
Is there something about the charism of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul that has made you focus on the needs of the street children?
NEW ORLEANS TRIBUNE — Black and Brown communities are experiencing unimaginable conditions due to the pandemic and our people make up a larger portion of those who are killed by COVID-19. They also make up a larger portion of essential workers, and are therefore at even greater risk of getting COVID-19 and inadvertently giving it to our family members at home.
