By Maxine Joselow and Douglas MacMillan The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday approved a landmark proposal to require all publicly traded companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and the risks they face from climate change.10 steps you can take to lower your carbon footprint The proposed rule from the Wall Street regulator mandates that hundreds of businesses report their planet-warming emissions in a standardized way for the first time. It reflects the Biden administration’s broader push to confront the dangers that climate change poses to the financial system and the nation’s economic stability. At an open meeting, the SEC’s three Democratic commissioners voted to approve the…
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New York, NY – The ULI/REAP Virtual Academy in commercial real estate (CRE) is returning this spring with enhanced educational content available nationwide. This follows a year that firmly established the innovative online academy as a pandemic counter-strategy for advancing diversity & inclusion in the industry. The ULI/REAP Virtual Academy is a landmark partnership between Project REAP (Real Estate Associate Program), the oldest and largest national effort to advance diversity, equity & inclusion in CRE, and ULI (the Urban Land Institute), the oldest and largest network of cross-disciplinary real estate and land use experts in the world. The Fall 2021…
SPRINGDALE, Ark. – March 17, 2022 – Tyson Foods announced today that 44 of its plants have been recognized by the North American Meat Institute (NAMI) for their positive environmental impact. The environmental recognition awards recognize a company’s dedication to continuous environmental improvement, as witnessed by the development and implementation of Environmental Management Systems (EMS). The EMS model is designed to drive continual, measurable improvements in the environmental compliance performance of Tyson’s operations. In addition, the model tracks progress on the reduction of Tyson’s carbon footprint, reduction in water intensity per pound of product produced, reduction in the amount of waste sent…
First Published by the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education Louisiana State University has acquired The Wyatt Houston Day Collection of Poetry by African Americans, one of the most important private collections of Black poetry. The university’s Libraries Special Collections unit will house the over 800 items previously owned by book collector and dealer Wyatt Houston Day. This collection includes works from the 18th century, the Harlem Renaissance, and later works including up to the present. “This collection allows for a dynamic understanding of canonical African American poets and offers numerous avenues for new research and appreciation of the poetic…
FOR DECADES BLACK LEADERS in business, entertainment, education, and other fields have been the main sources of philanthropic donations to HBCUs. Shown above Robert F. Smith, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, Frank Baker and William Pickard top the list of Black donors to HBCUs. by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. For New Pittsburgh Courier NNPA NEWSWIRE—Billionaire … Continued The post These Business leaders are major Black donors to HBCUs appeared first on New Pittsburgh Courier. Click here to read the full story
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TN Tribune) – The National Women’s Law Center Action Fund, She Will Rise and Black Women’s Roundtable will rally outside of the Supreme Court to celebrate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Justice nomination on March 21, at 8:00 a.m. The rally will take place before Judge Jackson’s hearings begin in the Senate and will convene leaders from 20 organizations joining forces to spread joy and signify support for Judge Jackson’s swift confirmation. This is a pivotal moment for the U.S., with mounting threats against women’s reproductive rights, the disenfranchisement of voters, and anti-LGBTQ legislation. The nation and its citizens are…
Memphis, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – The first cohort of the Herbert Shainberg Scholars Program from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) recently arrived in Israel. Colbe Earles and Macy Cottrell, both fourth-year College of Medicine students, are studying at Ben-Gurion University (BGU) of the Negev during March. The new student exchange program gives fourth-year College of Medicine students an opportunity to learn about the cultural, ethnic, and religious aspects of health care. “Because it’s a multicultural university, BGU Medical School for International Health provides a unique perspective throughout students’ entire education, which is what makes it so special. The…
Klansmen were sitting in cars outside Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Itta Bena, Miss., on June 18, 1963, as local Black citizens held a “Medgar Evers Memorial” voter registration meeting. One of the Klansmen threw a tear-gas bomb under the church, causing noxious fumes to rise through the wooden floor boards as the conversation went on inside the church in the small Mississippi Delta town in Leflore County near Greenwood. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee organizer Silas McGee led everyone out of the building, where klansmen then hit them with rocks, bottles and other objects. It was just six days since white supremacist…
Nashville – Activist, author, scholar, Vanderbilt University Pioneer, and one of Peabody College’s most distinguished alumna, Dr. Tommie Morton-Young took her final sojourn on March 11, 2022. A product of the Nashville Public Schools, she was a graduate with honors from Tennessee State University; she was the first African American to graduate from Peabody College, now Vanderbilt University. She earned her doctorate degree from Duke University. Dr. Morton-Young held positions as Professor and Senior Administrator at several distinguished colleges and universities; she retired from the University of North Carolina. She also held several positions in the US Federal Government. She…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee—Trevecca Nazarene University’s second annual Giving Day on March 15 resulted in total gifts of $1,505,353, surpassing its goal of $1.5 million and exceeding the contributions from last year’s inaugural Giving Day by more than $287,000. During the Giving Day festivities, Trevecca also provided a free meal for students, faculty and staff to celebrate the opening of a fully renovated dining area in the Jernigan Student Center, one of last year’s primary fundraising designations. The renovated space, which occupies most of the building’s first floor, now has the capacity to seat 450 students, an upgrade from the previous 322-seat…