PROGRAM OVERVIEW The Amos C. Brown Student Fellowship to Ghana is the first program of its kind to be powered by the NAACP, in collaboration with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The fully funded 10-day excursion, from July 31- August 10, will take a selected number of multicultural college students, young adults, and seminarians between the ages of 18 and 25 from the United States to Ghana for an experiential learning opportunity, at no cost to the students. While there, they will be immersed in Ghanaian culture, learn about the Atlantic Slave Trade, and receive deep insights into…
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Across the country, local leaders are praising President Biden’s historic nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court. From lawmakers to professors, the message is the same: Judge Jackson is immensely qualified to serve on our nation’s highest court.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday ordered his country’s nuclear weapons to be prepared for heightened readiness to launch because of what he described as “aggressive statements” by Western adversaries. Putin’s order to put Russia’s nuclear weapons on what was described as high alert has raised the possibility that the Russia-Ukraine war could escalate to a nuclear war. During a meeting with top Russian officials, Putin directed the Russian defense minister and the chief of the military’s General Staff to put its nuclear forces in a “special regime of combat duty. “Western countries aren’t only taking unfriendly actions against our country in the…
Legendary actor and entertainer Harry Belafonte celebrated his 95th birthday Tuesday with a star-studded celebration at The Town Hall in Manhattan. The event served as a fundraiser benefitting Sankofa.org, a non-profit organization that he, his daughter Gina Belafonte and Raoul Roach started 10 years ago. The celebration also marked the inaugural awarding of the Harry Belafonte Social Justice Awards which was presented to Angela Davis, Rashad Robinson, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Dr. Cornel West, Darren Walker, Hank Willis Thomas, former Attorney General Eric Holder and Congresswoman Barbara Lee.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hispanic Access Foundation is partnering with the Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to launch a Health program with the goal of establishing nine vaccination sites across the nation to encourage local Latino communities to either get vaccinated or get the right resources about getting vaccinated. The program is a 12-month initiative with the goal of helping at least 40,000 people across the nation get vaccinated. “The past couple of years have shown just how much the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted Latino communities,” said Maite Arce,…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – FedEx Logistics, Inc., a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX) announced its deepened commitment to Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) with a new $100,000 scholarship endowment funded by FedEx Cares, the company’s global community engagement program. The scholarship announcement comes on the one-year anniversary of a $1 million pledge by FedEx to MVSU to fund a customized career readiness program, part of a $5 million commitment to four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in Mississippi and Tennessee. FedEx Logistics currently operates an office on the campus of MVSU, which employs students, building a pipeline of talent to…
Penelope McCown successfully became a mother three years ago with the assistance of IVF. Years prior, she struggled with pregnancy and decided to embark on the journey of motherhood by assistive practices. Penelope would like to open dialogue in the African American community around IVF and to remove judgement and stigma that many may have around this topic. Penelope will be launching a new baby line entitled “Cocoa Baby Love” with specialty products designed specifically for new mom’s who traveled the non-traditional road to motherhood. She’s also launching a platform to increase communication around IVF entitled “Pieces of Penelope”. Penelope’s new line will premier March 26, 2022. Penelope was most recently…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – On Monday, the Tennessee House of Representatives voted to pass a resolution (HJR 0652) that calls on the Tennessee State Legislature to urge Congress to complete a wasteful and useless wall at our southern border. We need common sense policies that promote safe and dignified migration. Painting the southern border as a “crisis” is an outdated pretext for anti-immigrant and anti-refugee rhetoric and is not reflective of the majority of Tennesseans’ views on migration. Fact is, a border wall is not only harmful and unnecessary, it’s unrealistic. Even former Trump Chief of Staff and former…
LOS ANGELES — Following the week-long virtual experience, tonight the NAACP celebrated the stellar achievements of the “53rd NAACP Image Awards” winners during a special LIVE broadcast on BET hosted by seven-time NAACP Image Awards winner Anthony Anderson and presented by Wells Fargo. Watch an encore presentation of the “53rd NAACP Image Awards” Monday, February 28 at 9 PM ET/PT on BET. Internationally, the show will air on BET UK on My5 and Sky On Demand on Monday, February 28, BET France on March 2 at 8:45 pm CEST, and MTV Brazil on Thursday, March 3. #NAACPImageAwardsWinners of the night included Jennifer Hudson (Entertainer of the Year and Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture –…
Cookeville, Tennessee (TN Tribune)- As a young alumna of Tennessee Tech University, Chimerzirim Ibe-Ekeocha, ’16 Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering, understands the importance of receiving a quality education at an affordable four-year university. from Nigeria, Ibe-Ekeocha said she choose Tech because it allowed her to receive a good education, good financial assistance and the tuition was affordable. “Tech gave me opportunities to learn through scholarship. The scholarships helped me afford the tuition,” Ibe-Ekeocha said. “At Tech, I was an excellent student, but I feared not being able to afford the tuition. Had Tech not offered scholarships, I may not have been…