It’s that time of the year when we celebrate National Earth Day. Climate change hits communities of color and marginalized communities first and worst due to systemic racism and intentional disinvestment. The machines of industrialization were deliberately placed in these communities, locking in pollution and harming residents’ health for generations. Climate change means the world is […]
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Open Letter to Our Academy Family: The 94th Oscars were meant to be a celebration of the many individuals in our community who did incredible work this past year; however, those moments were overshadowed by the unacceptable and harmful behavior we saw Mr. Smith exhibit on stage. During our telecast, we did not adequately address
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It’s official! The Senate voted 53-47, making Ketanji Brown Jackson the FIRST African-American woman ever confirmed to sit on the country’s highest court. Now, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson can take her well-deserved seat on the Supreme Court of the United States. Vice President Kamala Harris, the first Black woman to hold the position and just one
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Never in a million years did Monique Rousseau envision that creating smoothies for her son’s football team would transform into one of the few, full-fledged Black and women-owned businesses in El Cajon, CA. But how did everything fall into place? Now, any mom with kids who play football will tell you that it’s not easy
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On Saturday, April 2, 2022, PaleyFest kicked off with the cast and creatives from This Is Us at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The evening included: Maureen J. Reidy, President and CEO of The Paley Center for Media, Dan Fogelman, Creator, Showrunner and Executive Producer, Milo Ventimiglia, “Jack Pearson,” Mandy Moore, “Rebecca Pearson,” Sterling K. Brown, “Randall Pearson,” Chrissy Metz, “Kate
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On Sunday, April 3, 2022, PaleyFest celebrated with the cast and creatives from black-ish at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The evening included: Maureen J. Reidy, President and CEO of The Paley Center for Media, Anthony Anderson, “Andre ‘Dre’ Anderson,” Showrunner and Executive Producer, Courtney Lilly, Producer, Tracee Ellis Ross, “Rainbow Johnson,”Yara Shahidi, “Zoey Johnson,” Marcus Scribner, “Andre Johnson Jr.,” Miles
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President Joe Biden is naming actor Taraji P. Henson and the NBA’s Chris Paul to a presidential advisory board on historically Black colleges and universities. They are among nine men and nine women Biden is appointing to the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCU’s, the White House announced Thursday. The board is tasked with advancing the goal of the of
LOS ANGELES – And just like that! Jessica Sarowitz is the woman re-defining the landscape of LA’s creative community through philanthropy, filmmaking and social impact investing. She’s a mother, wife, executive producer, entrepreneur, social impact investor and founder of 4S Bay Partners LLC, based in Chicago. More importantly, she’s changing the scenery of South Los Angeles and the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw
San Diego, CA, (March 30, 2022) — Rhymes with Reason, an Educational Technology company that aims to democratize English language literacy through music, is proudly launching an initiative with the Detroit Pistons and SAY Detroit that started in January 2022, and allows Detroit area students (who attend SAY Detroit) to cash in learning badges earned on
By DL White The late god-father of Soul, James Brown sang in one of his hits, “It’s a man’s world, it’s a man’s world, but it would be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl.” Brown was right women are the healers of society and make things better and often right. Welcome to National
