Eighteen-year-old Raven Osborne of Gary Indiana is graduating from college tomorrow, on May 5. But guess what? She hasn’t even graduated from high school! Raven told CBS News’ correspondent Jericka Duncan that she’s getting her college degree two weeks before her high school diploma, which she will receive on May 22. “When people hear that […]
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Photo: Rendering of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. The Obama’s are back to work after a long and much needed vacation from their WhiteHouse duties. The former President of the United States announced that he and Michelle will donate $2 million to the youth jobs programs in Chicago this summer. While discussing plans for the
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It’s more and more common for students to take a non traditional date to prom. As a matter of fact, who says you have to go to prom with a person? Why not do what 17-year-old Priscilla Samey did and take your college acceptance letter instead. Samey got into seven Ivy League schools, but decided on taking
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Photo credit: David Poller The San Diego Association of Black Journalists “An Intimate Evening with HLN’s Michaela Pereira” 2017 student scholarship reception was held at the Red Card Cafe on April 28th, 2017. The annual reception gives students who receive named scholarships the opportunity to meet and mingle with professionals in the field
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An image of a group of Yale University students has gone viral for positive images of Black males on social media. One of the men, 21-year-old Akintunde Ahmad, tweeted the photo of himself and his nine Black male friends at the Ivy League school Sunday, April 23, using #BlackMenofYaleUniversity and it now has 15K retweets and 32k likes
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Let me ask this question: What’s wrong with being nice? Some might agree with that old saying that nice guys finish last. And some might argue that good guys always come in first. Which ever point taken, you must admit that there are definitely some signs that being too nice is worrisome. With that, unfortunately there
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BALBOA PARK While not held on actual Earth Day, activities throughout the day at Balboa Park run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 23, and include an Earth Day Parade. More than 300 exhibitors, a food pavilion, entertainment venues, eARTH Gallery arts and crafts show, a Clean Car Concourse and a
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On Tuesday, it was announced that MVP LeBron James is in the process of developing and building a school named, I PROMISE, in partnership with his Lebron James Family Foundation and Akron’s public schools. The foundation’s Facebook page describes the school as being for first through eighth grade students and will offer a four-year scholarship for
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On April 10, 2017, media and entertainment mogul Karen Civil opened her Live Civil Computer Lab at the House of Hope Orphanage in Titanyen, Haiti. Civil, who is Haitian-American, in partnership with the Jack Brewer Foundation, donated 20 computers to assist the orphanage in furthering STEM education. The Live Civil Foundation Computer Lab opening featured a ribbon
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On Friday April 28th, The San Diego Association of Black Journalists will host an intimate evening with Michaela Pereira, host of HLN’s MichaeLA . Some very lucky students will get the unique opportunity to hear from one of the most amazing women in broadcast journalism. Pereira will share her inspiring experiences in the world of
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