When Darrin Wade first discovered from an ultrasound that he and his wife were having quadruplets instead of twins, he knew that paying for school was going to be a challenge. Boy oh boy, was he right. All four of his now 18-year old sons— Aaron, Nick, Nigel and Zach of Lakota East High School […]
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LOS ANGELES, CA – In June, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will launch Academy Gold, a new entertainment industry-wide summer internship and mentoring program that will expand opportunities for students and young professionals from underrepresented communities. This initiative will afford top film entertainment, technology, production services and digital media companies an
After racking up acceptances letters from all eight Ivy League schools, a New Jersey teenager has a tough decision to make. A decision that most high school seniors can only imagine — which Ivy League school to choose to attend in the fall. Ifeoma White-Thorpe (17), said she was shaking when she got the eighth acceptance letter.
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Photo credit: Facebook We can never get enough of hearing that sweet#BlackGirlMagic news. Keep it coming. Speaking of BGM, Neurosurgery resident Nancy Abu Bohnsrah has made medical history as, the first black woman to be trained as a neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins medical school. According to CNN, in the 30 years that Johns Hopkins
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Activist, scholar, and writer Dr, Angela Davis will present at Southwestern College’s Speaker Series on Wednesday, March 15th. Born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1944, during Jim Crow, Angela Davis, a master scholar who studied at Sorbonne, became internationally known during the early seventies for her revolutionary involvement in the civil rights movement. Her activism catapulted
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Chance the Rapper is the man! The man that puts his money where his mouth is. The three time Grammy-award winning artist held a press conference today at Westcott Elementary School in Chicago to announce that he is donating $1 million to Chicago Public Schools. He shouted. “Our kids should not be held hostage because of political
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As we kick-off Women’s History Month, we’d like to acknowledge writer Margot Lee Shetterly. Margot, is the author of the book based on the film “Hidden Figures,” which she just happened to sell the movie rights while still working on the book. Shetterly’s book tells the true story of Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Dorothy
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The first in-prison program supported by Union Bank will train inmates to develop entrepreneurial and job skills SAN DIEGO, CA – As part of its ongoing commitment to support the San Diego community, The MUFG Union Bank Foundation donated $50,000 to non-profit Defy Ventures to bring its highly successful “CEO of Your New Life” (CEO YNL)
It goes without saying, there’s an extraordinary amount of pride that beams from students who have had an opportunity to attend Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). HBCUs are known as the primary institutions that educate leaders in our community. From producing some of the most successful doctors, lawyers, politicians, entertainment leaders and entrepreneurs, HBCUs have
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Sunday, the outstanding film Hidden Figures earned the highest honor at the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards. In an emotional speech Taraji P. Henson tells the world, “These women, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn and Mary Jackson are hidden figures no more! The ceremony was a bright night filled with finest Black actors in the industry promoting inclusion.
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