By Char Adams Patrisse Cullors and Melina Abdullah defended BLM’s decision to buy a $6 million home in California amid concerns about the organization’s finances. Leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement are dismissing allegations that they mismanaged millions of dollars after a scathing New York Magazine report revealed that they had purchased a $6 million home
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By Meharry Medical College Meharry Medical College announced today that it has received a $20 million gift from author and philanthropist, Mackenzie Scott. These funds provide a significant opportunity for Meharry to meaningfully address health disparities and advance health equity while our nation and world are positioned for a moment of enormous change. Meharry’s unprecedented
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Courtesy of Virginia Union University On Monday, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares released his official opinion announcing that “the state has the ability to fund both public and private HBCUs in Virginia.” “This is a significant moment in time for HBCUs,” said Dr. Hakim J. Lucas, President and CEO of Virginia Union University. “While Virginia Union is recognized
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By Andrew Cohen As part of an effort across The Texas A&M University System to encourage students toward the teaching profession, chapters of the Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE — pronounced “taffy”) have begun to spring up statewide. At Prairie View A&M University, the new TAFE chapter has both sprung up and sprang into action. Advised
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By Emmanuel Freeman On Saturday, more than 4,000 eagerly waiting high school students and their families packed the Gentry Center Complex to get their first taste of TSU and the HBCU experience. It was Spring Preview Day at Tennessee State University, when the institution invites high school junior and seniors to various elaborate ceremonies across
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By The Associated Press The National Urban League released its annual report on the State of Black America on Tuesday, and its findings are grim. This year’s Equality Index shows Black people still get only 73.9 percent of the American pie white people enjoy. While Black people have made economic and health gains, they’ve slipped
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By Morehouse College Morehouse College, the nation’s only college dedicated to educating and developing men of color, emerged as the national champions of the 33rd Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC), the premier academic competition for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and one of Honda’s largest and longest running philanthropic initiatives in the United States.
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By Andrew Skerritt Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Public Health (CoPPS, IPH) has received a $707,000 research grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The one-year grant, “COVID-19 and Health Equity Clinical Trials,” will focus on identifying the significant gaps in local communities that contribute to
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Courtesy of Winston-Salem State University Occupational therapy involves the use of assessment and intervention to develop, recover, or maintain the meaningful activities, or occupations of individuals. All-to-often though, a key tool is missing for occupational therapists: mental health training. And mental health is a primary disrupter of one’s day-to-day life. Winston-Salem State University is on
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