By Ruchi Kumar Prossy Muyingo is being honored as a “heroine of health” for helping women make more informed choices about family planning and reproductive health. She says she couldn’t have done it without hair braiding. Muyingo is one of twelve women honored with that title at the Women Deliver 2023 Conference, an annual international event
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By Hazel Scott A monument honoring famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman will be unveiled during âThe Colvin-Feagin Annual Art and Jazz Show,â sponsored by The National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture at Alabama State University. The event is slated for Thursday, August 24, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Universityâs Montgomery Interpretive
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Courtesy of Stillman College Stillman College has been awarded a grant to develop the Stillman-Brown Memorial Child Care Program, an initiative that will provide child care services to more than 100 students who are parents on campus. The grant is being awarded by the Alabama Power Foundation. The child care program is a partnership between
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College students and professors in Florida are suing education officials over a new law spurred by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantisâ war on âwoke,â saying it violates their constitutional rights by censoring academic freedom. The lawsuit was filed in federal court Monday by students and professors at New College, a progressive school with a prominent LGBTQ+ community
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By Jessica Moulite Since 2021, Amy Y. Quarkume, PhD, has investigated the impacts of environmental data bias on eight Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities across the United States. Quarkume is an Africana Studies professor and the graduate director of Howard University’s inaugural Center for Applied Data Science and Analytics program. Through in-depth interviews with community members, modeling, and mapping, her
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Courtesy of Saint Augustine’s University Minority North Carolina residents will be more represented in the public health workforce this summer. Saint Augustineâs University (SAU) students Jeremiah Reese, Jennifer Hunt, Hannah Jackson, and Lee Sales have accepted internships with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) as part of the departmentâs Historically Black
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By Amber D. Dodd Howard University hosted a two-day conference, âHip Hop 50: Past, Present, and Future Conference,â in celebration of the genreâs 50th anniversary. Conference organizers included Benita King, Dr. David Greene, Dr. Roger Caruth, and a committee of faculty members and students throughout the University. King said her sonâs desire to experience hip-hop in the classroom
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By Alexis Clark This yearâs Faculty and Staff Institute (FSI) was particularly special as it marked the beginning of a new academic year filled with remarkable achievements and the promise of even greater accomplishments to come, along with a significant announcement later from President Dr. Glenda Glover. President Glover took the stage in front of
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By Janelle Griffith As the start of the school year approaches in Florida, some teachers say chaos and confusion have marked the days leading up to reopening as they navigate how to teach under new state policies. Teachers say they are going into classrooms less confident about their lesson plans, confused about changes to state laws and on high
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Courtesy of Prairie View A&M University Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner is all set to address Prairie View A&M Universityâs summer 2023 graduating class. The 62nd mayor of the nationâs fourth-largest city will serve as the distinguished speaker at the Universityâs 112th Summer Commencement Convocation on Saturday, Aug. 12. Over 200 students are expected to walk across the
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