Wesleyan Impact Partners, a national nonprofit fueled by impact investors, borrowers, and philanthropists investing in ministries and innovative leaders, announces its 2023 Locke Innovative Leader Award recipients. These four spiritual entrepreneurs ...
Posted Friday, April 7th 2023 at 3:33PM
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https://conta.cc/3MreJTE BOBSA NEWSLETTER #1 APR 2023
The BOBSA newsletter is a valuable resource for members who want to stay up-to-date on the latest industry news, trends, and events. It features a range of content, from updates on BOBSA happe ...
Posted Friday, April 7th 2023 at 3:09PM
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The Black and Jewish communities have been subject to racism, oppression and genocide for centuries.
Black social worker and Director of JCSU’s Master of Social Work Program Dr. Melvin Herring connected with the Charlotte Black/Jewish Alliance alo ...
Posted Friday, April 7th 2023 at 3:05PM
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded Texas Southern University $3 million for the Center of Excellence for Housing and Community Development Policy Research (CEHCDPR). This funding is part of a $5.5 million award fro ...
Posted Friday, April 7th 2023 at 2:53PM
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The Albany State University (ASU) Department of Visual and Performing Arts will present the Tony-Award winning musical “The Color Purple” beginning Friday, April 14 through Sunday, April 16, at the Billy C. Black Auditorium on the ASU East Campus.
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Posted Friday, April 7th 2023 at 2:24PM
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The Tennessee House of Representatives has voted to expel Reps Justin Jones and Justin Pearson after they joined in a gun control protest on the House floor
Jones and Pearson, both black and aged 27, were with a white colleague, Gloria Johnson, pr ...
Posted Friday, April 7th 2023 at 10:25AM
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On Wednesday, April 5, 2023, the Colorado Community College System (CCCS) announced new transfer agreements with Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) and Texas Southern University (TSU)— two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in a his ...
Posted Friday, April 7th 2023 at 9:59AM
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In competitive cheerleading, participants have only 2 minutes and 15 seconds to earn a perfect score of 100, with tumbling, stunts and degree of difficulty among the many factors that can distinguish a first-place team from a runner-up.
Since 1948 ...
Posted Friday, April 7th 2023 at 9:57AM
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“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind!”
It’s been more than five decades since the last time humans left low-Earth orbit and 54 years since Neil Armstrong uttered those words after being the first man to land on the Moon. Now ...
Posted Friday, April 7th 2023 at 9:51AM
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On Tuesday, students at Bennett College declared that they won’t be attending classes until “the matters regarding counseling services are addressed.”
In a joint statement by the HBCUs’ SGA president Zakyha Jones-Waler and the 43rd Miss Bennet Col ...
Posted Friday, April 7th 2023 at 9:48AM
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After Redditors called out a Virginia-based tech firm for posting an “illegal and nauseating” job ad—which specified that only white US-born citizens would be considered—Arthur Grand Technologies has deleted the ad and shut down its website and socia ...
Posted Thursday, April 6th 2023 at 10:08AM
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On the Road through Medical School in Her Loyal Nissan Pathfinder
From 2003 to 2009, Dr. Ima Payton Thompson relied on a loyal Nissan Pathfinder to trek through the ups and downs of both Spelman College and Morehouse Medical School. This vehicle s ...
Posted Wednesday, April 5th 2023 at 6:46PM
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A big, successful celebration for Wilberforce University recently.
Dawn Dance is the traditional invitation for alumni to return to their alma mater to celebrate the spring season and honor Wilberforce, the nation's first, private historically Bla ...
Posted Wednesday, April 5th 2023 at 6:36PM
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Did you know that since 2021, the Federal Government has infused an historic $5.8 billion into the economy for cumulative investment and support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)?
After decades of federal, state, and local u ...
Posted Wednesday, April 5th 2023 at 5:57PM
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Former NC A&T assistant Chris Barnette has found a new HBCU home — but it is at Winston Salem State University, not South Carolina State.
Barnette has been named the offensive coordinator at Winston-Salem State , according to the Winston-Salem Jou ...
Posted Wednesday, April 5th 2023 at 5:50PM
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