By Nyesha Stone When Jasmine Crowe moved to Atlanta, she noticed how big the homeless population was, so she took matters into her own hands and started cooking for them. At first, she prepared meals every two weeks, but now she’s helping on a larger scale. It started one day when Crowe was upset after […]
Storytelling Used to Educate Vulnerable Children and Families about Trafficking
By Shamim Sarif Around the world – and close to home – as many as four million people each year are trafficked for forced labor and sexual exploitation. Sadly, about 50% of those are children. Now, Headwaters Relief Organization, an international non-profit disaster relief organization, is teaming with me to raise funds to educate communities […]
Butterfield Introduces ‘BRIDGE Act’ to Push STEM Education, Employment
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The United States will need an estimated 1 million more STEM professionals by 2022 to keep up with workforce demands, according to U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.). To help meet that need Butterfield has introduced HR 1586, which would amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization […]
‘Weeping Time’ Author, Historian Anne C. Bailey Discusses Slave Auctions and her Involvement in NY Times’ 1619 Project
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Binghamton University Historian Anne C. Bailey has studied slavery and the plight of African Americans for quite some time. She has read books about the history of slavery and watched the 1970s television mini-series, “Roots,” the story of author Alex Haley’s enslaved ancestors. As commemorations of the […]
Three Day Event Planned to Commemorate First African Landing in Virginia
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia In August 1619, more than 20 Africans landed at Old Point Comfort, the present-day Fort Monroe in Hampton, Va., and were forced into labor as slaves. That was the beginning of the slave trade in America. This month, 400 years after that humiliating and disgraceful day, the […]
Agriculture Department Updates Guidelines To Determine If Students Are Eligible for Free Meals
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition service announced that updates were made to the income eligibility guidelines, which determine who is eligible for meals served at schools and daycare programs. The guidelines, which are based on federal poverty levels, are updated annually. The updates are effective from […]
Hip-Hop in Milwaukee: 88Nine’s New Podcast Explores the History
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz When was the first hip-hop song recorded in Milwaukee? That was the question a team at 88Nine Radio Milwaukee had earlier this year. As 88Nine dived into this journey, the team decided to share the process through a podcast, which explored Milwaukee’s musical history. The podcast, called “Backspin”, was released earlier this […]
Senator Kamala Harris and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Introduce Fair Chance at Housing Act
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia On Wednesday, July 10, California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced the introduction of their Fair Chance at Housing Act to remove barriers to obtaining federal housing assistance for individuals with criminal records and their families. The proposal is a comprehensive reform […]
AmeriCorps VISTA Applications are Now Open
By Nyesha Stone When Michelle Johnson and Molly Wirz finished their undergraduate degrees, they decided to take a gap year before going into their respective graduate programs. They decided to join AmeriCorps VISTA, which encourages college graduates to pursue careers in public service by working in city governments throughout the country. According to the women, […]
Ava DuVernay’s “When They See Us” Wins Mass Attention for Focus on Falsely Accused Central Park Five
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Contributor The painful true stories of five falsely accused young men, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, and Korey Wise, has been brought to light in excruciatingly vivid detail by director Ava DuVernay. The group known as the Central Park Five would receive 6 to 13 years […]
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