For Immediate Release From Center For Faith & Opportunities Initiatives!
Secretary DeVos has issued a rule (https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/secretary-devos-issues-rule-ensure-cares-act-funding-serves-all-students?utm_content=&utm_medium ...
Posted Thursday, August 6th 2020 at 12:56PM
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For Immediate Release From White House Hispanic Initiative! NUESTRA INICIATIVA
July 2020 Issue
On July 9, an Executive Order establishing the White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative was signed at a Rose Garden ceremony. This initiative, hou ...
Posted Wednesday, August 5th 2020 at 3:21PM
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With safety as its guiding principle, Alcorn has decided to implement a phased return to campus for students.
Beginning Aug. 17, 2020, learning will be 100% online for the first three weeks of the fall semester. Starting on Aug. 15, 2020, the U ...
Posted Monday, August 3rd 2020 at 7:22PM
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For Immediate Release From White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans!
The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans (WHIEEAA), housed at the U.S. Department of Education (ED), held a virt ...
Posted Monday, August 3rd 2020 at 2:26PM
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For Immediate Release From Bazelon Law Center For Mental Health!
Bazelon Center Receives $50K Grant from Borealis Philanthropy Immigration Litigation Fund
In July, the Bazelon Center received a one year, $50,000 grant from the Borealis Phi ...
Posted Monday, August 3rd 2020 at 1:37PM
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By: Kenneth Mullinax/ASU
As the nation honored the life and legacy of the late civil rights icon, Congressman John Lewis, Alabama State University’s Golden Ambassadors were invited to be a part of the official party at the ceremony that took place ...
Posted Friday, July 31st 2020 at 5:34PM
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RIP Senator John Lewis BLM Rights Activist. I recall when I first heard him speak in 1963 at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in the nation's capital (https://rb.gy/cdva2j). Ever since that historic day, he's been one of my role models wh ...
Posted Thursday, July 30th 2020 at 4:50PM
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For Immediate Release From The New York Times!
‘Democracy Is Not a State. It Is an Act.’ U.S. Representative John Lewis’s final words.
The brief essay that Representative John Lewis sent me two days before his death — to be publishe ...
Posted Thursday, July 30th 2020 at 10:36AM
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For Immediate Release From TIME!
"John Lewis Gave the Next Generation of Activists Our Marching Orders. Let's Make Him Proud"
Our elders become our ancestors to remind us to be free. When Toni Morrison passed, it was this thought that broug ...
Posted Wednesday, July 29th 2020 at 12:44PM
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Urban Alternative Format Brings Hip Hop, R&B, Neo Soul… and Madd Hatta to Expansion.
Texas Southern University’s Division of University Advancement is excited to announce the continued expansion of KTSU 90.9 FM with a new digital station. The ...
Posted Tuesday, July 28th 2020 at 6:36PM
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Comedian Preacher Lawson is coming off yet another competition this one is called TOURNAMENT OF LAUGHS where he will be competing with some of the best legendary comics in the business. Known for being a finalist on the 12th season of America's Got ...
Posted Monday, July 27th 2020 at 5:56PM
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For Immediate Release From OCTAE!
The Council on Economic Mobility Is Seeking Stakeholder Input: Comment on the Council’s Request for Information by Oct. 2, 2020
The Council on Economic Mobility (Council) is seeking stakeholder input throug ...
Posted Friday, July 24th 2020 at 2:58PM
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For Immediate Release From ODEP!
July 24, 2020
Increasing Access and Opportunity
Jennifer Sheehy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability Employment Policy, wrote a blog for the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilitie ...
Posted Friday, July 24th 2020 at 2:08PM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM HIS ROYAL MAJESTY GENERAL MAJORITY WHIP JAMES CLYBURN!
Year after year, Georgia Congressman John Lewis would gather community leaders and politicians at the Edmund Pettus Bridge to commemorate the 1965 “Bloody Sund ...
Posted Friday, July 24th 2020 at 1:17PM
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For Immediate Release From Atlanta, GA Archdiocese!
WHAT: VIRTUAL CATECHIST CONFERENCE 2020
WHEN: AUGUST 22, 2020
HOW: REGISTER ONLINE AT https://www.virtualcatholicconference.com/ACC2020?
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Posted Thursday, July 23rd 2020 at 2:31PM
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Oakwood University has scaled its Reopening Plan to Hybrid Operations or Scenario #2, as described on page 4 of the University's Reopening Plan. Hybrid operations include both Remote Learning and Face-to-Face Learning. The University will continue to ...
Posted Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 at 5:27PM
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For Immediate Release From Levine-Oliver Publisher, Inc.!
SPECIAL EDITION Table of Contents:
THE OBAMA FOUNDATION NEWS: “My Statement On The
Passing Of Congressman John P. Lewis!”
EDWARD F. KENNEDY INSTITUTE NEWS: 30t ...
Posted Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 at 1:16PM
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A new innovation has been added to the list of patents that have come out of Delaware State University.
Recently the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded the University and Dr. Mukti Rana, Professor of Physics and Engineering, a patent for th ...
Posted Tuesday, July 21st 2020 at 7:22PM
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Vanderbilt Health is now hiring for Registered Nurses (RNs) to work in the Oncology Bone Marrow Transplant specialty area. The Registered Nurse Oncology Bone Marrow Transplant is a full-time position (36/hours/week) and also includes a $10,000 sign-on bonus PLUS relocation assistance! If you are int ...
Posted Tuesday, July 21st 2020 at 6:49PM
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For Immediate Release From TIME!
(LOS ANGELES) — Michelle Obama will let her own voice be heard on a new podcast.
The former first lady will host “The Michelle Obama Podcast” on the streaming service, the Obama’s Higher Ground and Spo ...
Posted Monday, July 20th 2020 at 3:05PM
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Actor Stephen Bishop best known for his role as David on BET's "Being Mary Jane." has hit the big screen once again in "Fatal Affair" a brand new film starring and executive produced by Nia Long one of Hollywood's legendary actresses discovered by th ...
Posted Monday, July 20th 2020 at 12:27AM
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Since becoming the first person in her family to attend college, Alexis Brown, a junior biology major at Alcorn State University, has been focused on making her loved ones proud. Her work ethic and latest internship opportunity are testaments to her ...
Posted Thursday, July 16th 2020 at 5:53PM
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For Immediate Release From NLCH&P!
Each month as rent comes due, more and more Americans can’t pay it: the pandemic coupled with the resulting economic crisis means choosing between paying rent and putting food on the table. A recent estimat ...
Posted Thursday, July 16th 2020 at 3:20PM
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For Immediate Release From WHIAAPPI!
The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders would like to invite you to the AAPI Young Leaders Summit!
WHEN: July 20-23, 2020
TIME: 4 p.m. EST daily,
WHAT: Please join ...
Posted Thursday, July 16th 2020 at 2:15PM
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Join The United States Census Bureau effort to help your community! It is important the black community to get counted so that resources for education, health, and grants are going where they are needed most. That includes babies, young children, fos ...
Posted Monday, July 13th 2020 at 7:34PM
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