Randy Wilkins directs his long time mentor legendary director Spike in the documentary series "Dear." In an depth conversation with multi award winning entertainment journalist and red carpet correspondent Tanisha LaVerne Grant, Wilkins talks about i ...
Posted Thursday, August 6th 2020 at 8:34PM
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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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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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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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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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