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Black Female Mayors
Former WNBA Player Tamara James Elected Mayor of Florida Hometown After a fruitful career on the hardwood, former Washington Mystics player, Tamara James, plans to take her talents back to her hometown. The 32-year-old activist was recently named mayor of her old stomping grounds, Dania Beach, Fla., Broward County’s “oldest community” the Miami Herald reports. San Antonio Elects […]
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Buffett foundation unveils $90M plan to help girls of color
NEW YORK — In the 15-year existence of her girls’ empowerment organization, Joanne Smith has dealt with funders and donors but never quite like this: a foundation putting $90 million toward helping girls of color by letting them determine their needs instead of being told what the funds have to be used […]
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Sen. Holly J. Mitchell
Holly J. Mitchell has served in California’s Legislature since 2011. She was elected in 2014 to represent the 30th Senate District, which stretches from Century City to South Los Angeles, and includes Culver City, Cheviot Hills, the Crenshaw District, USC, Downtown and a portion of Inglewood. Senator Mitchell chairs the Committee on Budget and Fiscal […]
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Ben Guillory – Artistic Director of the Robey Theatre
Ben Guillory studied at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, and has worked extensively in theatre, film and television for the past 30 years as an actor and director. Currently, Mr. Guillory is the Producing Artistic Director of the award winning Robey Theatre Company, coordinating Robey’s playwright lab, directing the Robey play […]
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Lawmakers hear emotional testimony from Sandra Bland’s mother about bill to change jail standards
Two years after Sandra Bland was found dead in a Waller County jail cell after her arrest on a minor traffic violation, her mother came to the Texas Capitol to tell lawmakers to pass a bill named for her daughter that changes the “broken system” she said contributed to her daughter’s death. “I need you all […]
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FREDERICK DOUGLASS HONORED ON NEW QUARTER
The U.S. Mint celebrated the release of a new quarter dedicated to abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The quarter was officially launched Tuesday during a ceremony at the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in Washington D.C. The event included special recognition of the quarter’s designer, Thomas Hipschen, as well as recitations by 2016 Frederick Douglass Oratorical […]
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Dr. Bill Releford and Erich “Coach E” Nall
Dr. Bill Releford a graduate of the Temple School of Podiatric Medicine in Philadelphia, began his practice in 1990 and established the Diabetic Foot Institute, a facility dedicated exclusively to the reduction of diabetes-related amputations in high-risk populations. Dr. Releford is recognized both domestically as well as internationally as a leader in the field of […]
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Africa has 170m Facebook users
Johannesburg – Facebook has increased its number of African users to 170 million and plans to expand further by adding wi-fi hotspots and fibre optic cables, in a bid to spread its reach outside of developed markets. The figure is 42 percent higher than when the US social network first opened an Africa […]
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Dr. David Horne
Dr. David Horne is a tenured full professor of Critical Thinking and African History and is the former chair of the Pan-African Studies Department at Cal State University Northridge. He also teaches graduate public policy and introductory political analysis and is the graduate advisor for the department. He is the original Executive Director […]
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Dr. Melina Abdullah
Melina Abdullah is Professor and Chair of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles and immediate past campus president and current Council for Affirmative Action Chair for the California Faculty Association (the faculty union). Dr. Abdullah earned her Ph.D. from the University of Southern California in Political Science and her B.A. from Howard […]
