On September 28, United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., announced that six schools in Louisiana received more than $6.8 million as a part of the U.S. Department of Education’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Institutional Aid Program. “I have long supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities and fought to provide them with the resources [...]
The CBCF Emerging Leaders Internship Program sponsored by Walmart is a semester‐long paid internship for college students. Interns work four days a week on Capitol Hill, in federal agencies and at non‐profit organizations. On Friday afternoons, interns attend educational seminars that focus on domestic and international issues, participate in leadership‐training sessions and visit cultural and [...]
On Friday, September 24th, 200 Target Team Members and over 1,300 community members came together to celebrate the opening of the new library at Lynn/Urquides Elementary School in Tucson, AZ. Earlier this year Lynn/Urquides was chosen to be the recipient of a library makeover. Target and Heart of America Foundation have partnered together to support [...]
On September 23, first-year pharmacy students at Hampton University gathered in Ogden Hall to participate in the symbolic White Coat Ceremony. The ceremony helps students gain a sense of the School’s core values that focus on professionalism, respect, integrity and caring. By donning the white coat, students show their dedication to health care and the [...]
Amy S. Hilliard is founder, president and chief executive of Chicago-based ComfortCake Company LLC, a major distributor of southern-style pound cakes. Hilliard was the first African-American elected to the board of directors of the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade. She is author of “TAP INTO YOUR JUICE: Find Your Gifts, Lose Your Fears, [...]
On Tuesday, September 15, the Greater Washington Sports Alliance (GWSA) held their annual Sneakerball charity event, the only black tie and sneakers gala that annually celebrates the best of sports in the Greater Washington, D.C. region. Several sports enthusiasts, politicians, philanthropist and fashionistas gathered at the National Building Museum for a night of no holds [...]
Grammy nominated, platinum recording artist and “American Idol” winner Jordin Sparks visited the kids at the Thurgood Marshall Academy afterschool program in Harlem yesterday. Sparks, the new spokesperson for the Quaker Chewy Afterschool Rocks Campaign, is lending her voice to to help generate support for afterschool programs and fuel activities with whole grain nutrition to give kids a strong [...]
According to the New York Times , Mark Zuckerberg CEO and founder of Facebook, plans to donate $100 Million Dollars to Newark Public Schools. Democratic Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Republican Gov. Chris Christie and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg are expected to announce the donation Friday on Oprah Winfrey’s Chicago-based syndicated television show. Congratulations Zuckerberg for making [...]
On Monday Oprah Winfrey dedicated her show to a new documentary about public education called “Waiting for Superman.” The documentary is a gripping story about the state of public school systems in America, told through the eyes of five hopeful students. During the show Oprah Winfrey gave away the last $6 million of her Oprah Winfrey’s Angel Foundation [...]
On September 14, Jones Magazine held their First Annual JONES Awards, celebrating diversity in Fashion and Beauty sponsored by My Black is Beautiful (MBIB). New Yorks finest trendsetters and tastemakers gathered at the Alvin Citigroup Theater for the inaugural affair. Kisha Mitchell & Pamela Rhett of MBIB with Publisher L. Londell McMill and Editor-in-Chief Tracey Ferguson JONES Magazine and My [...]
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