Inside Look
What’s Good For The Goose Is Good For The Gander… Unless You’re The Mayor’s Son
By Barney Blakeney Isis Frasier says she hasn’t taught her 14-year daughter to be racist, so when a white schoolmate called the girl a “coon”, the girl had no idea what the term meant. Unfamiliar with the term used generations ago to denigrate Black people, the girl used her cell phone to Google the term.…
Read MoreHoward University Cancels 2020 Commencement After Reporting First Direct Coronavirus Case
By Josyana Joshua Special from the Howard University News Service (Howard University News Service/TriceEdneyNewsWire) – As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread throughout the world and the United States, Howard University announced their first direct positive case of the virus and announced that the school’s commencement would be canceled. In an emailed statement, Howard University President…
Read MoreZimbabwe Tries Fine Or Jail To Keep Children In School
Zimbabwe is experimenting with a bold attempt to make parents prioritize education and bring down drop-out rates. Harare has amended its laws to make the first 12 years of schooling compulsory. Children are now required by law to stay in school for an extra five years to 16 years of age. It is also now…
Read MoreCofC Serves Empowers Cougars to Give Back
By Amanda Kerr Being of service is about giving back to make a difference not because you’ll receive praise, but because you take joy in knowing your efforts will make someone else’s life better. That’s why the College of Charleston’s 250th Community Engagement Committee, in connection with the 250th Anniversary Celebration Office, is launching CofCServes as part…
Read MoreNew Grant to Help Reduce Unplanned Pregnancies in Berkeley County
Berkeley County First Steps has received a $2,500 grant from the New Morning Foundation to expand its doula contraceptive education services within the Choose Well initiative of the Foundation. The new funding will enable the nonprofit’s doula program to expand from providing individual labor support to women throughout the Berkeley County community to also offering…
Read MoreBlack Chicago Swim Team Member Confronted by Police, Files Lawsuit Against Three Police Departments
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor Jaylan Butler, a swimmer at Eastern Illinois University, said he was unlawfully confronted by a police officer who pressed a handgun to his forehead and warned that if he kept moving, he would have his head blown off, is suing the police department. The incident took place on…
Read MoreAfrican Students Trapped In China As Home Countries Deny Re-Entry
The coronavirus is spreading fast beyond its China borders, with cases now rising in parts of Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Some 90,000 people have been infected in over 65 countries and 3,000 worldwide have died of Covid-19. As soon as the virus emerged, the World Health Organization named thirteen countries in Africa (Algeria,…
Read MoreHarvard Graduate Builds Fastest Growing Black-Owned School Turnaround Non-Profit Working to Improve the Lives of Underserved Children
There is much you can accomplish with a Harvard Law degree, but one graduate has used his to build a groundbreaking school turnaround network focused on serving children in underserved communities across the country. Earl Martin Phalen graduated from Harvard Law School in 1993 and is CEO and Founder of George and Veronica Phalen Leadership…
Read MoreTri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative makes staff changes
Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative’s (TCCC) staff is growing and changing. LaTisha Vaughn has been promoted to chief operations officer (COO) and Marcus Trinidad has transitioned from working for TCCC as an AmeriCorps VISTA to a permanent full-time position as collective impact project manager. Vaughn previously owned and operated Engineering for Kids Charleston and owned…
Read MoreCivil Rights Veteran Revisits School Victory
As a child in Summerton after World War Two, Celestine Parson Lloyd took part in a groundbreaking study to fight school segregation, a fight her parents and NAACP lawyers carried to victory in the U.S. Supreme Court. On Jan. 15, Ms. Parson Lloyd, now of Mount Vernon, New York, relived a moment of that fight—and…
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