Spotlights
Dominion Energy awards $10,000 grant to Junior Achievement; hosts high school students for job shadow day
Junior Achievement of Greater South Carolina has received a $10,000 grant from Dominion Energy. The gift to the educational nonprofit will help prepare the next generation of entrepreneurs to achieve great things in the global economy. In addition to the grant, Dominion Energy hosted high school students from Lexington County School District One for a…
Read MoreSave The Children Gives South Carolina Girl Star Treatment in Hollywood in Honor of International Day of the Girl
Breyanna Williams, a fifth grader from Blackville, S.C., traveled to Los Angeles with global humanitarian organization Save the Children for a day of star-studded events on Tuesday, October 11 celebrating International Day of the Girl. Marked globally by the United Nations, International Day of the Girl is a designated day for communities and policymakers to…
Read MoreAlpha Kappa Alpha Raising $10 Million for HBCUs
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated is proving that the service organization is a true advocate of our nation’s historically black universities and colleges (HBCUs). International President Dr. Glenda Glover has announced that the sorority will raise $1 million for the institutions on Monday, September 17th. Designated by the sorority as HBCU Community Impact Day, the…
Read MoreHBCU Millennials Energized to Vote!
By Lauren Poteat, NNPA Newswire Washington Correspondent During the contentious 2016 presidential race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, voter turnout still proved to be at an all-time low among students who attended Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). In a report released by Tufts University, 2016 voter turnout plummeted by more than 10 points at…
Read MoreMLB Deputy Commissioner Dan Halem Is Working to Increase Diversity on the Field and in the Front Office
By Tyvan Burns, Diamond Durant, Denver Lark (#TeamOptimistic, NNPA DTU Journalism Fellowship) Dating back to 1947, when Jackie Robinson became the first African American Major League Baseball (MLB) player for the Brooklyn Dodgers, increasing diversity and inclusion continue to be two of the league’s most important objectives. As the league’s Deputy Commissioner for Baseball Administration,…
Read MoreBurke High School Educators Amelia Little and Edgar Johnson Honored at National Education Conference
New Tech Network (NTN) recognized Burke High School teachers, Amelia Little and Edgar “Chopper” Johnson from Charleston, South Carolina, with the NTN Best-in-Network award for their project, “Finding a Voice,” at the New Tech Annual Conference (NTAC) held in St. Louis, Missouri July 11-15. New Tech Network, a national nonprofit organization, is a leading design…
Read MoreRichmond, Va. School Board Changes Confederate Named School to Barack Obama Elementary
By Ronald E. Carrington Special from the Richmond Free Press (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Barack Obama in. J.E.B. Stuart out. The Richmond School Board voted this month to change the name of J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School to Barack Obama Elementary School.The new name for the school at 3101 Fendall Ave. in North Side Richmond should be in…
Read MoreSouth Carolina’s 2018 Sales Tax Holiday kicks off on Friday, August 3
Get ready for South Carolina’s annual Sales Tax Holiday weekend with a list of items that will be tax free from Friday, August 3, through Sunday, August 5, 2018. During tax free weekend, a variety of back-to-school essentials are exempt from the state’s 6% Sales Tax and any applicable local taxes. Tax free items range…
Read MoreBlack Press, HBCUs Key to Energy Industry’s Outreach in the Black Community
By Freddie Allen, Editor-in-Chief, NNPA Newswire and BlackPressUSA.com As workers in the energy sector reach retirement age, the need to recruit, train and hire younger, more diverse talent will increase, dramatically. That’s why the American Petroleum Institute (API), “the only national trade association that represents all aspects of America’s oil and natural gas industry,” according…
Read MoreUtah State and Fort Hare University Conservationist Tapped for U.N. Expert Panel on Biodiversity
U.N. activities for World Environment Day on June 6 were focused this year on plastic pollution. Marked every year since 1974, the day is celebrated in over 100 countries. Dr. Luthando Dziba, managing executive for conservation services at South African National Parks (SANParks) has been appointed to the UN body on biodiversity and ecosystems. Dziba,…
Read More