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JUSTSPEAK: The Oscars—The Final Frontier Of “White Spaces?”

May 30, 2016
c-oscarstatue_Davidlohr-BuesoWe have focused so much attention on “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria* that we missed the obvious—the continued existence of “white spaces.” These are arenas where white people congregate and make influential decisions but are viewed as “normal.” There is no discussion of “why are all the white kids sitting together in the cafeteria.” White spaces are spheres of influence where social and economic privilege and the power of whiteness intersect. Historically, they developed as the “norm” and “natural” outcome of profound social beliefs in biological, cultural and intellectual white superiority or white supremacy.
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SCIENCESpeak: Hands-On Science-STEM REACH 2020 Seeks To Develop The Next Generation Of Black And Hispanic Science Giants

May 30, 2016
use_0685-copyHow do you entice a bunch of squirming children to settle down, take turns asking questions, introduce themselves and explain how to program a robot? Engage them in hands-on science. That is precisely what took place on Friday, March 11, 2016 at Howard University as part of Black Press Week in Washington, D.C.

The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Foundation held a ground-breaking summit “Best Practices in STEM” with a Fiber Optics inventor, two NASA Roboticists and a women’s robotics team. Sound routine? Anything but, since every person presenting was African American and the audience was comprised of Howard University undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff, and over 80 Black and Hispanic students from local schools representing grades 3-6.
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Posted by Irma McClaurin.

 

SCIENCESpeak: Brown And Black Giants Of Science: Making The Invisible Visible (Part 1)

May 30, 2016

“There is no American History without Black American History.” Lonnie Bunch, Director, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)
If it is true that there can be no American history without Black American history, then it is also true that there can be no history of science in America without recognition of the contributions that Africans, African Americans and Hispanics have made to the development of science, technology, engineering and math. Yet these contribution to STEM, which increasingly shapes our daily lives, is virtually invisible.
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Partners Y Compañeros: NNPA And NAHP

May 30, 2016
Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, deputy assistant secretary for Minority Health and director of the Office of Minority Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (l) is introduced by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, NNPA president and CEO (c) to Martha Montoya, NAHP president and Janis L Ware, NNPA executive board member, publisher, The Atlanta Voice at the National Press Club on Friday, March 11, 2016 in Washington D.C. Photo by Roy LewisThis year’s annual Black Press Week (March 9-11, 2016) marked the beginning of what is destined to be a long-term collaboration between the National Newspaper Publishers Association and the National Association of Hispanic Publications.

Founded 76 years ago, the NNPA serves as the trade organization for 205 member Black publications and media outlets located across the United States from the nation’s capital of Washington, DC to California.
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Artspeak: On Love… Of Humanity

May 30, 2016
canstockphotoToday, February 14, 2016, in the U.S and around the world we celebrate love. Most people associate this ritual with romantic love—the feelings we hold for someone with whom we are intimate or close friends. We also use it as a time to celebrate siblings, relatives, co-workers as people we “love.”

Valentine’s Day, Dia de São Valentim (Brazil), or Dia dos Namorados (Latin America) is believed to be connected to the Roman holiday Lupercalia celebrated to ward off evil spirits and purify the people, bringing good health.
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Remembering Julian Bond (January 14, 1940 – August 15, 2015)

October 19, 2015

bond julian 300On hearing the announcement that Julian Bond had passed on to the ancestors, I knew greatness had left us. The event gave me pause and I tried to remember when I first found myself in the sphere of influence of this great American leader. 


Remembering Julian Bond took me back to my college days. It was there I had t crossed his path and come into his political orbit. He was this great Black leader that my very white college invited to speak on campus as part of the "Program in Practical Political Education."

I was a freshmen, fresh off the bus from inner city Chicago and it's segregated neighborhoods and separate and unequal public schools. And now I was part of a group of 18 Black students, the largest number ever admitted to Grinnell College—the first wave of integration into PWIs (predominately white institutions).
On hearing the announcement that Julian Bond had passed on to the ancestors, I knew greatness had left us. The event gave me pause and I tried to remember when I first found myself in the sphere of influence of this great American leader. 

Remembering Julian Bond took me back to my college days. It was there I had t crossed his path and come into his political orbit. He was this great Black leader that my very white college invited to speak on campus as part of the "Program in Practical Political Education."

I was a freshmen, fresh off the bus from inner city Chicago and it's segregated neighborhoods and separate and unequal public schools. And now I was part of a group of 18 Black students, the largest number ever admitted to Grinnell College—the first wave of integration into PWIs (predominately white institutions).
Original Post: MONDAY, 31 AUGUST 2015 
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Posted by Irma McClaurin. Posted In : Leadership 

 
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