Police Reform: Do Black Lives Really Matter?
A controversial book released by Yorkshire Publishing, “Guilty When Black,” is raising eyebrows in nation where law enforcement and police unions have long been considered protectors of the people. The question is: which people are they protecting? In Oklahoma, as many states, where police oversight and qualified immunity are staunchly guarded and where choke holds and racial […]
Powerful Documentary “The Race Epidemic” Premieres At CAAMFest
Film Explores the Epidemic of Hate Against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) Spread by the COVID-19 Pandemic
Toyota Strengthens Funding To Local And National AAPI Organizations
Holistic programming with partners builds upon long-standing commitment, improving access to new opportunities PLANO, Texas – Empowering young people to envision their full potential, to achieve a future without limits – that’s the kind of mindset Toyota Motor North America (TMNA), working with community partners such as Asian Pacific Islander American Scholars (APIA Scholars), is striving […]
Influencing The Quality Of Education
Do we really believe that every child can succeed? How does the view that a child’s potential is limited affect our ability to reach that child and inhibit his growth and academic success? The largely unexplored, and in some cases erroneous, beliefs held by many mainstream educators have resulted in ineffective and even damaging educational practice. The way we view students and learning affects what we teach, how we teach, and ultimately, student learning. Some teachers design curricula as if diversity didn’t exist; they ignore or are unaware of how their students’ backgrounds or contexts shape their learning styles and affect their achievement.
Queen’s University historian releases new book on American evangelicals and the radical right
An historian from Queen’s University Belfast has launched a new book on one of the most controversial political movements in the American Christian Right. Survival and Resistance in Evangelical America: Christian Reconstruction in the Pacific Northwest’, by Professor Crawford Gribben from the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen’s, has recently been published […]
‘MIXED: Exploring What It Means to Be Blended in America’ by Jeanne Jones
Mascot Books announces the release of Mixed: Exploring What It Means to Be Blended in America, written by Jeanne Jones. Mixed is Jeanne Jones’s reflection on being a white wife and mother raising her blended biracial family in the Midwest, while also providing the call-to-action America so desperately needs: to fix the rampant racial injustice this country faces — not […]
American Honda Foundation Collaborative is Boosting STEAM Interest and Learning Among Young Black and Latino Men
The American Honda Foundation committed $2.5 million over a five-year period when it established the Honda STEAM Collaborative, a cradle-to-college and career pipeline for young Black and Latino men in the Greater Los Angeles area. The funding provided resources and support to eight nonprofit educational organizations in the areas of science, technology, engineering, arts and […]
O3 Home Solar Becomes Official Sponsor of the Frisco RoughRiders
The Frisco RoughRiders and O3 Home Solar (a subsidiary of O3 Energy Corporation), a leader in residential solar energy providers have today announced a three year partnership naming O3 Home Solar an official partner for the baseball team. Central to this partnership the O3 Home Solar team will have a booth positioned inside the stadium that will […]
Nevada Special Education Teacher Named 2021 National Teacher of the Year
The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) announced that Juliana Urtubey, an elementary school special education teacher, is the 2021 National Teacher of the Year. Urtubey, an educator for 11 years, teaches at Kermit R. Booker, Sr. Innovative Elementary School in Las Vegas, where she serves as a co-teacher in pre-kindergarten through fifth-grade special education […]
Hyundai Motor America Selects Culture Brands as its African American Marketing Agency of Record
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., May 7, 2021 – Hyundai Motor America has selected independent and minority- and female-owned Culture Brands as its African American marketing agency of record. Culture Brands will provide strategic marketing solutions for reaching and engaging African American audiences more effectively and will begin work this month with the launch of the all-new 2022 Tucson. Hyundai […]