Sesame Workshop’s New “ABCs of Racial Literacy” Content to Help Families Talk to Children About Race and Identity
(New York, NY) – Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, is releasing new resources to support families in talking to their children about race and racism. The “ABCs of Racial Literacy” is part of Coming Together, Sesame Workshop’s ongoing commitment to racial justice. Designed to provide families with the tools they need to build racial […]
New Smokey Bear PSAs Urge Responsibility as People Spend More Time Outside
Washington, D.C. (March 22, 2021) – Ahead of spring outdoor recreation season, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, the National Association of State Foresters and the Ad Council today announced a new public service advertisement (PSA) from Smokey Bear’s Wildfire Prevention campaign encouraging Americans to explore nature responsibly by taking steps to prevent wildfires. […]
Thurgood Marshall College Fund partners on Sweet Scholarship for HBCUs
Students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Predominantly Black Institutions encouraged to apply for the Mischief for Change Scholarship. [videopack id=”74044″]https://videos.files.wordpress.com/yvx8vNhv/spk_scholarship_mp4_hd.mp4[/videopack] The Thurgood Marshall College Fund in partnership with Sour Patch Kids brand and with the support of basketball star Chris Paul has opened up an opportunity for students attending or planning on attending […]
#Vaccinate4Love – Grassroots Public Awareness Campaign Launches to Help Overcome Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
1,200 of America’s Top Doctors Sign On – “Don’t Hesitate. Vaccinate.”
Black Indie Filmmaker Finds Passion in Hemp and launches His Own Company
Nestled in Doylestown, PA is hemp processor, Doylestown Hemp Company, which was created to formulate, manufacture and distribute hemp products. Thomas K. Phillips (CEO of Doylestown Hemp Company) has a great deal of passion for hemp and continues to explore all avenues that this amazing plant provides from health and wellness, food, environmentally friendly plastics, biofuel and building materials. After […]
Last Prisoner Project Calls on President Biden to Grant Clemency to Federal Cannabis Prisoners
NEW YORK, March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Last Prisoner Project has launched ‘A Time To Heal,’ an advocacy campaign calling on President Biden to leverage his clemency power to commute the sentences of thousands of people unjustifiably incarcerated due to federal marijuana-related violations. The advocacy organization is also encouraging the President to issue grants to the tens […]
Motherhood Maternity Honors International Women’s Day
Charitable Donation to Maternity Care Coalition Motherhood Maternity® is honoring International Women’s Day by donating $2 per online order placed on Monday, March 8, 2021 to Maternity Care Coalition based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to provide emergency bundles to families in need. The bundles contain necessities a mom needs to care for a newborn baby. Join Motherhood Maternity and follow […]
Moment in History: Valerie L. Thomas (video)
Valerie L. Thomas (born February 8, 1943) is an American scientist and inventor. Thomas was interested in science as a child, after observing her father tinkering with the television and seeing the mechanical parts inside. Thomas did not have a lot of support as a young child; her parents did not fight for her right […]
Vice President Kamala Harris Calls NASA Astronaut Victor Glover
In celebration of Black History Month, NASA astronaut Victor Glover welcomed Vice President Kamala Harris to the International Space Station for a virtual chat. In the video recorded Feb. 24 and shared Saturday, the conversation ranged from the legacy of human spaceflight to observing Earth from the vantage of the space station, Glover’s […]
NASA Celebrates ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary W. Jackson With Building Naming Ceremony
On Friday, NASA celebrated the agency’s first African American female engineer, Mary W. Jackson, with a ceremony formally naming the agency’s headquarters building in Washington in her honor. Jackson began working at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) – the forerunner of NASA – in April 1951. From her initial role as a […]