On Wednesday October 17, the University of Texas at Arlington Chapter of the NAACP will present a program regarding the national organizations STOP campaign. According to the NAACP website, The STOP Campaign is an initiative of the NAACP Youth & College Division that seeks to “STOP” the demeaning images of...
"The new literacy is math and science." Tom Luce, CEO Nat'l Math and Science Initiative The Congressional Black Caucus held an informative outreach session this weekend which focused on Education, Technology, and Teacher Preparedness. This CBC Institute program was hosted by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson at the Yvonne A. Ewell...
Dallas, Texas – ( Monday, October 1, 2007) The Congressional Black Caucus Political Leadership and Education Institute (CBC Institute), along with Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson and Congressman Al Green, is sponsoring an Education, Technology and Teacher Preparedness Outreach Conference in Dallas, Texas on October 12-14, 2007. Speakers include Tom Luce,...
Frederick Douglass Academy has announced that Cheryl Rischer will serve as the school's new director. Mrs. Rischer is scheduled to begin her tenure on October 15th. Frederick Douglass, formerly known as A Perfect Place, instructs grades Pre-K through 4th grade. The school also houses a day care for children starting...
Today opponents of the Bush Library and Institute vowed to continue their fight within the 11 million member United Methodist Church to deny approval to Southern Methodist University (SMU) to host the Bush complex. The South Central Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church will meet in Dallas from July...
Tuesday's Chicago Tribune will have a front page article that details the stiffer punishments levied on African-American students in schools across the country. Here are some stats from the Howard Witt article: * In the average New Jersey public school, African-American students are almost 60 times as likely as white...
So many of the people that I spoke with today were encouraged by the presence of young folks from all over the country. College students walked the streets and chanted: "No justice, no peace" "What do we want, justice, when do we want it, now." "Free Mychal Bell, Free Mychal...
Washington, DC – (Thursday, September 13, 2007) – Congresswoman EddieBernice Johnson issued the following statement today in recognition ofNational Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week. A long-time supporter of our nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Congresswoman Johnson introduced H. Res. 135, a Resolution to recognize HBCU week, in conjunction...
Britney Exline became the youngest African-American female accepted at an Ivy League when Pennsylvania University welcomed her into their freshman class. The 15 year-old Colorado native began reading at the age of two, and scored 1400 on her SAT. Britney plans to study politics and engineering while at Penn. "I'm...
I came across an interesting piece in the Austin American-Statesman about a Ghetto Handbook that was distributed among Houston school employees. According to the Statesman, the eight-page booklet, subtitled "Wucha dun did now?", was handed out to about 15 Houston Independent School District police officers at a May roll call...
