Sep 16, 2024 | Education, STEM, Women
The STEM Starter Academy at Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) received the Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from the magazine Insight Into Diversity. The STEM Starter Academy (SSA) has been instrumental in creating opportunities for STCC students who...
Sep 16, 2024 | Journalism, Leadership, Women
As the first Black person to work at The Atlanta Constitution, Tina McElroy Ansa paved the way for generations of Black storytellers. Tina McElroy Ansa, the celebrated author, journalist, and trailblazer whose vivid storytelling gave voice to the beauty, complexity,...
Sep 16, 2024 | Entertainment, Leadership, Television, Women
For some viewers, the iconic 90s sitcom Living Single, created by Yvette Lee Bowser, was more than a just “Black Friends,” it was an inspiration. Specifically, the character of Maxine Shaw, played by actress Erika Alexander (American Fiction, Get Out), represented an...
Jul 22, 2024 | Education, Leadership, Women
Special education offers many services to students with disabilities, but the field would benefit from embracing the diverse perspectives espoused by Black feminist scholars, according to a Penn State College of Education researcher. “People with different...
Jul 22, 2024 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Veterans, Women
Williams is the current reigning queen of Miss Black Mississippi and was elected as the inaugural Miss Black Gulf Coast. She’s the owner-operator of her own Gulfport-based fashion store, Aloha-Glamour. Her designs have appeared on runways of New York...
Jul 22, 2024 | Leadership, Women
Kamala Harris has spent much more of her life as a prosecutor than as a senator or vice president – and that is exactly how she is now going to run against Donald Trump. In sessions that were quietly underway at the Naval Observatory even before Joe Biden’s...
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