Three Black scholarship recipients have turned their experience of winning over $1 million in scholarships into successful businesses helping others secure funding.
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Nerdy Girl Success Empowers Black Girls to Be Leaders
Nerdy Girl Success is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering Black girls and other girls for success in the classroom, the workforce, and life in general, with a focus on career exploration, mentoring, and soft skills.
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Victims of the Flint Water Crisis Are Still Waiting to Get Paid
The only people who have been paid out of the $626 million settlement between the state of Michigan and residents of Flint are the lawyers who worked on the many, many cases, with victims still waiting for compensation.
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Books for Young Black Feminists
Young women can learn about intersectional feminism through books such as Joan Morgan’s When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost, Bell Hooks’ Feminism is for Everybody, Mikki Kendall’s Hood Feminism, Sara Ahmed’s Living a Feminist Life, and Angela Davis’ Women, Race and Class.
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The Cost of Being a Woman: A $1.6 Trillion Yearly Wage Gap
By Bria Overs Originally appeared in Word in Black Despite some progress on the gender wage gap, women still make less than men, with women of color suffering the most. […]
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Infrastructure Bill Funds Pollution Bomb for Black Neighborhoods
By Willy Blackmore Originally appeared in Word in Black In 2021, President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law made a whopping $1.2 trillion in federal funds available to states to upgrade everything […]
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Why Gunshot Injuries Disrupt Manhood for Black Men
By Alexa Spencer Originally appeared in Word in Black It used to be that Tariq prided himself on providing for his family, earning enough money to pay for food, the […]
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The Truth of Black History Will Set You Free
By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware Originally appeared in Word in Black If you haven’t seen For Colored Girls in Black History, then you obviously were not present for morning worship […]
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3 Black Nutrition Experts Inspiring Healthier Lives One Recipe at a Time
By Alexa Spencer Originally appeared in Word in Black You may be familiar with the saying, “Let thy food be thy medicine, thy medicine shall be thy food.” The mantra […]
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Improving children’s dental health: 5 tips for parents to help kids build a lifetime of healthy smiles
National Children’s Dental Health Month is observed every year in February. Dental professionals and community members are continuously promoting good oral hygiene for children to their parents and guardians. Proper […]
