Nature Gurlz Getting the Message Out to Vote When we all vote…WE WIN!! #WhenWeAllVote Members of the Nature Gurlz include: Susan (Sue) Ross, Rita Gibson, Cecilia Houston-Torrence, Mirian Hill, D. Jean Brannan, Sally J. Warner, Genevieve Lewis, Brenda Pilson, Jeanette Lewis, Lisa Baker, Brenda Berry, Juanita Gibbons-Delaney, Donna Watts-Nunn, Willetta Phipps, Sharon Q. Campbell, Lillian D. Roberts, Mattie Ingram, Debbie Shockley and Melba Hill-Paschal. The Nature Gurlz group formed out of need during the COVID-19 pandemic. Counteracting people’s anxiety and feelings of hopelessness, approximately 35, 40 or more women join…
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Nationwide – In these recent months, we as a country have witnessed an obvious racial divide. Although many factors have led up to the atomic bomb we see on the evening news, a cultural split definitely tops the list. Countless groups and organizations are on the frontlines fighting for equality and justice yet there is still a void in understanding each other’s frustration. Author Troy Gathers believes that a suitable solution in addition to justice is education. “Other communities as well as the African American community should be educated on…
When We All Vote and More Than A Vote Announce National Early Vote Weeks of Action: “When We All Vote Together” #VotingSquad #CouchParty When We All Vote Together includes activations near early vote polling places to give voters the support they need and build momentum around early voting Washington, DC: Today, October 13, 2020, When We All Vote and More Than A Vote announced a new partnership to host the When We All Vote Together Early Vote Weeks of Action (October 18th to 31st) to build momentum and excitement around…
Ohio – Blacks In Technology announces partnership with SDscope to provide support and expertise to aspiring technologists in Africa. Zimbabwe based SDscope has launched an initiative to source global mentors in various technical disciplines for Zimbabwe and the entire continent of Africa and Blacks In Technology is leading the way. “Blacks In Technology is a great organization to partner with as they offer us the potential to access resources we need to serve our market well,” says Shepherd Fungayi CEO of SDscope. “The size of the organization and the range…
Jean Byrd Lee Bowen Rollins May 12, 1913 – September 21, 2020 Born in Cleveland, Ohio on May 12, 1913 to Walter Scott Lee, Sr. and Bertha Byrd (Lee) as the second child of three, “Mimi,” as she is fondly known by everyone, never lost the spirit of youth. After graduating from Collinwood High School, she attended and graduated from Wilberforce University with a degree in Elementary Education. After completing her Bachelor of Science in Education (Cum Laude) from Wilberforce in 1935, she attended Tennessee State University where she earned…
The Notorious R.B.G. Dies at Age 87 March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020 “The gender line helps to keep women, not on a pedestal, but in a cage,” she constantly reminded all that she encountered. Justice Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Her older sister died when she was a baby, and her mother died shortly before Ginsburg graduated from high school. Neither of Ginsburg’s parents could afford to attend college, but they taught the Brooklyn native to love learning things, to…
