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Voter Rights Forum to Take Place in Fayetteville Protecting and Expanding Voter Rights
Efforts to protect and expand voting rights in North Carolina continue to gain strength. A plan by Black elected officials and a coalition of Black publishers to convene a series of voting rights forums has taken shape. It is designed
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Greater Diversity News (GDN) is a statewide publication with national reach and relevance. We are a chosen news source for underrepresented and underserved communities in North Carolina. GDN and our companion website focuses on issues and opportunities important to Historically Underutilized Businesses
Read MoreIdentifying and Relating to True Friends
Some of you are aware that I have a book coming out which is a compilation of many of these columns. I came across this one and it still has quite an impact on me. Hopefully, it will again for
Read MoreUF/IFAS Holding Workshop for Farmers’ Market Managers and Vendors
GAINESVILLE, Fl – Farmers markets have been growing in popularity throughout the last decade as consumers discover the benefits of buying farm – fresh food directly from small – scale, local growers. However, increasing popularity has also raised food safety concerns
Read MoreGladys Knight’s Candid Conversation
Motown Records was considered the number one most influential company to lead in setting a precedent for talent, style, good music, swag and success. The Detroit label was founded on the same business model of automotive companies that ruled the
Read MoreIncrease Access for Diverse Students at Top-Tier Colleges
George Washington University is taking another step toward improving access to a college education for students from all backgrounds. The university is partnering with The Posse Foundation, a nationwide college access and youth leadership development program, to offer full-tuition leadership
Read MoreCollege Enhances Support for First-Generation Students
Though Diego Luevano’s parents did not go to college, he dreamed that he would. Born in California but raised in Mexico, Luevano became passionate about physics in high school. “I set my mind on becoming a physicist,” he says. “I
Read MoreWorkplace Bullying and What to Do About It
Bullying doesn’t stop on the playground. From the workplace to the boardroom, research shows that adult bullying takes many forms. October is National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, with efforts focusing on ways to stop bullying in schools and online. October
Read MoreProtecting and Expanding Voter Rights
Educate, Organize and Mobilize – Efforts to protect and expand voting rights in North Carolina continue to gain strength. A few weeks ago I wrote about a plan taking shape by Black publishers and Black elected officials to convene a series
Read MoreGDN Print Edition 10-15-15
Greater Diversity News (GDN) is a statewide publication with national reach and relevance. We are a chosen news source for underrepresented and underserved communities in North Carolina. GDN and our companion website focuses on issues and opportunities important to Historically Underutilized Businesses
Read MoreYouth Voices for Justice Rise at Rally
WASHINGTON — The Justice or Else gathering held before hundreds of thousands of people on the National Mall Oct. 10 featured the voices of emerging new leadership in America. In fact, many said the overwhelming success of the gathering had
Read MoreLRS Plumbing Partners with National Breast Cancer Foundation for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Los Angeles, CA — LRS Plumbing has always prided itself in community involvement and is now taking their philanthropy efforts nationwide by partnering with the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF). In their ongoing efforts to stay true to their motto, “Changing
Read MoreWomen Left Their Mark on Million Man March
WASHINGTON — The most surprising element of Saturday’s Million Man March was its women. The 20th anniversary celebration of 1995’s landmark gathering included women of all racial origins, religions, creeds and cultures. They filled the National Mall from the U.S.
Read MoreRefugee Camp Students Graduate From New University of Utah College of Social Work Program
Gerawork Teferra fled to Kakuma, Kenya, from his native Ethiopia with nothing but desperation. He joined thousands of refugees from neighboring African nations, most who had traveled hundreds of miles to reach the safety of a refugee camp far from
Read MorePartnership to Transform Health Outcomes in Local Communities
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s EmPowered To Serve and Go Red For Women movements and Delta Sigma Theta today announced a national partnership that will combine the best-in-class outreach strategies to transform health outcomes in local communities. Together, the
Read MoreLong-Term Care Planning
With about 10,000 Americans turning 65 each day, many families are making decisions about elder care. Due to the complexity and importance of these decisions, elder-care planning should include working with financial and estate-planning professionals who are experts at protecting
Read MoreGuns – Stopping That One Person
Would making guns illegal in America eliminate our American mass murder horror? Has making marijuana illegal for most of the country eliminated the use of pot? Has making cocaine and heroin illegal eliminated the use of these drugs in our country? Prostitution is illegal
Read MoreThe Third Reconstruction: It’s Televised!
Educate, Organize, Mobilize — I’m becoming more encouraged with the Black community’s response to pervasive inequality on many different fronts. After attending two different leadership conferences, watching television coverage of a Black Lives Matter conference and live coverage of the Justice
Read MoreGDN Print Edition 10-8-15
Greater Diversity News (GDN) is a statewide publication with national reach and relevance. We are a chosen news source for underrepresented and underserved communities in North Carolina. GDN and our companion website focuses on issues and opportunities important to Historically Underutilized Businesses
Read MoreBlack-Owned Beauty Supply Store Replaces Destroyed Korean-Owned Beauty Supply Store
Ferguson, MO — Local black entrepreneurs emerge as owners of the newest black-owned beauty supply store in Ferguson, MO following the protests over the killing of unarmed black teen, Michael Brown, by a white police officer, Darren Wilson. Officer Wilson
Read MoreRumor Has It, They Knew You When
I’m not sure whether or not I’ve talked about my faith walk from the point of view of those individuals who have tracked my progress from the beginning until now. They seem to have fallen into two quite different categories.
Read MoreDivorcing Drugs and Violence Is Key to Saving U.S. Drug Policy
As Congress continues discussions on major criminal justice reforms —including changes to mandatory minimum sentences involving nonviolent drug offenders through the Smarter Sentencing Act —research by a University of Utah law professor is serving as a tool to guide the
Read MoreThe Black Press: Protecting Voting Rights
Educate, Organize, Mobilize – Finally we have a bit of very good news to go with mounting voter suppression threats on the horizon. This week I’ll touch on voting rights forums that are being planned by Black publishers and Black elected
Read MoreA New Breed of Bigoted Politicians
Among the many windswept cliffs that stand guard on the shores of the island of Okinawa, one is known for its particularly gruesome history. “Suicide Cliff” is located on the southern portion of Okinawa. It is so named because thousands
Read MoreACTION ALERT: WHAT ACTION CAN YOU TAKE?
Urge Congress to Immediately Pass the Bipartisan Voting Rights Advancement Act to Repair, Restore, & Strengthen the 1965 VRA Contact your Representative and both Senator Burr and Senator Tillis and urge them to support the repair, restoration, and strengthening of the
Read MoreNew Technology Can Help Small Businesses Thrive
(StatePoint) — Only half of U.S. small businesses survive more than five years, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. This data underscores that small business ownership is no cakewalk. Beyond the classic entrepreneurial challenge of making and sustaining a
Read MoreGDN Print Edition 10-1-15
Greater Diversity News (GDN) is a statewide publication with national reach and relevance. We are a chosen news source for underrepresented and underserved communities in North Carolina. GDN and our companion website focuses on issues and opportunities important to Historically Underutilized Businesses
Read MoreBlack Students Disproportionately Suspended and Expelled from Schools in the South
A new analysis of federal data found that Southern schools disproportionately suspend and expel African American students at rates higher than their representation in the student population. Nationally, 1.2 million black students were suspended from K-12 public schools in 2011-2012,
Read MoreRelationships Among Creative Identity, Entitlement and Dishonesty
Think that you are special because you are creative? Well, you are not alone, and there may be some serious consequences especially if you believe that creativity is rare. A new study by Lynne Vincent, an assistant professor of management
Read MoreBlacks and Latinos Working Together
If there was ever a propitious time for African Americans and Latino Americans to unite to advance the cause of freedom, justice, equality and economic empowerment, it is now. Today, more than ever, the rapidly changing national demographics and the
Read MoreChildren in Prison: Sentenced as Adults
Across the United States, thousands of children have been sentenced as adults and sent to adult prisons. Nearly 3000 nationwide have been sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Children as young as 13 years old have been
Read MoreMobilizing the Underfunded Underdogs
Moving toward the General Elections of November 2016, I will continue to search the landscape for information on activities, organizations and individuals that are, or should be, playing significant roles in our efforts to protect voting rights and ballot access
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Black Publishers: Connecting the Dots
Educate, Organize and Mobilize – Last week I wrote about efforts to protect and expand voting rights in North Carolina. We noted that our first forum will be held at the Westover Recreation Center located at 267 Bonanza Dr. Fayetteville, NC
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