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Voting Rights: Where Do We Go from Here?

Educate, Organize, Mobilize — My congratulations go out to Countywide Community Development Corporation and its dedicated staff that produced a dynamic program this past week. The program was entitled Celebrating the Dream and commemorated the 50th Anniversary of the

Fitness Experts Share Safety Tips

NEW YORK — Are you looking to increase your physical activity as we move into the waning days of summer? While the warm weather might seem like an ideal time to head outdoors for heart-pumping exercise, it is important to

White Liberal Conundrum

One of the enduring debates since the enslavement of Africans in the American colonies has been the extent to which well-meaning Whites can appropriate Black suffering and be a true participant in our liberation. From the roots of the abolitionist

Lightness/Darkness of Skin Affects Immigrants’ Likelihood of Gaining Employment

CHICAGO — Skin color is a significant factor in the probability of employment for male immigrants to the United States, according to a new study by two University of Kansas (KU) researchers. The researchers, Andrea Gomez Cervantes, a doctoral candidate

Thurgood Marshall College Fund Launches Apple Scholars Program

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – On Tuesday, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) opened the application process for the Apple HBCU Scholars program to help the most valuable company in the world identify the next generation of high-performing leaders of color in

Blacks Hit Hardest by Public-Sector Job Losses

The public sector has long served as an equalizer in American society, a place where minority workers could find stable employment that offered advancement and a reliable path to a middle-class life. But the Great Recession wiped out many of

Weight Loss Expert, J.J. Smith: “Join Me for a Free 10-Day Green Smoothie Challenge”

New York Times best-selling author, nutritionist and certified weight loss expert, JJ Smith, wants you to join her for the 10-Day Green Smoothie Challenge beginning Monday, 9/14/15. This Challenge is for those who want to jump-start weight loss, improve their

Polls, Mobilization and Voter Suppression

Educate, Organize, Mobilize – Over the past few weeks I’ve written about the prospects of a massive voter mobilization effort being essential for a successful November 2016. Among other things I discussed the leadership needed by Black elected officials and the

Entrepreneurship Through Health and Wellness in the African American Community

Bad knees forced fitness enthusiast Kendra Blackett-Dibinga to quit her passion of running and training. But those same knee troubles ultimately lead her to a business that has not only relieved her pain, but also provided her Washington, D.C. area

Civil and Human Rights Coalition Mourns the Loss of Julian Bond

WASHINGTON – Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement after the passing of longtime civil rights stalwart Julian Bond, a co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Southern

Rescued Chibok Girls Use GoFundMe.com

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – This month, teenagers across the nation prepare to make the transition from high school to college and at least two of the survivors of the Boko Haram mass kidnapping in Chibok, Nigeria last year could be joining

Marketing Aggravates Obesity in Black Children

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Today, close to one in four Black children – as young as 2 years old – is obese. And the $161 million spent on advertising unhealthy foods to Black and Latino youth at most recent count is

Using Lawsuits to Hurt Kids

Within the last several years, new educational choice programs have been created by various state legislatures all over America. Yet and still, charter schools continue to grow and have over a million kids on waiting lists. At a time when

Debt Can Help or Hurt Wealth Building

Money and credit are two items that affect nearly everyone. We earn, spend and sometimes save money. But it seems nearly inevitable that the need for credit arises and efforts to retire it become debt that can hang around longer

Milwaukee’s “Stop and Frisk” Policy Hurting African-Americans’ Relationship With Police

MILWAUKEE — Nate Hamilton sat in his living room, smashed a cigarette into a glass ash tray, and spoke purposefully about his 31-year-old brother, Dontre, who died last year after being shot 14 times by a Milwaukee police officer during

Super PACs Mobilization and AdvanceNC

Educate, Organize, Mobilize – Going forward I will chronicle voter mobilization efforts required to defeat voter suppression in November 2016. Much of my content will not be new but will be presented in the context of a specific plan and the

GDN Print Edition 8-13-15

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

Bishop T.D. Jakes On The Black Church’s Shifting Stance On Homosexuality

Bishop T.D. Jakes thinks it is “absolutely” possible for the LGBT and black communities to coexist. Jakes, who joined HuffPost Live on Monday, opened up to host Marc Lamont-Hill about his thoughts on the relationship between these communities. “I think

Hall of Fame Honor for Dorothy R. Leavell

Dorothy R. Leavell is a hands-on publisher and she most certainly is a true crusader for the cause of the Black Press. Locally, the Chicago Crusader is recognized as one of Chicago’s leading institutions and one of its oldest and

The Smart Practices of SmartPractice®

No investors. No venture capitalists. No “Fund Me” campaigns. It was “bootstrapping” with all the money taken from their savings account and money borrowed from the best man at their wedding. They started with little, but have built a massive

New Congressional Caucus Champions HBCUs

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A little help may be on the way for historically Black colleges and universities struggling against falling financial support and an increasingly skeptical public. The Bipartisan Congressional HBCU Caucus was launched last week, with Congressional members Representatives

Black Father of Five Jailed for Child Murder Despite Police Testimony Stating No Eye Witness or Physical Evidence

New York resident & military veteran Nick Hillary (www.truthfornickhillary.com) is an African American father of five children who’s life has been turned upside down for a murder he did not commit. On October 24th, 2011, a 12-year-old boy, Garrett Phillips

Voting Rights Threatened as Voting Rights Act Turns 50

WASHINGTON (NNPA) — As the nation marks the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, civil rights groups and leaders, union representatives, elected officials, and citizens gathered at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall

Massive Voter Mobilization Initiative Emerges

Educate, Organize, Mobilize – In my opinion, the evening of June 11, 2015 was a very eventful evening for advocates of voter rights protection and the opponents of voter suppression. It was the evening that North Carolina’s premier Black Leadership

Lucky No More, Blessed Always

I have to say I’ve been feeling pretty lucky lately and, not necessarily from a financial, physical or even an emotional point of view. When I look at my life from a worldly perspective now, it can sometimes still appear

Helping Alzheimer’s and Dementia Caregivers

Care2Caregivers marks its one-year anniversary of providing a lifeline to thousands caring for loved ones with dementia & Alzheimer’s Elvis Gardin likens being a caregiver to a loved one with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease to being alone on an island.

Voter Suppression Overshadows Voting Rights Act Celebration

Thursday, Aug. 6, marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the 1965 Voting Rights Act into law. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the organization co-founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., will hold a Call to

Study Reveals That Prejudice Causes the Perception of Threat That Can Be Used to Justify Actions That Result from Prejudice

WELLESLEY, Mass. — When people feel or act negatively toward a group, they may explain their feelings or behavior by saying, “I felt threatened.” However, new research reveals how easily people can be conditioned to feel prejudice — and that

U.S. Gun Violence: A Human Rights Failure

WASHINGTON (NNPA) — The United Nations Human Rights Committee has given the U.S. a series of failing grades on human rights, including failing to meet international human rights standards on gun violence; the uneven implementation of controversial Stand Your Ground

On 50th Anniversary, Medicare and Medicaid Still Vital

WASHINGTON (NNPA) — As Medicare and Medicaid turn 50 this week, the nation takes a look at the impact of two of the most significant government programs ever launched. Medicare serves roughly 52 million Americans as of 2013, about 10

Conservative Koch Brothers Making Inroads into Black America

BATON ROUGE, La. (NNPA) – It was a scene that a young, militant Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. could not have envisioned 30 years ago. Last week, at the national convention of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) here, Chavis was

Tonya Barbee Shares Her Story in “The Little Girl Inside: Owning My Role in My Own Pain”

BOWIE, MD — A uniquely designed transparent jewel every woman should own in her jewelry box, The Little Girl Inside by Tonya Barbee is a ministry resource tool for women in search for transparency in the human heart. The author shows us

The 2015 National Urban League Conference

“You can holler, protest, march, picket and demonstrate, but somebody must be able to sit in on the strategy conferences and plot a course. There must be strategies.” – Whitney M. Young, National Urban League President, 1961-1971 America faces tremendous

Darryl Washington Proves That Growing Up Urban Can Yield Business Success

Growing up in one of D.C.’s toughest neighborhoods, Darryl Washington was stunned to reach the White House. He had traveled a long road from notorious Southeast Washington. As a kid, Darryl thought of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue as an address for

When Being an Immigrant Makes It More, Not Less, Likely to Have a Job

In the United States, black immigrants are more likely to both be in the labor force and working than blacks born in the U.S.—but a college degree erases that difference, according to a surprising new analysis by Vanderbilt Professor of

Billionaires Against Black Voters #BlackVotesMatter

The Koch brothers have pledged to spend nearly 900 million dollars ($900,000,000.00) to influence the outcome of the upcoming 2016 elections. They are, through the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) the chief architects of the anti-Black, voter suppression laws enacted

African-Americans Face Twice the Rate of Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Compared to Caucasians

New Study in Medical Journal Circulation Also Shows African-Americans with Sudden Cardiac Arrest Are Significantly Younger and Have Higher Prevalence of Diabetes and Hypertension LOS ANGELES — Compared to Caucasians, African-Americans face twice the rate of sudden cardiac arrest, according

Discriminatory Auto Loans Bring Honda Buyers $24M Restitution

Car lending is on the rise, and rising with it is a hidden, unfair, abusive and discriminatory practice: car dealer interest rate markups. Surveys show that at least two-thirds of Americans have no idea it happens. A decade ago, the

Florida Hispanics Better Off Financially and Expect Conditions to Continue to Improve, Latest FAU Poll Says

Central and South Florida Much More Optimistic than North Florida A majority of Hispanics in Florida say they’re better off financially than they were a year ago and expect the good times to continue for themselves and business in the

Still No Job After Graduation? Here’s What You Should Be Doing

Baylor career expert shares six tips on how to fill the gap between commencement and that first professional job It’s been two months since you walked across the stage with your diploma. You scour the want ads and send out your

A Sports and Fun-filled Day to Raise Money for Excellent Programs

One Hundred Black Men, Inc. of New York will host its Eighth Annual Golf Outing on Monday, August 3 at the Forest Hill Field Club, 9 Belleville Avenue, Bloomfield, New Jersey. Registration starts at 11 a.m. The shotgun tournament

“Empire” Star Jamal Smollett Still a Social Activist

Jussie Smollett with his actress sister, Jurnee (Photo by Tamara Williams for the Black AIDS Institute). WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Before he was Jamal Lyon, the sensitive, talented gay son of drug dealer-turned-music mogul on the hit television show, “Empire,” Jussie

Voting Rights Mobilization 2016

Educate, Organize and Mobilize — Going forth I plan to be redundant, redundant and redundant. For the last two years I’ve consistently written about what I see as the need for Blacks and progressives to educate, organize, and mobilize to defeat

GDN Print Edition 7-16-15

Republicans Are Still Attempting to Block Path of Voters

PHILADELPHIA (NNPA) – Moments after delivering a keynote address at the NAACP national convention Monday at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Democratic National Committee Chairwoman and U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) expanded on the Democrats’ agenda regarding the Affordable Care

Wilmington-based Gospel Artist Damion Murrill & Siloam Release Debut Project

Wilmington, NC – One of North Carolina’s finest Gospel ensembles is dropping their debut CD. Damion Murrill & Siloam, headed by GRAMMY Award Nominee Damion Murrill, will be celebrating the release of their brand new CD, Take A Stand, on

Top 15 Little-Known Scholarships for Women and Girls in 2015/2016

Every year, billions of dollars in scholarships are given away to students all over the world. These scholarships can be used to pay for college tuition, boarding, books, and more. Every scholarship has different criteria to be eligible, but all

Executive Director Makes Push to Advance the Dialogue on Race

NEW YORK — Leslie Fields-Cruz, executive director of the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC), the nation’s primary presenter of stories on the black experience on public television, has released the following statement in the wake of recent attacks against black

Report Urges More Tribal Control over Food Systems

Native Americans twice as likely to develop a nutrition-related health problem The way food is produced, accessed and funded on tribal lands must be overhauled to combat the obesity and diabetes epidemics plaguing Native Americans, according to a report released

Series of Protests Call for Change in NC Laws

Every act of change starts with a small group willing to make a sacrifice for the greater good of society. The men and women who participate in the Moral Monday movement are no exception. They gather every week to protest

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