Student Engagement
The Cocoa Wars: Transition to Economic Justice – GDN Exclusive
Africa and the European Union are engaged in a literal trade war over the profits that come from the cocoa industry. Sixty percent of the world’s cocoa is grown in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire, African countries. It is estimated that
Read MoreIt’s A Family Affair: Part 2 A Call to Action
In September, Greater Diversity News (GDN), the home of The New Black Student Movement (The NBSM), announced its effort to promote family memberships in the NAACP. We believe that the NAACP represents a cause greater than any individual—community, or family,
Read MoreThe “Godmother of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) – Congresswoman Alma Adam
In Congress, Congresswoman Alma Adams is known as the “Godmother of HBCUs .” After joining the US House of Representatives in 2014. Since the founding of the caucus, Rep. Adams has proposed landmark HBCU legislation, and passed many of
Read MoreJohna Speller: The New Generation of Leadership Development – GDN Exclusive
Can a 17-year-old be a leadership guru? If anyone thinks that it is not possible, Johna Speller is testing that limited thinking. She has been a life member of the NAACP since age 3! She knows the challenges of living
Read MoreThe New Generation of Leadership: Siani-Simone Is Much More Than Talk – GDN Exclusive
Siani-Simone Ammons, Secretary of NC NAACP Youth & College Division “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” This quote by Maya Angelou, one of the favorite writers of high school senior Siani-Simone Ammons, speaks to
Read MoreBlack Student Governor Page Week Program in North Carolina
Page Program Description Established in 1973, the Governor’s Page Program gives high school students from all over North Carolina the opportunity to come to Raleigh for a week of hands-on participation in their state government. We want the Page Program
Read MoreWhat Is Humanizing Education? Part 4: Correcting Course Away from Standardized Testing – GDN Exclusive
Why do we educate our children? Since schooling began, the answer has been jobs. However, schools designed primarily for jobs no longer have practical value. The landscape is changing rapidly as noted in a 2019 Oxford Economics report on
Read MoreThe New Generation: READ for Change – GDN Exclusive
Just ask Alejandro Ibrahim, a senior at North Carolina Central University, about the Black Community and fasten your seatbelt! He is well-read; he values dialogue; he is a man of action and deep reflection and he truly cares! Gun violence,
Read MoreMaking History a Family Affair – A Meaningful and Primary Way in Which History Comes Alive
Genealogy is “a family affair!” It is a meaningful and primary way in which history comes alive. People today keep their ancestors alive when they learn and share their stories. History’s lessons await us all and family genealogy is a
Read MoreNew Generation of Leadership – Johna Speller, President of the NC NAACP Youth & College Division
Can a 16-year-old be a leadership guru? If anyone thinks that it is not possible, Johna Speller is testing that limited thinking. She has been a life member of the NAACP since age 3! She knows the challenges of living
Read MoreNAACP Youth and College Division (YCD) Launches Its Midterm Election Podcast Series – A GDN Exclusive
President of the North Carolina Youth and College Division of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Johna Speller, continues her critical student engagement, voter education, registration, and mobilization efforts through a series of planned podcasts designed to
Read MoreInteractive Tool Encourages Americans to Plan When and How They Will Vote
CHECKLIST – HOW TO PLAN YOUR VOTE (Plan Your Vote: 2022 Elections (nbcnews.com) is the 2020/22, interactive tool from NBC News and MSNBC, which encourages Americans to plan when and how they will vote, considering each state’s coronavirus pandemic restrictions, mail-in
Read MoreAbout The New Black Student Movement (NBSM) A GDN Exclusive
The New Black Student Movement (NBSM) evolved from a Greater Diversity News (GDN) initiative created to educate, organize, and mobilize student voting. The strategy was to develop as an organizational strategy and not to be an organization. The project created
Read MoreWhat Is Humanizing Education? Part 2: Good Intentions Alone, Not Enough – GDN Exclusive
Doing to others, particularly children, what was done to us is often not a choice. It is our inheritance and we pass it along because it feels normal, not necessarily because it is healthy. In the biblical sense, such an
Read MoreModeling The New Black Student Movement (The NBSM) – Exclusive for The NBSM
Early in 2021, Greater Diversity News (GDN) asked “Is a new black student movement needed?” Meet William Evans, a junior at Fayetteville State University (FSU) and President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) FSU student
Read MoreAbout The New Black Student Movement (TheNBSM)
Click here to visit The NBSM The New Black Student Movement works in tandem with other Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) campus student initiatives/organizations, alumni initiatives/associations, Divine 9, faith-based, and nonpartisan groups and individuals in an existing and unique
Read MoreThey Call It “Political” But What Is It Really? GDN Exclusive
This is something we hear often, “I’m not political.” What does one mean when they say this? I suggest what they really mean is that they are unsure of what they do know or don’t know about politics, or they
Read MoreFueling a New Black Student Movement – GDN Special
While the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s was ignited by luminaries like Martin Luther King, Jr., Fannie Lou Hammer, and Malcolm X, it was fueled by freedom fighters from across this nation’s college campuses. Young men and women from both the
Read MoreCDC to Hold Virtual Recruitment Event for Students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities
On Tuesday, November 9, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will hold a special event for students and recent graduates of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as part of the agency’s efforts to improve outreach and recruit diverse
Read MoreLeandro: Helping Our Community Help Itself
“I don’t want to ride my bus because they are loud and I get home late. I have bipolar disorder and ADHD and more…When I was put into the EC classrooms, I gave up hope on trying to learn and
Read MoreStudying Political Science Motivates College Students to Register and Vote – New Research Shows
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Community college students who take political science classes are more likely to register to vote, turn out to vote and understand constitutional checks and balances. That’s
Read MoreThousands March on For Voting Rights, D.C. Statehood
Marchers rallied in the nation’s capital and cities across the country, demanding passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, the For the People Act, and for D.C. statehood. “Our country is backsliding to the unconscionable days of Jim
Read MoreThe Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965–1972
Between 1965 and 1972, African American students at upwards of a thousand historically black and white American colleges and universities organized, demanded, and protested for Black Studies, progressive Black universities, new faces, new ideas–in short, a truly diverse system of higher
Read MoreResponding to a Need for a “New Black Student Movement?” – GDN Exclusive
The question raised by Greater Diversity News (GDN) can only be answered with “hell-yeah,” a new Black student movement is needed. Now more than ever! Our democracy is under serious attack! Our Nation is threatened from within, and elected state,
Read MoreFayetteville State University Student Government Association President Continues Family Legacy with Generational Vision
Ask Sydney Harris about her vision as Student Government Association (SGA) President at Fayetteville State University (FSU) and she will tell you about her passion for the school and student civic engagement to improve the school, the Fayetteville community, and
Read MoreLooking Through the Eyes of Faith to Become a Justice Warrior in the New Black Student Movement
Ty Hamer-Yelverton, Fayetteville State University (FSU) Justice Warrior in the New Black Student Movement (NBSM) (A GDN Exclusive Series, Part 1) Ty Hamer-Yelverton’s grandmother and grandfather met at FSU in 1949-1950. His grandmother graduated from FSU when she was around
Read MoreThe Value of The HBCU Experience and The New Black Student Movement (NBSM) – GDN Exclusive
Maya Martin grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina with family who values education…a lot. She’s a second-generation college student at Fayetteville State University (FSU) and enrolled there through a program, Campus Connection, that her parents chose for her and her
Read MoreThe NAACP and The New Black Student Movement (NBSM) – GDN Exclusive
Is a new black student movement needed? At a recent Zoom meeting, Fayetteville State University (FSU) students answered in the affirmative and gave examples of their civic engagement activities within their National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Read MoreNeeded: A New Black Student Movement to Address Voter Suppression Initiatives – GDN EXCLUSIVE
Why do college students need to use civic engagement as a tool to address voter suppression and the denial of civil rights in the United States? And what does civic engagement look like in order to achieve defined goals and
Read MoreVoter Resurgence 2020: Absentee Voting – Start Your Voting Efforts Today!
You can start your 2020 voting efforts today! If you want to vote with maximum social distancing, Absentee Voting (AV) in North Carolina can be the way to go. Typically in North Carolina, approximately 4% – 5% of the ballots
Read MoreN.C. Needs Poll Workers! Students at Least 17 Years Old Can Serve & Get the Stipend
Please contact your local Board of Election to determine if your county has such an initiative. Did you know that North Carolinians as young as 17 years old can serve as poll workers? By becoming an election official, you can
Read MoreVoter Education, Registration & Mobilization Resources
NC Voting Resources Confirm your voter registration: https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/ Online Voter Registration/ Adjust Current Registration: https://www.www.ncdot.gov/dmv/offices-services/online/Pages/voter-registration-application.aspx Requesting a NC Absentee Ballot / Vote By Mail: https://www.ncsbe.gov/Voting-Options/Absentee-Voting Facts about voting after you’ve been convicted of a crime: https://www.ncvoter.org/been-locked-up/ https://www.ncsbe.gov/Portals/0/Documents/VotingRightsGuide_CriminalJusticeSystem.pdf Facts about voter
Read MoreEconomic Agenda Purposed by the HUB Inclusion Coalition and NC NAACP – GDN Exclusive
The NC HUB Coalition and the NAACP economic development committee are convening a series of virtual conferences to address issues that impact HUB (MWBE) businesses. High on the agenda is the creation of the “Support Our HUBs” campaign. Months ago,
Read MoreDear Michelle – A Greater Diversity News Exclusive
All hail the reluctant ruler! It is no joke that the people we all want in power are those who do not seek it. If you could win the presidency, would you? Notice that there is no should. Anyone who
Read MoreVoter Suppression Goes to College – GDN Student Engagement Exclusive
If preliminary data estimates on the recent 2020 primaries in North Carolina are accurate, student voters on HBCU campuses must raise their turnout game come the general election this November. So says Dr. William Busa, founder of EQV Analytics, a
Read MoreVoting Key to Addressing Issues, Say NAACP Youth – GDN Student Engagement Special
If black college and high school students want a greater voice in the issues that directly affect them, they will need to become politically active, and vote…
Read MoreGOP-Connected Group Created Fake Erica Smith Ads
A Republican connected super political action committee (PAC) out of Washington, D.C. called “Faith and Power,” is spending over $1.6 million in television and radio ads running in four North Carolina television markets promoting State Senator Erica Smith’s candidacy for
Read MoreThis Third Reconstruction: Moral Mondays, Fusion Politics, and the Rise of a New Justice Movement
Author Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II with Jonahtan Wilson-Hartgrove
At a time when divide-and-conquer politics are exacerbating racial strife and economic inequality, Rev. Barber offers an impassioned, historically grounded argument …
UNC System Association of Student Government Senior VP Supports “A Call to Colors” – GDN Exclusive Vol. 3 Part IV
Raekwon Davis, 22, is the Senior Vice President of the UNC System Association of Student Government (UNCASG). One of the missions of the UNCASG is to address student voter participation. Mr. Davis, a senior and political science major at North
Read More2020 Voter Mobilization Forum: “Educate, Organize and Mobilize” – GDN Exclusive Vol. 3 Part III
Watch the January 25, 2020 Voter Mobilization Forum click here: The message was clear. Starting with the March 3rd primaries and ending in the November 6th General Elections, North Carolina’s African American community – the target of numerous voter suppression
Read MoreVIDEO for 2020 “A Call to Colors” Voter Mobilization Forum
Video Matrix The Pitt County HBCU Coalition, the Pitt County Chapter of the Shaw University National Alumni Association and the Pitt County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc, present The 2020 “A Call to Colors (ACTC) Voter Mobilization
Read MoreFSU Senior has Registered Over 1,100 Voters – GDN Exclusive, Vol. II, Part XXV
Since she’s been a Bronco at Fayetteville State University (FSU), senior Kristian Carlyle, 21, says she’s registered well over 1,000 residents in the community surrounding the FSU campus, and at least 100 FSU students, to vote. So, when the Upper
Read MoreNCCU PACE Committee Leading the Way With: “A Call to Colors” – GDN Exclusive, Vol. II, Part XXIII
Students are being orientated not only to the importance of voting, and that many of the issues of today do, in fact, affect them, but that they also have a voting precinct on campus…
Read MoreJ.C. Smith University SGA President Committed to Student Civic Engagement – GDN Exclusive “A Call to Colors” Vol. II Part XI
when in comes to student civic engagement, particularly as it comes to non-partisan voter registration, education and mobilization come election time, J.C. Smith University SGA President Jameia Booker has been both focused and committed.
Read MoreBennett SGA President Strong on Civic Engagement – GDN Exclusive “A Call to Colors” Vol. II, Part VIII
Say “Bennett Belles,” and those who know their history immediately think about the proud students of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro.
Read MoreSt. Augustine SGA: From Protest to Proactive – GDN Exclusive “A Call to Colors” Vol. II Part VI
When Dr. Everett Ward, president of St. Augustine’s University (SAU), lauded Greater Diversity News’ (GDN) civic engagement campaign, “A Call to Colors” last June, he said, “…
Read MoreFrom Protest to Proactive: SHAW University SGA – GDN Exclusive “A Call to Colors” Vol. II Part V
For the past year, graduating senior Ryan Wright has proudly served as Student Government Association (SGA) President at Shaw University in Raleigh, and by all measures, he has led with dedication and distinction.
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Why vote? ALEC and the Doctrine of Exclusion
Educate, Organize and Mobilize: Frequently, in going forward it is imperative to examine your history. In 1638 the Maryland Colony issued a public edict encouraging the separation of the races that became the public policy of America. The edict became known
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