In Gainesville, over 1,000 community members came together to march through the city last summer. Many of them were students at the University of Florida, carrying on Gainesville’s significant legacy of student activism, dating back to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and ‘60s. Since the Civil Rights Movement, groups of UF students and Read More…
Youth In Action
Millennials Aren’t Skipping Church, Black Churches are Skipping Millenials
While we may not be going to church in the traditional sense, we are gathering together in unique spaces, both in person and online. -Meagan Jordan TWEET THIS Washington Post columnist, Christine Emba, published a piece on Oct. 27, titled Why millenials are skipping church and not going back. Emba declared millennials were interested in gaming, ambitiously Read More…
Books N Bros, Book Club
Books N Bros, Book Club, Created by SIDNEY KEYS III, a sophomore at Pace Academy in Atlanta, is finding success in a book club he created for Black boys. The teen’s club, Books N Bros, allows Black children to come together and read stories which represent their own reality. Sidney started his club when he was 11 years Read More…
Youngest Black Female Pilot For Commercial Airline
Youngest Black Female Pilot for Commercial Airline. Nationwide — Miracle Izuchukwu, who is from New York City, will soon break barriers when she officially becomes part of the 1% of Black female pilots for major commercial airlines around the world. Now 24-years old, she is currently in training to become a Commercial Airline Pilot and continues Read More…
2YR Old Child Prodigy ISAIAH GYAMFI
2YR Old Child Prodigy ISAIAH GYAMFI, A Genius Who Taught Himself how to speak Japanese: Isaiah Gyamfi, a 2-year old boy from Ghana, is getting international attention as a child prodigy that knows how to count in at least 4 different languages and how to solve complex math problems. Isaiah started showing extraordinary intelligence at Read More…
HBCU
HBCU Student Mikayla Harris Earns $15K Astronaut Scholarship, Mikayla Harris, an African American student from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, is one of the winners of the prestigious Astronaut Scholarship Foundation award. She received $15,000 in scholarship awards, among others. Harris, who is a senior from the School of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Read More…