Derrick Johnson: The No. 1 wealth driver in this country is homeownership, but you can’t qualify for a home if your debt-to-income ratio is too high, and the No. 1 debt for African Americans right now is student loans. As a result, there are no paths forward to closing the racial wealth gap without first addressing…
The federal government is offering $10bn to small businesses – here’s how to apply | US small business
Certain funds are targeted specifically to minority-owned businesses or businesses located in low- to moderate-income areas. But just about any business can apply for these funds, even non-profits. Read more.
FREE Online Event: Who Gets To Be An American?
Being an American doesn’t always mean being treated like one when it comes to the rights and liberties that every citizen is supposed to have, and this is especially the case when it comes to people of color. Register for this FREE event:https://bit.ly/3xdELSo Since 9/11, Muslim communities have been unjustly viewed as inherently suspicious and…
Officials: ‘White Lives Matter’ group is recruiting members in Idaho
Both the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League consider the anonymous organization a white supremacist movement with neo-Nazi ties. The group promotes white pride and the “great replacement theory” — the idea that there is a conspiracy to bring people of color to the United States and European nations through immigration with the…
Dramatic Spike in U.S. Hate Crimes
New York City is on high alert after Saturday’s shooting in Buffalo. Police are increasing patrol around Black churches for Sunday service. This comes days after three Korean women were injured in a Dallas shooting. The U.S. witnessed a dramatic spike in hate crimes last year with eight of the nation’s ten largest cities seeing…
Human Rights Collective Donation Supports Survivors of Physical, Sexual, and Emotional Abuse
Because their mission is to promote safe and thriving families, work to end physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, and provide victim support — we are donating a box of new children’s and Young Adult books, worth a total of $110 — to Rally in the Alley which benefits the Family Services Alliance of Southeast Idaho….
Dorothy S. Strickland Scholarship Established
Donate Here and write “Dorothy Strickland Scholarship.” Dorothy Strickland was the first African American president of International Literacy Association when she served the organization in the 1970s, a time when the field was largely dominated by white men, and she did not take this position lightly. Along with her many contributions to the field, she…
Recommended Reading: African American Picture Books
Originally posted on Young People's Pavilion:
In this incandescently fun, hijinks-filled picture book, a young girl schemes to keep the sun up in the sky so she never has to go to bed. Check out Stella Keeps the Sun Up If Stella had her way, she would stop sleeping on her sixth birthday. Because…
Study finds only harmful effects from Native-themed mascots – Indian Country Today
by Joaqlin EstusIndian Country Today Low self-esteem, low community worth, increased negative feelings of stress and depression. These are some of the negative psychological effects Native American mascots wreak on the well-being of Native Americans, especially youth, according to a new study. The Race, Ethnicity and Education Journal on June 8 published the study. Read the full…
Black women hold majority of student debt. Some say the loan pause doesn’t do enough to help | GMA
During the past two years of the coronavirus pandemic, during which federal student loan payments were put on pause, Marquita Prinzing, of Renton, Washington, said she went through a divorce and bought a home on her own. Those are two things Prinzing, a mom of two who works full-time, said would have been difficult or impossible…
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