Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard supports the efforts of the Houston Police Department by doing a presentation to incarcerated juveniles offenders at a Harris County juvenile facility.
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‘DC Speed’ Youth Track Club: New Coach Ken Dudley Striving to Make Kids Believe They’re No.1
Ken Dudley just wanted to give his sons a competitive edge in youth football, so he signed them up for track and field with DC Speed, the premier youth track club in Washington, D.C. The club needed more coaches, and Dudley had prior coaching experience, so he volunteered to coach the 11-to-12-year-olds.
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Values Partnerships and Walker’s Legacy Announce Partnership to Increase Pipeline of Women of Color on Shark Tank
Programming and resources will support the nation’s fastest growing group of entrepreneurs during Values Partnerships’ 2016 diversity casting tour for ABC’s Shark Tank.
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City Plans To Better Connect Small Businesses With Resources
After welcoming corporate giant General Electric, the mayor recently turned his attention to the other end of the business spectrum, announcing last week the city’s first plan for small businesses — a series of initiatives to tackle the needs of the sprawling sector.
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Fourth Graders Are Getting Unequal Educations, Says Chang
School Superintendent Tommy Chang gave a keynote address at The Boston Foundation last week reflecting on the aspirational goals noted in his 100-Day Plan. Discussion focused on targeting educational inequity, evident at early ages and which, if not tackled, only increases as time goes on.
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City Council Extends Urban Renewal
The City Council voted 10-3 last week to extend the Boston Redevelopment Authority’s 14 urban renewal areas for the next six years, following a year-long public comment period that included contentious meetings with BRA officials and community activists.
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Senate Rolls Out Charter Compromise Legislation
A group of state senators today rolled out compromise legislation that would over the next ten years raise the cap on the percentage of charter schools operating in low-performing school districts from the current 18 percent to 23 percent.
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Krystal Banfield, Received 2016 Amtrak Pioneer Award
Krystal Banfield, dean of Berklee City Music, received the 2016 Amtrak Pioneer Award, created in celebration of Black History Month to honor African American leaders who have made impactful contributions to the city of Boston and the greater community.
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University Of Texas Racial Incident
In a very interesting, yet certainly applaud able, move for a University President, University of Texas President Greg Fenves is pressing his University community to expedite their investigation into an alleged racial incident that occurred during this past Black History Month. According to the allegation issued by University of Texas study Cody Davis, an African-American, […]
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Pending Rape Case Results in HU Policy Changes
A Howard University student, who is also employed as a resident assistant in the university’s College Hall South dormitory, was recently accused of sexually assaulting another Howard student. The accusations have unveiled concerns about a rape culture on campus, which has led to policy changes at the university.
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