From the NY Daily News -
KING: I'm boycotting the NFL because of its blatant bigotry and anti-blackness
By Shaun King
I love sports. Since I was a young boy, they've been one of the greatest passions of my life. For many years, my dream was to be a general manager of a professional sports team. I still think about it actually and sometimes allow my mind to drift to what my life would look like if I still went that route. The stance I am taking today did not come easily. It's heartbreaking, actually.
I'm an NFL fan. I watch the draft. I pay extra for the season pass on television so I can watch every single game. I follow the stats and standings and rankings religiously. It's an escape for me. Day in and day out, as I fight against injustice, watching a great game allows me to decompress from the stress of the cases I'm working on or writing about. I'm 37 years old and literally cannot remember a year in my life where I have not been a sports junkie.
But I won't be watching the NFL this year. I can't, in good conscience, support this league, with many of its pro-Trump owners, as it blacklists my friend and brother Colin Kaepernick for taking a silent, peaceful stance against injustice and police brutality in America. It's disgusting and has absolutely nothing to do with football and everything to do with penalizing a brilliant young man for the principled stance he took last season.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/king-boycotting-nfl-anti-blackness-article-1.3225720
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Aspiring College Journalists of Color
From ProPublica -
Are You an Aspiring College Journalist of Color? Apply to Our Emerging Reporters Program
Are you a college student of color interested in doing great journalism? ProPublica wants to help.
We are a nonprofit investigative newsroom and we’re offering stipends again this academic year to five minority students who work or want to work at college journalism outlets — newspapers, websites, radio stations or TV stations. We want to make college journalism accessible to students for whom it would otherwise be financially out of reach. Students can apply for the stipends annually. Those selected will receive $4,500 per semester.
https://www.propublica.org/atpropublica/item/aspiring-college-journalist-of-color-apply-emerging-reporters-program-2017
Are You an Aspiring College Journalist of Color? Apply to Our Emerging Reporters Program
Are you a college student of color interested in doing great journalism? ProPublica wants to help.
We are a nonprofit investigative newsroom and we’re offering stipends again this academic year to five minority students who work or want to work at college journalism outlets — newspapers, websites, radio stations or TV stations. We want to make college journalism accessible to students for whom it would otherwise be financially out of reach. Students can apply for the stipends annually. Those selected will receive $4,500 per semester.
https://www.propublica.org/atpropublica/item/aspiring-college-journalist-of-color-apply-emerging-reporters-program-2017
Flash Sale - Cheap Flights
From the Washington Post -
These airlines are offering one-way flights for less than $60
By Jonnelle Marte
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2017/06/05/these-airlines-are-offering-one-way-flights-for-less-than-60/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-business%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.acb2d87b42c5
These airlines are offering one-way flights for less than $60
By Jonnelle Marte
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2017/06/05/these-airlines-are-offering-one-way-flights-for-less-than-60/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-business%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.acb2d87b42c5
Black Travel Guide
An excerpt from the Undefeated -
‘The Green Book of South Carolina’ is the go-to black travel guide for this summer
This new app allows users to easily find historic black sites in South Carolina
BY MAYA A. JONES
Those seeking to find historic sites that dig deeper into the rich African-American culture of South Carolina this summer will be able to search for exactly what they need with the click of an app.
The Green Book of South Carolina, the brainchild of the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission, is a free mobile travel guide app that highlights more than 300 sites, including cultural attractions, historic cemeteries, districts and markers, and even historically black colleges and universities in the area. The user-friendly app categorizes the sites and uses geotags and interactive maps to show places located within 25 miles of a user’s location.
https://theundefeated.com/features/the-green-book-of-south-carolina-travel-guide/
‘The Green Book of South Carolina’ is the go-to black travel guide for this summer
This new app allows users to easily find historic black sites in South Carolina
BY MAYA A. JONES
Those seeking to find historic sites that dig deeper into the rich African-American culture of South Carolina this summer will be able to search for exactly what they need with the click of an app.
The Green Book of South Carolina, the brainchild of the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission, is a free mobile travel guide app that highlights more than 300 sites, including cultural attractions, historic cemeteries, districts and markers, and even historically black colleges and universities in the area. The user-friendly app categorizes the sites and uses geotags and interactive maps to show places located within 25 miles of a user’s location.
https://theundefeated.com/features/the-green-book-of-south-carolina-travel-guide/
A Modern-Day Pioneer
An excerpt from the Undefeated -
This Johns Hopkins grad is the modern-day Katherine Johnson
25-year-old engineer Ariel Bowers is forging her own path just like the NASA ‘hidden figure’
BY ANGELA TUCK
John Hopkins graduate Ariel Bowers spends her days testing software for the James Webb Space Telescope, a state-of-the-art NASA telescope that will be launched into space next year.
The Baltimore native has been peering into the night sky in search of stars and constellations since she was a little girl. At 25, she’s a modern-day Katherine Johnson, the NASA scientist portrayed in the award-winning movie Hidden Figures.
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Bowers is an integration and test engineer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. She is the lead engineer in testing the telescope’s data management subsystem.
https://theundefeated.com/features/johns-hopkins-grad-ariel-bowers-modern-day-katherine-johnson/
This Johns Hopkins grad is the modern-day Katherine Johnson
25-year-old engineer Ariel Bowers is forging her own path just like the NASA ‘hidden figure’
BY ANGELA TUCK
John Hopkins graduate Ariel Bowers spends her days testing software for the James Webb Space Telescope, a state-of-the-art NASA telescope that will be launched into space next year.
The Baltimore native has been peering into the night sky in search of stars and constellations since she was a little girl. At 25, she’s a modern-day Katherine Johnson, the NASA scientist portrayed in the award-winning movie Hidden Figures.
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Bowers is an integration and test engineer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. She is the lead engineer in testing the telescope’s data management subsystem.
https://theundefeated.com/features/johns-hopkins-grad-ariel-bowers-modern-day-katherine-johnson/
Gratitude for Black Teachers
From the Huffington Post -
Gratitude For Black Teachers
By Addie M. Rimmer, Contributor
Director, Student Learning, Workforce Opportunity Services
I recently came across a piece titled, “Where Did All the Black Teachers Go,” by Brent Staples of the New York Times. I shared the piece with friends and colleagues across the U.S. The recipients have thanked me and agreed with how important this issue is.
A former New York City principal wrote, “So sad.” A colleague in Dallas believes one of his three daughters wants to become a teacher and said, “This is so important and it’s amazing how this was not that long ago.” A former student in Alexandria, Louisiana, said she had posted the article on Facebook, calling it a “good read.” A friend whose daughter teaches in a charter school in southwest Detroit said the article was helpful to both of them.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gratitude-for-black-teachers_us_59272c3de4b0d2a92f2f421d?section=us_black-voices
Gratitude For Black Teachers
By Addie M. Rimmer, Contributor
Director, Student Learning, Workforce Opportunity Services
I recently came across a piece titled, “Where Did All the Black Teachers Go,” by Brent Staples of the New York Times. I shared the piece with friends and colleagues across the U.S. The recipients have thanked me and agreed with how important this issue is.
A former New York City principal wrote, “So sad.” A colleague in Dallas believes one of his three daughters wants to become a teacher and said, “This is so important and it’s amazing how this was not that long ago.” A former student in Alexandria, Louisiana, said she had posted the article on Facebook, calling it a “good read.” A friend whose daughter teaches in a charter school in southwest Detroit said the article was helpful to both of them.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gratitude-for-black-teachers_us_59272c3de4b0d2a92f2f421d?section=us_black-voices
Bookish Black Girls
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/well-read-black-girl-festival_us_59358b14e4b0cfcda9165d70?section=us_black-voices
Mom's Speech
From the Huffington Post -
Mom’s Speech About Her Baby With Down Syndrome Will Take Your Breath Away
She thought she wasn’t “cut out to be this kind of mother.” She was wrong.
By Taylor Pittman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/moms-speech-about-her-baby-with-down-syndrome-will-take-your-breath-away_us_5936f60ce4b0cfcda9184e71?section=us_black-voices
Mom’s Speech About Her Baby With Down Syndrome Will Take Your Breath Away
She thought she wasn’t “cut out to be this kind of mother.” She was wrong.
By Taylor Pittman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/moms-speech-about-her-baby-with-down-syndrome-will-take-your-breath-away_us_5936f60ce4b0cfcda9184e71?section=us_black-voices
Haka
This Video Of Jason Momoa Performing The Haka Will Give You Life
Hot. Damn.
By Shyla Watson
https://www.buzzfeed.com/shylawatson/this-video-of-jason-momoa-performing-the-haka-will-give-you?utm_term=.ju9rrxERl#.el9DDZMWP
The Power of Being 'Blasian' | KQED Arts
http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/06/06/blasian-narratives-theater-project-explores-being-mixed-race-black-and-asian/?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=20170606NewsDaily&mc_key=00Qi000001UhEHXEA3
Mom Wears Combat Boots
http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/06/05/badass-women-of-washington-nadja-west-dana-bash-orig.cnn/video/playlists/badass-women-of-washington/
Monday, June 5, 2017
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