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Kellogg Foundation Commits $75M To Combat Racial Inequality

The Kellogg Foundation has inaugurated an ambitious nationwide campaign to combat racial and ethnic inequality with a five-year, $75 million commitment to award grants to support organizations working to fight racism.

U.S. Congressman John Lewis, D-Ga., spoke at the “America Healing” initiative launch in Washington, D.C. (photo by Arelis Hernandez)

Asian American Pacific Islander

Obama Administration Seeks Increased Asian American and Pacific Islander Access to Federal Programs

For the month of May, Obama administration officials plan to hold a series of events aimed at improving the lives of underserved Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.

Kiran Ahuja is the executive director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

African-American

U.S. Health Secretary Addresses Minority Health Issues

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday that she is developing a national plan of action that would focus for the first time on reducing health care disparities between minority and White populations.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius

Community Colleges Continue to Seek Federal Help

With the $12 billion American Graduation Initiative stricken from the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, which was included in health care reform legislation, community colleges try to hold on to previous allocations.

A White House summit on community colleges will be led by Dr. Jill Biden (pictured), the vice president’s wife and an English professor at Northern Virginia Community College

Native Americans

Tribute: Wilma Mankiller – 1945-2010

Wilma Mankiller was a wife, a mother, and Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. From the time she finished high school until her death she worked to improve the lives of her people.

Wilma Mankiller

Kenya-based Clinic Created in Memory of Slain Conn. Student

Wesleyan University students are creating a health care clinic in an east African community in memory of a murdered classmate who had plans of becoming a public health worker.

Johanna Justin-Jinich

Temple Nurses Strike Over Work Rule, Tuition Perk

Hundreds of striking Temple University Hospital nurses and other employees rallied Tuesday in an effort to restart contract negotiations stalled over language that workers say would jeopardize patients, limit free speech and take away a crucial college tuition benefit.

Temple University medical and nursing students

Obama Signs Law Sealing Health Care, Student Loan Reforms

Finalizing two major pieces of his agenda, President Barack Obama on Tuesday sealed his health care overhaul and made the government the primary lender to students by cutting banks out of the process.

President Barack Obama signs the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Va. (official White House photo by Pete Souza)

Congress Completes Overhaul of Health Care, Student Loan Program

Capping an epic struggle, congressional Democrats put the final touches Thursday to historic legislation enshrining health care as the right of every citizen. Republicans vowed to campaign for repeal in the fall election season.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Student Loan Reform Changes Necessary To Avert Pell Grant Crisis, Advocates Say

House approval of a student loan reform plan will help alleviate a potential crisis in the Pell Grant program as growing numbers of low-income students seek to access the program during this recession, higher education advocates say.

Amid Bitter Health Care Debate, House Clears Student Loan Changes

After months of delays as education took a back seat to the health care debate, the House of Representatives Sunday night approved a mammoth bill that ties both issues together in a package that includes more support for Pell Grants and minority-serving institutions.

Dems Unveil Scaled-back SAFRA Provisions, Attach It to Health Care Reform Legislation

Within the Healthcare and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010, the higher education provisions contain many elements of the $87 billion Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA) that cleared the House last year. The “new” SAFRA has less funding, as lawmakers reduced the scope of the bill to meet budget targets.

Rep. George Miller, D-Calif.

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