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Native Americans
Tribal Leaders: ‘We Need to be Respected’
Before the largest gathering of tribal leaders in U.S. history Thursday, President Barack Obama pledged $50 million in funding for tribal colleges and vowed his administration would work to address problems facing Native Americans, from health disparities to economic development.
November 5, 2009
Tribal Nations Conference
African-American
Confinement Too Costly For Middle-class Black Women
When Dr. Lisa B. Thompson names modern women who fit the iconic “Black lady” mold – Coretta Scott King, Anita Hill, Condoleezza Rice and Michelle Obama – you know exactly whom she is trying to liberate. Chances are your mother played this role. You probably do, too, if you are a Black woman involved in higher education.
November 4, 2009
Dr. Lisa Thompson
Native Americans
Obama To Host Nation-To-Nation Conference
President Barack Obama on Thursday will host the White House Tribal Nations Conference, meeting with representatives from the 564 federally recognized tribes.
November 3, 2009
NCAI
African-American
New Hampshire Scholar-Lawmaker Wants Monument to Slaves
Dr. David Watters, a state representative from Dover, N.H. and English professor at the University of New Hampshire, has introduced legislation that would authorize a monument to acknowledge and commemorate New Hampshire’s slaves.
November 2, 2009
Dr. David Watters
African-American
Census: ‘Brain Gains’ for High-Tech Cities
Passing up industrial centers and former hotspots in the Southwest, college graduates are fueling population growth in urban, high-tech meccas, such as Charlotte, N.C. and Austin, Texas.
October 29, 2009
Charlotte Skyline
African-American
Tough Times: African-American Realities Beneath the Breakthroughs
Despite enjoying progress on political fronts, poverty, HIV/AIDS and unemployment still plague Black America.
October 29, 2009
Tough Times
African-American
HBCUs once a haven for Jewish refugee scholars
Based on a book and film, the Museum of Jewish Heritage presents: “Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges”
October 28, 2009
Faculty & Staff
SPECTRUM: CONFINEMENT TOO COSTLY FOR MIDDLE-CLASS BLACK WOMEN
It is time for middle-class Black women to break the mold, argues Lisa B. Thompson argues in her new book.
October 28, 2009
LGBTQ+
Obama Signs Hate Crime Provisions Into Law
Trumpeting a victory against careless spending, President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a defense bill that kills some costly weapons projects and expands war efforts. In a major civil rights change, the law also makes it a federal hate crime to assault people based on sexual orientation.
October 28, 2009
Asian American Pacific Islander
Obama Restores Asian American Initiative, Gives Ed. Dept. a Lead Role
Two years after the Bush administration let its authority lapse, President Barack Obama has reinstated the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with the U.S. Education Department in a major leadership role.
October 27, 2009
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke
Students
Temple University’s Commitment to Diversity Questioned
When budgetary cuts become necessary at a college, the programs and departments most vulnerable are often the least fundamental to a school’s central mission. But when an institution has been ranked as the most diverse student body in higher education, it can be difficult to explain why an office that caters to multicultural students was downsized dramatically.
October 27, 2009
Budget cuts to the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Temple University resulted in staffers who mentored and assisted culturally based student organizations being re-assigned to other departments.
African-American
Ayers Settlement Falls Short of Funding
A legislative watchdog panel this month gave a generally rosy report about how Mississippi is meeting its obligations in a decades-old college desegregation case, but a closer examination reveals flaws with a private endowment that has failed to reach its goals.
October 26, 2009
Hank Bounds
African-American
Parsing the Reaction to Obama
Scholars say extreme criticisms of U.S. president defy simple explanation.
October 26, 2009
Dr. Carl Bankston
Latinx
Minority Lawmakers: No Census Citizenship Question
A coalition of Black, Latino and Asian lawmakers oppose a proposal that would require next year’s census forms to ask about the status of a person’s citizenship.
October 25, 2009
Nydia Velazquez
African-American
Grambling State President To Step Down
The president of historically Black Grambling State University is stepping down from his position after five years with the university, effective October 31.
October 22, 2009
African-American
Reforms Across Multiple Policy Areas Key to Eliminating Health Disparities, Experts Say
A panel of health policy experts Tuesday told congressional staff members and policy professionals that, while health care reform could play a powerful role in reducing health disparities between minorities and Whites, major policy reform in areas such as housing, transportation, agriculture and labor will also prove necessary to close the health care gap.
October 20, 2009
Dr. Brian Smedley
African-American
Vassar Professor Examines Black Women’s Film Stardom
In new book, Dr. Mia Mask recounts struggles and triumphs of African-American women in American film.
October 19, 2009
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Students
Predominantly Black Sorority Empowered to Expand International Aid Work
In gaining ‘special consultative’ status from the United Nations, the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority joins an elite network of organizations that provides international assistance to developing nations.
October 15, 2009
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