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LGBTQ+
Diverse Conversations: Supporting LGBT College Students
Dr. Victor Schwartz of The Jed Foundation offers advice on how college students and campuses can promote acceptance and more inclusive communities.
October 20, 2013
Leadership & Policy
Elizabeth City State University Senior Wins Council Race
After the reversal of a decision last month by the North Carolina Board of Elections which blocked students from to running for public office, Montravias King became the first Elizabeth City State University student and one of the youngest candidates in Elizabeth City, N.C., history to win a city council seat Tuesday night.
October 9, 2013
Students
NAACP Preparing Committee to Search for New CEO
The NAACP’s board is forming a search committee to find the next president and CEO for the nation’s largest civil rights organization, its chairwoman said Monday.
September 9, 2013
African-American
1963 March on Washington Inspired Latinos in Civil Rights Fight
After seeing the heavily Black throngs gathered around the Lincoln Memorial, Latinos learned some lessons from that show of political force, historians say.
August 27, 2013
African-American
Latest March on Washington Focuses on Not Going Backward
Speakers called attention to ways the nation continues to struggle with issues such as policing tactics and voter disenfranchisement.
August 25, 2013
African-American
After a Look Back, Students Embrace Opportunity to March on Washington
Among those attending 50th anniversary events for the March on Washington, college students are embracing commemorations as a time to claim their own moment in the Civil Rights Movement.
August 22, 2013
LGBTQ+
Lavender Law Conference to Address Landmark SCOTUS Decisions
The upcoming conference of the National LGBT Bar Association will give academics a chance to discuss how the Supreme Court’s repeal of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act will impact what’s taught in the classroom.
August 8, 2013
African-American
50 Years Later, Focus on Jobs Minimized in Memories of March on Washington
Although the march has largely been associated with the “I Have a Dream” speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., he was not the only speaker to address the 250,000 people who assembled at the Lincoln memorial that sweltering, hot August day.
July 29, 2013
Sports
Urban League Issues a Call to Action for Education, Jobs, Voting Rights
Civil rights leaders united at the National Urban League Conference to discuss education reform, job creation, racial profiling and voting rights protection.
July 28, 2013
LGBTQ+
Students Ask Feds to Investigate USC Rape Cases
University of Southern California students have filed a federal complaint alleging the school ignored or mishandled sexual assault and rape cases.
July 23, 2013
LGBTQ+
Support Grows for Gay Athletes at UGA
Though student-athletes at the University of Georgia are not publicly revealing their sexual orientation, some are being open within their team.
July 21, 2013
LGBTQ+
What Diversity and Equality Look Like
The Supreme Court’s ruling on DOMA last week led to a weekend filled with hundreds of wedding celebrations.
July 1, 2013
Students
Educators Discuss Creating an Inclusive Environment for LGBTQ Students
The “Expanding the Circle” summer institute offered best practices and initiatives in academia and student affairs for LGBTQ students.
June 30, 2013
Students
60K Sign Petition in Support of College Student Expelled for Being Gay
A former student who was expelled for being a lesbian receives enormous online support following the college’s request that she repay scholarship money.
June 18, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Alcorn State Celebrates Medgar Evers’ Civil Rights Legacy
The thriving land-grant institution in rural Mississippi hosted the last leg of celebrations in the state honoring Evers 50 years after his assassination.
June 13, 2013
Students
Petition Opposes Weber State Program Named for Mormon Leader
A Utah gay-rights organization has started a petition to protest the naming of a new Weber State University program after the second-highest ranking leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who has called homosexual attraction as unnatural and immoral.
June 2, 2013
Faculty & Staff
First Generation Civil Rights Fellows Head to Washington
This summer, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law will introduce its First Generation Civil Rights Fellowship (FirstGEN) program for undergraduate students who intend to pursue careers in social justice.
May 7, 2013
African-American
Sotomayor Makes Herself at Home at NYC Literature Festival
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has said she wants to be called just “Sonia from the Bronx.”
May 6, 2013
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