Author: Carma Henry

       Herman graduated from Xavier University of Louisiana, a Catholic and historically Black university in New Orleans. She later worked on school desegregation efforts in her hometown of Mobile. In 1977, when Herman was 29 years old, then-President Jimmy Carter selected her to lead the Women’s Bureau at the Department of Labor.

Nunnie on the Sideline

       Golf with Us offers youth, ages 6-18, a free one-year membership to Youth on Course, courtesy of Bank of America. Enrollment in the program is open until May 24, 2025, and includes access to thousands of courses in 97 markets for $5 or less per round. The courses are in the Youth on Course network.

       Dick Barnett, who was a critical part of the New York Knicks’ 1970 and 1973 NBA championship teams, died Sunday at 88, six months after he was finally inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The misconception that Black communities are inactive fundamentally misunderstands our sophisticated resistance strategies. Protesting must be strategic. Timing, context, and preparation matter.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Confidence in Trump’s economic leadership has fallen to 45%, the lowest in Pew’s surveys since 2019.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Rev. William Barber traveled to the U.S. Capitol to push back against them. The trip to speak out against what he views as economic injustice and unfairness was not his first to Washington.

Yet, the threat of the Cleveland suburb losing a federal grant because of her work only becomes more palpable as her friends and colleagues in the field of DEI lose their jobs — and the work they’ve dedicated their lives to hemorrhages esteem. “I’m just not the person who’s gonna operate in fear,” she said. “But I am a person who operates in reality.”

       The Lambda Alpha Alpha Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.  (“LAA”) and the Frances J. Bright Woman’s Club Charitable Foundation, Inc. (“FJB”) are joining forces to conduct street cleanup on the 10th Avenue corridor and NW 2nd Street in Delray Beach, Florida.  The groups will convene on Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 7:30 am at Pompey Park located at 1101 NW 2nd Street, Delray Beach, FL to obtain bags, gloves, and trash grabbers.   LAA and FJB seek to improve the overall cleanliness and health of the community by removing debris, litter, and trash from the streets and public spaces.

       Five journalism and mass communications students attended a two-day conference in Atlanta focused on empowering the next generation of HBCU journalists by providing access to industry leaders, hands-on training and groundbreaking discussions on the future of media.