As executive director of Emergent Fund, alicia sanchez gill works to ensure resources for Black, Indigenous and People of Color-led social justice movements. alicia sanchez gill uses her diverse experience to fuel her passion for advocacy and change. Gill began her role with Emergent Fund from her role as Interim Executive Director of Collective Action for…
Make no mistake. Travis P. Jackson, the lively founder and CEO of HBCU Pride Nation, is an unabashed homer when it comes to representing his alma mater. When asked to name the best historically Black college campus in America, he doesn’t hesitate to answer with a certain storied Greensboro institution he attended. “North Carolina A&T,…
A U.S. government advisory panel’s decision is a major step toward a vaccination campaign that could finally conquer the outbreak. A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine Thursday, putting the country just one step away from launching an epic vaccination campaign against the outbreak that has killed close to 300,000…
The new flavor is set to launch in 2021 If 2020 has proven anything, it’s that the push for justice is never-ending and transcends all boundaries. Civil rights activist and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick has teamed up with Ben & Jerry’s to launch a new ice cream flavor, Change the Whirled. Colin Kaepernick looks…
Holiday season? More like pregnancy season. Singers Christina Milian and Cassie Ventura–Fine both announced on Thursday, Dec. 10, that they are expecting. The “Love Don’t Cost a Thing” actress announced on her Instagram account that she and her boyfriend Matt Pokora are expecting their second child together. The couple shares a nine-month-old baby boy named Isaiah. The singer is also…
Dr. James Phillips has been removed from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s work schedule starting in January 2021. According to a new report, Dr. James Phillips will no longer be employed at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center beginning next year. Read More: CDC officials ‘directed to destroy’ records of potential ‘political interference’…
Shirley Sherrod and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack pictured at a news conference at the Department of Agriculture, Aug. 24, 2010. | Source: Mark Wilson / Getty The news that former U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack has been designated to return to that cabinet position under Joe Biden‘s administration confirmed the worst suspicions…
The rapper is currently at a hospital in the DMV Prayers are going up for hip hop legend Biz Markie who recently suffered a stroke. Read More: Trump implies high COVID-19 case numbers, herd immunity is ‘terrific’ The multi-talented artist, 56, has struggled with health problems for years and according to HipHopDX, they have escalated recently. “He’s…
Fans of Beyoncé’s athleisure brand Ivy Park are not happy with the company’s recent Instagram post. The clothing brand recently shared a promotional photo on its social media page that featured two models many are accusing of “Blackfishing.” The photo, which was posted on Wednesday, Dec. 8, starred two models who go by Alena Biuni and…
A new card game that challenges players on their knowledge of Black culture is poised to become the next sensation in family game night. And it’s being backed by a Black entrepreneur and curator named Eunique Jones Gibson. CultureTags is a party game that hit Target store shelves nationwide late last month. Jones Gibson inked…
