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3 weeks ago |
wordinblack.com | Aaricka Washington
Overview: Nonprofits like the Center for Black Educator Development were created to bring diversity to a workforce that is more than 80% white. But the Trump administration's campaign against DEI looks to starve the nonprofits of the federal funds they need to do their work. Gina Dukes knew she wanted to be a teacher the moment she heard a formerly homeless schoolmate talk about the impact teachers had in his life.
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1 month ago |
afrolanews.org | Aaricka Washington
When was the last time you saw a newsstand? On May 2, the Media 2070 Initiative, a national social justice project from the media advocacy group Free Press, brings traveling immersive multimedia art exhibition Black Future Newsstand to Los Angeles. Previously, Media 2070 has presented pop-up newsstands in Harlem, Austin and Chicago. The event showcases a future where Black communities are being fully represented and valued in the media.
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2 months ago |
afrolanews.org | Aaricka Washington
For esthetician Wei-Lin Chong-Cuatt, her hands are full. While Chong-Cuatt breastfed her newborn on a recent February day in her family’s San Gabriel Valley Airbnb while her two eldest eldest sons played with toy blocks and her other son ate lunch in his high chair. It’s a change of scenery for Chong-Cuatt, her husband and their four boys who are age 5 and younger in an area that was once reserved for backyard space at their Altadena home.
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Feb 28, 2025 |
afrolanews.org | Aaricka Washington
Times are changing rapidly. Donald Trump is back in office in for a second term as president. Los Angeles County’s communities in the Palisades and Eaton Canyon were traumatized by fires that lasted nearly 25 days and many families are still picking up the pieces of their lives. Threats of massive immigration enforcement sweeps are rampant—with schools and colleges as fair game for ICE agents.
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Feb 28, 2025 |
afrolanews.beehiiv.com | Aaricka Washington |Carolyn Jones |Marina Peña
“But it would be historically inaccurate to reduce the contributions of Black people to the vast material wealth created by our bondage. Black Americans have also been, and continue to be, foundational to the idea of American freedom.
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