NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The New Orleans Ballet Association (NOBA)’s Center for Dance (CFD), in partnership with the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORD) and St. Bernard Parish Public Schools, will hold online registrations beginning Jan. 19 for the spring 2021 semester of tuition-free, after-school dance classes for ages 3-18. The NOBA Center for Dance’s nationally award-winning, tuition-free Early Childhood Program (ages 3-5) and Preparatory Program (ages 6-18) provide sequentially based technique classes in ballet, modern, jazz, hip hop, movement and conditioning. Classes will be held in-person at six NORD Rec Centers Cut Off, Gernon Brown, Joe W. Brown, Rosenwald, Stallings St. Claude, and Tremé and virtually through NOBA’s robust Zoom platform. (See details below.) Registration for any child with a demonstrated interest will be filled on a first come, first served basis and can be accessed at nobadance.com/youth-classes. Classes begin o
Consistent, widespread racial disparities hurt Black airmen, IG study finds December 21, 2020 An IG study into racial disparities in the Air Force has found significant and longstanding disparities affecting Black airmen s careers and how they are disciplined under the military justice system. (Staff Sgt. Tia Schroeder/Air Force) An Air Force inspector general review into racial disparities found widespread differences, year after year, in how Black airmen are treated as opposed to airmen of other races. The investigation, which the Air Force released Monday, studied how Black airmen are affected by law enforcement apprehensions, criminal investigations, military justice, and administrative separations. It also reviewed which career fields Black airmen tend to be placed into, promotion rates, professional military educational development, and leadership opportunities.