Historically Black sororities and fraternities are on the forefront of social justice.Vice President Kamala Harris made it clear: Howard University, one of the nation s Historically Black Colleges and Universities, played a major role in shaping who she is. Her candidacy also propelled her sorority into the spotlight.Harris Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority sisters cheered her on during her run for vice president. Kamala Harris success throughout her career really kind of spotlights the foundation of leadership building that the Divine Nine has done, said Edwin Johnson, a historian and special assistant to the provost at Morgan State University.Alpha Kappa Alpha is one of several historically Black sororities and fraternities called the Divine Nine, the organizations that fall under the national Pan-Hellenic Council. Most of them share the same theme or mission of service to community, scholarship and other positive attributes that you find common on college campuses, Johnson said.
Deals round up Friday, Feb. 12
The great James Taylor once sang it s Friday, Friday/Gotta get down on Friday.
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The great James Taylor once sang it s Friday, Friday/Gotta get down on Friday. Since everybody is looking forward to the weekend, it s very difficult for me to convincingly segue into a discussion of all the deals we ve compiled below.
But, heroically, I will do exactly that . right now.
While the pandemic impacted entrepreneurs across all demographics, the Small Business Association reports that Black-owned businesses saw three times the decline in business activity compared to other owners.
Violence against elderly Asian Americans in the Bay Area is skyrocketing
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Asian Americans across the Bay Area are concerned over a rising number of violent anti-Asian attacks.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
In March, when much of the nation shut down in response to the coronavirus landing on American shores, the Anti-Defamation League estimated that there were at least 57 instances of anti-Asian harassment and violence nationwide.
And in recent weeks, the string of violence and anti-Asian sentiment has reached another breaking point one that has disproportionately targeted vulnerable Asian seniors in the Bay Area.
A fatal attack on an 84-year-old Thai man in San Francisco. A violent attack of an 91-year-old man in Oakland’s Chinatown. An attack and robbery of a 64-year-old Vietnamese woman in San Jose. Another one, targeting a man at a San Leandro bank. Graffiti outside of a Chinese school in San Francisco. That s just in the span of two weeks.
The Future of Hollywood Belongs to Lakeith Stanfield
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Film critics like to take pride in clairvoyance. The ability to watch an unknown actor in a breakout performance and instantly call a lifetime of fame and success like Babe Ruth pointing his bat past the outfield in self-assured prophecy is the easiest way to prove that we know a star when we see one. In recent weeks, I’ve spoken with a handful of peers who also remember playing Tinseltown executive upon seeing Lakeith Stanfield’s big-screen debut in 2013’s indie drama
Short Term 12 (then credited as “Keith”), chomping our imaginary cigars and growling, “That kid’s got a future in this business!” The number of my colleagues who arrived at this same conclusion does have a diminishing effect on the prescience of our insights, though. He made it too easy to tell he’d be huge.