Leigh Beeson
UGA Today
It’s been over 30 years since Shirley Mathis McBay first went to Capitol Hill with an urgent message.
She implored members of Congress to take action to increase the numbers of minorities and women in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.
And she didn’t mince words.
“In the search for knowledge in science and engineering, the worst intellectual crime one can commit is to prejudice one’s results, to prejudge how something will turn out. However, this is precisely what we are doing when we fail from elementary school to graduate school to encourage women and minorities to enter the fields of science and engineering,” McBay told the congressional panel, titled “Reclaiming Human Talent.”
Greer was a guest on WABE’s “Morning Edition” with host Lisa Rayam, who asked Greer her thoughts on voter trends this election.
Greer said the race results and trend numbers tell her it was more “about the candidates and not necessarily about the party. Because if it were about the party itself, then you would’ve had both candidates lock in step when it comes to the number of votes they received.”
Mase is returning to the pulpit as the New York rapper is named the new pastor of
Atlanta’s Gathering Oasis Church as of Sunday (Jan. 3).
This past Sunday, the church officially welcomed Mase as their new leader, tweeting his photo on their official Twitter account, referring to him as Pastor Mason Betha.
As you may (or not) know, in 1999, Mase famously retired from Hip-Hop in order to pursue a calling from God. Subsequently, he became an ordained minister and continued his studies at Clark Atlanta University. After a five-year hiatus, Mase released his comeback album, ‘Welcome Back,’ and began working with 50 Cent‘s G-Unit group.
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“Water is a human right. Accessibility to water and affordability to water is a human right.”
The political science student at Clark Atlanta University says issues such as climate change are getting her to vote again in Georgia’s January runoffs.
Voters under 30 years old in Georgia came out in record numbers to cast their ballots in the general election. And political parties and advocates want to make sure young progressive voters have the same energy to show up to polls again for the runoff races.
Data shows that young voters made up 20% of Georgians who cast ballots in the general election, according to the non-partisan Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning Engagement, or CIRCLE, at Tufts University. And those votes, especially from young Black voters, helped President-elect Joe Biden clinch the state in November. Democratic candidates want to make sure these voters show up again.