WHAT makes you happy? That s the question we posed to our Camera Club and asked them to post their answers in a photo. We had a fantastic response - as we always do to our monthly prize competitions. As we emerged from lockdown and the sun began to shine, the cherry blossom and tulips came out in force, and you could almost feel the whole of York start to smile again. And our photographers certainly captured that mood with these excellent images. From trips to the seaside and ice-cream cones, to pictures of nature at its loveliest, there s plenty to cheer us up in this set of images.
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Last year was an extraordinary moment for many historically Black colleges and universities.
HBCUs shared the national spotlight with Vice President Kamala Harris, a Howard University alumna. And as the country grappled with a new racial reckoning in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, some of those schools received high-profile donations.
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gave $160 million to HBCUs and Black college organizations across the country in July 2020. She followed that in December with a $50 million gift to Prairie View A&M University, and an anonymous donor gave Prairie View $10 million in November to help students during the pandemic.
“It’s not surprising that during a moment of national agony on race that minority-serving institutions stand out,” said Ruth Simmons, president of the HBCU, which is part of the Texas A&M System. “We’ve been around since 1876 doing the same work continuously throughout that time. … I think it’s our time to be recognized
Amid the worst environmental racism still heaped on vulnerable Dallas residents, Paul Quinn College joins the fight
Amid the worst environmental racism still heaped on vulnerable Dallas residents, Paul Quinn College joins the fight
How its new Urban Research Initiative is helping neighbors and advocates trying to rid Floral Farms of a legacy of Shingle Mountain and other industrial hazards.
Five-year-old David Rojas rides his bike in front of his family s home on Bird Lane in the Floral Farms neighborhood of southeast Dallas. Eighteen-wheelers and other commercial trucks use the narrow street many times daily to get to an industrial recycling and waste disposal site on Bird Lane.(Lola Gomez / Staff Photographer)