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Naropa University Celebrates 1st Black Futures Month Boulder, CO, Feb. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — “Let’s give ourselves the freedom and permission to follow our radical imaginations and visualize the world we deserve because in order to realize a society in which we have healthcare for all, a meaningful wage, self-determination, and true freedom, we have to first imagine it!” ~ Movement For Black Lives (m4bl.org) Building on the traditionally celebrated Black History Month, Naropa University has dedicated February as Black Futures Month—seeking to inspire current and future studen...

Author photo courtesy of Open Road Media Next week, an outstanding panel of authors and actors will come together (virtually) to celebrate the work of Octavia Butler. Hosted by New York’s Symphony Space, the event features playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins ( An Octoroon) hosting a discussion with writers N. K. Jemisin ( How Long ’til Black Future Month?), Walter Mosley ( The Awkward Black Man), and Imani Perry ( Breathe: A Letter to My Sons). Actors Yetide Badaki ( American Gods) and Adepero Oduye ( When They See Us) will read selections from Butler’s work. The event is presented in con...

AT&T Dream in Black honors future makers and everyday heroes DALLAS, Feb. 9, 2021 — This Black History Month, AT&T* Dream in Black presents the return of Black Future Makers, a future-forward celebration of inspirational people in the culture. The campaign was announced via  commercial celebrating frontline workers and everyday heroes from Chicago in a spot voiced by NBA superstar, philanthropist and entrepreneur LeBron James. James is also one of this year’s Black Future Maker honorees. – The campaign includes an ad voiced by LeBron James and featuring frontline workers from C...

Black Futures on Eglinton is a newly released report that lays out a vision for how the area colloquially called Little Jamaica may survive.

Twin Cities 'technologist' sees expanding future for young minorities in IT February 6, 2021 — 8:00am Text size Copy shortlink: Steve Buchanan caught a break as a teenager 20-plus years ago when a relative referred him to someone who worked for a small computer-consulting firm. The connection worked, although Buchanan remembers feeling a little off as the only Black worker in a group of white people. "I got my second job because I was in a barbershop and the barber knew an African-American guy who owned an IT firm," Buc...