Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.

I will always remember the loving smile on Charlene’s face and that unforgettable twinkle of solidarity in her eyes whenever she discussed and planned how to organize and to win victories over peoples’ oppression.

IN MEMORIAM: Tribute to Freedom Fighter Charlene Mitchell

NNPA NEWSWIRE — How should we say thank you adequately to leaders and freedom fighters who have passed away? We all should keep fighting for freedom...

For the first time during the decade the scorecard’s been issued, no automakers received a red grade.

#NNPA BlackPress1 month ago

Rainbow Push Auto Scorecard Shows Vast Improvement in Diversity Efforts

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We cannot afford to be complacent — our work is far from being done,” said Rev. Jesse Jackson. “The automotive industry and the communities...

Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., National Newspaper Publishers Association president and CEO.

#NNPA BlackPress1 month ago

Black Press Publishers Honor Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. with NNPA Lifetime Achievement Award

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Because of his dedication and steadying hand, the historic all-Black woman board of the NNPA unanimously has chosen Chavis as the recipient of...

The next two years will be critical in defining what the future of our country looks like – we need rational leaders who will serve Americans of all backgrounds, especially the minority and underserved communities.

#NNPA BlackPress1 month ago

OP-ED: Federal Trade Commission is Creating Challenges for Democrats and Others for the 2024 Elections

NNPA NEWSWIRE — A recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawsuit against Idaho-based company, Kochava, brought to light the severe lack of regulations and guidelines surrounding data...

The Black community and the Jewish community share a long, shared history of struggle and fighting for civil rights.

#NNPA BlackPress1 month ago

OP-ED: Reaffirming Solidarity Between Blacks and Jews in America

NNPA NEWSWIRE — As we prepare to go into 2023, disunity between Blacks and Jews is ahistorical and counterproductive. We cannot afford to be nonchalant or...

While a number of conglomerates are scoped into the bill, true independent or small newspapers are explicitly excluded from the legislation because the bill says that an eligible publisher must earn more than $100,000 per year.

#NNPA BlackPress2 months ago

OP-ED: Proposed Journalism Competition Preservation Act Negative Impact on Small Minority-Owned Newspapers

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Many African American and other BIPOC news outlets are independently owned. Furthermore, these news outlets have developed and grown their audiences because mainstream...

Current TV broadcast industry ownership stats reveal a pattern that favors incumbent owners who are primarily White males – less than 2% of U.S. TV stations are owned by minorities.

#NNPA BlackPress2 months ago

OP-ED: The Time is Now for Increasing Diversity in American Media Ownership

NNPA NEWSWIRE — I support and join with Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) in her letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that commends and endorses the...

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, addresses a briefing on the latest information about the Coronavirus Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, in the James S. Brady Briefing Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Keegan Barber)

#FIYAH3 months ago

Fauci to step down in December

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Fauci’s career at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases began in the 1980s under the administration of Ronald Reagan. In 2008,...

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#NNPA BlackPress3 months ago

Black Press of America Plans Digital Innovation and Training Conference in St. Thomas

NNPA NEWSWIRE — With the theme, “Digital Innovation, Training, and Engagement of the Black Press of America,” publishers and others will link up to further strengthen...

After attending the “challenging and predominately white” University of Chicago, Areva Martin went to Harvard Law School and ultimately began a career in corporate law. After just one year, she opened her own firm.

#NNPA BlackPress3 months ago

Areva Martin Continues to Advocate for Those with Special Needs and Those Facing Discrimination and Injustice

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “St. Louis is one of the most segregated cities in the nation,” Martin told National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr....

For more than thirty years, communities across the U.S. have been raising serious concerns about the disproportionate exposure to environmental threats that low-income communities, people of color, and tribal groups have borne. Recent events across the country, such as outbreaks of lead poisoning in Flint, MI and East Chicago, IN, the battles by the Standing Rock Sioux and Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw to hold onto and protect their sacred land and recent devastating flooding in Baton Rouge and Charleston, West Virginia are focusing new and needed national attention on environmental and climate justice and environmental racism. This photo is from a talk by Vernice Miller-Travis that focuses on the present and future call for environmental justice and the fact that widening economic inequality is intertwined with environmental inequities.

#NNPA BlackPress3 months ago

Vernice Miller-Travis, a Crusader who Continues the Struggle to Weed out Environmental Racism

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Vernice Miller-Travis said that it’s her job to analyze data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s list of national priorities. In that way,...

“We are going to all the major states, places where we know we can make a difference,” declared NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. “This tour is designed to make sure we awaken a lot of the sleeping giants in our community.”

#NNPA BlackPress3 months ago

Coalition Kicks Off Votercade with Goal of 10 Million More Black Voters

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “A right is not something someone gives you. It’s something that someone cannot take away from you. That’s what this is about. It’s...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan said the new office plans to dedicate more than 200 EPA staff members across ten regions.

#LetItBeKnown4 months ago

EPA Launches New National Office Dedicated to Advancing Environmental Justice and Civil Rights

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The EPA created the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights Office by merging three existing programs at the agency – the...

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#NNPA BlackPress5 months ago

OP-ED: “God Did”

NNPA NEWSWIRE — At a time when world communities are experiencing increasing devastations from climate change, poverty, and human oppression, what are the enduring lessons that...

National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. has received the President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award for Community Service and Civil Rights during a ceremony at Morehouse College in Atlanta.

#LetItBeKnown5 months ago

President Joe Biden Honors Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. and Others with Lifetime Achievement Award

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “On behalf of the NNPA and the Thurgood Marshall Center Trust, as well as on behalf of all my fellow Civil Rights Movement...

Pictured: 2022 Chevrolet Discover the Unexpected Fellows. During the program, students had the opportunity to create content and engaging stories about the Chevy Bolt EUV, electrification and EV adoption, allowing them to act as change agents within their local communities.

#NNPA BlackPress5 months ago

PRESS ROOM: Chevrolet Awards $165,000 in Scholarships to 2022 HBCU Marketing and Journalism Interns

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The NNPA and Chevrolet partnership has been and continues to be extremely productive supporting aspiring journalists and amplifying their voices” said NNPA President...

President Joe Biden said new taxes would pay for the bill, including a 15% minimum tax on large corporations and a 1% tax on stock buyback.

#LetItBeKnown6 months ago

Black America Benefits from President Biden Signing Inflation Reduction Act

NNPA NEWSWIRE — It includes strengthening critical provisions of the Affordable Care Act, providing Medicare with authority to negotiate certain prescription drug costs, and administration officials...

“From the earliest days until now, the AFRO has chronicled our lives from the end of Reconstruction through the Jim Crow Era, the Niagara Movement, World War I, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Depression, World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, the first Black U.S. president and vice president, a global health and economic pandemic, and our path forward,” said Maryland Democratic Congressman Kweisi Mfume.

#LetItBeKnown6 months ago

Celebrities, Politicians and a Host of Dignitaries Help Celebrate the AFRO’s 130th Anniversary

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Throughout the years, the AFRO has been a leading voice in the Black community, serving as a reliable source of news and information...

Jim Winston is President and CEO of the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) headquartered in Washington, DC. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. is President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) headquartered in Washington, DC.

#NNPA BlackPress6 months ago

OP-ED: Diversifying American Media Ownership Must Become a National Priority

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) are working together to encourage the media and...

Intending to register 10 million more Black voters before the midterm elections, Arnwine, Chavis, and others urged the crowd in D.C. and those watching via a livestream to join the crusade.

#NNPA BlackPress6 months ago

Star-Studded Voting Rights Celebration Encourages 10 million More Registered Black Voters

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Participants included the Rev. Jesse Jackson, TJC President Dr. Barbara Arnwine and Board Chair Daryl Jones, National Urban League President Marc Morial, NNPA...

Bill Russell wearing a Boston Celtics jacket in 1957 (Photo: John G. Zimmerman for Sports Illustrated / Wikimedia Commons)

#NNPA BlackPress6 months ago

IN MEMORIAM: Basketball Legend Bill Russell Dies at 88

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Russell, who won 11 NBA titles as a player and two as a player-coach, died “peacefully” with his wife, Jeannine, at his side, a...

Most observers agree that a bipartisan effort is vital in combating the still-rising rates of maternal health and mortality disparities, particularly among African American women.

#NNPA BlackPress6 months ago

NNPA President Chavis and Senator William Cassidy Unite for Improving Black Maternal Health

NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 700 women die from pregnancy or childbirth-related complications yearly in the United...

We call on all Americans to be united to address maternal mortality. Let’s eliminate racial disparity in all health outcomes but especially among those about to give birth or who have just given birth.

#NNPA BlackPress6 months ago

OP-ED: Improving Maternal Health Care in America

NNPA NEWSWIRE — As a Republican and as a Democrat we have made a conscious decision to work closely together on this issue in our respective...

#NNPA BlackPress7 months ago

Black Press of America, Transformative Justice Coalition Announce National Get Out the Vote Campaign

NEW ORLEANS TRIBUNE — With 10 million African Americans eligible, but unregistered to vote, the National Newspaper Publishers Association and the Transformative Justice Coalition have announced...

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