All posts tagged "education"

March Against Fear: When ‘Black Power’ Became Mainstream

By Tamara Shiloh It was June 5, 1966. James Howard Meredith (born 1933), on a mission to encourage Black voter registration and defy entrenched racism in...

Panel Discusses Supreme Court Case Threatening End of Affirmative Action

By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media A webinar hosted by ChangeLawyers, the American Constitution Society (ACS) Bay Area, and Equal Justice Society was held...

Walter Lincoln Hawkins, A Modern-Day Inventor

By Tamara Shiloh During his early years, Walter Lincoln Hawkins (1911–1992) would disassemble and then reassemble several toys to create new ones. He built spring-driven toy...

Philippa Duke Schuyler: Pianist Received National Prominence at Young Age

By Tamara Shiloh African American author and journalist George Schuyler and white artist and journalist Josephine Cogdell’s marriage was dubbed “the most celebrated interracial marriage of...

COMMENTARY: Tell the Supreme Court: We Still Need Affirmative Action

By Ben Jealous One of the great joys of my life is teaching. I’m fortunate to teach classes on social justice at the University of Pennsylvania,...

Gov. Newsom Won’t Support Mandatory Kindergarten

By Edward Henderson | California Black Media Last week, the office of Gov. Gavin Newsom released a list of bills from the current legislative session that...

First Time Homebuyer Education Workshop

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Councilmember Loren Taylor Supports Rezoning ‘Portion’ of Mills College for Development

By Ken Epstein District 6 Councilmember and candidate for mayor Loren Taylor says he is in favor of office buildings, retail, and residential development on a...

Youth Mental Health Care: California’s Investments May Still Not Be Enough

Charles R. Drew Univ. Launches M.D. Program as Newsom Announces COVID Emergency End

By Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media On Monday, Oct. 17, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that the COVID-19 emergency in California will end Feb. 28,...

My Brother’s Keeper Chair Broderick Johnson Donates Laptops to Members of Oakland’s Hidden Genius Project

By COMCAST The Hidden Genius Project in downtown Oakland recently had a renowned special guest visit the organization. Broderick Johnson, chair of President Obama’s My Brother’s...

PRESS ROOM: 150,000 Black and Latino Churches of the National Black Church Initiative and The Sickle Cell Disease Partnership Send President Biden and the Congressional Leadership A Letter

NNPA NEWSWIRE — NBCI has joined forces with the Sickle Cell Disease Partnership, an group of over 15 organizations committed to improving the lives and outcomes...

COMMENTARY: Student Loan Forgiveness Denial Another Reason to Cast a Vote

By Emil Guillermo | Post News Group Of all the eligible voters in our country, just 10% actually do, according to a recent Unite America Institute...

Terrence Riley Named New Executive Director for Hack the Hood

By Y’Anad Burrell On October 10, 2022, Hack the Hood’s Board of Directors named Terrence Riley as the new executive director. The organization’s mission is to...

Federal Court Halts Biden’s Student Loan Debt Forgiveness for Now

By Brandon Patterson A federal appellate judge on October 21 temporarily blocked the Biden Administration from cancelling student debt in response to a lawsuit filed by...

Questions About Contributions to Kyra Mungia’s District 6 School Board Campaign

By Ken Epstein | Post News Group The Oakland Post recently received a copy of an ethics complaint filed with the Oakland Ethics Commission about the...

Schaff Administration Proposes Rezoning Former Mills College Campus to Allow Condos, Retail Development

By Ken Epstein | Post News Group Buried in a draft plan for future housing in Oakland, submitted to City Council by Mayor Libby Schaaf’s Administration,...

Real Estate School Founder Noble Fields Honored by East Bay Law Day Group

By Conway Jones | Post News Group Noble Fields, J.D., was honored for her lifetime of achievements by the East Bay Law Day Group. She sponsored a fundraiser...

Thousands of California Students to Earn Cash for Community Service

By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media On October 7, Gov. Gavin Newsom, California Chief Service Officer Josh Fryday, educational leaders, community organizations, and the...

Oakland School District Accused of Firing Teacher Activists

District had promised not to retaliate against employees protesting school closures By Ken Epstein The Oakland teachers’ union has accused the Oakland Unified School District of...

Oakland Chaplains Respond to Need to Reduce Violence and Killings

By Post Staff The Oakland Chaplaincy Program founded by Pastor Phyllis Scott, President of the Pastors of Oakland graduated 13 more chaplains on Oct. 8, with...

New Poll: Black Voters Overwhelmingly Support Student Debt Forgiveness

The Department of Education reported that the typical undergraduate student with loans graduates with nearly $25,000 in debt. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National...

Museum of the African Diaspora Presents It’s Annual Gala Afropolitan Ball 2022

By Clifford L. Williams San Francisco’s Museum of the African Diaspora’s (MoAD) Afropolitan Ball, billed as a high energy celebration of Bay Area Black talent, will...

2022 Elections: A Conversation with State Rep. Mary Robichaux

Bonita Bumble Bee’s 1st Annual Science Fair!

By Dr. Melanie Spears Full STEAM Ahead with Bonita Bumble Bee’s 1st Annual Science Fair! This free event is for Pre-K – 2nd graders. Tarsha Jordan,...