May 18, 2022 is the 57th anniversary of Head Start, a federal program created by President Lyndon B. Johnson to “help meet the emotional, social, health, nutritional, and psychological needs of preschool-aged children from low-income families.” The program is free for eligible children and offers a range of educational activities

“2021 SWAC Football Championship Game” by 2C2K Photography On March 7, the Department of Education announced record-breaking $2.7 billion in funding to be allocated to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as part of the administration’s commitment through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) to provide access “to shared prosperity and

One industry in the United States often overlooked for its lack of diversity is the group tour industry. Zippia reports that over 70% of tour guides across the U.S. in 2019 were white, while only about 10% of tour guides that year were Hispanic or Latinx, 9% were Asian, and

In March 2022, Student Freedom Initiative, a nonprofit focused on providing academic, financial and professional pipeline support to students pursuing STEM degrees at Minority Serving Institutions (MSR), announced a new partnership with Twitter Together to provide additional support to students. “Thanks to our valuable partners, @StudentFreedom has helped many HBCU

“Mount Sinai Robert F. Smith Mobile Prostate Cancer Screening” by Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Center Robert F. Smith and Mount Sinai’s Center of Excellence for Prostate Cancer have launched the very first mobile prostate cancer screening bus in the United States. Prostate cancer is a very common disease that many men are

Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of America’s top Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). And, in the U.S., it is the only historically Black liberal arts private college for men. In January 2022, Morehouse College announced the launch of its Black Men’s Research Institute (BMRI), which is a