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NAACP Telel Town Hall Draws Over 21,000 As Communities Grapple with the Impact of Global Coronavirus Pandemic
The NAACP hosted an emergency tele town hall on the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic with several special guests, including U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams; Senator Kamala Harris; Congresswoman Robin Kelly; La June Montgomery Tabron, president & CEO, W.K. Kellogg Foundation; Dr. Rich Besser, president & CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Dr. Jerry Young, president, National Baptist Convention; Rev. Traci Blackmon, United Church of Christ; Nicolette Louissaint Ph.D., executive director, Healthcare Ready.
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SuperMENtors Making a Difference
Four men from the community recently gave an hour out of their day to read “How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?” to students at the Fifth Ward Head Start Center.
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St. Peter The Apostle Catholic School Closing
After 77 years of educating children in Houston’s Third Ward, St. Peter The Apostle Catholic School is closing its doors. Houston Public Media reports the superintendent over the archdiocese’s schools, Debra Haney, said that a lot of the decision came down to financial pressure. It’s also a reflection of the toll that charter schools have put on not just public schools, but also parochial schools like St. Peter’s.
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Eric Benet Headlines the 2017 Black Heritage Fest
"Not just a festival, It's an Experience"
Eric Benét and many others set to rip the stage at the third annual Black Heritage Festival. Center stage in the nation's fourth largest black populated city, Houston Texas. Over 10k African-Americans, Afro-Caribbeans, Africans from the Continent, Afro Latinos & Hispanics, multi-cultural guest flock to Houston's iconic Discovery Green, Saturday September 30th 2017.
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi Joins NAACP and BET Virtual Town Hall on the Impact of COVID-19 on African Americans
The NAACP in partnership with BET is hosting a four-part virtual town hall series, “Unmasked: A COVID-19 Virtual Town Hall Series”. The first part of the series kicks-off on Wednesday, April 8, at 8 PM ET/ 5 PM PT, and will focus on the health, emotional, economic toll, congressional response and how activists can apply pressure to ensure legislation is equitable.
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Houston ISD Foundation’s State of Schools
Photography by Vicky Pink - It was a packed house of 700 people at the …
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2014 City of Houston Inauguration
Photography by Vicky Pink and Roswitha Vogler - On Thursday, January 2, 2014, Houston Style …
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2014 City of Houston Inauguration
Photography by Vicky Pink and Roswitha Vogler - On Thursday, January 2, 2014, Houston Style …
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Houston Symphony to Receive $25,000 Grant
National Endowment for the Arts Acting Chairman Mary Anne Carter has approved more than $80 million in grants as part of the Arts Endowment’s second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2019. Included in this announcement is an Art Works grant of $25,000 to the Houston Symphony to support the Community-Embedded Musicians (CEM) initiative. Art Works is the Arts Endowment’s principal grantmaking program. The agency received 1,592 Art Works applications for this round of grantmaking, and will award 977 grants in this category.
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State Rep. Johnson Starts Session Filing 17 Bills
Surrounded by family and friends, Jarvis Johnson was sworn in as State Representative for House District 139 succeeding Mayor Sylvester Turner. Shortly after swearing to represent the people of his district, Johnson hit the ground running listening to his constituents of north Houston at open houses and community forums. He acted on addressing their concerns by filling 17 bills to achieve results.
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Latin Women’s Initiative Plans to Spice Up Houston
Latin Women's Initiative is a membership organization committed to empowering and supporting Latin women and children in need through financial support, volunteerism and community resources.
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Boys & Girls Clubs Greater Houston and Boys & Girls Clubs of America hold Juneteenth celebration form Reedy Chapel AME Church in Galveston
The nationally broadcast, livestreamed webinar in Galveston featured a virtual appearance by NASA Astronaut Stephanie Wilson
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New Poll Reveals COVID-19’s Impacts on African American Communities
Tomorrow, May 19th at 12:00 pm ET, the African American Research Collaborative (AARC) in partnership with the NAACP and the Equity Research and Innovation Center (ERIC) at Yale School of Medicine will present new polling detailing the impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic on African American communities. Given that COVID-19 is having a disproportionate impact on black Americans across a range of indicators - infection rates, deaths, unemployment, access to care, access to education, etc. - this is the first national poll to take a deep dive into how African Americans are responding.
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Mayor's Adult Literacy Breakfast and Signature Fundraiser Will Celebrate Honorees
The Mayor’s Office for Adult Literacy and the Houston Public Library will host the Mayor’s Literacy Breakfast: A Salute to Adult Literacy. The event will recognize Houston Astros Manager Dusty Baker as the honorary chair for adult literacy and recognize event honorees Margaret Doughty, Barbara Bush Houston Foundation and the CITGO Corporation.
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Takeoff, member of rap group Migos, dead at 28
Takeoff, who was one third of the platinum-selling rap group Migos, was shot and killed early Tuesday in Houston, Texas, a source close to the group confirmed to CNN.
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Mayor Turner Alarm By State to Takeover HISD
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner ran late on Wednesday morning, March 1, 2022, for the Houston City Council. Over the weekend, he met with several people, including legislators and Commissioner of Education Mike Morath, to discuss the future of the Houston Independent School District (HISD). The commissioner did not give him a definitive answer. However, the legislators did inform him of the state's intention to takeover HISD. According to Turner, Texas Education Agency (TEA) has intentions of replacing the Board of Education, Superintendent Millard House, and taking over the entire school district.
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2014 H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards
Keynote speaker and NBC broadcast journalist Tom Brokaw addresses the H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards at the Grand Sonesta Hotel in Houston, Texas.
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1st Annual Black Heritage Festival
1st annual Houston Black Heritage Music & Arts Festival™ (HBHMAF) took place in downtown Houston, Texas at the Discovery Green! This full day family-friendly cultural affair was filled with celebrity artists, entertainers, children’s activities, arts, education, financial literacy, health & wellness and much more!
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GILEAD DONATES $500,000 TO AIDS FOUNDATION HOUSTON
This week, in honor of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (Feb. 7), AIDS Foundation Houston (AFH) celebrated a $500,000, one-year grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc.
