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Safe Boating Campaign Holds Series of Events Encouraging Boaters to Wear Life Jackets and Boat Responsibly

To educate people worldwide on the importance of responsible boating and always wearing a life jacket while on the water, the National Safe Boating Council and boating safety advocates around the world are kicking off the annual Safe Boating Campaign the weekend before Memorial Day with boating safety events and activities.

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Mayor's Statement On Deaths of Local First Responders

When we lose public servants who had the job of protecting lives, the sorrow is a burden for everyone," Mayor Turner said today.

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Poverty Still Disproportionately Affects Blacks And Latinos In San Antonio

Many black and Latino families continue to have less access to wealth and opportunity in San Antonio, especially when they live in racially and economically segregated parts of the city.

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Puzzling Number Of Men Tied To Ferguson Protests Have Died

Two young men were found dead inside torched cars. Three others died of apparent suicides. Another collapsed on a bus, his death ruled an overdose

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Jocelyn K. Allen to Receive the 2017 Patricia L. Tobin Media Professional Award

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) proudly announces the selection of Jocelyn K. Allen as the recipient of the 2017 Patricia L. Tobin Media Professional Award.

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Chris Hollins awarded the Democracy Action Hero Award by the Schwarzenegger Institute

The USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy, an organization committed to advancing post-partisanship, headed by former California governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, recently named Houston-area resident, Chris Hollins, as a recipient of the Institute's Democracy Action Hero Award.

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Cornyn Statement on HUD Announcement of $50 Million in Federal Aid for Texas Disaster Relief

Supported Funding as Part of Recently-Passed Omnibus Appropriations Bill

U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it would award the state of Texas $50,753,000 to support disaster recovery efforts:

Governor Greg Abbott Announces Star Of Texas Nominations

Governor Greg Abbott today announced that nominations for the 2020 Star of Texas Awards, which honor peace officers, firefighters, and emergency medical first responders who were seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, are now open. Nominations must be submitted to the Governor's Office by June 15, 2020. Nominations can also be made for private citizens who were seriously injured or killed while aiding or attempting to aid a peace officer, firefighter, or emergency medical first responder in the performance of the their duties.

NAACP and CRL: Student Debt Weighs Heaviest on Black America

From its founding in 1909 to today, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has endured as a vital advocacy organization dedicated to freedom and justice for all. From July 20-24, the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization’s annual convention met for the 110th time in Detroit’s Cobo Hall.

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Danish Minister of Environment Visits PVAMU Campus

On Monday, November 29, 2021, the Danish Minister of Environment, Lea Wermelin, the Royal Consulate General of Denmark, and Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) College of Agriculture and Human Sciences Dean and Director of Land Grant Programs, Gerard D’Souza, Ph.D., met to establish a partnership between the college and the agency.

Nation’s Largest College of Education Celebrates American Education Week with Scholarships for Current and Aspiring Teachers

WGU Texas’ Teachers College provides opportunities to ease tuition costs during national teacher shortage

WGU Texas’ Teachers College will mark the National Education Association’s (NEA) 2021 American Education Week Nov. 15-19 by announcing its WGU Loves Teachers and Become a Teacher scholarship programs, together totaling $6 million, for current and future education professionals who wish to pursue bachelor’s or master’s degree programs in the Teachers College.

QFest Awards Top Honor FISTING: NEVER TEAR US APART The John Steven Kellett Freedom of Vision Award Winner

FISTING: NEVER TEAR US APART has taken the top prize at the 23rd Annual QFest, Houston's International LGBTQ Film Festival. The weeklong festival has concluded with the suspense filled drama awarded The John Steven Kellett Freedom of Vision Award, the festival’s highest honor.

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The Autobiography of Charles 67X * Poetry and photographs by Askia Muhammad

Who in the world is Charles 67X? Born Charles K. Moreland, Jr., in Indianola, Mississippi, he exchanged the "slave name" Moreland for the Nation of Islam's "X," as in "unknown quantity," as in "ex-Negro," as in "Charles 67X."

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Real Estate Mogul, Tiffany Curry, Named “Woman of the Year” at the 2017 Global Power Tour in Houston

Tiffany Curry has been named “Woman of the Year” at the 2017 Global Power Tour, a multi-city, multi-country, hands-on and engaging summit for women entrepreneurs focusing on building their business brand, strategy and finances.

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GMC Closes 2017 With Best Year-End Sales Since 2005

Premium Truck and SUV brand outperforms industry

GMC closed out a solid year of sales performance with a 3 percent increase in total sales year over year for 2017 and 1 percent increase in retail sales year over year. Additionally, the average transaction price (ATP) for GMC trucks and SUVs has steadily increased 35 percent over the last 10 years, from $32,600 in 2007 to $43,800 at the end of 2017, which is the highest in GMC U.S. retail history. GMC ended 2017 with a 54-day supply of inventory.

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Akosua Haynes, 10, an Aspiring Astronaut, and Rylee Paige Johnson, 13, Healing from Losi

Akosua Haynes, 10, wrote a letter to Margot Lee Shetterly, author of “Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race,” letting Shetterly know her book solidified Akosua’s decision to become a NASA astronaut.

What Kind of Principal Turns Around A Failing School?

A Visionary Change-Maker/Activist From Houston

Heroes live among us but are so busy “saving the world” that they often exist under the radar and go unrecognized. Luckily for us, legendary educator/activist and author, Dr. Bertie Simmons wrote it all down in a memoir that spans her life before, during and after the turning around of a failing school - and not without controversy.

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In Honor of National Women's Equality Day, the Multicultural Women Executive Leadership Foundation in partnership with Dr. Yasmin Davidds Leadership Institute is giving away $100,000 in Scholarship

In honor of National Women’s Equality Day, the Multicultural Women Executive Leadership Foundation in partnership with the Dr. Yasmin Davidds Leadership Institute is proud to announce over $100,000 in available scholarships for qualified Multicultural Women Executive Leadership Program (MWELP) candidates who are self-funding.

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'Dancing with the Stars' pros Jenna Johnson and Val Chmerkovskiy welcome first child together

Jenna Johnson and Val Chmerkovskiy have welcomed a baby boy.

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Jackson State University Appoints Alumna Fran’Cee Brown-McClure as Vice President of Student Affairs

Jackson State University President Thomas K. Hudson, J.D., today announces the appointment of alumna Fran’Cee Brown-McClure, Ph.D. (’04) as the new vice president of Student Affairs, effective July 1. Associate Vice President Susan Powell, Ed.D., will assume new duties within the administration.