Advocating for African American LGBTQ Students
Over two days in June, some 100 LGBT youth leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., for the first White House Summit to support African American LGBT...
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Civil Rights Group Boosts Efforts to Help LGBTQ Students at HBCUs
NBJC launched its Historically Black College and University LGBTQ-Equality Initiative in 2010 to improve the overall capacity for HBCUs to provide their students and community—especially...
BE Modern Man: Meet ‘The Classroom Motivator’ Stevie Johnson
Name: Stevie Johnson Age: 26 Profession: Higher education administrator, professional disc jockey and doctoral student One Word That Describes You: Sedulous What does being one...
[Op-Ed] Why We Need To Support LGBT Youth in Schools
For too many youth, the most memorable moments of the school day are not about what they learned in class, but rather the obstacles they...
Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, 63rd African American Woman to Recieve Ph.D. in Physics
In February Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein announces that she was the 63rd black woman in the nation to obtain a PhD in Physics ....
Linda Cliatt-Wayman Delivers Fearless TED Talk
Meet Linda Cliatt-Wayman, a high school principal with a vision for change at low performing schools in Philadelphia....
6 Events to Celebrate the U.S. Army’s 240th Birthday
National events planned for the US Army 240th Birthday on June 14....
BE Modern Man: Meet 30-Year-Old Professor DeLeon Gray, Ph.D.
DeLeon Gray is not what we imagine a traditional professor should look like. At the age of 30 Gray has found a way to his...
Teen Mom, Trameka Pope, Beats the Odds
Teen mom Trameka Pope is valedictorian of her senior class and was awarded more than $600,000 in college scholarships....
BE Modern Man: Meet “The Dean” Jon Moorehead
Name: Jon Moorhead Profession: Dean of Students – Shaker Heights High School, Shaker Heights, Ohio Age: 37 One Word That Describes You: Passionate Academic and...