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Morgan Stanley to Provide $12 Million in Full Scholarships to Spelman College Students

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Over the next four years, talented Spelman College students will receive full scholarships from Morgan

Kimberly Chapman: ‘The Impact of the Pandemic Has Just Shifted Our Mindset’

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Kimberly Chapman Being multifaceted helps build the type of success others may envy or it

The Shaquille O’Neal Foundation and Icy Hot® Launch Grant Program to Help Student Athletes

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The Shaquille O’Neal Foundation The financial toll of the coronavirus pandemic has many youth athletics

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Raises $1 Million in Support of HBCUs

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® is proud to announce that for the third consecutive year,

McDonald’s Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour Returns

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McDonald’s Inspiration Celebration Gospel McDonald’s USA, through its Black & Positively Golden movement, is excited

Niko Brim’s Juneteenth Sneaker Hits Sotheby’s Auction Block

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Niko Brim’s Juneteenth Sneaker Niko Brim’s Juneteenth Sneaker VME Recording Artist Niko Brim’s Juneteenth Sneaker

Queen Latifah Partners with American Lung Association to Raise Funds for Communities Hit Hardest

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The American Lung Association announced today its first–ever livestream fundraising benefit, #Act4Impact, that will be hosted by Queen

Reebok and Khalid Form The Great Khalid Foundation to Mentor Aspiring Artists

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In tandem with the launch of the Classic Leather Legacy, Reebok announces the “Write Your

March For Our Lives & Sankofa Present ‘Into Action’ Featuring John Legend, Usher, Stacey Abrams, Billy Porter, and More

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Presented by March For Our Lives & Sankofa.org, INTO ACTION is a celebration of community

NBA Launches NBA Foundation to Support Black Communities

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The NBA Board of Governors announced today that it will contribute $300 million in initial

Snoop Dogg, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony & B-Real Unite For ‘It Was All A Stream’

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Snoop Dogg Bone Thugs-N-Harmony & B-Real Unite to Spread the Love at Global Benefit Concert “It Was All

Naughty by Nature Releases Collection with Champion Benefiting NJ Youth

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Grammy-Award-winning Hip-hop trio Naughty by Nature unveils a new capsule collection with Champion. Proceeds will

Scottie Pippen and Knife Maker Bob Kramer Team Up to Raise Funds for Black Lives Matter

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Legendary NBA star athlete Scottie Pippen and Bob Kramer, a world-renown bladesmith, have teamed up

Colin Kaepernick Teams Up With Impossible Foods to Feed 1 Million People

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Impossible Foods announced it is collaborating with Colin Kaepernick and Know Your Rights Camp to

Ford Motor Company Fund Awards The Los Angeles Urban League A $100,000.00 Grant

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Ford Motor Company this week awarded the Los Angeles Urban League (LAUL) a $100,000.00 grant.

I’ve had the pleasure and some displeasure knowing Big Ced for the better half of 40 years! I’ve watched him create himself several dozen times for various reasons both professionally and personally. I’ve seen him change for family, for women, for work, for school & by choice. I could call him an innovator, I could call him a copycat, I have called him a promoter, an enthusiast, a writer, and a knucklehead and that was all on the same day. He’s been very fortunate with relationships that have allowed him to continue to rise to many varied occasions & He has not allowed the naysayers & detractors to destroy how great he is to himself or how great he could be in real life. He’s a pretty good friend, when he’s not giving advice, he’s a damn good son, but not always a good brother. He has taken shots, knots, go aways and plenty of Hell No Ced…but like the famous Timex slogan…he has kept on ticking…he’s A King In His Own Right or Mind…and he’s sometimes just too much…but when given the opportunity to do good with lil to say & lots of huffing, puffing and yawns…he’s a good guy with personality & wit to match! He’s a team player with the right team or a leader when asked to be so! Given the chance after he’s exhausted your patience…give him a little more time and the project he’s been entrusted to do will shine & prove his true worth! Ceds a good guy & a great friend! That is Big Ced when all is Ced and done! (Drops Mic & jumps out closest window!)

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A 104-page audit of the Mississippi Department of Human Services exposed spending not being used for the purposes the money was earmarked for according to USA Today.
Money that was meant to assist poor residents was used to purchase buy luxury cars, sponsor a college baseball tournament, and encouraged nepotism by hiring family members of a top state official, according to a report from State Auditor Shad White.
The audit, which was released earlier this week, shows how federal welfare grant funds flowed from DHS into two nonprofit groups, which allegedly spent money in inappropriate or questionable ways.
In a written statement, White stated that the report “shows the most egregious misspending my staff have seen in their careers at the Office of the State Auditor.” He said, “If there was a way to misspend money, it seems DHS leadership or their grantees thought of it and tried it.”
White said his office will forward the information they found to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the welfare program. White said this could lead to cuts in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) allotments or other sanctions placed on the state.
The audit found these items questionable:
The two nonprofit groups used welfare money to hire lobbyists, often without paperwork describing the work they were supposed to do.
MCEC gave contracts to, and hired, family members of Davis, sometimes making lump-sum payments. The payments and salaries to his nephew and brother-in-law totaled more than $1 million over the past several years, auditors said.
Both nonprofit groups gave welfare money to a trio of wrestlers, Ted DiBiase, Ted DiBiase, Jr., and Brett DiBiase – some of it for work never performed, some for “unreasonable” travel costs.
MCEC paid Victory Sports Foundation with welfare money to run fitness programs, some of which Mississippi legislators and other officials or staffers participated in, free of charge. The trainer who runs Victory said he did not know he received welfare money.
MCEC bought three cars with welfare money, each worth more than $50,000, for New and two sons. Salaries, cellphones, and other expenses were paid using welfare money. The vehicles included a 2018 Nissan Armada, a Chevrolet Silverado, and a Ford F-250. In each case, the vehicle was registered to MCEC, but in each case, auditors said the vehicles were for personal use.
MCEC used welfare money for sports-related purposes, including sponsoring a college baseball tournament and other NCAA events.
MCEC cut a $3,000 check to a bookkeeper of MCEC, though a handwritten note says “$3,000 cash was given to” Davis, the DHS executive director.
MCEC moved $6 million to a private school and organization run by New and bought supplies for the school.