Education

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,

Sean Diddy Combs Opens Third Capital Prep School in the Bronx

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Diddy Opens Third School Hip-Hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs and Dr. Steve Perry are scheduled

Chip Fu of the Fu-Schnickens Created a Curriculum That Helps Elevate Students Through Hip-Hop

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If you are a fan of late ’80s-mid ’90s hip-hop, then you should be familiar

ESPN The Undefeated Names the Fourth Class of Six Rhoden Fellows

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ESPN The Undefeated has announced six journalism and communications students from Historically Black Colleges and

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

Dallas Austin: ‘My Dream Was to Always Be as Great as Quincy Jones’

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When you are a Grammy-award winning producer/songwriter/keyboardist/remixer and your credits include the likes of Michael

Roc Nation and Long Island University Collaborate to Form the Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment

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Roc Nation, a preeminent global entertainment company, and Long Island University, a nationally ranked university,

Howard University Announces HBO’s $1 Million Gift for an Endowed Fellowship to Support Students Pursuing Entertainment Careers

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HBO, a division of WarnerMedia, presented a $1 Million gift to Howard University to establish

Sen. Tom Cotton Threatens Budget Cuts to Schools That Add New Curriculum on Slavery

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MzHanaG Senator Tom Cotton was blasted on Monday after presenting legislation that would block the

Academic Research Moms Group Launches Scholarship Fund In Partnership with The HBCU Foundation & Meharry Medical College

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A group of women scientists in medical research and academics aptly named Academic Research Moms,

NICKELODEON’S NICK NEWS RETURNS WITH KIDS, RACE AND UNITY: A NICK NEWS SPECIAL

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Nickelodeon’s heralded Nick News marks its return with a special hour-long presentation–Kids, Race and Unity:

Howard University Men’s Basketball Set to Host Notre Dame on MLK Day 2021

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Howard University Athletics announced the men’s basketball team is set to host the University of

ASCAP Launches HBCU Internship Program

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ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, today announced the launch of a

5 Questions With… Cicero Leak

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When you’ve represented the likes of Shark Tank’s Daymond John, SiriusXM’s Sway Calloway, Fonzworth Bentley, Grammy

He’s this guy from the Bronx who when I first REALLY met him, he was working with my girl Michelle Murray at this Video company called “Classic Concepts”. He came down Howard University between 1989 and1991. Mark Pitts said “Kamal, this is my man Ced”. From that point on all I remember was that he kept talking and was a little hyped because by this point they were THE video makers at the time and he had his little tight Classic Concept jacket on lol. I never liked the jacket anyway, so I left the conversation lol.
Fast forward through the 90’s, whether it was the music industry, events that I did and he attended or vice versa, or events, parties, functions that I saw him at, he and I have become good friends. We ran in the same circles. He’s never at a loss for words, not one – EVER. Always has something comical to say. Genuinely a good brother!
In more recent years, he has established a good internet presence, he’s a talented marketer, a good connector of people, and still creates social concepts and events to keep the people engaged. Let’s not forget, he is still never at a loss for words, not one – EVER lol!

Kamal K. HarrisPresident & FounderDivision 1 Marketing LLCBaltimore, MD

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.