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Who ya gonna call? Remote learning helpline for teachers…and parents

Oct 25, 2020 08:00AM ● By Javeria Salman, The Hechinger Report

Not long after schools closed because of the coronavirus last spring, a Rhode Island nonprofit launched a hotline for teachers who were struggling to launch new technology for remote leaning and trying to figure out how to teach with it. Within a few weeks, hundreds of teachers — and eventually parents, too — were flooding the line with calls for help.

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We do whatever we can to stay alive - Nigerian actor recounts encounters with the police

Oct 21, 2020 02:51PM ● By Belinda Nzeribe

Horrific human rights abuses by SARS, a special police unit sparked youth protests across Nigeria.

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FunTimes Friday: Breast Cancer Survivor Shout Out Recap

Oct 21, 2020 02:01PM ● By Nana Ama Addo

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. To honor the survivors, lives lost and people affected by the disease, on October 16th, 2020, FunTimes themed it's FunTimes Friday event ‘Breast Cancer Survivor Shout Out.’ This event was hosted by Reverend Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake, the President of the Independence Blue Cross Foundation, who engaged panelists Armenta L. Washington, Research Coordinator Senior at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center, Kelsey Spielman, Licensed Genetic Center at the Basser Center for BRCA at Penn Medicine and Co-Founders of Breast Cancer nonprofit ‘Praise is the Cure’ Anita T. Connor and Kerri Connor Matchett.

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#ENDSARS, #ENDSWAT and Nigeria’s Role in the Global Fight for Black Lives

Oct 16, 2020 11:44AM ● By Nana Ama Addo

The world watches Nigeria as its youth leads a revolution.

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Black Media as a Community Resource Event Recap

Oct 08, 2020 01:02PM ● By Nana Ama Addo

On Friday, October 2nd, FunTimes hosted its biweekly FunTimes Friday event. This event’s theme was ‘Black Professional Discussion: Black Media as a Community Resource,’ and explored strategies for communities to expand their reach through partnering with Black media.

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Truth and Redistribution: How to fix the racial wealth gap, end plutocracy, and build Black power.

Oct 03, 2020 08:00AM ● By Darrick Hamilton & Naomi Zewde, Yes!

In a nutshell, our racial dilemma is grounded in a political, economic, and identity-based devaluing of Black lives that has persisted ever since the first enslaved African arrived in Jamestown in 1619. The ensuing history of the United States is built on both racial and economic injustice, two related but distinct problems. These racial and economic injustices, while entrenched, can be addressed.

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Careda’s Caribbean Cuisine Soars Despite COVID-19 Turbulence

Sep 29, 2020 11:36AM ● By Nana Ama Addo

Founded by Jamaican native Careda Brown, this newly opened small business faced difficulty during COVID-19 but persevered and triumphed through hardship.

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Election Education Event Recap

Sep 23, 2020 09:33AM ● By Nana Ama Addo

On Friday, September 18th, 2020, FunTimes hosted its bi-weekly FunTimes Friday event. This time, the virtual event was themed ‘Election Education,’ and shared resources for voting in the 2020 election.

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Toward a Cure: Cities Declare Racism a Public Health Crisis

Sep 20, 2020 08:00AM ● By By Tamara E. Holmes, Yes!

“We can see the impact when we look at Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and many others,” says Dr. Tracie Collins, dean of The University of New Mexico College of Population Health. “The racism really warrants attention, it warrants prevention, diagnosis, and treatment like any other crisis.”

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Are we Victims of Zombie Virus on Social Media?

Sep 10, 2020 08:00AM ● By Belinda Nzeribe

There is a brutal viral strain spreading on the internet, it’s the zombie virus.

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