(ThyBlackMan.com) This summer the Black Male College Explorers Program was hosted by Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Florida. The 5 week BMCEP program is an academic and mentoring program for At-Risk Black male students in Duval County Public Schools. The STEAM instructor in the area of Engineering; William Jackson a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black women are currently attending universities at historically high rates. While such achievements must be applauded, it brings to light a blaring inconsistency between the level of black male achievement to black female achievement from the same socio-economic backgrounds. Why are black women attending universities at historic highs while ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) HBCU’s have always been involved in STEM and STEAM, the paradigm of change is from the 19th century to 21st century integration and application.” William Jackson Adjunct Instructor Edward Waters College HBCU’s like Edward Waters College are empowering their students with new concentrations in educational disciplines that have traditionally ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Much was made about the UCLA Civil Rights Project study released on the eve of the sixtieth anniversary May 17 commemorative celebrations of the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown versus Board of Education school desegregation decision. The study found that the legions of school districts in the South, West and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We may as well call it “Edu-pay-tion,” as far as many prospective students are concerned. The cost of a college degree has risen 1120% since 1978, but wages have increased a mere 6% during that same period. The national collective college debt is more than $1 trillion! We have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The summit to educate, encourage and engage over several hundred youth attending the “Talk It Out” Summit was an overwhelming success in Jacksonville, Florida. Building of leaders is what Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Gamma Rho Omega Chapter, Inc. does well in its national and international sorority. Alpha Kappa ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. of Gamma Rho Omega Chapter, Inc. Provided a powerful summit for youth and teens that invited talented speakers in education, community activism and business leaders to share their knowledge and experiences with the teens and youth in attendance. Having the opportunity to speak at the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Speaking and presenting at workshops, conferences and seminars nationwide, helping to contribute to the growing knowledge of using technology responsibly, building knowledge in Social Media in marketing and branding, preventing Bullying/Cyberbullying. Girls and young women have a world of potential as never before. The elements of STEAM in the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This series on HBCU’s prompted a two-hour long discussion on the Carl Nelson Show in Washington, D.C. (WOL-1450). As the invited guest, I had the opportunity to deal with the issue of whether we value HBCU’s enough to help save them. On the very next day St. Augustine College, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With specific emphasis on Howard University, let’s consider a few solutions to the challenges HBCU’s face. There are some who say HBCU’s are irrelevant and no longer necessary because we are living in a “post-racial” society, mainly because a Black man was elected President by a majority of white people. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve been fortunate to be married for 24 years to an extraordinary Jamaican woman named Angela. She’s done a phenomenal job raising our two daughters, Aubrey and Austen, and over the past two years has been exceptional in counseling and mentoring our Chinese exchange student, Wangying Lin. So perhaps ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The recent New York Times article, Hard Times at Howard, written by Charlayne Hunter-Gault, was indeed riveting and definitely an attention grabber. It conjured up memories of October 15, 2003, when I sat in a Winston-Salem, North Carolina sanctuary and listened as forty Black church leaders and Black college ...