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The Corona Virus aka #Covid19 has a lot of us wondering what we can do to keep ourselves safe. Washing your hands with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds is the first thing we should all do to prevent the spread of any virus or flu. I also keep hand sanitizer in […]
Black Enterprise is honoring powerful female leaders at its Women of Power Legacy Awards this year in Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 5th. The awards are part of the three-day 2020 Women of Power Summit, which is a professional conference with 1,500 attendees that focuses on female leaders of color. Two of the entertainment industry’s […]
An ongoing monthly film series that celebrates both narrative and documentary forms of black cinema from around the world is coming to Rochester. The Black Cinema Series has been made possible as a result of a partnership between The Rochester Association of Black Journalists and The Little Theatre, which is situated at 240 East Avenue. […]
Major League Baseball (MLB) scored a two-fer among minority communities when it appointed its first Black man to the position of umpire crew chief. Kerwin Danley will hold this position with another man of color, Alfonso Marquez, who is MLB’s first Mexican-born umpire crew chief. Although men of color have been umpires in the MLB, […]
We have to give a shout out to a RIT alum who was named black engineer of the year. Clayton Turner graduated from RIT back in 1990 he’s a NASA Director for the research center. Turner received the honor at BEYA STEM Global Competitive Conference earlier this month. The conference is to connect students, educators, […]
The city of Rochester has a new program to help tenants when their landlords fails to correct and fix problems on their property. This new program is called the Emergency Abatement. The fund will be used to repair the problems on a rental property, once the issues are fixed the landlord will receive a bill for […]
Joining California, New Jersey, and New York, Virginia is the fourth state to pass legislation that bans hair discrimination in schools while other states are considering similar legislation. You’ve read the reports in the media of black students being penalized for their hairstyles. A school in Georgia shared photos on a poster of what is […]
Who knew that one day your ex would be beneficial on Valentine’s day?
Members of the Rochester community recently gathered together to help out Puerto Rico, whose residents are still feeling the effects and seeing damage from a big earthquake and several aftershocks that rattled the island in December. So much damage was done in the region of Ponce that people have set up camp outside of the […]
Children at Rochester Christian School have an extraordinary Valentine’s project they are working on. They are making Valentine’s Day cards for little girls in India. The idea to give the cards to girls in India came from a board member of the school who recently visited India. The board member visited the Girls Home of […]