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Navigating financial aid resources and opportunities in the new COVID landscape
ST. PETERSBURG - The coronavirus pandemic and its impact on many sectors of the economy is directly affecting college students, from lost jobs to reduced family support due to changing financial situations. Such rapid changes will challenge how college students continue to succeed while earning
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COVID dictionary: A - Z of words that accompanied the coronavirus | Africanews
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic that started in China in December last year has disrupted life across the world. Measures like travel restrictions, border closures and stay-at-home orders have been implemented to prevent the spread of the
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All Tanzania schools reopen amid strict virus protocols | Africanews
Schools in Tanzania reopened after three months of closure due to the coronavirus. All other levels of schools are now open again, following the earlier reopening of universities and certain high schools at the beginning of
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The virus and the vulnerable: Latino children suffer higher rates of COVID-19 - Black Voice News
In summary Latino children are testing positive at higher rates than other groups of children, accounting for the majority of all California cases among those under 18. Experts say close contact with essential workers and crowded living conditions play a role. The baby’s father was the first to get
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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California
Why Californians with mental illness are dropping private insurance to get taxpayer-funded treatment - Black Voice News

There’s an open secret among those who care for people with serious mental illnesses. Judy Bracken first heard it a few years ago from a hospital social worker: If Bracken wanted her adult son, who has schizoaffective disorder, to receive long-term mental health treatment, she should get him

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Internship Helps Prepare Local Scholar — The Sacramento Observer
The coronavirus pandemic ended plans for his senior year in high school, but local student Tyus Carey is banking on a better start to his college education. Carey, who recently graduated from Foothill High School, is finishing up a prestigious summer internship with the Bank of America Student
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OP-ED: Returning to School in the Fall Isn't Safe Without a Vaccine. | Chicago Defender
Chicago Public Schools proposed a tentative plan for students to return to in-person instruction in the Fall that gives parents an option to opt-out if they have concerns about the … Continued
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The National Black MBA Association Has Launched A Coronavirus Fund
The National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) announced the launch of its NBMBAA® COVID-19 Relief Fund to support students.
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Author Morgan Jerkins Reconnects With Her Southern African-American Roots In New Book - African American News Today - EIN News
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Morgan Jerkins about her new book. Wandering In Strange Lands, where she travels to the South to understand the roots of
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CPS Fall Learning Plan: A Death Wish for High-Risk Families | Chicago Defender

On Friday, July 17, CPS announced tentative plans for schools to reopen in the Fall. Much like the reopening of businesses, CPS hopes to phase in student attendance with

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Amber Anderson, Founder of Black is Gold Organization on Mentoring and Creating a Space for Black Girls in Middle School and Beyond | Chicago Defender

Founded in 2017 by then high school sophomore, Amber Anderson, Black is Gold Organization will be holding their first Community Day: Popup Bookbag Shop on Sunday, August 2nd. Taking place

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School vs. COVID-19
BY Shimya Mitchell, 16 | St. Petersburg Youth Farm Going into my junior year of high school, I know things will be different. This pandemic has flipped the world completely upside down, and no one knows what’s next, especially for schooling. They are expecting and preparing for us youth to go back
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Governor Abbott Provides Update On COVID-19 Response | East Texas Review
Urges Texans To Follow Guidelines COVID-19 is now spreading at an unacceptable rate in the state of Texas, and it must be corralled, said Governor Abbott AUSTIN Governor Greg Abbott today provided an update on Texas continued response to COVID-19. The Governor discussed several steps the state is
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Nzimande issues warning for students using free data to watch porn
Although the provision of laptops loaded with free data has been quite handy for students, Education Minister Blade Nzimande has a glaring concern.
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CPS E-Learning Participation Accounts from Real Teachers | Chicago Defender
In Early May, Chicago Public schools sent out an email to parents stating that Data highlights that majority of students are engaged in digital remote learning.  A few weeks later, the Chicago Sun-Times says, Four in 10 CPS students take part in online learning two days a week or fewer, new data
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In the first week of June, a food services employee in the El Centro Elementary School District in Imperial County tested positive for the coronavirus. By early July, about a dozen nutrition and transportation workers had been infected. The positive test result briefly halted the meals distribution
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Pride Factor academy aims to empower young people
Pride Factor managing director Dene Botha talks about the collaborative life-skills academy for youth and how it has had to adapt this year.
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UC will sue Trump administration over new international student visa rules - Black Voice News
The University of California will sue the federal government over new visa guidelines that would force international students to leave the United States if they are enrolled in a college or academic program that only offers courses online, university officials said
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Win a free course during SPC’s Get It Done virtual event July 13-16
PINELLAS COUNTY - St. Petersburg College will offer the chance to win a free three-credit course by attending the Get It Done virtual event with six sessions offered July 13 – 16 at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. During these interactive sessions, participants can complete their college application, get help
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30,000 Americans receive Covid-19 vaccine in major test - African American News Today - EIN News
… , those in poor health and African-Americans and Latinos. “We really are …
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USC Gould Receives $1M Scholarship Endowment to Enhance Diversity Efforts, Support Law Students
… students who self-identify as African-American. The contribution was made by …
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Big bet: Why the country’s largest pension fund is getting into banking - Black Voice News
In summary How does the nation’s biggest public pension system pay down its debts amid a global economic collapse? One idea: Become a banker. Retired DMV clerks, former firefighters and aging government bean-counters across California, put on your three piece suits: You might be getting into the
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How John Lewis Transformed American Politics - African American News Today - EIN News
… Carter of Georgia, who brought African Americans into state government and built … more permanent political power for Black Americans on school boards, in statehouses …
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Meet Kalisa Villafana: The First Black Woman at FSU to Receive Doctorate in Nuclear Physics
ByVictor TrammellandNomalanga Mhlauli-Moses Photo credits: Fsu.edu Being the best at something is one thing. But becoming the first person to be the best at something classifies an individual as being in a league of their very own. A great example of such a person is Kalisa Villafana
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White House adds top Treasury aide to press team - African American News Today - EIN News
… unemployment rates in generations for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, and …
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Michael Jordan And Jordan Brand Will Donate $100 Million To Racial And Social Justice Organizations
Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand will donate $100 million to racial justice organizations.
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Inland Empire Funders Alliance Announces Launch of Black Equity Fund - Black Voice News
$5 million fundraising goal and an innovative model of philanthropy INLAND EMPIRE, CA—- Thanks to the long-standing leadership of Black-led organizations and the power of the cross-racial coalitions they have built, we are seeing tremendous advancements in racial equity in the United States and
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D.C. Public Schools Will be All-Virtual Through Nov. 6
Mayor Muriel E. Bowser announced Thursday that D.C. Public Schools will begin the fall semester with all-virtual learning.
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Senegal final year students resume classes amid virus control protocols | Africanews
Senegalese final year students have resumed classes under strict instructions as the country battles Covid-19. The are expected to wear face masks and respect social distance
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Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Awards Grants to Four Community Organizations Dedicated to Empowering People With CF
… Cystic Fibrosis Engagement in the African American Community: A program expansion from … the National Organization of African Americans With Cystic Fibrosis (NOAACF) that … and their families in the African American community through online workshops, an …
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