Category: Racial Justice

https://afrotech.com/heman-bekele-named-americas-top-young-scientist

Heman Bekele, The 14-Year-Old Behind Skin Cancer Treating Soap, Has Been Named ‘America’s Top Young Scientist’

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Johnson

Sheila Crump Johnson (born January 25, 1949) is an American businesswoman, co-founder of BET, CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts, and the first billionaire African-American woman.^[1]

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/05/1198908047/climate-action-environmentalism-history

How everyday people started a movement that’s shaping climate action to this day

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Wigan

Willard Wigan, MBE (born June 1957) is a British sculptor from Ashmore Park Estate, Wednesfield, England, the son of Jamaican immigrants, who makes micro miniature sculptures. His sculptures are typically placed in the eye of a needle or on the head of a pin. A single sculpture can be as small as 0.005 mm (0.0002 in).^[1]

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/10/06/1201840678/ai-was-asked-to-create-images-of-black-african-docs-treating-white-kids-howd-it-

AI was asked to create images of Black African docs treating white kids. How’d it go?

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/10/09/1204077086/can-cooking-and-gardening-at-school-inspire-better-nutrition-ask-these-kids?ft=nprml&f=103537970

Can cooking and gardening at school inspire better nutrition? Ask these kids.

https://www.wcvb.com/article/fred-richard-gymnastics-world-championships-team-usa-bronze-medal/45474822?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&fbclid=IwAR1kFyMP8ZkBylaSRO1ljjEadLj43zBlMV40thnLqk0zVWfTYYUCFYhnecw#

Fred Richard, a 19-year-old from Massachusetts, became the youngest U.S. men’s gymnast to earn an individual medal at the world championships by earning a surprising bronze in the all-around.

As the Massachusetts Association of Haitian Parents, we advocate on behalf of students and families in the commonwealth of Massachusetts.