Communities That Care Coalition
Promoting health, well-being, and equity among young people in Franklin County and the North Quabbin
Taraja Ramsess, a stunt performer and set dresser with credits including Fast & Furious, Avengers and Black Panther movies, died on Halloween in a car crash in Atlanta that also claimed the lives of three of his children. He was 41.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Withers
William Harrison Withers Jr. (July 4, 1938 – March 30, 2020) was an American singer and songwriter. He had several hits over a career spanning 18 years, including “Ain’t No Sunshine” (1971), “Grandma’s Hands” (1971), “Use Me” (1972), “Lean on Me” (1972), “Lovely Day” (1977) and “Just the Two of Us” (1980). Withers won three Grammy Awards and was nominated for six more.
https://www.npr.org/2023/11/22/1210081145/oklahoma-race–school-black-teachers
Oklahoma restricted how race can be taught. So these Black teachers stepped up
Africa’s flourishing art scene is a smash hit at Art X
https://www.law.northwestern.edu/faculty/profiles/uzoamakanzelibe/
Uzoamaka Emeka Nzelibe is a Clinical Professor of Law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. She directs the Seigle Immigration Clinic for Immigrant Youth and Families, which is part of the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s Children and Family Justice Center.
https://www.sesp.northwestern.edu/news-center/inquiry/2011-fall/alumni-profile.html
In 1941 when Otherie Love did her student teaching as a Northwestern University education major, she became the first African American student teacher in the Evanston schools. She recalls that at the school where she taught all the children were black, but all the teachers were white.
Chief Officer for Program Support and Senior Vice President for Texas
WestCare Foundation/Westcare Texas
San Antonio, Texas
https://nowthisnews.com/news/brooklyn-blooms-floral-designer
With Brooklyn Blooms, LaParis Phillips is infusing her own sense of style — plus the ‘funky’ and ‘spicy’ vibe of Brooklyn — into every bouquet.
https://www.sandiegoracc.org/committee
Executive Director, San Diego Regional Arts and Culture Coalition
A seasoned professional in the field of nonprofit arts management, Felicia’s career has spanned more than 30 years and has included an executive leadership position with the Regional Arts Commission of St Louis, and director positions with the San Diego Foundation and City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture.