Education
Nicholas Dance Studio Presents 4th Annual Spring Recital
“Skilled Trades 4u” Turns LA’s Homeless & Incarcerated Into Today’s Skilled Graduates
LOS ANGELES—Thanks to Ed Roche, Founder, Skilled Trades 4U, 23 “Skilled Trades 4U” graduated on Thursday evening at the Skilled Trades 4U headquarters located at 2614 S. Western Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90018. These 23 men, who are fighting to get past the obstacles of their past incarcerations and/or homelessness, graduated from the non-profit trade…
Read MoreCongratulations To Lighthouse Christian Academy 2022 Graduates!
By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief SANTA MONICA—Lighthouse Christian Academy (LCA) is small but mighty when it comes to academic education and instilling Christian Character. They are paramount and powerful which leads its students to EXCEL. During the graduating ceremony recently each student spoke about how their Christian faith played a vital role in helping them to…
Read MoreIsrael Matthews, Author, “Izzy’s Column”, Celebrates with Classmates at 2022 Senior Dinner at Lighthouse Christian Academy
By Michael Ashcraft – Forget Cinderella. Getting asked to the dance is an unwelcome downside to Prom. So Lighthouse Christian Academy did well by nixing Prom, as many conservative Christian schools have done across the nation. Instead, the microscopically small Santa Monica private school (they boast just 50 students) held “Senior Dinner” last Saturday. Kids…
Read MoreCrimes Against Black Humanity Should Be Charged Against Los Angeles City and County Government for the Treatment of its Black People
The Southern Truth By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief When I read recently on the United Nation’s website what were “crimes against humanity”, I was moved with righteous indignation because thousands of Black men, women, and children, on any given day fits the description of being victims of the atrocities listed as crimes against humanity. According to…
Read MoreBill To Increase Education Funding for Black Students Moves Forward in Assembly
By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media With a 7-0 vote, the Assembly Education Committee approved legislation that would require California’s Superintendent of Public Instruction to identify — and provide targeted funding for — the lowest-performing pupil subgroup in the state. That sub-group is Black students. Assemblymembers Akilah Weber (D-San Diego) and Chris Holden…
Read MoreSTEM Prep Schools Respond to Teacher Shortage by Investing in Local Community to Create its Own Teacher Pipeline
Los Angeles, Ca. – As school districts across the country grapple with teacher shortages, one local charter public school network is creating its very own teacher pipeline. STEM Preparatory Schools, a charter public school operator in the West Adams and Jefferson Park neighborhoods of South Los Angeles is looking to cultivate and invest in local talent who live and…
Read MoreBlack Lives Should Also Matter in the Russia-Ukraine War
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia Black Americans have enjoyed an enduring bond with Africa and their brothers and sisters living on the Continent, with many U.S.-based civil rights agencies, clergy members, and African American organizations taking a keen interest in the welfare of citizens in the 55-nation motherland. While the world…
Read MoreEmergency Intervention Plan of Action Seeking Help To Lead the Way for the Homeless Without Hindrances
The Southern Truth By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief Emergency Intervention Plan of Action better known as (E.I.) is a 501c3 nonprofit organization under the leadership of Eddie Flemming, a Lead Consultant and Field Organizer. Flemming along with several of his collaborative partners met recently at the headquarters of PACE NEWS on 54th Street in Los Angeles…
Read MoreOur Black History: Frederick Douglass Speaks
“What, am I to argue that it is wrong to make men brutes, to rob them of their liberty, to work them without wages, to keep them ignorant of their relations to their fellow men, to beat them with sticks, to flay their flesh with the lash, to load their limbs with irons, to hunt them…
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