Parent Action Coalition for Education
Parent Action Coalition for Education (PACE) Presents the 2020 Virtual GLORY AWARDS
TikTok Includes Brotherhood Crusade in $850,000 Grant to African American Community Organizations Working to Undo the Damage Caused by Systemic Racism Through Actionable Public Policy
LOS ANGELES, Calif., July. 23, 2020 – TikTok named the Brotherhood Crusade to receive an endowment from an $850,000 grant designated to African American organizations working to undo the damage caused by systemic racism through actionable public policy. Organizations to receive the grant include the Brooklyn Community Foundation, Chicago-based My Block My Hood My City, and The Brotherhood…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Dr. Wanda C. Stringer, Former Principal of John F. Kennedy Memorial High School, Mound Bayou, MS
Thank you, Mrs. Zuurveen and Pace News for getting the truth out concerning the magnificent history of our Town, its educational system and its remarkable students. In your article, you successfully captured the essence of the tragedy that has been inflicted upon the residents and youth of our town under the direction and playbook of…
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California Senate Okays ACA 5: Affirmative Action Decision Moves to Voters
By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Holly Mitchell, CA. State Senator On Wednesday, June 24, the full California Senate voted 30-10 to pass Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5 (ACA 5), an initiative to overturn Proposition 209 and reinstate Affirmative Action in the state after 24 years. The constitutional amendment will now appear on the general election ballot in November for voters to decide…
Read MoreThere’s No Way Around It, California. You Owe Descendants of Enslaved Black Americans
Hardy Brown | Founder, California Black Media Special to California Black Media Partners Last year, I read a book titled “The Color of Law.” Every Californian should read it, too — especially if you truly care about Black lives. “A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America,” the book subtitle reads. It is…
Read MoreRepeal Prop 209 If Black Lives Really Matter in California
By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief The passage of Prop 209 has hurt the black community more than any racial group in California since 1996 but it’s beginning was 1995 from public policies built from the minds of the political establishment at the time under the governor Pete Wilson, while Dr. Weber address the atrocities of her…
Read MoreStudents No Longer Need SAT and ACT Scores for Admissions to UC Schools
Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media Last Thursday, the University of California’s (UC) Board of Regents voted 23-0 to end the use of the SAT and ACT tests in admissions for all California freshman applicants through 2024. The University plans to try to create a new standardized test to use in time…
Read MoreIn Pandemic, Dr. Burton Gives a New Way of Life
By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief LOS ANGELES—Nothing can stop this “warrior for justice” from fighting for formerly incarcerated women, not even the COVID-19 Pandemic can stop the work of Dr. Susan Burton, founder of A New Way of Life Re-Entry Program, in the midst of a worldwide crisis of the Coronavirus can stop her from helping…
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