“Black people are innovating in terms of their sense of self. We are no longer letting society define us,” Sydnae Becton, a fourth-year psychology major, said. “We are expressing ourselves in a beautiful and colorful way for future generations to come.”
A general who led combat troops in Afghanistan and Iraq touted the benefits of mindfulness training at a forum on Wednesday, part of a visit to the University of Miami with other U.S. military leaders to further collaboration with the UMindfulness Initiative.