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May 18, 2021
CHICAGO McDonald’s is giving a half a million dollars to incoming and current HBCU students for its second year in a row.
In a news release, McDonald’s says student can apply for the Black & Positively Golden Scholarship Program through June 7.
This program is in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, and is meant to support the next generation of leaders, according to the release.
“We are proud to continue our longstanding partnership with McDonald’s and work with these exceptional students,” said Dr. Harry L. Williams, President and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. “Amid the uncertainty and confusion of the current state of the world, students remain some of the key drivers of change. They are rising to the challenges they are facing and working hard to provide much-needed support to their families and communities. With the help of partners like McDonald’s, TMCF is committed to supporting these outstanding students a
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Mario Chacon is an artist warrior who uses his talent to document Chicano and indigenous history and social justice issues. His work, including murals throughout San Diego, evoke strong emotions that become a lasting call to action against injustice.
Chacon, 67, took his first art class at age 50, but his journey as an artist began long before that.
He grew up in Boyle Heights in East Los Angeles, during the Chicano movement of 1960s and 70s. He remembers the high school walkouts by thousands of Chicano students who protested unequal conditions in Los Angeles Unified School District high schools.
“The walkouts were the most formative experience for me,” Chacon said. “It exposed the racism, the brutality … the excesses that police will take even on children who are protesting for a better education. It was very instrumental in me forming my opinions as well as my career goals and my artistic vision.”
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