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Harriet Tubman Center hosts talk on STEM in Black communities

Harriet Tubman Center hosts talk on STEM in Black communities
Provided by Tubman Center
Calvin Mackie was the second speaker of “The 3 Rs: The Road to Reparations and Reconciliation” series hosted by the Binghamton University Harriet Tubman Center for the Study of Freedom and Equity.
Calvin Mackie relayed his hope for STEM education as a form of reparations
April 19, 2021
After a year of hardship and uncertainty, Calvin Mackie spoke of the importance of never losing hope at his virtual talk hosted by Binghamton University’s Harriet Tubman Center for the Study of Freedom and Equity over Zoom on Wednesday.
Mackie is the managing partner at Channel ZerO Group, chair of the Louisiana Council on the Social Status of Black Boys and Men and president and founder of STEM NOLA, which stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in New Orleans, Louisiana and is a nonprofit community-based STEM program for children. This was the ....

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Amistad Research Center, Hancock Whitney partner to 'use history to uplift'

courtesy of Amistad Research Center
Rivers Frederick in Flint-Goodridge Operating Room. Rivers Frederick was born in 1874 in New Roads, Louisiana. He received his B.A. from the New Orleans
University in 1893 and went on to earn an M.D. from the University of Illinois in 1897.
Frederick served as
the Chief of Surgery at Flint-Goodridge Hospital from 1932-1950.
New this month is a virtual exhibit that shows how New Orleans has benefited from Black leadership and engagement since the 19th century. Hancock Whitney and the Amistad Research Center at Tulane have partnered to present this curated collection, entitled “The Things We Do for Ourselves: African American Leadership in New Orleans.” ....

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When Rex Met Zulu: A Lundi Gras Evening - My New Orleans

My New Orleans
02/15/2021

Lundi Gras 1999 had extra excitement to it, at least for those gathered at Riverwalk near the stage at Spanish Plaza where Rex, King of Carnival, and his entourage would soon be arriving.
What was different that year was the coming of special visitors, the Zulu King and his followers, who were on the way to greet Rex.
This moment oozed with significance, not just racially but symbolically. There were more news media than usual with cameras readied.
A reporter from a Los Angeles TV station even put a microphone if front of me to comment on the significance of the event. (Full disclosure, having been involved with the founding of the Lundi Gras ceremony I have served as MC. My presence has been conspicuous by my purple, green and gold “Cat in the Hat” type chapeau.) ....

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It's Official! Orleanians are now traveling on the Norman C. Francis Parkway | New Orleans' Multicultural News Source

It's Official! Orleanians are now traveling on the Norman C. Francis Parkway | New Orleans' Multicultural News Source
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