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Dillard University receives $1 million from the Ray Charles Foundation
The Ray Charles Foundation is continuing its longstanding relationship with Dillard University with a $1 million grant. The grant will continue to support the University’s Ray Charles Program in African-American Material Culture which launched a food studies minor in the spring of 2020. Funds will also support scholarships for students participating in the program. Dillard University is a private four-year liberal arts historically black institution with a history dating back to 1869.
“The Dillard University Ray Charles Program in African-American Material Culture is humbled and honored to receive a generous grant from the Ray Charles Foundation to continue to build on Ray Charles’ vision and mission to celebrate, preserve and document African-American material culture. A portion of the grant will also help us to provide scholarships to students enrolled in our new food studies minor,”
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Edward L. “Buzz” Palmer co-founded Chicago’s Afro-American Patrolmen’s League in 1968 and became a community activist who tried to connect people around the world who saw the Black struggle in America as an impetus for change.
Mr. Palmer, a former cop who headed Chicago’s Sister Cities program during Mayor Harold Washington’s administration, died Sunday of prostate cancer at his South Shore home. He was 84.
Buzz Palmer (left), who headed the Sister Cities initiative for Mayor Harold Washington (center), with a trade delegation from Sweden.
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His wife, former State Sen. Alice Palmer, said she has gotten condolences from people around the world, including Meghnad Desai, a former British Labour Party politician, Senegalese leader Doudou Diène, Glyn Ford, a former member of the European Parliament, and Finnish scholar Kaarle Nordernstreng.
February 1, 2021
THE WASHINGTON POST – When Klancy Miller launched her fundraising campaign for
For the Culture in December 2019, the food media world took notice. With the mission of “A magazine celebrating Black women and femmes in food”, it is believed to be the first of its kind dedicated to the task. Now, more than a year later, the inaugural issue has been printed and shipped to supporters – and is available for purchase online.
“I’m feeling very excited. And, frankly, relieved,” Miller said. “And a little bit protective.”
Both as a writer and consumer of food media, Miller, the magazine’s editor in chief, noticed a lack of coverage of people of colour in the mainstream for much of her career. And roughly four years ago, “Cherry Bombe asked me to guest edit an all-Black issue, which I found really intriguing”, Miller said. She then entered the nascent stages of putting it together by approaching contributors to gauge interest. “I felt really stimu
For the Culture magazine celebrates Black women in food. Finally.
Aaron Hutcherson, The Washington Post
Jan. 22, 2021
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1of5Chef and For the Culture magazine editor in chief Klancy Miller displays the cover of her first issue in her Brooklyn home. The magazine is believed to be the first dedicated to celebrating Black women in food.Photo by Jesse Dittmar for The Washington Post.Show MoreShow Less
2of5Chef and For the Culture magazine editor in chief Klancy Miller in her home in Brooklyn.Photo by Jesse Dittmar for The Washington Post.Show MoreShow Less
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4of5The magazine s mission is celebrating Black women and femmes in food and wine. Photo by Jesse Dittmar for The Washington Post.Show MoreShow Less
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