Festina Manly-Spain is a Certified Public Accountant who works to foster generational wealth by exposing youth to finance topics and careers in the finance industry, while also advocating for diversity and inclusion in the finance industry.
Category: Education
Posted inAfro Briefs
Nigerian chess champion plays the royal game for 60 hours — a new global chess record
A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate, Tunde Onakoya, broke the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon by playing nonstop for 60 hours in New York City’s Times Square, raising $1 million for children’s education across Africa.
Posted inCommentary
Transferring generational wealth: Don’t leave it to the law
Estate planning can help Black Baltimoreans secure and transfer generational wealth, and can be used to define your care if you are no longer able to make decisions for yourself, and to avoid property transfer fees and taxes.
Posted inOPINION
The whitewashing of education – and how to stop it
Book bans, curriculum censorship, and attacks on historical narratives in educational institutions threaten the principles of academic freedom and undermine the integrity of our education system, threatening the principles of academic freedom and undermining the integrity of our democracy.
Posted in2024 Elections
Alsobrooks speaks on crime, education, healthcare after Trone backs out of debate
Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks addressed a town hall meeting in Dundalk, Md. on April 7 to discuss her agenda if elected to the U.S. Congress, including crime and public safety, education, healthcare, and more.
Posted in!Front Page College
GAO study reveals persistent underrepresentation of Black and Hispanic faculty in higher education
Black and Hispanic faculty members remain significantly underrepresented in higher education institutions, despite modest increases in their numbers over the past two decades, and the Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission both handle allegations of discrimination inefficiently, resulting in delays in addressing discrimination complaints.
Posted inNational News
South African Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Grace Pandor visits nation’s capital
South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Dr. Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor visited Howard University to discuss South Africa’s position on the Israel-Gaza war, international solidarity, and suggestions for improving the efficacy of the United Nations.
Posted inAfro Briefs, Education, Word In Black
Black kids need you to show up for Career Day
Black and Brown professionals from a variety of backgrounds gathered at Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School’s second annual “Success Looks Like Me” event to inspire students to pursue jobs they may never have heard of, providing them with career exposure and work-based learning.
Posted in!Front Page National News, Civil Rights, Education, News from Around the Web
Black student group at private Missouri college rallies after report of students using racial slurs
The Association of Black Students at St. Louis’ Washington University held a sit-in at a dining hall where a group of students allegedly threw eggs, stood on tables, and used racial slurs in front of primarily racial minority workers, causing them to feel intimidated and uncomfortable.
Posted inBlack History, Education, HBCU, Transportation
Tuskegee University receives $6.7 million in federal funding to launch aviation degree program
Tuskegee University has announced $6.7 million in federal funding to launch a new aviation degree program in the fall, which will grant students the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree in aviation science on a pilot track.
Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Education, ENTERTAINMENT, HBCU, TV and Film
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation partners with Paramount Pictures on the release of the new “Bob Marley: One Love” Film to provide social justice scholarships
The CBCF and Paramount Pictures have partnered to provide The Bob Marley: One Love Social Impact Scholarships to support students pursuing degrees in social justice related programs at selected HBCUs.
Posted in!Front Page College, Black History, BUSINESS, Education, HBCU
Coppin State president secures board seat for Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond’s Baltimore Branch
The Federal Reserve System Board of Governors recently elected Coppin State University President Anthony L. Jenkins, Ph.D. to the board of directors of the Baltimore branch for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, a unique opportunity for CSU to bring insight and value as an anchor institution.