Multimillion-dollar grant will extend STEM programs to U.S. military families, low-income students of color and underrepresented communities STEM NOLA has received a $2.79 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to expand its educational workshops and access across the Gulf South, serving military-connected families. The grant was one of...
New Orleans Makes Gradual Move into Phase 3
The city of New Orleans announced today (Thursday, Oct. 1) that it will move into a gradual version of Phase 3. Phase 3 for New Orleans will go into effect Saturday, Oct. 3. With the easing of restrictions, city officials will also increase enforcement efforts to mitigate the spread of...
SUNO Awarded $10,000 Grant From AT&T Louisiana
Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) was awarded a donation of $10,000 from AT&T Louisiana. The donation is to be used to assist students through scholarships. “We have a long history of working with the Southern University System and the SUNO Foundation, and we are proud to work with them...
STEM NOLA Receives $295,000 from Baptist Community Ministries
STEM NOLA has been awarded a $295,000 grant from Baptist Community Ministries (BCM), for their work with local communities affected by Covid-19. STEM NOLA was founded by New Orleans native, and former Tulane University engineering professor, Dr. Calvin Mackie to inspire and engage young people in opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering...
City Leaders, Community Groups to Hold Drive-thru Voter Registration and Census Event at Champion Square
City officials and community groups are teaming up to hold a 2020 Census and drive-thru voter registration event at 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 26 at Champion's Square. Residents will be able to receive free masks, register to vote, update their registration, request an absentee ballot, and sign...
Councilmember Kristin Palmer Creates Community Office Hours for District “C” Residents in the Cut-off
District C Councilwoman Kristin Palmer and staff will host community office hours for District "C" residents in the Cut-off neighborhood located in lower Algiers. Starting Wednesday, Sept. 23, District "C" staff will host community office hours from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays at the Cut-off Recreation Center, 6600...
Officers in Breonna Taylor Case Escape Indictment
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia After 194 days, months of protests, and a $12 million civil settlement, the family of Breonna Taylor did not receive the justice they have desperately sought. On Wednesday, Sept. 23, a Grand Jury failed to indict the officers for killing Taylor,...
NNPA Presents #FIYAH! with Winton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis’s exploration of socio-cultural and political issues has yielded some of his most inspired and provocative work over the last four decades including the GRAMMYⓇ Award-winning Black Codes (From the Underground) in 1985, Blood on the Fields ─ the first jazz composition ever to win a Pulitzer Prize─ in...
Suffering Continues While More COVID-19 Aid Remains Stymied in Congress
By Charlene Crowell As of mid-September, at least 197,000 people died from COVID-19 according to Johns Hopkins University. Beyond these fatalities, the number of COVID-related cases diagnoses reached 6.5 million people and continues to rise. Beyond the health effects, according to the the U.S. Census Bureau, as of Aug. 31, over 80...
Black Lives Matters T-shirts and Masks – Who Profits?
By Julianne Malveaux I always smile when I see Black Lives Matter T-shirts until I saw one gracing the back of a White man who had on both a BLM T-Shirt and a MAGA (Make America Great Again) hat. I started to either take a photo because I knew somebody...