Thursday 24 May 2012
Community Service Society Report Only one in four young black men in New York City has a job, according to a report released by the Community Service Society of New York. The report, “Unemployment in New York City During the Recession and Early Recovery: Young Black Men Hit the Hardest,” illustrates that some demographic...
March 7, 2011 To the Governor of the State of New York The New York State Assembly The New York State Senate The Children’s Defense Fund – New York (CDF-NY) is extremely concerned about the impact the Governor’s Executive Budget proposal will have on the children of New York. The Executive Budget proposal for...
SANKOFA The Education Debacle continues to teach. This current attack on teachers regardless of the tactic used amounts to elimination of rights and concentration of power. In New York City the catchphrase is “Merit not Seniority”. The million dollar question is “Who or what defines merit?” Considering past evidence, I’d say it would be...
“I was not brought here to lead a black institution. I was brought here to lead a public institution and to raise the bar.” These are the words uttered by the current President of Medgar Evers College Dr. William Pollard at a meeting of the Medgar Evers College Community Council, and therein lies a...
2010 marks 40 years since the founding of Medgar Evers College in 1970. Under the leadership of Edison O. Jackson, the school has created nationally known centers such as the Center for Law and Social Justice, the Caribbean Research Center, the Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions, the Ella Baker/Charles Romain Child Care Center,...
The new Africa starts here: how to make the people prosper. If Africa is to thrive, a revolution in thinking is needed — and it must begin out in the farmers’ fields. By Wangari Maathai The Times (London) June 6, 2009 Not long ago I was in Yaoundé,...
