March 2015 – Capital Outlook

Racism in the North Hurt me as Much as Racism in the South

March 31, 2015

Barbara Reynolds Trice Edney News Wire On March 7, 1965, before my grandmother could quickly change the channel from the evening news, I caught a glimpse of White men on horseback in Selma, Ala., beating people who looked like me. Astonished, I turned to my grandmother: “Why?” She shrugged and

FAMU Honors Local Women for Special Herstory Event The event served to celebrate Women’s History Month

March 31, 2015

By Ferrisa Connell Special to the Outlook Attendees from all walks of life adorned vibrant hats and gloves while gracefully filling in the newly renovated Grand Ballroom on Florida A&M University’s campus Saturday to celebrate the achievements of 13 women who have impacted the 127-year legacy of FAMU and the

Raa Principal Named Distinguished Educator of the Year

March 31, 2015

By Jayla Wilson Outlook Writer Giselle Marsh, principal of Augusta Raa Middle School, has been selected as the Glenn-Howell Distinguished Educator of the Year Award for Leon County Schools. Marsh has worked as principal for two years now and in that time she not only built relationships with her faculty

Black America Missing Nearly Half of Its Economic Share New Report Shows African-Americans at Rock Bottom of America’s Equality Index

March 31, 2015

By Hazel Trice Edney Trice Edney News Wire Amidst continued struggles to maintain voting rights, protests to end shootings of unarmed Black males by police and a constant press to lower the jobless rate for African-Americans, a new report this week announces that Black America is still not receiving

Child Poverty in New Orleans Surpasses National Rate

March 31, 2015

By Kari Dequine Harden Special to the Outlook Trice Edney News Wire While the state of the economy in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina has been described as a renaissance – life is not getting much better for a large percentage of the city’s children. According to

Four More Aid Workers Flown Back to US for Ebola Monitoring

March 31, 2015

Mike Stobbe AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Four more American aid workers arrived back in the United States on Tuesday from West Africa to be monitored for Ebola, health officials said. The latest arrivals bring to 15 the number of aid workers who have returned

#BlackGirlsMatter Right Here in America

March 31, 2015

By Walter Fields NNPA Columnist Every morning, when I fix my teenage daughter breakfast and drop her off to school, she reminds me that #BlackGirlsMatter. Her journey has not been easy; made all the more difficult by an experience, beginning in middle school and persisting to high school, that

In the Interest of Black Women

March 31, 2015

By Dr. E. Faye Williams Trice Edney News Wire March is designated annually as Women’s History Month. I always enjoy this and other cultural observances by allowing myself to deeply reflect on the progress by the designated group as well as any new or existing obstacles placed or remaining

How Can Parents Gain Training on Anti-Hazing Preventions?

March 31, 2015

By Ronald W. Holmes, Ph.D. Vice President/ Education Editor Hazing continues to be an issue on school and college campuses. If it is to be eradicated, all constituents need to be involved and understand their role. For this feature, the critical questions to be asked are: How can parents gain

President Obama Issues Student Aid Bill of Rights

March 31, 2015

By Zenitha Prince Trice Edney News Wire President Obama on March 10 issued and signed a memorandum establishing a “Student Aid Bill of Rights,” part of a suite of actions the administration plans to undertake to make college more accessible. “One of the things that’s been uppermost on