September 2020 – Page 5 – Capital Outlook

Husband, wife team use their business to help prepare students for school

September 2, 2020

By Cilicia AndersonOutlook writer Striking up a conversation with a client isn’t unusual for Carlette and Brian Smith, owners of a cleaning service. But the talk they had with Dr. Valerie Brooks, a counselor at Hutto Middle school in Bainbridge, Ga., wasn’t like most others. The conversation at Brooks’ home

Leon CARES childcare fund will help parents in need

September 2, 2020

By St. Clair MurraineOutlook staff writer Childcare funding that is available through a Leon CARES grant will solve a few issues affecting the industry, especially helping to keep centers open and paying the way for struggling parents to get their children in a center. Then, there is the underlying situation

FAMU institutes student curfew to discourage large gatherings

September 2, 2020

By Andrew SkerrittOffice of Communications FAMU announced a campus-wide curfew designed to deter large after-hours student gatherings that can cause clusters of COVID-19 cases. The curfew took effect last Saturday and will remain in place until further notice. The announcement last Friday came as more than 1,000 students have moved

Black literacy matters

September 2, 2020

Dr. Asha Fields Brewer As we return to school, literacy in all its forms will be a major objective for many classrooms. Reading and writing are the traditional forms of literacy that we’re exposed to throughout primary and secondary school. Digital literacy has become a requirement for college campuses. Financial

Kamala Harris sets the tone in her first interview since Biden’s VP announcement

September 2, 2020

By Katherine C. GilyardHoward University News ServiceSpecial to Trice Edney News Wire Sen. Kamala Harris discussed the power and importance of electing the right person in November in her first interview after Joe Biden’s long-awaited announcement that she would be his running mate in the 2020 presidential race. “I fear

U.S. Bank outlines details of $15 million Rebuild and Transform Fund

September 2, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – U.S. Bank announced details of a $15 million Rebuild and Transform Fund, which will help small businesses impacted by civil unrest and support organizations working to address systemic economic and racial inequities. The U.S. Bank Foundation will make philanthropic investments in Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC)

It could be worse: decimation, anarchy and plague

September 2, 2020

By Judge Layne Smith In 49 A.D., Julius Caesar, a charismatic leader, became Rome’s dictator for life, which lasted five years until he was assassinated. Afterward, what was left of Rome’s republic teetered for 17 years while would-be dictators aligned, conspired, and fought among themselves to become Rome’s undisputed leader.

Get your ballot now

September 2, 2020

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux What would you do if somebody walked by your house and promised to rob it the next day? Most of us would take every precaution, checking the locks, the door, and the windows. Some of us might weapon up, making sure we could defend our homestead. Some

Kamala Harris’ selection represents unprecedented moment of racial reckoning, outsized role of Black women leading the nation through crisis

September 2, 2020

Marc Morial “I just sat with that for a minute. I just sat there. And then I found, out of nowhere, just tears coming down — like they are now. I thought about Betty Shabazz. I thought about Coretta Scott King. I thought about Maya Angelou. I thought about Dorothy

MEAC sets sports schedule for play in spring

September 2, 2020

By St. Clair MurraineOutlook staff writer The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference has a plan for returning collegiate sports in the spring. It doesn’t include playing in a bubble. Just depending on whether the COVID-19 pandemic is still around and whether programs want to opt out. According to the MEAC’S announcement last