Africana studies

Wayne State University receives $6 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to increase Black Studies faculty and establish the Detroit Center for Black Studies

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Tuesday, December 13, 2022
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DETROIT, Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mellon Foundation awarded a $6 million grant to Wayne State University to launch a cluster hire program that will recruit and hire 30 new humanities faculty and create the Detroit Center for Black Studies.

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  • DETROIT, Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mellon Foundation awarded a $6 million grant to Wayne State University to launch a cluster hire program that will recruit and hire 30 new humanities faculty and create the Detroit Center for Black Studies.
  • The Mellon Foundation awarded a $6 million grant to Wayne State University to launch a cluster hire program that will recruit and hire 30 new humanities faculty and create the Detroit Center for Black Studies.
  • "We are grateful that the Mellon Foundation recognizes Wayne State's efforts to transform Black Studies at the university with this impactful support," said Wayne State Provost Mark Kornbluh.
  • A second initiative that the Mellon Foundation will support is the launch of the Detroit Center for Black Studies, a faculty-led multidisciplinary center at Wayne State that connects Black Studies faculty from institutions across the state of Michigan.

TRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL REVEALS EXHIBITION, SIX PARTICIPATING ARTISTS FOR BEYOND GRANITE INITIATIVE ON THE NATIONAL MALL

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Trust for the National Mall, joined by Monument Lab, announces the six contemporary artists invited to create monumental scale artworks for the inaugural exhibition of Beyond Granite, a new commemorative program launching on the National Mall and around Washington, D.C. in 2023.

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  • Beyond Granite is generously supported by the Mellon Foundation and is presented by the Trust for the National Mall in partnership with the National Capital Planning Commission and the National Park Service.
  • The Beyond Granite pilot initiative will create space to commemorate history, experiences, and stories not currently represented in the commemorative landscape in the Nation's Capital.
  • "The National Mall is a commemorative canvas that offers a constant, but evolving, landscape upon which we tell the American story," said Catherine Townsend President & CEO of the Trust for the National Mall.
  • "The Trust is honored to announce the artists who will help bring Beyond Granite and these important stories to life on the National Mall," she added.

Here's What Happens When 25,000 Women Go Vegan Together

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Award-winning public health nutritionist, 35-year vegan activist, and best-selling author Tracye McQuirter, MPH, recently held another free 21-Day Vegan Fresh Start program from September 18 - October 9, 2022 and the results were extraordinary. 

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  • This marks the fourth free 21-Day Vegan Fresh Start program as part of McQuirter's 10 Million Black Vegan Women Movement , a revolutionary public health intervention that is changing the health paradigm of Black women now and for generations to come.
  • The 21-Day Vegan Fresh Start continues to attract a sizable cohort of women, with 3,705 enrolling.
  • Data shows the 21-Day Vegan Fresh Start effectively promotes, educates and prepares women to live a healthy vegan lifestyle.
  • McQuirter created 10 MIllion Black Vegan Women to change the paradigm of Black women's health.

Tracye McQuirter, MPH Leads Global Health Intervention for Black Women

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Thursday, September 15, 2022
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Award-winning public health nutritionist, 35-year vegan activist, and best-selling author Tracye McQuirter, MPH, is thrilled to announce her free 21-Day Vegan Fresh Start program will take place September 18 - October 9, 2022.

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  • "When you consider that Black women experience among the worst health outcomes, it's truly revolutionary that we have created a free global health intervention that has already helped thousands of Black women around the world improve their health," said Tracye McQuirter, MPH.
  • Tracye McQuirter is a transformative leader in the field of plant-based nutrition and Black women's health, and has been helping people go vegan for more than 30 years.
  • McQuirter created 10 Million Black Vegan Women to change the paradigm of Black women's health.
  • McQuirter has a Master's degree in Public Health Nutrition from New York University and a Bachelor's degree in Black Studies from Amherst College.

Mellon Foundation and Lilly Endowment Inc. make grants totaling $1.6M to support Indianapolis-based Urban Legacy Lands Initiative

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Thursday, June 16, 2022
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INDIANAPOLIS, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Urban Legacy Lands Initiative Inc. (ULLI), a newly-established Cultural Heritage Development Corporation (CHDC), is being supported with two $800,000 grants, totaling $1.6 million, from the New York-based Mellon Foundation and the Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc. The funding was awarded to the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis, which is serving as ULLI's fiscal sponsor. The Diocese's leader, Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, has been a leading proponent for ULLI's mission and cultural heritage commitment.

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  • INDIANAPOLIS, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Urban Legacy Lands Initiative Inc. (ULLI), a newly-established Cultural Heritage Development Corporation (CHDC), is being supported with two $800,000 grants, totaling $1.6 million, from the New York-based Mellon Foundation and the Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc.
  • The grants will support ULLI's focus oncentering Black cultural heritage in historic revitalization, land development, and placemaking.
  • "We are exceedingly grateful for and incredibly proud of the support wehave received from Mellon Foundation and Lilly Endowment to preserve and rebuildBlack heritagecommunities," says Indianapolis-native and ULLI President Claudia Polley.
  • ABOUT URBAN LEGACY LANDS INITIATIVE INC. (ULLI)
    Urban Legacy Lands Initiative Inc. is aCultural Heritage Development Corporation (CHDC) centered on Black cultural heritage in historic revitalization, land development, and placemaking.

Nextech AR Launches Groundbreaking Human Hologram Creator App ARitize Holograms in Apple App Store

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022
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ARitize Holograms is the first to market app powered by Artificial Intelligence that lets you create, share and view human holograms on a smartphone device with no green screen required.

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  • ARitize Holograms is the first to market app powered by Artificial Intelligence that lets you create, share and view human holograms on a smartphone device with no green screen required.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220301005300/en/
    In Q2, ARitize Holograms will be integrated directly with Nextechs Metaverse Studio and ARitize Maps , allowing for human holograms to be dropped into and viewed in the Metaverse.
  • Nextech's human hologram creator app, ARitize Holograms is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) so that no green screen or technical equipment is required.
  • In the coming months, ARitize Holograms will integrate directly with Nextechs Metaverse Studio and ARitize Maps , allowing for human holograms to be viewed in the Metaverse.

The Africa-America Institute 2021 Awards Gala Honors CDC Africa, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa, and The People of the Republic of Malawi

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Saturday, September 18, 2021
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Since 1984, the AAI Annual Awards Gala has been the most anticipated African-centered event in New York City.

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  • Since 1984, the AAI Annual Awards Gala has been the most anticipated African-centered event in New York City.
  • As always, the Awards Gala will showcase AAI's focus on improving education in and about Africa.
  • All of these stories illustrate the theme for this year's Gala: 'Interdependence'," said AAI President, Kofi Appenteng.
  • The Africa-America Institute (AAI) is a nearly 70-year-old institution with the mission of promoting enlightened engagement between Africa and America through education, training and dialogue.

Ancestry® Adds New Freedmen’s Bureau Collection that Enables Family History Discoveries for Descendants of Formerly Enslaved People

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Tuesday, August 24, 2021
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Despite its significance, awareness of the Freedmen’s Bureau is very low. According to a Harris Poll survey by Ancestry, a staggering 72% of Americans surveyed have never heard of the Freedmen’s Bureau. However, nearly all of those familiar with the Freedmen’s Bureau (90%) believe it was a turning point in American history and that it still impacts Americans’ lives today, and 87% of Americans surveyed agree that it is important for the public to have access to historical records--like those saved by the Freedmen's Bureau--in order for African Americans to be able to trace their family roots.

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  • Today, Ancestry spotlights an important, yet often overlooked, part of American history by unveiling the worlds largest digitized and searchable collection of Freedmen's Bureau and Freedman's Bank records.
  • This addition of more than 3.5 million records can help descendants of previously enslaved people in the U.S. learn more about their families.
  • According to a Harris Poll survey by Ancestry, a staggering 72% of Americans surveyed have never heard of the Freedmens Bureau.
  • Free access to this collection will enable meaningful Black family history discoveries for generations to come, says Nicka Sewell-Smith, Professional Genealogist.

In New Book, Wellesley College Professor Sheds Light On The Use Of Political Violence By Black Abolitionists

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Thursday, March 28, 2019
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WELLESLEY, Mass., March 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --In Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence (University of Pennsylvania Press), Kellie Carter Jackson , assistant professor of Africana studies at Wellesley College, provides the first historical analysis exclusively focused on the tactical use of violence among antebellum black activists.

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  • WELLESLEY, Mass., March 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --In Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence (University of Pennsylvania Press), Kellie Carter Jackson , assistant professor of Africana studies at Wellesley College, provides the first historical analysis exclusively focused on the tactical use of violence among antebellum black activists.
  • "It's important to emphasize that black abolitionist efforts were central to the abolition of slavery.
  • Their activism is furthermore connected to a long tradition of resistance to oppression, including the revolutionary violence of the American and Haitian revolutions."
  • Carter Jackson is an assistant professor of Africana studies at Wellesley College, where she researches slavery and abolitionism, violence as a political discourse, historical film, and black women's history.