On Oct. 31, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on two cases — SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. University of North Carolina — that will determine the future of affirmative action. The cases bring together universities, civil rights organizations, and student activists in support of race-conscious admissions policies and equitable education access for students of color.
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Throwing Light on Italian-American Excellence in Science and Technology
Italian Americans have added value to every sphere of American life for centuries. Especially in the fields of science and technology, they brought remarkable reforms, built foundations for scientific research, and made many scientific inventions.
#CaliforniansForAll College Corps Fellows Brings Relief To Students
This month 3,200 students – sworn in by Gov. Newsom at a swearing-in ceremony in Sacramento on Friday, Oct. 7 – begin their first academic year as College Corps fellows at one of 46 partnering colleges and universities across the state. Each student will receive up to $10,000 for completing a year of service in the community, either tutoring and mentoring low-income students, distributing meals to those facing food insecurity, or taking climate action. 80% of fellows are students of color, 58 percent are first-generation college students, and 68% are Pell grant eligible. 500 fellows are AB 540 Dream Act students.
Fake News Bombards Voters — Will it Disrupt Midterms?
The upcoming mid-term elections — which will shape politics at local, state, and national levels — come as voters are bombarded with disinformation that sows distrust in the political process, promotes false narratives, and targets ethnic communities in their own language
Threats to the U.S. Electoral Process– Who Can Vote, Whose Vote Counts?
With the mid-terms fast approaching, a briefing recently hosted by EMS( Ethnic Media Servics) explored threats to the way elections are run in the US — not just who gets to vote, but how and whether the votes get counted. Discussions centered around gerrymandered maps that diminish the power of voters of color, laws that restrict access to the polls, efforts by partisan poll workers to interfere in the election process, among other dangerous trends, and efforts to address them, including two lawsuits by civil rights groups in Alabama and Louisiana being argued before the Supreme Court on Oct. 4.
Impact of Hispanic-Latino Americans on Science and Technology
Hispanic-Latino Americans are very good at science and technology. We have been benefiting from the many contributions of Hispanic-Latino medical scientists working in labs to help us fight life-threatening diseases. Many scientific inventions, theories, and laws that built the foundations for future scientific studies are credited to Hispanic-Latinos scientists, while engineers from this community are developing new technology to help us grasp our clean energy future.
Her Excellency Naledi Pandor Honors Solomon Linda On South African Heritage Day In LA
The South African Consul-General, Ms. Thandile Sunduza on September 28, 2022, hosted a dinner reception to welcome South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Her Excellency Naledi Pandor, and to celebrate South Africa’s Heritage Day.
DV-2024 Program – Instructions For Green Card Through the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program
DV-2024 Program: The online registration period for the DV-2024 Program begins on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at 12:00 noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4) and concludes on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, at 12:00 noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST) (GMT 5).
Eminent Hispanic-Latino American Activists You Need to Know
American activists of Hispanic-Latino origin have been working for centuries to create better living conditions not only for those who share their culture and heritage but also for every soul on American soil. Activists originating from Spanish and Latin regions have a long and bright history of aggressive activism for protecting the rights of their fellow beings.
Daphna Edwards Ziman Officially Launches Justice For Women/Every Girl’s City at Star-Studded VIP Event (Chaka Khan, Doug E. Fresh) in New York City on Sept. 23rd
Entrepreneur & Philanthropist Daphna Edwards Ziman Officially Launches Justice For Women and the Every Girl’s City Initiative during UN General Assembly on September 23
Alpina Investment Inc. Makes Significant Monetary Donation To Create First ‘Every Girl’s City in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa