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City Council Tackles Bullying in Schools and health issues
A recent City Council meeting began with a vote to override Mayor Bloomberg’s veto of the Dignity for All Schools Act, which seeks to ...
Free Journalism Workshop for High School Students
The eight-week course is aimed at teaching high school students in the New York City metropolitan area the fundamentals of journalism as well as ...
Separate But Not So Unequal?
Though racial segregation in schools has worsened many Black and Latino students in these schools have shown they can learn, master standard English, and ...
Forget About French Classes, Use A Cell Phone
Now phones such as the LG VX 4400, the Motorola T731 and the LG VX 6000 allow users to learn languages, including German, Italian, ...
Jeannette Rankin Scholarship Award
In 1978, The Jeannette Rankin Foundation awarded one grant in the amount of $500. In 2003, the Jeannette Rankin Foundation awarded 45 grants in ...
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Intervenes
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed a motion in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New ...
Verizon Sponsors Technology Education with Black Pride NYC
Verizon, for a third year was a major corporate sponsor of the Seventh Annual Black Pride NYC celebration.
