Despite our national rhetoric about the importance of a college-educated workforce, recent action (or inaction) at the federal level makes it harder every day for students to achieve that goal.
No inclusive innovation framework or economic transformation can be developed without strong support from local institutional powers.
The Essence Music Festival is in full swing and while there are plenty of amazing music acts hitting the stage this weekend--like D'Angelo, Mary J. Bl...
It's time for black advocacy organizations with built-to-last influence in advancing the Black American agenda to include HBCUs at the top of their priorities, and to increase the call for an immediate end to unbalanced reporting on these institutions.
Recently, UNCF brought 34 students to Washington for its inaugural Student Leadership Conference, sponsored by three transformational UNCF programs: t...
Thus far, the leadership conference has reaffirmed my call to service. My hope is that this experience will allow me to become a beacon of hope and an agent of change to combat the educational inequalities in Washington, DC and the world.
I emancipated out of the foster care system shortly after I graduated high school, a feat only 46% of foster youth experience. I am a part of 10% of foster youth that continued to college and I will soon graduate to the 1% that will actually obtain a baccalaureate degree.
Boris Kodjoe bared his soul for the ladies in the early 2000s and sat down in 2010 with Black Voices to muse on style. With two films and a flourishin...
Known for belting out soulful lyrics set against a nostalgic sound, Anthony Hamilton is working to inspire today's youth through his affiliation with ...
Legacy begins with vision and is sustained with commitment and persistence. I was honored to participate in sustaining Ossie Davis's legacy. Ossie's walk continues in the footsteps of the scholars that bear his name.
For Kenny Lattimore, authenticity is about reaching his audience through song. And he is now reaching out to that audience in other ways. The Grammy-n...
This weekend, BET will broadcast the 33rd Annual United Negro College Fund's An Evening with the Stars. UNCF, longtime advocate for young people o...
Pattie LaBelle, Ledisi, Marsha Ambrosious and Estelle are just a few of the stars that lit up the stage last night during the 33rd Annual United Negr...
The situation in US K12 education is really bad: states are broke and the calcified system is unable to respond creatively; deep inequities persist; a...
With the exception of one poorly-chosen word, it seems to me to fit the classic definition of a "Washington gaffe" -- accidentally speaking a bald truth, and having to immediately apologize for such unseemliness.
