Black Theological Education and The Black Seminary Collaborative is a Gift in One. I was fortunate to complete continuing education unit (CEU) hours from The Gift of Black Theological Education and The Black Seminary Collaborative sponsored by Payne Seminary from January to June 2021. When Dr. John Thomas approached me, I was excited because Read More…
Wilberforce University is Lifted From Accreditation Probation. The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), the agency that accredits degree granting colleges and universities, has removed the sanction of Probation for Wilberforce University. The Commission took this action based on the university’s ability to demonstrate that it now meets HLC’s Criteria for Accreditation. The university was placed on Read More…
Black Lives Matter When the Word Becomes Incarnate: The Power of the Voice. When the Word Becomes Incarnate: The Power of the Voice By J. Jioni Palmer, Contributing Writer Black. Lives. Matter. Three. Simple. Words. Alone they are inanimate. Just words on the page. Without context, definition, relevance, or meaning. Kind of like—White. Deaths. Unimportant. Read More…
CEMETERIES If they’re not simply abandoned, they are accused of wastefulness and pollution: cemeteries have a hard life in our current times. And yet, they can play an essential role — on both the environmental and human levels — for those who are still living. The only time I’ve ever slept in a cemetery was Read More…
Schools faced with D and F Students are ditching the old way of grading A few years ago, high school teacher Joshua Moreno got fed up with his grading system, which had become a points game. Some students accumulated so many points early on that by the end of the term they knew they didn’t Read More…
Public Restrooms – Where did all the Public Restrooms go? Surviving a pandemic has a way of forcing people to focus on the basics: health, food, shelter, the need for human connection — and going to the bathroom. This became evident during the Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020, when panic buyers emptied store shelves in Read More…
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