This episode features Black women medical students across the nation and the globe in order to discuss how far medical education has come since the start of the Black Lives Matter movements. Many institutions and corporations committed to fighting racism and white supremacy last summer, but where are we now? Hosted by Farrah-Amoy Fullerton, 4th […]
For its first-ever Black History Month event (2023), KAIROS celebrated and honored the legacy of Black activists and communities, people of Afro-descent and from the Diaspora, through a roundtable event on February 22, 2023. Event participants included: Moderator – Adele Halliday (United Church of Canada, Anti-Racism and Equity Lead) Panelist – Racheal Juan (South Sudan […]
In a country that treats every month like White History Month, the contributions of Black Americans tend to get swept under the rug. Here are our best pieces about barrier-shattering Black Americans of the past and the modern-day revolutionaries picking up their mantles. Featuring Sasheer Zamata, Naomi Ekperigin, and the Lucas Brothers. Watch Full Frontal […]
Known for her “blue-eyed, brown-eyed” experiment, where she ran her class as though the children with brown eyes were superior to children with blue eyes, educator Jane Elliott has spent the last 50 years fighting racism. » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC News is a leading source of […]
Juneteenth is a celebration that is intended to commemorate freedom and emphasizes education & achievement. For many African Americans, it is also a time for personal reflection, self-assessment, self-improvement, rejoicing, & planning for the future. Yet most people only connect this celebration to emancipation and the long shadow cast by this time still persists today. […]