A digital mother’s day campaign seeks to combat racial and gender violence against mothers in the African-American community. Forward Together has partnered with Black Mamas Matter Alliance, National Network of Abortion Funds, SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective and the Southern Birth Justice Network to […]
Waffle House shooting victim DeEbony Groves’ memory still lives on. On Saturday, May 5, Groves would have walked across the stage with her brother, Di’Angelo Groves, to receive their diplomas. But the 21-year-old Belmont University student’s life was cut short by shooter Travis Reinking, 29, who opened fire […]
When you hear stories about black high school seniors getting into the colleges of their dreams, they’re usually touting Ivy League schools. But Greensboro, N.C., high school senior Jasmine Harrison, who was accepted at 113 colleges and awarded $4.5 million in scholarships, is taking […]
While speaking at one of the Tennessee Waffle House shooting victim‘s funeral, the restaurant’s CEO revealed that 21-year-old DeEbony Groves was singing gospel songs prior to her death. A friend of Groves and one of the survivors of the shooting told Walt Ehmer they were singing before 29-year-old gunman […]
*Straight from the mouths of babes. This is a video circulating on social media and its proof that you don’t have to be up there in age to have wisdom. A little African American girl, with fists balled up in anguish, wearing a pink shirt with […]
I am a community organizer for a grassroots organization serving the Tohono O’odham Nation, a Native American community that you’ve likely never heard of. My reservation is located in Arizona and is the size of Connecticut, but even most Arizonans are unaware of our existence. […]