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How This Minneapolis Man Is Healing Collective Trauma Through Creative Counseling and Mentoring
Jamil Stamschror-Lott is a mental health provider running his own therapy practice, Creative Kuponya, which he and his wife Sara founded together in 2017. The practice — named after the Swahili word for “healing” — is based in Minneapolis, the city he moved to as a child in the ’90s.
June 17, 2021
African-American
Teenager Who Recorded Video of George Floyd’s Murder Wins Pulitzer Prize Citation
Darnella Frazier, the Minnesota teenager who recorded the 10-minute video of George Floyd’s May 25, 2020 murder, has won a special citation from the Pulitzer Prize committee, The New York Daily News reported. Frazier was cited “for courageously recording the murder of George Floyd, a video that spurred protests against police brutality, around the world, […]
June 11, 2021
African-American
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi Joins Boston University to Lead New Antiracist Research Center
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, one of the most sought-after scholars on racism in America, will join Boston University, launching the institution’s new Center for Antiracist Research.
June 4, 2020
African-American
Troy University Suspends its Police Chief Over George Floyd Comments
Troy University has suspended its chief of police John McCall after he made “inflammatory” comments on social media that George Floyd, who died last week in Minneapolis after police violence contributed to his own death. Troy has also begun an internal investigation into the matter, its chancellor Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr. said in a statement. […]
June 4, 2020
Students
After Racist Posts About George Floyd, Some Colleges Expel Students, Professor Resigns
Some universities have taken strict action against students, and in one case, a faculty member, for their racist and offensive comments and videos about George Floyd, a Black man who died last week after a Minneapolis police officer pinned him down with his knee on his neck for approximately nine minutes.
June 3, 2020
African-American
UVA and Harvard Presidents Criticized for Their Responses to George Floyd’s Death
Jim Ryan and Dr. Lawrence Bacow, the presidents of the University of Virginia (UVA) and Harvard University, respectively, have been criticized for what some say are their weak responses to the death in police custody last week of George Floyd, a Black man, in Minneapolis.
June 2, 2020
Sports
Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren Creates Anti-Hate, Anti-Racism Coalition
In reaction to last week’s death of George Floyd, a Black Minneapolis man who died in police custody, Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren on Monday announced the creation of the Big Ten Conference Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition so college athletes can voice their concerns about racism freely. Warren, the first black commissioner of a Power […]
June 2, 2020
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George Floyd’s Death in Police Custody Sparks Outrage Among Universities, Academics
Two days after the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, in police custody on Monday, the University of Minnesota minimized its ties with the Minneapolis Police Department as other universities and scholars expressed grief and outrage at the incident.
May 28, 2020
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