Expands Upon Successful My Brother’s Keeper Program Established in 2016 The New York State Education Department (NYSED) today launched the New York State My Sister’s Keeper initiative with a kick-off event at Bronx Community College, Commissioner Betty A. Rosa announced. The My Sister’s Keeper (MSK) initiative builds on the My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) program’s mission […]
By Brian Figeroux, Esq. | Editorial Credit: Ritu Manoj Jethani / Shutterstock.com “It is appalling that the most segregated hour of Christian America is eleven o’clock on Sunday morning.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. These words, spoken more than half a century ago, still ring painfully true today. While America has made significant progress […]
By Leah Rothstein, URBAN MATTERS | Photo credit: chihacknight.org It’s been hard to pay attention to the national news lately. When I do, I am tempted to feel powerless and hopeless about the divisiveness and animosity that seems to be consuming our country. But I don’t want to respond by burying my head in the […]