Brooke Floyd learned of the National Organizing Fellowship she completed this year through People’s Advocacy Institute Executive Director Rukia Lumumba, who encouraged the Jackson, Miss., native to apply.
“Whether you vote for the candidate directly, or vote for the official who appoints them, you have the power. You must use it,” Body writes.
“Politicization happens when candidates connected with deep pockets use hardline partisanship and, often, religion to incite fear about decisions affecting our children,” Becky Glover writes.
The Forrest County Campus of Pearl River Community College offers several wraparound services, such as food pantries and clothes closets, that aid students who may be struggling financially.
“Till” is the latest example of Mamie Till-Mobley fulfilling her mandate that Americans must never forget what happened to her boy.
The Mississippi Legislature’s attempt to divert $10 million in federal relief funds toward private schools for infrastructure improvements is “a clear violation of the Mississippi Constitution,” Hinds County Chancery Court Judge Crystal Wise Martin ruled Thursday.
Brenda Myers took the first steps toward establishing Entrepreneurs Academy 101 in January 2022 by using a program called Teachable to create online entrepreneurship courses and to launch her own website.
Director of Advancing Health and Black Equity for Gilead Sciences Tiffany West said Tougaloo College’s rich history as a Mississippi-based institution was one of the many reasons the foundation chose the school as a recipient for the Creating Possible Fund.
JPS students are making academic gains in Mississippi academic assessment despite the negative impacts of COVID-19, Jillian Smart writes.
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