By Dianne Anderson Of all the pageants in all the parades in all the cities, Cathy Steele Woodard looked around recently and realized something big was missing from their Orange County Black History Parade. It was attracting beautiful women from everywhere else into the fold, from all the other pageants, including beautiful Hispanic girls. At ...

By Dianne Anderson Sophomore and junior high school students are getting first-hand experience in understanding civic engagement and policy to help make a mark on the world. They may not yet be ready to cast their first vote, but they’re already getting ahead of the curve in the grown-up world of public service, and gaining ...

By Selen Ozturk Although California Community Colleges are the nation’s largest higher education system, student aid is the reason many students can afford education at all. This aid is available through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the California Dream Act Application (CADAA) for the 2024-2025 academic year, but  community college students ...

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Natl Correspondent Delays in financial aid decisions have tempered the excitement of many students who have received acceptance letters from their top colleges in a year already full of uncertainties. The late release of a revised Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which schools frequently use to ...

By Dianne Anderson Students will have one less thing to worry about this year at Long Beach City College, what with all the free food, free laptops, free transportation, all to help them keep their minds focused on what’s important – their studies. The clock is ticking on financial aid FAFSA or California Dream Act ...

By Dianne Anderson Megabucks are rolling down to start off the new academic year for students at colleges and universities, but the elders know better and are sounding the alarm to not spend it all in one place, or the wrong place. Anthony Roberson said that some students may be struggling with all the choices, ...

By Dianne Anderson Dr. Jamal Myrick is thinking ahead, trying to beat financial aid deadlines to get more Black students into higher education, which usually starts with paying the biggest bill. Probably the worst part of being a low-income student in California is that they usually aren’t aware there’s a good chance they qualify to ...

By Dianne Anderson Wherever tens of thousands of dollars of free money are up for grabs, smart students are thinking way ahead of the curve. Now is the time to go for it. Sooner rather than later is the mantra for getting Black and Brown students in the door of higher education for Fall of ...