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American Alliance of Museums to Launch National Museum Board Diversity and Inclusion Initiative
Arlington, VA — The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today launched an unprecedented national initiative to diversify museum boards and... Read More
Edward M. Kennedy Institute Calls Diverse Artists to Contribute to “A Seat at the Table” Exhibit
Boston, MA — The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate issued a call to artists across the country to design a chair for inclusion in the Institute’s dynamic A Seat at the... Read More
Civil Rights Activist-Journalist Dorothy Butler Gilliam to Share New Memoir at National Press Club Headliners Event
Washington — Legendary civil rights journalist and activist Dorothy Butler Gilliam will share her aptly titled new memoir, “Trailblazer: A Pioneering Journalist’s Fight to Make the Media Look More Like America,” at... Read More
IGNITE Harnesses Energy and Ambition of Women Millennials and Gen Z Leading up to 2020
Oakland, CA — As the largest class of women in the nation’s history prepare to take the oath as members of the United States Congress on January 3, 2019 and as women throughout... Read More
A Visual Story: Graciela Iturbide’s “Mexico” Series Opens in January at Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Boston, MA — Throughout a five-decade-long career, photographer Graciela Iturbide (born 1942) has focused on capturing and understanding the beauty, rituals, challenges, and contradictions of her native Mexico. Graciela Iturbide’s Mexico features nearly 140... Read More
Pulitzer Prize Winner Alice Walker to be Honored at 30th Zora Neale Hurston Festival
Orlando, FL and Eatonville, FL — Producers of the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities (ZORA! Festival) will pay tribute to Pulitzer Prize recipient Alice Walker, during its 30th-anniversary... Read More
The Urban Nutcracker: Ruby’s Adventures in Magical Boston
By Joanne M. Choi Boston, MA — There is something special that happens when the timeless Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky score is steeped in the rhythms of Duke Ellington: A sort... Read More
Dallas Doctors to Host Black Men In White Coats Youth Summit
DALLAS, TX — The lack of black male physicians is staggering. Less black men applied to medical school in the year 2014 than in 1978. Working to turn the tide,... Read More
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Names Global Leaders To Solidarity Council On Racial Equity
Battle Creek, MI — On November 30th, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) named and convened 20 individuals who will serve on a newly established Solidarity Council on Racial Equity (SCoRE). These... Read More
