Octavia Spencer Donates Breathing Monitors To Medical Facilities In Alabama and New York
Everybody is doing their part! Oscar winning actress Octavia Spencer recently announced a donation of breathing monitors to nursing and medical facilities in Alabama and New York fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Spencer partnered with Mikucare, a company that specializes in baby monitors, to provide their state of the art monitors to medical facilities. The monitors […]
The Obamas Honor The Request of Class of 2020 Graduates, Agreeing To Give Several Virtual Commencement Speeches
We’re all going to be sitting in on these graduations! Barack and Michelle Obama have announced that they will be giving commencement speeches during a number of virtual graduation honoring the Class of 2020. With schools closed and in-person graduations subsequently cancelled as a result of the global pandemic, many graduates will be having symbolic […]
Trevor Noah Pays Furloughed ‘Daily Show’ Employees Salaries Out Of His Own Pocket
This guy will be the first to get a hug when social distancing is over! The Daily Show host Trevor Noah has agreed to pay the salaries of employees out of his own pocket, Variety reports. Since production everywhere is shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, many people in the entertainment and media industry […]
Black-Owned Coffee Brand Expands To Whole Foods & Amazon
Let’s go! The first Black-owned, nationally distributed coffee brand just announced a distribution deal with Whole Foods and Amazon, Black Enterprise reports. BLK & Bold is a specialty coffee brand owned by co-founders Rod Johnson and Pernell Cezar. The company was founded in 2018 after both men left their careers in academia and retail to […]
LeBron James Airing Television Special To Help Class of 2020 ‘Graduate Together’
This is just the type of encouragement graduates need! LeBron James is putting together a star-studded television special that will honor the Class of 2020. According to AP News, The LeBron James Family Foundation has partnered with the XQ Institute and The Entertainment Industry Foundation to bring a one hour graduation special to television. “Graduate […]
North Carolina Principal Surprises 220 Seniors With Their Own Personal Parades
Principals around the world need to organize this for their students! North Carolina Principal Tabari Wallace wanted to make sure his seniors got the recognition they deserved, so he organized a personal celebratory parade for the 220 soon to be graduates at his school. With schools around the country shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, and […]
Meet The Educator Bringing A Sense of Normalcy To Distant Learning With Her Pre-K ‘Circle Time’ Videos
If you have a little one, this is for you! Early childhood educator Monica J. Sutton is bringing a sense of normalcy to distant learning through her pre-school circle time videos on YouTube. Since the pandemic, Sutton has started posting the videos at 9am, Monday through Friday. They cover the basics like the days of […]
16-Year-Old Goes Viral For Teaching Students Math On TikTok
Wish we had this when we were in school! A 16-year-old teen has gone viral for teaching math on TikTok, CBS New York reports. Alexis Loveraz initially joined Tik Tok to do what every other kid is doing, entertain himself and others through funny, short form videos. But soon, Alexis’ friends were encouraging him to […]
Oprah Winfrey, Lil Nas X, and Simone Biles Will Join Facebook’s Virtual Graduation for the Class of 2020
People are showing up for the Class of 2020 in a major way! This week, Facebook announced it’s virtual commencement, with a star studded line up that includes media mogul Oprah Winfrey, Grammy award winning rapper Lil Nas X and superstar gymnast Simone Biles, Essence reports. The graduation services will stream live, with Winfrey serving […]
Will Smith Just Gave Us The Fresh Prince of Bel Air Reunion We Didn’t Know We Needed
He’s the hero we all need! Will Smith took to social media to give us a long overdue Fresh Prince of Bel Air reunion in honor of the show’s 30th anniversary. On Smith’s new Snapchat series, “Will From Home,” the Philly native has been giving consistent content while quarantined from his home. From game show […]