Roland Martin
Are Immigrants And DACA Recipients Taking Black Jobs?
You’ve all heard this popular refrain: Undocumented and sometimes even documented immigrants threaten the jobs of American citizens. A more perverse accusation used by anti-legal immigration trolls and politicians is that these sometimes lower wage earners “take” jobs from Black people. This is a tactic often used by these trolls and politicians to create a…
TEDx
Let’s reevaluate what works for our children’s education | Randall Woodfin
With the new school year underway, it’s that time again for parents, teachers, students, and administrators to also wrestle with the eternal question: Are we really teaching our young people in order to better prepare them for life and the jobs of the future? In a recent TEDx talk, education advocate and school board member…
PBS NewsHour
Will the end of DACA prod Congress into immigration action?
When I was with the Voicewaves project in Long Beach, I had worked with young people who had signed up for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). I remember how proud and excited they were. They believed that they could now live and work out of the shadows. Their names and contact information, their lives, are…
Voices in Our Heads
Artist-Business Owner Marisol Gomez Just Can’t Stop Moving
Marisol Gomez is full of energy. Listening to her talk about her life, her schooling, her pursuit of the arts and music, her sports, and her recent road trip, she can easily leave you breathless. Gomez is an artist, musician and singer who owns a small business frame shop which also serves as a gallery…
Community
Common Speaks on How His Faith Influences His Music and Social Activism
If you haven’t seen the documentary, “13th”, you are missing a very important historical analysis that you need. You can find out more about it on Netflix HERE Here’s a trailer for the film: Recently, the musician Common discussed the film and his music at an AOL sponsored discussion: The title of Ava DuVernay’s extraordinary…