. Brown Public Relations welcomes Janilyah Khadaran Assistant Account Manager to our team. Janilyah is a junior at Tougaloo College, where she majors in Mass Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations and Advertising. She will be responsible for supporting the agency’s day-to-day activities, providing client support on multiple accounts, and assisting in the development of public relations, marketing,…
The 150,000-square-foot International African American Museum of Charleston, South Carolina, is expected to open in January of 2023. The museum will feature the horrors of the slave trade and the resilience of enslaved people through nine exhibition galleries and a memorial garden. Charleston has chosen to embrace its darker history rather than avoiding it as a result of cultural shifts…
Hartford, Connecticut, is home to M. Swift & Sons, which first opened its doors in 1887. M. Swift & Sons was the largest gold leaf (gold that has been hammered into very thin sheets) manufacturer in the country and the Hartford neighborhood for some time. By the mid-20th century, the company’s clientele had declined. In 2010 the community residents were…
A woman receives the first 3D-printed ear transplant made of her living cells. 3DBio Therapeutics has called this transplant a “groundbreaking reconstructive procedure.” The reconstruction is one of the first clinical trials for the implant called AuriNovo. This implant is specifically for patients with microtia, a rare congenital ailment where the outer ear is either underdeveloped or doesn’t exist at…
California regulators have approved the ‘Cruise’ driverless taxi rides in San Francisco, the first to be approved in a state where several competitors are testing the same technology. Original post by Michael Liedtke/Associated Press News Read more here: https://apnews.com/article/technology-san-francisco-climate-and-environment-government-politics-63e3bc1eade16d91a209b00697db42c5
The Latinos in Heritage Conservation (LHC) was founded in 2014 by a group of heritage practitioners, advocates, scholars, and students to serve as a national network to support the preservation of Latinx spaces in the U.S. The Mellon Foundation awarded the LHV $750,000, and it granted them access to hire their first executive director Sehila Mota Casper. With their new…
MacKenzie Scott is donating $122.6 million to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. This donation will support 38 Big Brothers Big Sisters of America locations. According to a statement, the donation intends to push its mission further by providing every young person with access to mentoring experiences that empower them for success in school, life, and their career. The donation…
In the past, the U.S Army bases had several locations named in honor of controversial Confederate officers. The country’s defense department proposed new base names that honor women and people of color. Nine bases have been selected to receive names. The individuals honored either originated from or resonated with the communities the bases are. The bases are in Virginia, Louisiana,…
The final payphone was removed from midtown Manhattan, New York, making payphones officially a thing of the past. The payphone was removed from the street and taken to the Museum of the City of New York for display in an exhibit about the pre-digital era. This removal is the end of an era, as the city has been removing public…