You ARE *our* Olympic Champ. You qualified. You set that record. They can't take that away. You are still, and will always be, THAT GIRL.
Hold your head high, Queen. We're proud of you. π
If thereβs any βFerguson Effect,β this is it. The systematic elimination of *local* leaders in Black protest movements.
It is not a coincidence. It is not because local neighborhoods are βhostileβ to police.
It is intentional.
Kris Smith, a business owner and prominent protester, was shot and killed Friday in Louisville.
His death comes less than three weeks after Travis Nagdy, a fellow protest leader, was killed.
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Thinking about some things:
I think the worst part about learning to live with/through/survive depression and be high-functioning is that you come off looking incredibly inconsistent.
Iβm grading an essay that reads like it was written by that chat bot AI or whatever. Itβs uncanny.
Yβall canβt really think youβre going to skate on this. Iβll be doing oral exams if this is how folks want to play.
Try me.
I stopped believing in coincidence when the Ferguson activists started turning up dead. Still donβt quite buy that story about the BLM parade shooter, either. So.
Folks who've been rocking with me #onhere know that my research started here, has grown here, continues here.
So it feels right to hop #onhere and announce: Ya girl has been granted tenure.
All glory and honor be to God!
Universities have an opportunity to lead by creating bridge and completion programs for returning students that account for the professional experience theyβve gained in their years off campus.
Program director of TSUβs Health Administration program reveals to TMZ that since Megan Thee Stallion graduated, thereβs been an influx of one-time dropouts re-enrolling to finish their degrees.
You disappoint people. You forget things: where youβre supposed to be; whatβs due when. You fail yourself. And somehow, you still choose to keep trying.
Rather than sharing in your relief and amazement that you made it through another day, and ACCOMPLISHED THINGS to boot, people think youβre scatterbrained, undisciplined, negligent.
Itβs a great move for her, for Howard, for HBCUs in general. Letβs celebrate that today. But tomorrow, letβs talk about conditions for faculty who arenβt major players.