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Teach Plus, a national teacher leadership organization has selected 31 teachers from around Arkansas for its 2023-2024 Policy Fellowship cohort. The Policy Fellows will focus on a range of issues of importance to Arkansas’ students and teachers, including teacher leadership and development, early literacy, and teacher recruitment and retention. “The selection of these outstanding educators […]
Adaiah Simms – Allow me to introduce Mr. Dorian Henry II, a junior from the vibrant city of Austin, Texas. Dorian’s unwavering passion for the arts has led him to embark on an academic journey at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB). Earlier this summer, Henry was one of ten advanced students from […]
A two-part investigative series written by Arkansas Black Vitality Publisher Wesley Brown for Civil Eats, an independent, nonprofit digital news and commentary site about the American food system, was recently selected by publishing giant HarperCollins for The Best Food Writing 2023. The 320-page book was released on Oct. 17 and is now available in paperback […]
On the heels of suicide awareness month in September, Dr. Rhonda Mattox explained how the Arkansas Medical Dental and Pharmaceutical Association (AMDPA) is actively working to bring awareness to and address the mental health needs in the African American Community. “All providers know mental health should be a priority, but historically it hasn’t been. The […]
