admin | May 6, 2022
(May 4, 2022, Jerusalem, Israel, JNS Wire) Yesterday, on the eve of Yom HaZikaron, a day of remembrance for Israels fallen soldiers and victims of terror, Masa Israel Journey hosted its 14th annual Yom HaZikaron Ceremony in Latrun, Israel. The event was held in person and was live-streamed on Masas Facebook and Instagram pages
admin | May 6, 2022
(The Conversation) The California State University system, Americas largest public higher education system, recently added caste, a birth-based social hierarchy system, to its anti-discrimination policy, allowing students, staff and faculty across its 23 campuses to report caste bias and discrimination. CSUs move has drawn a sharp response from some in the Indian diaspora: About 80 faculty members of Indian heritage, as well as the Hindu American Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, have opposed the decision, claiming that it is potentially stigmatizing for persons of Hindu or Indian heritage.
admin | May 6, 2022
When Russia invaded Ukraine, Ukrainians, and those with strong Ukrainian ties all over the world, found themselves asking what they could do to help their families and friends affected by this war. One couple in Des Moines found a way. On this episode of Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe talks to Olya Poputnikova-Santos, a Ukraine native living in Iowa, and Victor Santos, children's author and director of assessment and research for Avant Assessment, about their effort to provide books for Ukrainian children who've had to leave their homes.
admin | May 6, 2022
The Herald Dr Masimba Mavaza Zimbabwean children abroad are being turned against their parents by those who have custody of them. This ranges from a mother or father who has custody or social workers and foster parents. Some do this entirely out of spite and some do it mostly out of financial gain.
admin | May 6, 2022
As the beating of drums echoed through a cinema in Sydney, almost the entireaudience, from the grey-haired man with a walking stick at the front to the teenager at the back, rose and sang the song that is now illegal in Hong Kong.
admin | May 4, 2022
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com A few years ago, Air Force veteran Tameka Peoples was looking to buy T-shirts for an event that she was holding for her California-based nonprofit, Peoples Foundation for Connecting Community Military and Veteran Services. Not only did Peoples want to buy the shirts from a Black-owned business, but she also wanted them to be produced and manufactured by Black people.
admin | May 4, 2022
Dr. Allan Cunningham, the elected representative to the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council for the Southern Region USA, recently announced the names of 60 Jamaicans in the region who were honored for their work in the community. The honors commemorate Jamaicas 60th anniversary of independence and includes professionals, media people, community leaders, doctors, lawyers, educators, healthcare workers, and entrepreneurs.
admin | May 4, 2022
Centuries after millions of Africans were shipped to America and Europe as slaves, their descendants are coming back to Africa in a bid to reunite and develop the continent. The return of the African diaspora, as the phenomenon is known, draws thousands of men and women who come as tourists, while others are passionate enough to resettle and build new lives
admin | May 4, 2022
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that a new resurgent India had made up its mind to move forward with determination and urged the Indian diaspora to help the country take big strides globally. Addressing the Indian community here, Modi said the young and aspirational India understood the need for political stability to achieve faster development and had ended three decades of instability by mere touch of a button. "This time of the 21st century is very important for India.
admin | May 2, 2022
(Beirut, 2 May 2022) - The 2022 parliamentary elections in Lebanon will begin with the diaspora voting in their country of residence on 6 and 8 May. This will be the first electoral test at the national level since the October 2019 mass protests and the August 2020 Beirut blast.
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