Michelle Cadore, owner of YES I AM, Inc. and founder of DaSpot NYC, is constantly switching from one place to the next, taking one phone call after another and planning collaborations with other Black designers.
Cadore, like many other business owners during the COVID-19 pandemic, has become accustomed to what she calls the “2020 pivot.”
Read MoreAs a part of King’s’ Black History Month Address, Dr. Lucas Morel, Head of the Politics Department at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, held a virtual lecture on Feb. 11, highlighting the life of famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The address was titled, “Frederick Douglass: The Making of an American.”
Read MoreIn the past year or so, I have pondered heavily upon what it means to be an activist, the true weight of one's words, and how easy it is to throw statements around on social media. After 19 years in white, Christian spaces, something new is happening to me: white people I know are publicly stating that Black lives matter (BLM). This feels particularly odd because four to six years ago those words were demonized, and those around me associated those words with radicalism and violence. I was afraid to say publicly that my life mattered.
Read MoreChurches across New York City that joined together in Harlem on June 6. The Gathering, a church that meets in Harlem, organized the march and invited churches in the city to join in and declare in unison that Black lives matter.
Read MoreDespite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, thousands gathered in Brooklyn on June 2 to peacefully protest the murder of George Floyd in solidarity with the “Black Lives Matter” social justice movement.
Read MoreIn light of the recent murder of George Floyd and the social unrest it has unleashed, President Gibson released a statement responding to these events on The King’s College Instagram account on Monday which sparked an uprising of students and alumni demanding that the school remove Reagan as a House namesake immediately.
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