Black History Celebration is Ongoing!

February 29, 2020 / Ogo Okoye-johnson / Leave a comment

Black History celebration is ongoing because Black history is made daily in all works of life and in ordinary day to day living!

“But progress in this nation happens only because seemingly ordinary people find the courage to stand up for what is right. Not just when it’s easy, but when it’s hard. Not just when it’s convenient, but when it’s challenging.

We don’t set aside this month each year to isolate or segregate or put under a glass case black history. We set it aside to illuminate those threads — those living threads that African Americans have woven into the tight tapestry of this nation — to make it stronger, and more beautiful, and more just, and more free.

President Barack Obama

Teacher Union Leaders and Members Support Obama’s Free Community College Initiative

February 4, 2015 / Ogo Okoye-johnson / 3 Comments

Susan Svrluga, a higher education reporter for the Grade Point Blog of the Washington Post, reported that teacher union leader, Randi Weingarten, and Sara Goldrick-Rab, the founder and director of HOPE Lab support President Obama’s free community college initiative. Randi Weingarten is the American Federation of Teachers, AFT, leader, and Sara Goldrick-Rab’s research lab pursues affordable higher education. Sara is also a University of Wisconsin-Madison educational policy studies and sociology professor, and serves on the higher education policy council of AFT. Both Randi and Sara who are strong advocates of the free community college initiative shared that the City University of New York experienced success in an identical program.

Breaking News! Free Community College Says President Obama

January 9, 2015 / Ogo Okoye-johnson / 3 Comments

If you maintain good grades, you will have two years of free community college education proposes President Obama. In an Air Force One video-taped statement, President Obama said, “Put simply, what I’d like to do is to see the first two years of community college free for everyone who’s willing to work for it.” The president will spell out the details on Friday January 9, 2015 in Tennessee. States will cover 25% of the cost while the federal government will cover 75 %. Stay tuned for more details!