Month: April 2019

Thousands of edible water bottles were handed out at the London Marathon today in a bid to reduce plastic waste.

Source: London Marathon hands out edible water capsules to reduce plastic waste | The Independent

Samaira Mehta is CEO, founder and inventor of CoderBunnyz, a board game that teaches players as young as four basic coding concepts.

Source: Meet the 10-year-old coder grabbing Google’s attention

(CNN) – A Tennessee man who served 31 years in jail for a crime he didn’t commit is petitioning the state to compensate him $1 million for the years of his life that were taken away. All he’s gotten so far is $75.

Source: Man gets $75 after being wrongly imprisoned 31 years – CNN

The Golden State is ignoring a history of violence against Native Americans.

Source: Indigenous educators fight for an accurate history of California (A History of Violence) — High Country News

The 6888th battalion was the first and only all-black, all-women battalion in World War II. Private First-Class Elizabeth Johnson of Elkin, N.C. was one of the women in the battalion and one of the few still living today.

Source: Meet One Of The WWII Black Woman Veterans Of The 6888th Battalion | wfmynews2.com

Brazil Reports spoke to Vale do Dendê co-founder Rosenildo Ferreira about Afro-Brazilian identity, racial attitudes in the city of Salvador and the role the accelerator plays within social entrepreneurship in Brazil.

Source: Vale do Dendê: the Salvador accelerator putting young Afro-Brazilians “on the front line of the city’s development”

Kaliegh Garris, an 18-year-old woman from Connecticut, was…

Source: An Afro Fit For A Crown: Miss Teen USA 2019 Rocks Her Natural Kinks While Winning The National Title | BLAVITY

Jaisaan Lovett says the school principal “didn’t want to see the speech or what it said, nothing. He just said no”

Source: Principal refuses to allow first black valedictorian to give speech, so Rochester mayor intervenes – CBS News