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News that highlights the lives, visions, achievements, policies, and strategies of exceptional contemporary African Diaspora leaders across the globe in order to motivate, challenge, and encourage current and future generations of people of African descent to take initiative and offers guidance to those interested in Africa’s development.

Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness leads CARICOM mission to Haiti

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Prime Minister Andrew Holness left Jamaica Monday morning to lead a special CARICOM mission to Haiti. The mission is comprised of representatives...

How It Feels to Be Hungry

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Beverly Gologorsky, TomDispatch — My long-dead father used to say, “Every human being deserves to taste a piece of cake.” Though...

TV One’s New Original Film‘Under The Influence’ Premieres Feb. 5

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: TV One SILVER SPRING, Md. – February 4, 2023 - TV One's original film UNDER THE INFLUENCE, directed by Courtney Miller...

Off Air, Fox News Stars Blasted Election Fraud Claims

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: YouTube In the days and weeks after the 2020 elections, the Fox News Channel repeatedly broadcast false claims that then-President Donald...

BLK & Bold Coffee Company Announces Patnership

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: BLK & Bold – Steeped Coffee, a certified B Corp and Benefit Corporation, announced today it is partnering with BLK...

This Gender Reveal Game Raises Money For Moms

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: We Buy Blackhttps://webuyblack.com/ If you’re a parent-to-be or know someone who is, the Gender Reveal Game by Villie is the game...

Betty Shabazz International Charter Schools Co-Founder appointed to the US National Board for Education...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). On October 27, 2022, President Biden appointed BSICS Co-Founder and Board Chair, Dr. Carol D. Lee (Mama Safisha) to the U.S....

Deadbeat Republicans: Attacking Social Security, Playing With Debt Ceiling

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: Most folks are honest; this tricks them into a belief in the bedrock honesty of others, especially those who make bold...

Florida: Voting Rights Advocates Denounce New Bill’s Passage

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: YouTube Today, the Florida House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 4B (SB 4B), which seeks to unnecessarily expand the jurisdiction of...

Black Banking: OneUnited Bank Launches Empowerment Network

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: YouTube Los Angeles, CA – (January 24, 2023) OneUnited Bank is proud to announce its new Empowerment Network, with more surcharge...

California’s CRJA Law: Rooting Out Racism From Criminal Justice System

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: Wikimedia Commons Long before I joined the ACLU, I was just a skinny brown kid who grew up in the “Inland...

Black Canadian Filmmaker’ Web Series “Wallflower” Coming Soon

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: YouTube Toronto, ON - Tristan Barrocks is a multi-talented Black-Canadian actor, director, writer and producer. Barrocks is the writer & director...

New York Museum To Unveil Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: YouTube The New York State Museum, in partnership with Monumental Women and in observance of Women’s History Month, will host a...

AG Stops Discriminatory Practices At LI Real Estate Brokerage

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: YouTube NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced a settlement with Coldwell Banker, stopping the real estate...

Issa Rae Hosting Chat On Challenges To Small Businesses

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: Black PR Wire (Black PR Wire) MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In honor of Black History Month, Intuit (Nasdaq: INTU) QuickBooks and...

Tyre Nichols: Why Aren’t Good Police Officers Speaking Out?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: Memphis Police Department “It makes it even harder to swallow…because they know what we have to go through.” RowVaughn Wells –...

Sharpton To Protest DeSantis’ Ban On Black Studies In Schools

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: YouTube Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN), will travel to Tallahassee on Wednesday, February 15,...

UN and partners spotlight urgency of stepping up response

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Kidnappings and sexual violence against women and girls is also surging. By OCHA — With the humanitarian situation in Haiti deteriorating by the...

The Unequal Cost of Protesting

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Julianne Malveaux —  The 45th President is in the news again, facing indictments in New York and Georgia for criminal behavior regarding...

NYCLU On CCRB Report: NYPD Responded With Violence Against Protesters

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: YouTube NEW YORK CITY ​– ​The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) and the Legal Aid Society released the following statements...

Missouri May Execute An Innocent Black Man This Tuesday

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: Paul Crane/ MacArthur Justice Center Missouri plans to execute Leonard “Raheem” Taylor on Tuesday, Feb. 7, despite evidence of his innocence. This...

Ishmael Reed’s “The Conductor” Coming To Theater For The New City

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: Jonathan Slaff. Above two of the stars in Ishmael Reed's "The Conductor." Brian Simmons (as Warren Chipp) and Kenya WIlson (as...

Georgia White Supremacist Sentenced For Federal Hate Crime

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: Clayton County Sheriff's Office A federal judge in Atlanta today sentenced Larry Edward Foxworth, 48, of Jonesboro, Georgia, to 240 months...

Uganda: Tackling Upward Trend Of Gendered Disinformation, Violence

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: YouTube Across Africa, a gender-inclusive digital society remains largely elusive. Beyond the challenges related to the gender digital divide and online...