4 The Hampton Roads Messenger Editorial


Why HBCUs need an Advocate presidents, faculty


years ago. While


and


staff of public HBCUs are at the mercy of sometimes insensitive


alumni are not always kept in the loop when major changes to


mater are being discussed. The HBCU Advocate newspaper


will bridge the gap between legislators, HBCU presidents, alumni,


faculty, BY ANGELA JONES, HBCU ALUMNA Recently, more than two dozen


hopeful HBCU presidents took a trip to Washington, DC to meet with the Trump administration.


If one were


to apply the adage, the devil is in the details, everyone can agree that a devil is the last thing HBCUs will need to be concerned with, since there were no details. Other than moving the oversight of HBCU progress from the department of education to the White House, the executive order the president signed regarding HBCUs was only symbolic.


The nationwide more are


than as


100 HBCUs different


as


fingerprints; no two HBCUs are alike. Some are having dire financial difficulties while others, like Hampton University, have endowments of more than $250 million.


Private HBCUs have different struggles from public HBCUs. While many predominantly white institutions (PWIs) continue


diversity numbers, some HBCUs, like West Virginia


State Americans.


Other public HBCUs struggle to keep their assets, like North Carolina A&T, which had some of its farm land reappropriated by the state legislature for a shared nanoengineering project with a local liberal arts PWI, several


have more African European American (White)


students than


to have dismal University now African


staff, students, family and friends. The HBCU Advocate exists as a tool for these entities, with ensuring that all HBCUs thrive as its only agenda. We want to dispel myths about HBCUs like those perpetuated in the mainstream media.


Harvey, president


We applaud Dr. William of


R. Hampton


University, for speaking out against the negative portrayal of HBCUs on television. We want to counter those portrayals with articles about students who are doing great things like the North


Carolina A&T student who


received a $100,000 scholarship from Buick and $25,000 from Apple. She could have attended any university in the world but chose to attend an HBCU, North Carolina A&T, because of its esteemed engineering school.


We recognize that there are


many HBCU advocates that have been tirelessly working for decades for the benefit of HBCUs, including the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and the United Negro College Fund. The HBCU Advocate will leverage relationships with these organizations for the additional strength that comes from organizations working together to achieve a common goal.


The HBCU Advocate’s email address, info@thehbcuadvocate.com, is always open to accept information for publication. If anyone has any questions, suggestions or story ideas, feel free to contact us.


HBCUs are stepping stones and


equalizers for African Americans from all economic backgrounds. Everyone should work together


to preserve


HBCUs because our future depends on it.


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foundation that will serve them and their immediate family for generations. Providing generational wealth should be everyone's goal in a society that requires a great deal of money just to live comfortably."


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film "Flyers In Search of a Dream" which tells the stories of early African American aviators, Including Bessie Coleman. This film is available in the PBS Video catalogue and from Netflix.


The Harts are planning for a 2019


release of "Flying Free with Bessie Coleman."


Philip and Tanya Hart


and hosted film, television and radio content for over 30 years.


The Harts have produced, written They were


recipients of The Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors Diversity Award in 2011.


Tanya Hart has won Emmy


Awards, Peabody Awards and Ohio State Awards for her documentary films and television programs. Tanya Hart is in the Michigan State University College of Communication Arts and


Sciences Alumni Gallery. Distinguished Philip Hart is in the


University of Colorado Distinguished Alumni Gallery along with actor/ activist Robert Redford and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.


The Harts All Stars


FROM PAGE 2 The senseless deaths and illnesses


of friends and family, including some of the band’s original members, and the slimming hope for great change in their country as a result of peace, has only strengthened the resolve of Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars to do what they can to turn their country around. Optimism in


the face of obstacles,


and the eternal hope for a better future motivates their lives and music.


“Inspiration is at the core of our mission here at Hamptons Arts,” said


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3-hour syndicated radio documentary "Ray Charles: The Music Lives On" is


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tanyahart2 and on streaming services such as iTunes, Spotify and Apple Music. radio


Another of their syndicated programs "Hart Moments"


aired nationally for 10 years. Tanya Hart is also a professional vocalist having sung with the Boston Pops, Freddie Hubbard, and Maurice Starr (New Edition, New Kids on the Block) and has "Tanya Hart Sings" available


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"Hollywood Live with


Tanya Hart" airs Monday-Friday on American Urban Radio Networks' (www.aurn.com) 300 affiliate stations nationwide.


Tanya Hart launched


BET's west coast operations in 1990 and produced that network's first west coast program "Live From LA with Tanya Hart". Tanya Hart is co-chair of The Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors. Philip Hart is also an urban


planner and developer and


in 2010 was named Executive of the Year by Commercial Property Executive.


Artistic Director Richard M. Parison, Jr. “Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars exemplifies this not only through their harrowing story of survival, but also in their tremendous musicality, which I am sure will captivate all those who bear witness to their talents.”


This engagement of Sierra


Leone's Refugee All Stars is funded through the Mid Atlantic Tours program of Mid Atlantic


Arts


Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.


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leaders including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., his brother Rev. A. D. King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy. His father allowed him to be present during meetings but as Dr. Harvey describes, “He gave me permission to be present with the proviso that I could not ask a


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Another the demonstrated venture importance an


chapter of


in opinion, deals results, the growth or


otherwise speak. As he would say, ‘You are to listen and learn.”


with


amply of


Hampton University under Dr. Harvey’s leadership. As he notes, “We at Hampton have realized undeniable success for almost four decades in the areas of academics and research, student enrollment and accomplish- ments, finances, the enhancement of the physical plant, and athletics”. One of those accomplishments is the unique place the university holds as the first and only HBCU to have 100 percent control


of a NASA mission, a global climate change project run by Hampton’s Atmospheric Science unit. For an example,


Hampton currently A powerful


has


three satellites orbiting the earth and expects to launch another one within the very near future.


testament to Dr. Harvey’s influence and example,


are the 17 former


administrators of Hampton University who served under Dr. Harvey, and have gone on to become presidents of other institutions of higher learning.


phenomenal mentor who promotes and


“Dr. William advances his


Harvey is a staff, providing


opportunities to soar above the eagles and to land safely when storms erupt as they inevitably will do,” said Dr. Elnora Daniel, former President of Chicago State University.


For anyone seeking to become


an effective leader, in any endeavor, the core values, characteristics and insights outlined in Principles


of


Leadership: The Harvey Leadership Model, is a must-have guide.


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