March 2021
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Robinhood sponsors African American History program
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Ellen Marie Hess, Commissioner
Virginia Employment Commission P. O. Box 26441
BY SPECIAL TO THE HAMPTON ROADS MESSENGER The 4-day
African American
History Month lunchtime series hosted by The HBCU Advocate concluded with a panel on financial literacy. The panel was a wealth of information from many guests including Denver Louis from Robinhood, Shayna Pryor and Dr. Marla Ashe from the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Bobbie Gray from the FDIC, and more. The financial literacy panel stressed the importance of research on early investment and financial education. Gerry McCants, president of McCants, LLC, shared information on the history of African Americans pooling their resources to create Black Wall Streets in cities like Tulsa, Oklahoma and Durham, North Carolina.
The entire series had no shortage of
paramount information for all four days, including history on HBCUs, excellent
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tidbits to apply to everyday life, as
well as guidance for future generations on crucial elements like Diversity in the workplace, financial literacy, and career readiness. The advice came from trusted individuals in places of power at these people like HBCU Strategist at IBM Valinda Kennedy; Sedar Jones, Manager of Sourcing & Recruitment Strategy at Novant Health and some familiar faces, like NCIS actress and Hampton University graduate Shelli Boone.
The first day of the series provided many intriguing statistics on the history of HBCUs that point to the importance of graduates
of Historically from historically Black
Colleges and Universities. For instance, Over half of the nation’s Black teachers graduated
black
colleges, and over 70% of black dentists earned degrees at HBCUs. HBCUs’
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