Approaching the Breast Cancer Walk, we collaborated with Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Sigma Beta Rho Fraternity, Inc., and NAACP to raise money for the American Cancer Society. We invited breast cancer survivors to talk to students about their journey and recovery from breast cancer. Touching many of the students, it became a very emotional night of personal stories and solace.
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According to Webster's Dictionary, gentrification is the process of renewal and rebuilding, accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces poorer residents. Across the country, and specifically in New York City, Black and Latinos have been the victims of gentrification. A very controversial topic, we discussed how gentrification has been effecting St. John's students across the country and what we as students and the overall Black and Latino community can do about it.
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"Black Wall Street", a town in Greenwood, Tulsa, Oklahoma was the center for Black wealth in the early 1900s. Prominent Black scholars flocked to this city of lawyers, doctors, planes, bus systems, churches, business, and success. It would take about a year for a dollar to leave this Black community. In 1921, Whites burned and looted "Black Wall Street" and murdered approximately 300 people and left approximately 1000 homeless. Today, Blacks tend to spend their disposable income in places other than their own community. We felt it the utmost importance to hold a discussion on how to keep the Black Dollar in the Black Community. We invited guest speaker, Kevin Livingston, from Carver Federal Savings Bank (a Black-owned bank) to speak to us.
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