Still riding high from earning my PhD in Business Administration (Real Estate Concentration) from UGA’s Terry College after a 13-year journey 🎓
Honored to be the first African American in the program’s 40+ year history.
From FSU Undergrad to Wharton MBA to here — Grateful 🙏🏾
The NAACP is taking a stand. Today, we launch the #OutofBounds campaign, a national call to action for Black athletes, families, fans, and allies.
In response to states erasing Black voting representation after the Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais decision, we are demanding accountability.
"Out of Bounds is our answer: we are naming the contradiction, and we are calling on Black athletes, families, fans, and consumers to act on it. The same power that built these programs can be redirected." —NAACP President and CEO @DerrickNAACP
This is about more than sports. It’s about justice. Learn more and join the movement: https://t.co/H3PDNjEeAL
Barber-Scotia College was the first higher education institution for Black women in this country. Today it is fighting to survive. The 144K Collective is asking 144,000 people to donate just $1.44 to help save this historic institution. Our HBCUs are not just schools. They are the foundation of our history, our culture, and our future.
This week, I learned that I was uninvited to this year’s National Governors Association dinner — a decades-long annual tradition meant to bring governors from both parties together to build bonds and celebrate a shared service to our citizens with the President of the United States. My peers, both Democrats and Republicans, selected me to serve as the Vice Chair of the NGA, another reason why it’s hard not to see this decision as another example of blatant disrespect and a snub to the spirit of bipartisan federal-state partnership.
As the nation’s only Black governor, I can’t ignore that being singled out for exclusion from this bipartisan tradition carries an added weight — whether that was the intent or not.
What makes it especially confounding is that just weeks ago I was at the White House with a bipartisan group of governors, working with the administration on reforms to lower energy costs and strengthen grid reliability. We proved in that moment what’s possible when we stay focused on outcomes over politics.
As Governor of Maryland and Vice Chair of the NGA, my approach will never change: I’m ready to work with the administration anywhere we can deliver results. Yet, I promised the people of my state I will work with anybody but will bow down to nobody. And I guess the President doesn’t like that.
We have record low unemployment, 14 million new jobs, Gas prices are down, America has 1 of the lowest inflation rates compared to the other G7 nations & we have more black women judges appointed to the courts than the WNBA. But Biden-Harris haven’t accomplished anything?
@ElginBaylorFSU So would you rather support someone that makes racist statements or that maybe racist? Why does celebrating one of the most marginalized and victimized populations in the US affect you so much?