The event kicked off with Turner leading the audience in singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which is often referred to as the Black national anthem.
The Pre-Kwanzaa celebration was then followed by a jazz performance from the Nyumburu Jazz Club, spoken word from University of Maryland junior criminal justice major Vivian Ebisike, African drum performances and the lighting of the seven candles.
Read MoreThe Hyattsville City Police Department (HCPD) will begin requiring officers and dispatchers to participate in quarterly mental health check-ins as a part of HCPD’s Mental Health and Wellness program in December.
Read MoreGreenbelt City Council members continue to establish more opportunities for food trucks to operate within the city after meeting on Aug.18, while following Prince George’s County food truck regulations.
Read MoreThe University of Maryland Systems (USM) Board of Regents Committee on Finance announced a recommendation to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour to its board. The announcement came during a United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) town hall meeting at the Stamp Student Union building on Thursday. The university’s chapter of USAS has been advocating for a pay raise to $15 an hour for months. This past month, the organization hung up QR codes around campus to get students to sign a petition to raise the minimum wage.
Read MoreAt Tuesday night's State of the Black Terps Townhall Meeting, there seemed to be one question on everyone's mind.
Read MoreGreenbelt council member and former mayor Colin Byrd has been a lifelong resident of the area. He continues to reside not far from the community after graduating from the University of Maryland.
Read MoreAbout 10 students attended the first-ever Black Mental Health Matters town hall, which took place in the Nyumburu Cultural Center on Monday.
Read MoreHoward University students reached an agreement with administration after a month-long protest over housing issues and accountability, announced at a press conference on Monday.
Read MoreParticipants in Saturday’s Good Neighbor Day beautified the grounds of Hollywood Elementary School in College Park, Md. UMD students connected with citizens and representatives of the City of College Park in the annual event that typifies service to one’s community.
Read MoreKendall Turner was crowned Miss Unity at Nyumburu’s 44th annual Miss Unity Scholarship Pageant on Sunday at STAMP Student Union’s Hoff Theater.
Read MoreMiss Mabel’s, a family-owned fried chicken restaurant, serves crispy Nashville hot chicken in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Read MoreResidents in Greenbelt, Maryland voted to start a reparations commission for African Americans and Native Americans on Tuesday after the City of Greenbelt election.
Read MoreA new University of Maryland study revealed that anti-Black racism fell only temporarily following the murder of Floyd. The study used Twitter data to investigate race-related sentiments and found that changes in anti-Black sentiment were short-lived following the high-profile killings of Black people in early 2020.
Read MoreOne of the highlights of the University of Maryland’s Homecoming Week was Nyumburu’s Homecoming Juke Joint. The annual event was held in STAMP’s Grand Ballroom and was hosted by alumni Jason Reynolds ‘05 and Opeyemi Owoeye ‘16 and senior information science major Joshua Adjei.
Read MoreJimmy O. Yang had the University of Maryland community laughing till the last joke with his homecoming comedy performance hosted by SEE on Thursday.
Read MoreThe Center for Literary and Comparative Studies at the University of Maryland hosted an online roundtable on how teachers can combat anti-Blackness in English education on Friday.
Read MoreAs celebrations kicked off for Nyumburu Cultural Center’s 50th anniversary on Oct. 23 with a night of music and history, many reflected on the impact that the cultural center had on their lives.
Read MoreIn light of recent news surrounding sexual assault incidents in the university’s Greek life, students banded together to demonstrate their frustrations with the administration’s handling of sexual assault. The student organization Prevent Sexual Assult, or PSA, hosted the “Slut Walk” across campus to condemn sexual assault with chants, posters, and firsthand testimony from student victims.
Read MoreThe Diversity Training and Education through the University of Maryland’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion hosted the first panel of the Jewish Identity Program on Monday. The panel discussed the multifaceted nature of Jewish identity and the range of experiences.
Read MoreJan-Micheal Archer, a doctoral student and protest organizer, stepped up to a podium in front of McKeldin Library on Friday to make one thing clear: the interest of wanting affordable graduate student housing was not mutually exclusive with opposing the destruction of Guilford Woods.
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