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  • HBCYouth Educational Camp Partners with Spelman College

    HBCUs or Historically Black Colleges and Universities have been instrumental in the  Black community for generations; educating many prominent Black leaders throughout history.  

    Despite their impact, not all Black youth are able to be exposed to these institutions, so much so that when college application season rolls around – these schools aren’t even on many students their radar. 

    In 2022 the HBCYouth Foundation Inc. moved to change that, leading to the creation of Camp HBCYouth, a summer-day camp for elementary age children hosted on HBCU campuses around the nation. 

    According to their website, “Camp HBCYouth is the flagship summer program of the HBCYouth Foundation, Inc., designed to reflect the spirit, values, and excellence of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). “

    At this camp, children participate in arts and crafts, music programs, daily academic enrichment, and are even provided with healthy breakfasts, lunches and snacks. 

    In just 3  years, the program has had many achievements including serving 40,000 meals, serving over 600 kids, and employing over 40 students. 

    Most recently, HBCYouth announced their partnership with the #1HBCU according to the U.S. News Report: Spelman College. 

    Located in Atlanta, Spelman College is a liberal arts HBCU that has been educating Black women since 1881. 

    This summer, Spelman will open its doors to young girls part of Camp HBCYouth from June 8 to July 11. This is the first time that the organization has curated an all-girls summer camp experience.  

    In a caption posted to Instagram, the organization celebrated this groundbreaking partnership writing, “From day one, these girls are stepping into sisterhood and soaking up the legacy around them. It’s more than summer fun, it’s an early start on the HBCU journey.” 

    Spelman joins it’s male counterpart Morehouse College, as well as Tennessee State University, Clark Atlanta University, and Morgan State University as one of the hubs of the  HBCYouth camp. 
    Though most of this year’s camp sessions are already over there are applications still open on their website and you can register here.

  • ICE Arrests and DHS Quotas: Prioritizing Business Over Humanity

    In late May, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller called in ICE officials to raise the quota of immigrant arrests, igniting the past weeks of aggressive mass deportations of thousands of immigrants.

    Elizabeth Findell, Wall Street Journal National Reporter, wrote warrantless arrests, plain-closed agents, arrests of migrants at immigration court dates, and the use of tactical gear for people with no criminal record are unprecedented practices.

    In response to what many allege are authoritarian tactics, international protests known as the “No Kings” took place on June 14, 2025, in congruence with Donald Trump’s birthday parade. 

    Following the weekend, the Department of Homeland Security called for a guidance reversal on Monday, June 16, 2025, advising officials to continue investigations in agricultural, restaurant, and hotel operations. 

    This comes four days after Trump aligned himself with business owners in agricultural and hospitality fields industries that rely heavily on migrant labor.

    During the initial pause, Senior ICE officials were told not to make arrests anywhere in the agricultural and hospitality industries, specifically at the workplace sites. 

    ICE agents have been advised to go into workers’ communities, continuing to make arrests in schools, hospitals, and courtrooms.

    Trump remains mildly cautious of labor optics and business relationships. Detainments in some areas may not happen at these worksites but advance nonetheless.

    Following ICE raids in Los Angeles, Trump continues to target sanctuary cities, “all blue cities, all democratic-run cities.” 

    In a meeting at Miami City Hall on June 17, 2025, the committee weighed a vote to deputize the city’s police officers with federal immigration powers. 

    Despite 9 hours and more than 100 citizens speaking out against this immigration enforcement plan, city commissioners voted to follow through with the agreement. 

    While foregoing democratic and constitutional processes to expedite mass deportation plans, the Republican party faces deepening divides. 

    The morning of Wednesday, June 18th, in a press conference in response to the U.S. strike on Iran, Trump stated, “You don’t know that I’m going to even do it, you don’t know. I may do it, I may not do it. I mean no one knows what I’m going to do.” 

    Trump’s volatile decision-making within domestic and foreign affairs makes it increasingly clear that his plans for the country can, and seemingly will, change based on his perception of power and capital at any given moment in time.