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Tara Wright & Mallory Cave Make History

Many of us are not interested in heading to Alaska anytime soon because we are just getting use to some warm weather, after winter seemed like it would never leave. But, just in case you’re feeling like getting frigid, you’ll be glad to know you’re in good hands if you decide to board Alaska Airlines. Hopefully, you will get a chance to board a plane led by some history making crew members, who are making waves and marking their place in history.

On Mothers Day, the flight started out like any other flight with boring directions and instructions of how to exactly strap on that flotation device. Captain Tara Wright alongside First Officer Mallory Cave made their appearance in the cabin and brightened the passengers’ day with an exciting announcement. Wright had to let them know that their flight would be like no other Alaskan Air flight in the last 86 years. In her address, she stated:

“I’d like to introduce myself and my crew… you’re sharing a pretty interesting piece of Alaska Airlines history this morning. You’ll be piloted by two African-American female pilots, for the first time in Alaska Airlines history. You’re making [history] this morning, whether you’re awake or not,” joked Wright, as passengers began to applaud.

As the passengers continued to applaud these groundbreaking women, they also requested the pilots pose for pictures which you can see below. This was an amazing Mothers Day story, Black history event, and Women’s history milestone – all at the same damn time!

Alaska Airline cosigned this announcement by stating, “What Bessie Coleman started in 1921, we continue here.” One would think the airline would have gave the public something more, but we’ll just ignore that for right now.

Congratulations to Captain Tara Wright and First Officer Mallory Cave, two history-making pilots!

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Teacher Writing Equation at Blackboard

GO APPRECIATE A TEACHER TODAY!

Today would be the perfect day to treat one of your favorite teachers to one of these cool deals listed below. We know that teaching can be a thankless job at times, so why not take this time to say THANK YOU to a teacher today. Besides, these TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY goodies are the bomb!

Note: Some deals listed may not be available at all locations. Check with local retailers. Deals may require that you verify you are an educator.

GREAT DEALS

  • Adobe: Teachers and students can take 60 percent off a Creative Cloud purchase.
  • Alamo Car Rental: Get a $25 car rental discount if you are a member of the American Federation of Teachers.
  • Apple Store for Education: Get discounted rates on Mac, Ipad, and other Apple accessories.
  • AT&T: Get discounts on monthly phone service plans through AT&T’s Signature Discount Program.
  • Academic Superstore: Teachers get year-round discounts on school supplies.
  • Ann Taylor LOFT: Teachers get 15 percent off all full-priced items.
  • Bally’s Atlantic CityandLas Vegas: U.S. educators get 10 percent off their stay, plus other promotions and deals.
  • Banana Republic: Get 15 percent off full-priced in-store purchases.
  • Barnes & Noble: Get 20 percent off the publisher’s price for books purchased for classroom use, and 25 percent off the publisher’s price for certain “Educator Appreciation” days.
  • Bookmans: Get 20 percent off all purchases after signing up for the “Project Educate” program.
  • Budget Truck Rental: U.S. teachers get 20 percent off truck rental discount on local moves and 15 percent off on one-way moves, using the code “TEACH.”
  • Caesar’s Palace: Get 10 percent off their booking in addition to other special offers from Caesar’s Palace.
  • Champion: Current and retired educators get a 10 percent discount on purchases.
  • Chick-fil-A: Teachers, educators and administrators can get a free Chick-fil-A sandwich on Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at participating Chick-fil-A restaurants. Teacher ID required.
  • Chipotle: BOGO on burritos, bowls, salads or tacos on Teachers’ Day from 3 p.m. to close.
  • Container Store: Get discounts through the “Organized Teacher” discount program.
  • CoolFrames.com: Get an extra 5 percent off on all online orders. Get $20 off purchases over $200. Verification through ID.me. is required.
  • Costco Wholesale: U.S. teachers get more than $60 in savings if they sign up for a new membership.
  • Crayola Experience: U.S. educators get in free and their families get 25 percent off general admission rates until May 31.
  • Dell: Get various discounts on computers and software.
  • Enclave Hotel and Suites: Get the 25 percent educator discount.
  • Flamingo: Flamingo offers a 10 percent discount on room rates plus other special discounts to U.S. teachers.
  • Hanes: Get a 10 percent discount on purchases.
  • Harrah’s Resort: Harrah’s Resort offers a 10 percent discount to U.S. educators.
  • Hewlett Packard: HP Academy offers a 20 percent discount to U.S. teachers. You can also get free shipping.
  • Hobby Lobby: Get a 10 percent discount on in-store purchases. Must use a check or bank card provided by the school.
  • Home Depot: Home Depot offers a tax-free exemption on classroom purchases made at Home Depot. Public school teachers must apply for the exemption.
  • Intuit Quickbooks: Intuit offers free online materials through the Intuit “Education Program.”
  • JoAnn Fabric: Get a 15 percent discount both in-store and online.
  • J.Crew: Get a 15 percent discount on in-store purchases.
  • JustMySize: Get a 10 percent discount on purchases.
  • K12 School Supplies: Get 30-80 percent discounts on closeout and clearance school supplies.
  • Karen Kane: U.S. teachers get a 20 percent discount on online purchases.
  • Kennedy Space Center: Full-time Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands teachers can get free access to Kennedy Space Center’s Educator Resource Center with anEducator Study Pass.
  • Lake Buena Vista Resort Village & Spa: Teachers can get exclusive vacation packages.
  • Lenovo: Get a 10 percent discount on Thinkpad Laptops and 5 percent off Idea pad Laptops. You also get free shipping.
  • Michaels: Get a 15 percent discount on in-store purchases every day.
  • Microsoft Store: Get Office 365 free, and 10 percent off Windows devices.
  • OneHanesPlace: Get 10 percent off purchases for current and retired U.S. educators.
  • Overstock.com: Get free Club O Gold memberships.
  • Oriental Trading: Get discounted teaching supplies.
  • PBS: Get free access to digital curriculum-based resources.
  • Pencils.com: Get 10 percent off all orders.
  • Preferred Hotels & Resorts: Get 20 percent off plus complimentary amenities and discounts.
  • Rio Las Vegas: Get 10 percent off room rates.
  • Roxio: Get 20 percent off select Roxio products.
  • Sea World Parks & Entertainment: Get one complimentary admission per year for certified K-12 teachers who work in the state of Florida.
  • Sprint: Special offers for school employees, teachers, and administrators are available from Sprint.
  • Stay Sky Suites: U.S. educators get exclusive discounts and complimentary services.
  • Swan and Dolphin Resort (Walt Disney World): U.S. educators get special teacher room rates with valid teacher identification.
  • Talbots: Get a 15 percent discount on regular-priced items.
  • T-Mobile: T-Mobile offers education discounts on monthly phone service plans.
  • TOMS: Get 10 percent off on purchases.
  • Tradewinds Resort: Tradewinds Resort offers 10 percent off the room rate to U.S. teachers.
  • Verizon Wireless: Get phone service discounts at Verizon.
  • Westgate Resorts: Westgate Resorts offers 10 percent off rates for teachers and educators. Use the promo code EDUCATORS10.
  • Wyndham Hotel Group: Wyndham Hotel Group offers special discounted rates to public school teachers and other government employees. See the “government discounts” section on the website.

Source: Atlanta Journal

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Exonerated

Just within the past ten years, and with the passing of time, we’ve seen numerous cases of men being exonerated after serving decades in jails for crimes that they’ve never committed. We have seen stories like Emmett Till, who at the age of 14, was lynched because he was accused of grabbing a white woman; only to find out that Carolyn Bryant Donham lied about her account. Donham, stating in an interview that when she said,“Emmett grabbed her and was menacing and sexually crude toward her, ‘that part is not true’.Even the tragic story of George Stinney, another teenager accused of murdering 2 small girls, was sentenced to die in South Carolina and is the youngest person in America given a death sentence; 70 years later, Stinney was exonerated on these charges. Also, let’s not forget the tragic story of another incident in NY, the Central Park 5, who won a 14 year court battle and settled with the city for $41 million. These stories remain America’s dirty little secret, especially when it pertains to the unfair treatment of blacks in this country. Today, we can only add to these not-so-secret movements that aim to incarcerate people of color in this country. 26 years after their conviction, two of the men sentenced for the another Central Park rape have been exonerated due to false claims.

Back then, VanDyke Perry and Gregory Counts were only 21 and 19, and were accused of kidnapping and raping a white woman in the park in 1991. Perry and Counts have always maintained their innocence. There was no evidence that connected them to a rape, the victim had stopped cooperating with the prosecution before the trial. Prosecutors actually had to force the victim to testify. With no evidence and a questionable victim, Perry and Counts were convicted of multiple charges, including first-degree rape. Perry spent 10 years in prison and Counts spent 26 years in prison after being paroled last year.

Lies Exposed

After reaching out to the Innocence Project, testing was done on the woman’s underwear, which led investigators to a different man. However, the victim had already told officials that she would sell sex for drugs and that is where the DNA may have originated. After speaking with the woman again, she finally recanted her entire story. She let them know her boyfriend made her lie on Perry and Counts because he was under suspicion of shooting Perry. This woman faces no charges because of the statute of limitations.

Perry told The Associated Press that the woman’s lies, “really destroyed my life. I couldn’t get decent jobs, but i’m determined. I have kids, and I had to strive for them. Even when my back was hurting, and I started getting gray hair too young from working so hard, I had faith.”

There is no word yet on a civil suit that will be launched against the state of New York, the woman, and anyone else who may have participated in this unfair judgment.

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Selfless Act

Ok, so this is kinda dope! We saw the headlines and watched the video. Two black men were removed from Starbucks for simply sitting inside waiting for an associate to arrive. They were not hostile, they were not bothering anyone, they simply came inside the Starbucks and sat down without ordering anything – like many of us have done. Today, they settled with the city of Philadelphia. They will receive $1.00 each and received a promise from city officials to set up a $200,000 program for young entrepreneurs.

On April 12th, as the world saw the wrongful arrest of these two men, it caused a fury across the country and revived the conversation that we have been having for decades about racial profiling. We also watched two young men who held their composure, even though they were treated unfairly and were being judged only because they were black.

In an interview with the Associated Press, Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson wanted something positive to come from the shameful incident. Donte Robinson stated,

“We thought long and hard about it and we feel like this is the best way to see that change that we want to see. It’s not a right-now thing that’s good for right now, but I feel like we will see the true change over time.”

Remember, this was an opportunity for these two men to gain financially if they wanted to. They could have taken a settlement, and went on to live their lives. Instead, they realized this was an opportunity to do something good and make this bigger than themselves. This was definitely a selfless gesture.

The good news is that their arrest records have been expunged, and the city of Philadelphia will have a brand new entrepreneurship program for public high-school students.

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Chikesia Clemons Speaks

Chikesia Clemons is making her first public statement since the Waffle House Attack, where police officers violently placed her in under arrest after she requested the phone number for the corporate office when a waitress charged her $0.50 for plastic utensils. When Clemsons started to complain, requesting the phone number, the Waffle House employee called the police.

The reasons for her arrests according to claims was that she was drunk with slurred speech, and was threatening to shoot up the restaurant. Witness statements have refuted these claims.

Today Chikesia spoke out, talking about how much this attack has affected her. “I’m just taking it day by day, it’s just so hard on me. I can’t eat, I can’t sleep, I’m constantly crying. I have a 6-year-old daughter. I’m trying to be strong for her,” Clemons told Sharpton in her interview.

So far, this is the only official statement we’ve seen from the Waffle House corporation, who seems to be in support of how the police handled Chikesia Clemons.

In response to the Waffle House attack, activists are planning a nationwide protest Monday at the restaurant’s metro Atlanta headquarters

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