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A. Zachary Faison, Jr.
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A. Zachary Faison, Jr.
@MillennialPrez1
Husband. Son. Brother. Attorney. Geriatric Millennial. Faith Inspired. President & CEO of Edward Waters University - FL's FIRST HBCU. Retweet 🚫 = Endorsement.
- HBCUs represent just 3% of the nation's four year institutions, yet they educate 80% of all black judges, 50% of all black lawyers and doctors, and 25% of black science, technology, math and engineer graduates.
- "...a lack of generational wealth among Black families meaning HBCUs don’t have wealthy donor bases...history of segregation, loss of resources to integration, lack of multimillion-dollar TV deal equity, HBCUs get left behind financially & athletically." cnn.com/2022/12/10/us/…
- "...We hate to be the ones to break the news, but you cannot give your way out of oppression.... For example, a Forbes report in February of 2022 documented how 18 HBCUs were underfunded by over $12.8 billion from 1987 to 2020....."
- Looking forward to welcoming @HowardU alumna Yvette Carnell of @BreakingBrown to the @ewctigers President's Distinguished Speaker Series at Florida’s FIRST HBCU to discuss America's racial wealth gap, the case for reparations, and the ADOS movement. #EWU #StayWoke #LetsGetIt 💯
- Sky is the Limit! If your dreams don't scare you you aren't dreaming big enough! 🐅🐅🐅🐅
- #StayWoke – The @ewctigers President's Distinguished Speaker Series welcomes @esglaude one of America’s most prolific thought leaders on race & politics in the 21st century! Join us TONIGHT at 7PM via Facebook Live & Youtube! You DO NOT want to miss this! #EWC #EmergingEminence
00:00 - HBCUs represent just 3% of the nation's four year institutions, yet they educate 80% of all black judges, 50% of all black lawyers and doctors, and 25% of black science, technology, math and engineer graduates.
- In school today and am overwhelmed with a sense of responsibility and thankfulness to my ancestors. These are my great-great paternal grandparents, Mr. James Polk Faison and Mrs. Rosa Polk Faison from Clinton, North Carolina. They were both born into chattel slavery in these
- Black males make up 56% of all NCAA football players and 66% of all NCAA basketball players BUT ONLY 3% of undergraduate students at NCAA member institutions. - @Penn Center for the Study of Race & Equity in Education
- PSA: Start by giving to your own HBCU.
- Incredibly powerful lecture from @BreakingBrown on last evening as we closed out @ewctigers last Distinguished Speaker Series event for the year at Florida’s FIRST HBCU! Looking forward to future collaboration in bringing reparative economic justice to HBCU's! #ADOS #HBCUPride
- Everyone in your circle is not in your corner.
