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Tuesday, August 29, 2017
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FSU breaks ground on new Black Student Union building
Established in 1968, the Black Student Union is a student government agency that offers black students a form of identity, a social life as a vehicle of communication to the FSU faculty and administration.
The new 5,600-square-foot, two-story building located at 921 W. Jefferson St., will house exhibit space, a student lounge, a large multipurpose room for classes and events, kitchen, conference room and staff offices. It is expected to be completed later this year.
“We’re not just breaking ground on a new facility today,” FSU President John Thrasher said. “We’re building the future of a student government organization that has a proud history of involvement and activism on campus. I hope it will also serve as a visible reminder of Florida State’s commitment to nurturing a diverse and multicultural, student-centered environment.”
Black Bank Trend Sweeping the Nation
The #BankBlack national trend in which African Americans are responding to calls for depositing funds into Black-owned financial institutions has gained momentum, but is it more than just a hashtag?
It started with an emotional cry from rapper Killer Mike in the wake of the police shooting deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile:
“We need one million people in Atlanta to take $100 out of their existing accounts, put $100 into a Citizens Trust [Bank] account…take that $100 million and promise $15,000 to $18,000 loans for Black businesses or small homes,” the MC said on Atlanta’s Hot 107.9.
People not only tuned in to hear his call, they listened, launching a nationwide trend in which African American-owned banks are seeing significant increases in new accounts. This might mark the beginning of a new type of Black economic power movement encapsulated by simple social media hashtags like #BankBlack and #MoveYourMoney.
Read more at EBONY http://www.ebony.com/news-views/bank-black-movement#ixzz4r5fqYzgl
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