Shifting Society

Girls don’t like science. Girls don’t code. Girls don’t build computer apps. In fields dominated by white and Asian men, women and young girls interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) might believe those stereotypes which ultimately lead them to other interests. Combine this with limited access in underrepresented communities, it’s an even tougher […]

We have compiled a list of ten black [and some not so black] films that shifted not only the world of cinema but culture as a whole. Do The Right Thing, 1989 Probably the most popular Spike Lee movie to-date, Do The Right Thing was both commercially and critically acclaimed, landing Lee with an Oscar […]

Kamala Harris has already accomplished some impressive ‘firsts.’ She’s the first female, the first African-American and the first Asian-American to become Attorney General of California, a post she was elected to in 2010 and reelected to last year. Harris, 50, whose mother is Tamil Indian and whose father is Jamaican-American, is a graduate of Howard University […]

Renowned author Langston Hughes once asked ‘What happens to a dream deferred?’ For most, that early desire is swallowed up by the realities of life and largely dismissed, because some put an expiration date on dreams. But Dr. Karen Morris Priester is living proof that dreams can be achieved despite any circumstance. While history has […]

According to Dictionary.com, Urology is defined as “the scientific, clinical, and especially surgical aspects of the study of the urine and the genitourinary tract in health and disease.” Now if there was a definition for who’d you want helping you if said area gave you any issues, that’d be Dr. Charles Modlin. Modlin is an […]

In the month of February we are spotlighting one individual per day in the fields of Science, Medicine, Entertainment, Politics, Media, Education and Social Justice who are shaping, impacting and “shifting” Black History today. Check out the Shifting Society presented by Allstate  website everyday for information about “shifters” from the past and present through informative […]