Celebrating 192 years of the Black Press, the NNPA Foundation and NNPA’s member publishers engaged in several workshops throughout the week that centered on this year’s theme: “Publishing, Power & Purpose.”
Nationalist, Pan-Africanism movement leader and Negro World newspaper founder Marcus Mosiah Garvey and Washington AFRO-AMERICAN publisher emeritus Francis L. Murphy II, were enshrined into the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Gallery of Distinguished Publishers during Black Press Week in Washington, D.C.
UNDress will target those who buy and traffic in women and children by placing public service announcements in places where buyers typically ‘shop’ for sexual services. This photograph shows an interaction between a prostitute and a potential customer in Western Europe. (Kay Chernush/U.S. State Department) WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 4, 2016) — The National Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation (NNPAF) commences National Human Trafficking Awareness month by launching its own anti-human trafficking campaign called “UNDress,” which stands for Undermining Nationwide Demand for the Recruitment, Exploitation and Sexual Solicitation of women and children. The campaign will target those who buy and traffic women
Dr. Mensah currently serves as president of Georgia Aerospace Systems Manufacturing, Incorporated in Atlanta, Ga. (Thomas Mensah) The National Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation (NNPAF) will harness the genius of scientist, engineer and inventor Dr. Thomas Mensah, to launch STEM Reach 2020. The program seeks to increase the percentage of Blacks and women within science, technology, engineering and math arenas by inspiring the K-12 age group to pursue education and careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. A chemical engineer and fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, Dr. Mensah is an innovator in the areas of nanotechnology and fiber optics.