Monique Gillum, student body president at Florida A&M University (and a 2005 YP4 fellow), was featured at 7:52 this morning on CNN's news mini-series Black in America.

You can see it yourself on their campus tour: www.cnn.com/blackinamerica

Go Monique!

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UPDATE (11:45am): The video doesn't seem to be live yet. When it is, you can find it most quickly here: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2008/black.in.america/hbcu/.

YP4 Fellow Chrissy Cooley knows how to throw a party. Tunes pumping, speeches by local leaders, and the distinct aroma of french fries... What could it mean?

A stage powered by a biodiesel bus, baby.

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I'm at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan with  Em Ketterer and Erik Green who are leading an education and action community training on "The Truth about the MCRI."

Their group, University Students United is a coalition of students in Michigan who are concerned about the impact of the proposed and mislabeled amendment to Michigan's constitution, the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI), on Michigan's university and college campuses.

USU "recognizes the vital and beneficial presence of diversity in higher education and knows that the MCRI will cause vast and lasting harm by ending affirmative action-type programs."

Students from across Michigan are standing together to defend affirmative action and spread the word about the ballot initiative.  

"By standing in solidarity, the youth of Michigan can win this fight against the MCRI and protect the right of equal opportunity in Michigan!"

Read more and tell us what you think!