Good News

Transforming Privilege gathers current events that demonstrate small steps of progress towards  justice and equity. 

4/2/2022 - Celebrated hula teacher Edith Kanaka’ole to be featured on US quarters

3/23/2022 - A former KKK headquarters terrorized a town for years. Now it will become a diversity center

3/18/2022 - House Passes CROWN Act, Banning Discrimination Against Black Hairstyles

3/18/2022 - ‘Long-overdue’: all-Black, female second world war battalion to receive congressional gold medal 

3/15/2022 - For the first time in its history, architecture's top award goes to a Black architect

2/22/2022 - Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to become first Black woman on supreme court

2/13/2022 - Erin Jackson has become the first Black woman to win a speedskating medal at the Winter Olympics. And a gold one, at that.

1/12/2022 - A Record Number Of Latinx People Held Elected Office In 2021

2/11/2022 - The University of Alabama is renaming a building after its first Black student, removing the name of a Klansman

1/10/2022 - Maya Angelou becomes first Black woman to appear on US quarter as Treasury begins distribution

1/5/2022 - Man whose arrest led to "separate but equal" receives pardon

12/30/2021 - Maori newsreader makes history

12/24/2021 Black Santa navigates pandemic challenges to still visit with families

11/28/2021 Dancer, Singer, spy:  France's Pantheon to honor Josephine Baker

11/18/2021 Senate confirms Oregon's Chuck Sams III as first Native American to lead the National Park Service

11/17/2021 Estelita's library turns the page on a new chapter on the Central Disctrict

11/17/2021 Jessica Watkins to be the first Black woman to join the International Space Station crew

10/22/2021 Attorney Tana Lin is now the first Asian American US Judge in Washington State

10/10/2021  Yurok people see victory in decades-long effort to revive language

10/8/2021  Biden becomes the first US President to issue a proclamation on Indigenous People's Day

10/5/2021 Senate confirms 4th Native America Judge on entire Federal bench

10/4/2021 Bubba Wallace becomes the first Black NASCAR driver to win a Cup race since 1963

9/30/2021 Bruce's Beach can return to decendants of Black family in landmark move by Newsome

9/20/2021 Australia's Fraser Island reclaims K'gari, it's original indigenous name

9/19/2021 RuPaul makes Emmy history as most-awarded Black artist ever

9/13/2021 Virginia Beach teacher Maia Chaka becomes the first Black woman to work an NFL game as an official

9/13/2021 Push for Native American curriculum in schools makes gains

9/13/2021 Lake Tahoe ski resort changes name to remove racist and misogynist slur

9/10/2021 Fashion rooted in values: Met Gala to open show honoring designers of color

9/8/2021 Miss Ireland crown first Black winner in over 7 years

9/8/2021 It's a beautiful day for democracy: Robert E Lee statue removed from Virginia statehouse

9/6/2021 Mexico City to swap Columbus statue for one of indigenous woman

9/2/2021 US Civil Rights Museum gives Freedom Award to Michelle Obama

8/31/2021 The Harlem Hellfighters will receive the Congressional Gold Medal

8/14/2021 All Latina Speech Team At Santa Anna High School Wins Top Award At Nationals

8/6/2021 Sunisa Lee steps in Biles's absence to win Olympic's women's gymnastics all-around

8/3/2021 Kitsap racial equity grants help two non-profits aid kids on a bigger scale 

7/25/2021 Filipina American wins gold medal in fencing

7/23/2021  Bust of Klan Leader Removed From Tennessee State Capitol After Decades

7/21/2021  Cleveland's Baseball Team Finally Has A New Name After Push To Drop Racist Mascot

7/20/2021 Joe Biden Has Appointed More Black Women To U.S. Appeals Courts Than Nearly Any President

7/18/2021 Confederate statue removed from Louisiana city hall after 99 years

7/9/2021 Illinois becomes first US state to require Asian-American history in schools

7/9/2021 Biden nominates first out lesbian to Ambassador-level post

7/8/2021 Zaila Avant-guard makes history with National Spelling Bell win

7/1/2021  Tacoma WA High School Renamed After Longtime Black Educator

6/30/2021 Suni Lee Makes History as First Hmong American to Make the US Olympic Team

6/18/2021 Senate votes to confirm Lydia Griggsby, the first woman of color to become a US District judge in Maryland

6/16/2021 Indigenous Candians win right oto use original names after forced assimilation

6/15/2021 Bridge made of string: Peruvians weave 500 year old crossing back into place

6/13/2021 Teachers across the country are protesting laws that stop them from teaching about systemic racism

6/10/2021 Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra history with newly appointed executive director

6/8/2021 Jason Wingard named first African-American president of Temple University

6/8/2021 Veronica Terriquez named director of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

6/8/2021 Stacey Abrams led group launches campaign to mobilize young voters of color around voting rights bill

6/8/2021 Nevada Law Bans Racial Mascots In Schools And 'Sundown Sirens'

6/6/2021 New law, new policies pave way for more inclusiveness in Nevada school lessons

6/4/2021 Native American tribe in Maine buys back island taken 160 years ago

5/25/2021 Senate Confirms First Black Woman to Lead DOJ Civil Rights Division: Kristen Clarke

5/24/2021 Howard University renames College of Fine Arts after alum, Chadwick Boseman

5/11/2021 In Ahmaud Arbery's name, Georgia repeals Citizen's Arrest Law

5/10/2021 Call for participants: 100 Black professors now!

5/4/2021 Seattle Filmmaker says Hollywood wouldn't make his film unless he recast with white actors

5/2/2021 Mom of 7 makes history as the first black person to earn a PhD in Survey Methodology

4/30/2021 Germany will repatriate Benin Bronzes, plundered from Africa in the 19th century 

4/25/2021 'An Indescribable Moment': Indigenous Nation in US has right to lands in Canada, court rules 

4/24/2021 Amid racial reckoning, National Park Service recognizes new Underground Railroad sites

4/21/2021 Harriet Tubman: archeologists find abolitionist's lost Maryland home

4/15/2021  After 15 Years, Court Vindicates Black Officer Fired for Stopping Excessive Force 

4/7/2021  United Airlines Launches School to Train and Hire More Diverse Pilots

4/7/2021 A chance to 'rise': St. Louis elects 1st Black female mayor

4/4/2021 SAG Awards Make History With All 4 Film Acting Awards Going To People People Of Color

4/1/2021 US Navy:for first time in history four women of color command war ships

3/22/2021 Ijeoma Oluo's new book deal for Be A Revolution

3/17/2021 Katherine Tai confirmed as first Asian American US trade representative

3/17/2021 The Emancipator launches

3/15/2021 Deb Haaland makes history as first Native American cabinet secretary

3/15/2021 Oscars 2021: Two female directors  and nine actors of colour nominated in historic year

3/10/2021 Marcia Fudge confirmed as first Black woman to lead HUD in more than 40 years

3/8/2021 Claressa Shields Becomes Boxing's 1st Ever Two-Divison Undisputed World Champ

3/4/2021 British Vogue covers celebrate black joy with sculpted hair

2/28/2021 Chloe Zhao Makes History As First Asian Woman To Win Best Director Golden Globe

2/19/2021 Tulsa Race Massacre film coming to History Channel, produced by NBA star Russell Westbrook

2/19/2021 The face of the Perseverance landing was an Indian American woman

1/29/2021 Black Lives Matter movement nominated for Nobel peace prize

1/28/2021 John Lewis memorial to replace Confederate monument in Georgia

1/28/2021 Emmett Till’s home gains landmark status and will turn into museum

1/26/2021  Biden to sign executive actions on equity

1/15/2021  Netflix Partners with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi for Three Projects Based on His Books   

1/14/2021  Mattel Unveils Barbie Doll Honoring Maya Angelou Ahead of Black History Month 

1/12/2021  Mississippi hoists new state flag without Confederate emblem for first time 

1/8/2021  Mompreneur Launches ‘Just Us’ Safety App to Protect Young Black Drivers 

1/5/2021 Boston University Center for Antiracist Research appoints policy director

1/5/2021  Boston Red Sox to Hire Bianca Smith as First Black Woman Coach in Professional Baseball 

12/29/2020  Ava DuVernay and Peter Roth have a plan to diversify crews. And Hollywood is on board

12/28/2020  Color Of Change Launches New Business Directory For Black-Owned Companies

12/22/2020   The First Museum Devoted to African American Music Is Opening in Nashville 

12/20/2020  Kansas City Star Apologizes for Decades of Racist Coverage

12/17/2020   Morehouse School of Medicine enters $100M partnership to train more Black doctors

12/15/2020  Dr. Ibram Kendi, Azer Bestavros, Team Up To Launch Racial Data Lab

12/14/2020  Inslee Announces Washington's Historic Commitment To Diversity, Equity and Inclusion