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Coloring & Activity Book by Crystal Swain-Bates ($8.95) Follow Cody & Jay throughout over 40 fun-filled coloring and activity pages that inspire creativity, promote self-confidence, and celebrate diversity. Activity pages include fill-in-the-blank exercises (for example, “You can do amazing things if you try”), thought-provoking questions (“If you could fly anywhere in the world, where would you go? ”), and fun pictures to complete (“Add a design to Jay’s race car! ”). And each box includes fun and interactive STEAM themed activities and toys, along with a book that highlights trailblazers from the African diaspora who have done or is currently doing awesome work in the featured field. This DVD includes songs like Hip-Hop Math, Coding, Space Squad, Scientific Method, Alphabet Lingo, Lit Letters, Reading, Own it, Stacks & I Believe.

The Mocha Manual Company, Inc., a leading boutique content development and strategic communications advisory firm, announced today that it has launched an 18-month project to improve mainstream messaging of maternal and child health issues and strengthen the overall strategic communication capacity of W. K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) grantees and related stakeholders. –The Maternal and Child Health Communication Collective, is a consortium of WKKF grantees and multi-disciplinary stakeholders committed to countering misinformation and shifting the narrative of maternal health, breastfeeding and infant nutrition, particularly among African American communities. The Collective will be led by Mocha Manual president Kimberly Seals Allers, an award-winning journalist and internationally recognized maternal and infant health advocate who brings decades of media experience and health communication consulting expertise to the project. As families, particularly those in marginalized communities, turn to alternative media sources for health information and more trusted news outlets increase the cost of access to their content, it is critically important to counter these barriers to evidence-based health information with a multi-pronged communication strategy that fosters behavioral change,” notes Seals Allers who recently founded the non-profit, Narrative Nation, which co-creates culturally relevant, narrative-centered, multi-media health communication, by people of color, for people of color.

Now imagine, this teen party was hosted and staffed by The School of the New York Times, a flagship media organization that has extended its brand into training future writers and journalists yet nobody on the staff of the New York Times stopped the kids, addressed the kids afterward or held the kids accountable to the School To add insult to injury, when I approached one of the administrators the following day and expressed that my daughter and her friends were deeply offended by what happened and asked whether the N-word shouting students would be addressed for violating the School’s policies– After a series of emails with the school CEO and then the SVP of the New York Times brand, David Rubin, the School decided to only send out a vague email that asked people to “reflect”  on the incident–the email called the language “derogatory” not racist nor did it explicitly state that racist language was a violation of The School’s policy. White women stood up–and not just in their comments–expressing disgust that the New York Times failed to properly respond to my concerns in a timely manner,  that my daughter was subjected to such an offensive incident, that the New York Times failed to hold the offended students accountable (I asked the NYT to have each involved student write a reflective essay) but more importantly they wrote that they recognized that failing miserably on this “teachable moment

As one of the first all -inclusive resorts to open in Cancun, Club Med has a unique location in the “nook” of Cancun–located on  22 acres of beach, reef and mangrove on the Nizuc Peninsula–to create a remote feeling away from the busy Cancun strip. In 2014, the resort completed a $14 million renovation adding 60 family suites, accompanied by a new playground; Petit Club Med, the chain’s signature program for toddlers; Maya Lounge, with new entertainment; and La Estancia, an Argentinian restaurant. The Activities: Some of the sports include Flying trapeze school and circus, windsurfing school, tennis, water ski and wakeboarding, basketball, beach soccer or beach volleyball, snorkeling, archery, waterpolo, sailing, kayaking and stand up paddleboarding. If you are looking for a great time at an all-inclusive, family friendly resort with plenty of activities and local cultural experiences, then Club Med Cancun Yucatan is a top pick.