Artist that is helping black teenage boys feel seen, heard and inspired
Positive News - It’s not often black boys are afforded a space to express their joy. After all, media representations of black boys rarely stray beyond perpetrator or the victim of violence. It’s this in part that propelled Kay Rufai, a British-Nigerian artist, photographer and author, to create the Smile-ing Boys project, which addresses the mental health needs of black boys
Poet helping young people of colour explore their identity through verse
Positive.News - You, a suitcase of ideas, unpack them and discover,” writes Theresa Lola in her poem Pouring Glow. “Write wings into existence in a poem, the words gliding around the page.” The lines are apt from the 26-year-old poet. She could be speaking to her teenage self, new to writing poetry and inspired by its potential for experimentation. Or she
Children as well as adults, need stories about solutions
Positive.News - If adults get down and depressed when watching the news, what impact does it have on children? I had just become a mother around the time I wrote my first book You Are What You Read: why changing your media diet can change the world. Now, pregnant with my third child, I decided it was time to package up
A charity’s plan to encourage outdoor education
Positive.News - As parents and teachers across the UK grapple with children returning to the classroom, environmental charity Trees for Cities is calling for schools to embrace outdoor learning. The charity, whose aim is to improve lives by planting trees in cities, is providing free online educational resources and curriculum guides for teachers and parents to help students do more outdoor
Golden Retriever Puppy Becomes A Guide For A Blind Dog
Bored Panda - Dogs are very helpful to us, humans. They have millions of uses in our society: they support us emotionally, they guide us, they help sniff things out. Arguably, there are no substitutes for what they provide for us. But it turns out that dogs don’t see much difference between species, and they’re as good-willed and helpful to
Electrician Fixes 72 Y.O. Woman’s Lights, Then Enlists Entire Community To Fix Her Broken-Down House For Free
Bored Panda - Having something break down in your home is unpleasant, to say the least. Luckily, it’s great there’s always someone who can help—and it’s even more awesome when it’s an entire community doing so. Massachusetts handyman and electrician John Kinney was recently called in to fix an electrical problem at an old lady’s home, but found so many problems
North Chesapeake Family Cleans Local Park
A Historic North Chesapeake man gathers his family on a Saturday to clean their local neighborhood park. They picked up the discarded trash that was lying around and gave Lake Site Park hope for a brighter, cleaner future!
McDonald’s celebrating 25 years of the McFlurry with ‘B-Day Suit’ pajamas
Fox News - It’s time to celebrate in “2020 style.” McDonald’s is marking the 25th anniversary of its famous (and infamous) McFlurry dessert by releasing limited-edition loungewear this week. The fast food chain announced the launch of the “McFlurry 25th B-Day Suit” on Wednesday, saying the sets are “perfectly tailored for these not-so-normal times to give fans the feel-good celebration they need
Booker prize list is most diverse ever
Positive.News - The six-strong shortlist for this year’s prestigious literary award includes four women and four people of colour This year’s shortlist for the prestigious Booker prize is the award’s most diverse yet and has been hailed by a former winner as “groundbreaking”. The six authors shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction are Diane Cook, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Avni Doshi, Maaza
Monkey steals man’s phone, proceeds to take hilarious selfies
Fox News - One cheeky creature made a monkey out of a Malaysian man by stealing his cellphone and snapping tons of selfies. Zackrydz Rodzi woke up in a tizzy on Saturday morning when he realized his smartphone was missing, the BBC reports. The man, from Batu Pahat, Johor, said there was "no sign of robbery" while searching for the missing
