#SavagePolitics is pleased to present the #BlackHistoryMonth installment of the Black and Empowered series! Today's episode features scholar and #HBCU advocate Dr. Sherice Janaye Nelson. Dr. Sherice Janaye Nelson is a dynamic speaker and passionate professor who is proud to be only HBCU educated. She received her PhD in Political Science from the distinguished Howard University at the age of 27 making departmental history. Dr. Nelson earned her Masters from the University of the District of Columbia, and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a dual Bachelors degree from Stillman College in Tuscaloosa Alabama. She is the Executive Director at the Black Leadership Roundtable and currently teaches at Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley. Savage Quote: “I realized with African American people, we have been blocked from being all that God meant us to be: I don’t have time to be patient.” Rep. Elijah Cummings, Howard University Alum Follow Dr. Nelson: Twitter: @DrJanaye IG: blkroundtable Website: www.drjanayexecutes.com https://scholars.org/brief/why-americas-historically-black-collegesand-universities-deserve-funding-sustain-their --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/erica-savage/message