Diverse Education News October 1, 2020 Atlanta HBCU Students Will Get Discounted Rides on Election Day HBCU Heroes, Lyft and the Social Change Fund are partnering to give discounted rides to HBCU students on Election Day, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution<https://www.ajc.com/education/atlanta-hbcu-students-can-receive-reduced-rides-to-the-polls/XU6GIAMURJEOLNWCIZWRMK7AKU/> reported. NBA players and Social Change Fund<https://www.thesocialchangefund.org/> co-founders Dwyane Wade and Chris Paul amplified awareness about the collaboration - part of Lyft's LyftUp<https://www.lyft.com/blog/posts/helping-more-people-get-to-the-polls-on-election-day> campaign - this week through Twitter posts<https://twitter.com/DwyaneWade/status/1310679277499801604?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1310679277499801604%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ajc.com%2Feducation%2Fatlanta-hbcu-students-can-receive-reduced-rides-to-the-polls%2FXU6GIAMURJEOLNWCIZWRMK7AKU%2F>. Atlanta schools involved include Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse and Spelman College. Colleges will distribute discount codes to their students to use on Election Day, Nov. 3. "We're going to have them distribute the codes to their students no matter what city they're in across the country so they can get to the polls wherever they are," said Tracey Pennywell, cofounder of HBCU Heroes. Kwame Jackson, partner of HBCU Heroes, said the partnership highlighted the significance of HBCUs. "I think this is really an opportune time as our country struggles with racial reckoning to understand the power that community has and has contributed historically and going forward," Jackson said. SANDRA M. PHOENIX HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> Honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come. Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - Become an ally and partner with us to protect, preserve and share a more authentic record of American history. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/humanities-2019.html for more information. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/ and click on the Donate Now button to invest in this project. Your support is appreciated. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter at https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/