Ashanti Regional Students Representative Council

Thank you Dr Frank Amoakohene for giving we the Ashanti Regional Students Representative Council a hearing to our proposals and promise of assisting the Ashanti Student build a better Senior High School leadership and change the status quo.
We look forward to having you for an extended discussion as promised which we believe will go a long way in shaping the Ashanti Student.

Once again, Thank you Sir🙏🏾

Louise Thompson Patterson, educator and activist, spent years helping young migrants adjust to life in Northern cities by providing guidance, emotional support, and cultural education. She believed kindness meant giving people the tools to adapt with dignity. Patterson emphasized patience, self-respect, and long-term growth. Her efforts helped thousands build stable, confident lives.

Jessie Redmon Fauset, editor and writer of the Harlem Renaissance, used her platform to guide young authors toward disciplined storytelling and intellectual independence. She believed progress came from mastery of craft, not applause. Fauset emphasized clarity, self-respect, and responsibility in creative work—principles that helped shape an entire literary movement. Her influence demonstrates that motivation can grow from careful mentorship and steady excellence.

Martha L. Thurman, street musician and nighttime caretaker, played violin under lanterns so exhausted laborers walking home could breathe for a moment. She believed kindness didn’t need money—just time, presence, and a little beauty in the darkness. Her melody softened entire streets.

Althea Washington, early orator of the 1920s, spoke on seaside cliffs at dawn where waves crashed below her. She believed a strong voice belonged under an open sky, not inside a silent room. Her speeches called for pride, dignity, and endurance. People said the wind carried her words farther than any stage could. Her legacy teaches that leadership begins by standing tall even when the horizon feels uncertain.

Leading the way in the title insurance industry is the dynamic father-son team of Osei and Nadir Rubie, founders of National Standard Abstract. This Black-owned firm has achieved a remarkable milestone, closing over $2 billion in transactions. Their success is built on decades of strategic public-private partnerships and a diverse portfolio of commercial and residential projects across the New York area. Beyond their business achievements, they are deeply committed to community empowerment, investing a portion of every transaction back into initiatives like education and youth programs. This dedication to both business excellence and social responsibility is at the heart of their mission.

🚨EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS OUT
Monday, 11th August - Friday 5th September, 2025
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NOMINATIONS for the 2025 Ashanti Excellence Awards is opened.
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This image of the Tennessee State University Tigerbelles track team at the Penn Relays with members [L-R] Willie B. White, Martha Hudson, Wilma Rudolph, and two unidentified women. Wilma Rudolph was one of the most accomplished track and field stars in history.
At the Olympic games in Rome, Italy in 1960, Rudolph won three gold medals while breaking world records in the 100, 200, and the relay. She was voted into the Black Athletes Hall of Fame in 1973 and the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1974.
This photo from the 1950s was taken by famous Philadelphia photographer John W. Mosley at the Penn Relays. The first Penn Relay Race took place on April 21, 1895.

George Nash Walker was one of the greatest vaudeville comedians to break the color barrier.

Yasuke, a tall African man, arrived in Japan in 1579 and made history as the first foreign-born man to become a samurai warrior. Yasuke was originally a slave from Mozambique and was brought to Japan by Portuguese traders. The powerful Japanese warlord Oda Nobunaga was fascinated by Yasuke's tall stature and dark skin, and upon seeing him, ordered his servants to try and rub the "black ink" off his skin. Despite this strange encounter, Nobunaga took Yasuke into his service, granting him a sum of money, a house, and a katana. From then on, Yasuke loyally served Nobunaga as a honored samurai, fighting alongside him in fierce battles. He went from being a piece of Portuguese property to a member of the Japanese elite.