Category: Community
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Five Bay Area Counties Join Forces to Campaign to Push for Equity in Black Maternal Health and Infant Health
Five Bay Area counties — Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, Santa Clara and Solano — announced #DeliverBirthJustice (DeliverBirthJustice.org), a regional public awareness campaign that puts birth justice for Black families front and center in the fight for racial justice in the Bay Area. The regional campaign highlights racism as a crisis that results in the deaths of Black women and…
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Black Women’s Health Advocates Applaud Legislation to Address the Uterine Fibroid Crisis
The Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act of 2021 Would Fund 150 Million to Research Condition Affecting 80% of Black Women by Age 50. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Shelley Capito (R-WV) introduced the Senate companion bill to the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act of 2021, legislation that would appropriate $30 million to the National…
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The Ad Council, United Way Worldwide and The Rockefeller Foundation Launch New Campaign
New campaign spotlights 211 helpline and encourages Americans to utilize the resource for assistance accessing federal, state and local aid During a time when America has faced one of the worst economic downturns since the Great Depression, and with ongoing updates to many relief programs, a new national PSA campaign launched by the Ad Council…
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UNCSA partners with The Posse Foundation on new initiative to recruit diverse young artists
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., July 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) is partnering with The Posse Foundation on a new initiative conceived in collaboration with renowned songwriter, actor, producer and director Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Hamilton,” “In the Heights”) to recruit, train and support talented students who might be missed through traditional avenues. UNCSA is the third school — and the…
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R.H. Boyd Publishing Corp. Launches $1.1M Campaign to Repair Historical Family House
The R.H. Boyd Company, a 501(c)3 organization based in Nashville, Tennessee, today announced the launch of a $1.1 million nationwide campaign to restore and repair the Boyd House, a historical home in Nashville erected in the 1930s. The home was originally owned by Dr. Henry Allen Boyd (1876-1959) and Georgia Bradford Boyd (1884–1952). Dr. Boyd was…
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Building a Stronger Democracy in Ethiopia
WASHINGTON — Democracy flourishes when institutions of governance are inclusive, transparent, accountable, and responsive to its people. With that immutable fact in mind, the United States commends those Ethiopians who exercised their right to vote on June 21. Elections, however, are not in and of themselves a sufficient marker of democracy or genuine political reform. The June 21 elections…
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Los Angeles Says: Too Much Alcohol on These Streets!
California Alcohol Policy Alliance Rally & Call-To-Action to Oppose State Assemblymember Gabriel’s Support for Sponsored Drinking on CA Sidewalks Advocates demand public health and social justice over corporate profits, oppose AB 61 & SB 314 LOS ANGELES — Members of California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA) will hold an opposition rally at the Los Angeles district office of California State Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino),…
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Los eventos favoritos del otoño, Halloween Time, Plaza de la Familia y Oogie Boogie Bash (este un evento que requiere de un boleto por separado) regresan a Disneyland Resort del 3 de septiembre al 31 de octubre de 2021
Las experiencias que tienen lugar durante Halloween por todo Disneyland Resort crean recuerdos memorables gracias a diversión para toda la familia, incluyendo Haunted Mansion Holiday, Mickey Mouse jack-o-lantern y la novedad Pluto’s Pumpkin Pursuit en Downtown Disney District Los boletos para Oogie Boogie Bash – A Disney Halloween Party se ponen a la venta…
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Moments in History: Pullman Porters
Pullman porters were men hired to work on the railroads as porters on sleeping cars. The Pullman Company was a separate business from the railroad lines. Prior to the 1860s, the concept of sleeping cars on railroads had not been widely developed. George Pullman pioneered sleeping accommodations on trains, and by the late 1860s, he was hiring only African-Americans to serve…
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Ending Racism Partnership Panel of Health Experts Addresses Ways to Further Health Equity in Philadelphia and Society
Result of Regional Sentiment Survey Identifies Criminal Justice, Education, and Housing as Top Areas Where Racism Exists Top regional health experts gathered before a virtual audience of nearly 400 at the “Blueprint to End Racism – Health Equity” panel discussions hosted by the Ending Racism Partnership (Partnership), a collaborative effort co-convened by the Urban Affairs Coalition (UAC)…