Lifestyle / News Talk - 2 months ago
Imagine a place where the heartbeat of a community pulses with the rhythm of hope and the promise of a healthier tomorrow. This is the vision behind the Black Family Wellness Expo, an inspiring initiative taking root in the heart of Roanoke Valley...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 2 months ago
Every day, I board the M101 bus on the East Side for my five-mile, half-hour commute to the CUNY School of Medicine in Harlem, where I am dean. The neighborhoods connected by this bus line offer a striking illustration of the health disparities that...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 2 months ago
By Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer California State Assembly member Lori Wilson. Stock photo, OBSERVER Credit: Louis Bryant III Elected leaders, activists and experts gathered online Feb. 9 for a discussion on the movement to abolish i...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 2 months ago
By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Arzella J. Valentine, 97, accepted a CLBC/CBCC Business Award for owning Woods-Valentine Mortuary in Pasadena. The mortuary started in 1928 and Ms. Valentine and her now-deceased husband Fred Valenti...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 2 months ago
By Nadira Jamerson | Word In Black Amira Virgil is a gaming content creator and community organizer. Photo courtesy of Amira Virgil. Illustration by Nadira Jamerson/Word In Black. (WIB) – Jerry Lawson and Ed Smith, Black pioneers in the...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 2 months ago
By The Associated Press Sculptor Ed Dwight, left, and Dr. Vern Howard, chairman of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Colorado Holiday Commission, discuss the vandalism to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. monument in City Park, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 2 months ago
By Scott Thomas Anderson | Solving Sacramento Dre Benjamin, out front, and the NolaCal Second Liners, lead the Krewes and Kings of Queens Parade in Oak Park on Feb. 3. (Photo by Scott Thomas Anderson) Festive feathers of a madcap umbrella jump...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 2 months ago
Get the latest Syracuse news delivered right to your inbox. Subscribe to our newsletter here. Around 15 Black students gathered at 119 Euclid — now the Barner-McDuffie House — Wednesday night for a mental health talk titled “Mind your Matter.” Attend...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 2 months ago
FEBRUARY 21 1933—Song stylist and activist Nina Simone is born Eunice Waymon in Tryon, N.C. She was a child prodigy who was playing the piano by age 4. She had numerous songs to her credit, but one of the most memorable was “Mississippi Goddam”...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 2 months ago
WILKES BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Local business professionals gathered this evening at a networking event focused on supporting black-owned businesses within northeastern Pennsylvania. Wilkes-Barre Power meets monthly to network with fellow...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 2 months ago
Black people comprise more than 14 percent of the nation’s population but only 2.3 percent of businesses are Black-owned, according to recent U.S. Census Bureau figures. The most recent American Communities Survey shows that while Black busine...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 2 months ago
.fb-comments,.fb-comments span,.fb-comments span iframe[style]{min-width:100%!important;width:100%!important} Dr. Sika Dagbovie-Mullins, Dr. Joan Morgan and Dr. Regis M. Fox speak on a panel at the conference. (Layla Reese) Tulane University hosted t...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 2 months ago
In a historic move that echoes through the halls of California’s state capitol, a group of determined Black lawmakers have unveiled a groundbreaking reparations package. This bold legislative endeavor seeks to confront and amend the lingering shado...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 2 months ago
Black lawmakers in California on Wednesday introduced a package of reparations legislation, calling it a starting point to atone for the state’s legacy of discrimination. The California Legislative Black Caucus introduced the package of more t...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 2 months ago
Photo credit: Aaron J. Thornton Michigan State looked to win their 9th of 11 games and secure their spot in the NCAA tournament as they hosted Iowa at the Breslin Center last night. Unfortunately for the Spartans, it was the Hawkeyes that came out re...
