Category : News Talk

Wayne State University Honors Creation Of African American Studies Department And Student Protests That Birthed It 35 Years Ago

by Daniel Johnson April 14, 2024 The protest involved a number of students taking over the Helen Newberry Joy Library which led to the creation the Department of African-American...

Black Maternal Health Week: Doctor explains significance of alarming CDC statistics

Black Maternal Health Week: Doctor explains significance of alarming CDC statistics – CBS Miami Watch CBS News Black Maternal Health Week is now underway, and Dr. Vanessa Robinson from Tufts Un...

Detroit Achieves $1 Billion Milestone in Affordable Housing Investments Over Five Years

Detroit reached a significant milestone, as Mayor Mike Duggan, alongside city council members and numerous development partners, announced that the city has invested over $1 billion in affordable housing over the past five years. This lan...

Black Maternal Health Week raises awareness of Black women’s maternal mortality rate in US

CHICAGO (WLS) — Black Maternal Health Week raises awareness about the health crisis many Black mothers face. Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women, according to the Centers for Disease...

Opinion: Black Maternal Health Week highlights disparities in care

Dr. Kanika A. Cunningham and Dr. Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis This week, our departments join the nation in observing Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW). BMHW — April 11-17 — is a time to raise awareness about the disparities...

Choices Birthing Center hosts Black Maternal Health Week events

Aisling Mäki Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground...

Black maternal health fair and jubilee held in Downtown Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women, partially due to a long history of systemic racism and bias. The Fresno community is taking action to raise awareness of th...

Mobile County moms gather for Black maternal health expo

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Starting a family is exciting, but it can also be scary. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Alabama, has the worst infant and maternal mor...

Black Maternal Health Week events in metro Atlanta

article The Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Inc. hold the inaugural Black Maternal Health Walk & Block Party on April 13, 2024. ATLANTA – As Black Maternal Health Week is well underway, there’s an Atlanta-based group determin...

Event empowers women, uplifts voices during Black Maternal Health Week

INDIANAPOLIS — This week is Black Maternal Health Week and local advocates are raising awareness to shed light on disparities in hopes of getting one step closer to eliminating them. “So often black voices are not heard,” said Registered Nurse...

See me as someone you love: Confronting the Black maternal health crisis with faith in ourselves

“Notes on faith” is theGrio’s inspirational, interdenominational series featuring Black thought leaders across faiths. “If you look at me and you don’t see your sister or your daughter or your mother or your best, best friend,” said “Fresh Prince of...

The O.J. Verdict Reconsidered

When the O. J. Simpson verdict was announced, I was a junior at Michigan State University. At the time, I was the managing editor of my college newspaper, The State News, so I didn’t have the luxury of reacting emotionally one way or the other. I h...