Noel Andersen UCC & CWS Grassroots Coordinator for Immigrants’ Rights Our sacred texts remind us to welcome the sojourner in our midst and to love our neighbor as ourselves. Yet our government is enacting horrific policies designed to separate families and terrorize those fleeing persecution, violence and poverty. I was recently part of a United…
By: Lou Yeboah I want you to know that as followers of Jesus Christ, we are to be constantly aware that the devil is out to destroy us. Revelation tells us Satan has declared all-out war on God’s saints. [Revelation 12:12]. While many Christians slumber at this midnight hour, just as Jesus predicted, the devil…
The look of astonishment could be seen over and over on the faces of Indians Springs High School (ISHS) students walking through the new Performing Arts Center during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 18. Nearby, architect John Sergio Fisher had a similar look of delight on his face. “This venue is a beacon for the…
By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Contributor Our nation, these United States, is founded on the principles of racism and patriarchy. They are reflected in our very constitution, where enslaved persons were counted as a fraction of a person and only men of property were allowed the right to vote. The filthy inequality at the foundation…
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor In 2013, then Biscayne Park Police Chief Raimundo Atesiano informed community leaders of the Biscayne Park Police Department’s perfect clearance record for solving crimes: It was 100 percent. According to Atesiano, his police department near Miami was perfect at solving burglaries. On September 21st, it was revealed in…
By Marshall A. Latimore Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms welcomed a panel of service providers, advocates, and government officials to City Hall to discuss labor exploitation, sexual exploitation and ways to address human trafficking on Sept. 18. The meeting marked the beginning of the city’s response to the anti-trafficking challenge presented by the Pathways to Freedom…
By Samuel Innoncent I’m a veteran of the U.S. Army. So it may come as a surprise that the day I read about NFL players kneeling during the national anthem, I could not have been prouder. I was proud because after serving my country for seven years, it felt like someone was finally looking out…
By Stacy M. Brown,NNPA Newswire Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia Camille Cosby has filed an official complaint about her husband’s judge to the Judicial Conduct Review Board of Pennsylvania. One week before iconic comedian Bill Cosby faces sentencing in his assault case and just a week after defense attorneys filed a motion asking for Judge Steven T. O’Neill to…
Hamilton, OH — Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Magistrate Michael Bachman has stepped down from his post to avoid “further consternation” after a video of him chasing down and grabbing a Black woman by her neck went public. The judge claims he was only trying to calm the woman who was “loudly screaming” in the…
By The Chicago Crusader Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy, a CPS selective enrollment high school in Chicago’s Pullman neighborhood, announced recently it will partner with the Schuler Scholar Program (schulerprogram.org), a Chicago-area non-profit dedicated to helping first generation, low income, and underrepresented students prepare to gain admission to and succeed at highly selective colleges. Starting…
UC Riverside is the new headquarters for ‘CAMP,’ a systemwide program funded by the National Science Foundation Sandra Baltazar Martínez The National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year, $4 million grant to fund a program for minority students across nine University of California campuses. This NSF grant allows the Louis Stokes STEM Pathways and Research…
SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson marked Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month today by reminding students, teachers, and staff at C.K. McClatchy High School to recognize the risk factors of suicide so they can help identify students who might be in crisis and need assistance. Students from the C.K. McClatchy National Alliance on Mental…
Libraries are the backbone of many communities. They are safe, cool places where you can read and borrow books for free, wait out a summer heat wave, gain free access to computers and the internet, explore your creativity, and much more. And, the local libraries in San Bernardino, Muscoy, and Highland are no different. The…
Submitted to the AFRO by Karsonya Wise Whitehead I have been a Baltimore City resident for close to fifteen years. My husband and I are raising our sons here and teaching them how to navigate city life. I have worked as a middle school teacher, at one of the most persistently dangerous schools in Baltimore,…
WASHINGTON — In response to the release of documents showing the transfer of $9.8 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) emergency preparedness funding to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for its detention centers, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), made the following statement: “The Trump Administration’s transfer of $9.8 million in FEMA emergency preparedness funding to…
Innovative programs that improve food safety, develop job prospects for high school students and streamline the way the County’s roads are maintained are among five programs recognized with prestigious Merit Awards by the California State Association of Counties (CSAC). “These well-deserved awards illustrate the great work being done by County employees putting the public’s hard-earned…
ColorComm, Inc. will produce the Men of Color in Communications (MCC) Business Summit on November 15- 16, 2018 in New York. NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — ColorComm, Inc., the nation’s premier platform addressing diversity and inclusion from across the communications, marketing, media, and advertising industries, will launch the Men of Color in Communications…
SB 1245 Allows Covered California to Promptly Respond to Federal Actions SACRAMENTO – Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation authored by Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino) that will help Covered California continue to serve over 1.5 million California residents during this era of federal uncertainty. SB 1245 will allow Covered California to have emergency rulemaking authority…
Laura Mitnaul Wooten, honored during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s annual conference, urged Black people to vote in midterm elections. By Sheryl Estrada Laura Mitnaul Wooten plans to head to the polls on Nov. 6 to vote in the midterm elections, and to work, as she’s done every Election Day for the past 79 years,…
An employment fair that attracts thousands of people will be held Thursday (9/20) at the Fantasy Springs Casino Resort Event Center in Indio. This is on track with last year’s record of over 90 employers and exhibitors from the hospitality, retail, banking, gaming, education and government sectors. Employment opportunities range from entry level to upper…
San Diego, CA – Employment & Community Options (E&CO), an organization that gives individuals with disabilities more options for living their lives to the fullest, has rebranded as Options For All. Founded in 1985, Options For All serves individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, helping empower them to become fully-participating members of their communities. The…
Chang to help spearhead integration of primary care and behavioral health care MORENO VALLEY, Ca.—Dr. Matthew Chang has been named the new director of RUHS Behavioral Health. He replaces former Director Steve Steinberg, who retired earlier this month after 25 years with the department. Before being appointed to the department’s top post, Chang had been…
By Rick Beavin, California Market President, Humana Health benefits can be confusing to navigate, particularly as you become eligible for additional support services. While most Americans 65 and older—or those who qualify due to disability—are eligible for Medicare, some may also be eligible for MediCal, California’s Medicaid program, based primarily on financial need. Individuals who…
By Simeon Gant Special to California Black Media Partners Governor Jerry Brown and his team gathered more than four thousand people from around the world in San Francisco for three days last week to sound the alarm: Climate Change is a public health issue! Hundreds of people protested and disrupted this gathering of environmentalist, policymakers…
*The weighted average rate change is the lowest in the five years since Covered California for Small Business (CCSB) launched in 2014. *CCSB has more than 47,000 members to date, an increase of more than 30 percent over a year ago. *The small business program continues with five carriers offering coverage for employees around the…