Fearless Foundation and Amazon’s Black Business Accelerator Award $1 Million Dollars for their Black Women Entrepreneurs Grant Program

The program offered seventy-five Black women-owned, product-based businesses with monetary grants, enrollment into Amazon’s Black Business Accelerator (BBA), and a Professional Selling Account in Amazon’s store. (Black PR Wire)  ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Fearless Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Fearless Fund, the first venture capital fund built by women of color, for women of color, has partnered…

Social Lites, Inc. 56th Annual Beautillion Program I Am…. Changing the Narrative Knights Conclude 2023 Program Thousands to be Distributed

     The time has come to the last few weeks of the Knights training and completing of our 6 month culminating program. Together they have learned, volunteered, persevered and staying the course.  Through this process they have maturing and are ready for the next journey in their lives. Our goal since 1968 has been…

Feeding America Riverside | San Bernardino Annual curbing hunger event raised awareness about food insecurity and recognized community volunteers

(Riverside, CA – March 10, 2023) – On Tuesday, February 21, 2023, Feeding America Riverside | San Bernardino (FARSB) hosted their annual Curbing Hunger event, formally known as the Ladles of Love luncheon. This in-person lunch was for community partners, volunteers, board members, and donors. A special thanks to the fantastic sponsors Molina Healthcare, Enterprise…

Statement from the National Bankers Association on Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank 

BlackPressUSA “In light of recent industry events, the National Bankers Association wants to assure consumers that your money is safe with minority banks. Minority depository institutions are very different from both SVB and Signature Bank which had high concentrations in crypto deposits and volatile venture capital. Minority banks are not exposed to riskier asset classes…

Women’s History Month: Asm. McKinnor Joins Panel of Legislators at Sacramento Event

Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Last week, Assemblymember Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood) joined a diverse panel of women legislators at the “Women in California’s Legislature: 2023 Speaker Series on California’s Future” luncheon to discuss the essential roles they play in shaping governmental policies benefiting Californians. The event was hosted by the Public Policy Institute…

Deal That Could Increase Minority Media Ownership Hits ‘Brick Wall’ FCC accused of bowing to bigoted perceptions 

By Hazel Trice Edney  A major acquisition that civil rights leaders and advocates for Black-owned media had hoped would increase media ownership, opportunity, and participation by African-Americans and other minorities has apparently “hit a brick wall.” Following months of advocacy and public support for a $5.4 billion acquisition of Tegna by Standard General, the Federal…

State Treasurer Fiona Ma Issues Statement Reassuring Taxpayers Following Banking Industry Volatility 

SACRAMENTO – California State Treasurer Fiona Ma today issued the following statement after the closure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB): “Despite recent uncertainty in the banking industry following the closure of Silicon Valley Bank, I want to reassure taxpayers that the State Treasurer’s Office has no exposure to SVB, and all State of California and…

Padilla Urges Retail Pharmacies Across the Country to Provide Strongest Possible Legal Access to Mifepristone

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and 15 of their colleagues in sending letters to the nation’s largest pharmacies—including Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid, Albertsons, Costco, Kroger, Walmart—urging them to ensure their policies provide the strongest possible legal access to mifepristone, an FDA-approved abortion medication….

WITNESS FOR JUSTICE #1142 New College

John Dorhauer In 1959, the UCC helped found and fund New College of Florida in Sarasota with this mandate: “The college shall be open to all students qualified for its academic program. Race, creed, national origin, or cultural status shall not be considered as a basis for denial of admission.” Over the past few months,…

Casa Colina Hospital Receives Outstanding Patient Experience Award for Fourth Consecutive Year

POMONA, Calif., March 14, 2023 – Casa Colina Hospital has received the Healthgrades Outstanding Patient Experience Award™ for the fourth year in a row. The award recognizes hospitals that provide an overall outstanding patient experience based on patient survey data from the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS), placing Casa Colina among…

The powerful private organization putting a price on life — again and again

By Sue Peschin For the millions of families living with Alzheimer’s disease, new therapies offer a glimpse of hope in an otherwise heartbreaking disease process.  But over and over again, a non-governmental organization — which markets itself as the arbiter of which medical treatments are worth insurance coverage — has erected barriers between patients and…

This Spring Declutter Your Home And Donate Your Items To Support A Good Cause

San Bernardino, CA, March 14, 2023-Are you overwhelmed with clutter or excess of personal items occupying your space and don’t know where to begin organizing it? There’s no time like the present to clean out your closets and cupboards and donate your old gently used clothing, shoes, accessories, books, blankets, small appliances and other home…