Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Although California will have to make significant budget cuts to balance its budget as required by state law, Assemblymember and California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) member Isaac Bryan (D-Ladera Heights) said there are still ways to achieve reparations for Black Californians. Currently, the budget deficit for the 2024-25…
Manny Otiko | California Black Media California is admired for its beautiful weather. But the Golden State is also susceptible to natural disasters because of the frequency of earthquakes, landslides, forest fires, super storms, flooding, and intense heat, particularly in its desert regions. According to Gov. Gavin Newsom, severe flooding resulted in more than…
By Ariyana Griffin Special to the AFRO Spelman College has found a way to bridge the gap between the growing beauty industry and the creators of the products. According to the institution, research shows that Black women spent more than $7.4 billion on cosmetics and personal care products in 2022. However, Black beauty brands comprise…
By Ariyana Griffin Special to the AFRO The course that Hannah-Jones teaches at Howard University, where she is the Knight Chair in Race and Journalism, is titled after her award-winning book, “The 1619 Project.” Students who take the course and study the material are required to write an essay taking a deep dive into history…
[San Bernardino, CA] — On Saturday, April 27, 2024, BLU Educational Foundation is hosting its 3rd Annual Inland Empire Black Education Congress. Marked as “A gathering to create the educational goals for the Inland Empire’s Black Education Agenda and Black student success,” this convening is designed to bring the decision-makers, educators, local elected officials, state…
By Bria Overs Word In Black On this year’s Equal Pay Day, observed March 12, there was little to celebrate. Although women now earn more than ever have, the gender wage gap persists. And they’re feeling the pain in this current economy and political climate. In 2023, women earned, on average, 21.8 percent less than…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Today on Earth Day, the states of Illinois, New Mexico and Vermont each announced the creation of its own state-level Climate Corps in partnership with California Volunteers, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom. They join 10 states already providing volunteer and paid service opportunities to take climate action. With this announcement, state-level climate…
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that the cities of Berkeley, Brea, Crescent City, Fairfield, Pinole, Rancho Cucamonga, Richmond, South Lake Tahoe and West Hollywood, as well as the County of Los Angeles, have earned the state’s Prohousing Designation for their efforts to encourage development of housing at all income levels. This designation comes…
McKenzie Jackson | California Black Media Medi-Cal members have access to a variety of services that address their social, physical, and mental health needs beyond hospitals and doctors’ offices. Thanks to a two-year-old initiative launched by the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). DHCS Deputy Director of Health Care Programs Sarah Brooks stated that…
By Stacy M. Brown | National Newspaper Publishers Association Five years ago, Arlette Ebanks experienced severe kidney pain that she believed suggested a criminal need for a transplant. Her doctors disagreed, but the 52-year-old Northeast, D.C., resident, and mother of two who worked for the Department of Transportation for more than half of her life…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Resolute in their stand against the recent budget proposal by House Republicans, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are intensifying their efforts to lower healthcare costs and safeguard crucial provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicaid, and Medicare. In a Fact Sheet, the…
By Lou K. Coleman Why? Why would you delay? You know one of the most tragic phrases in the English language is “too late.” It indicates something that once held promise now is without hope. Listen, I cannot tell you when the door will shut, only that it will shut one day. I cannot tell…
Sharon R. Fennema A few weeks ago, I sat in a Zoom room with about a dozen UCC pastors and lay leaders from across the country who have been actively engaged in the denomination’s efforts to move toward racial justice. We had gathered for an ad hoc conversation about how churches were making connections between…
(San Bernardino, CA) Omnitrans and the city of Fontana will host an Art @ Transit event on Saturday, April 27, combining a community clean-up day at a popular transit center while recognizing local artists who have been beautifying our community by painting agency bus benches. “Art @ Transit is a great opportunity to enhance our…
Dog owners in California are reminded to take precautions to protect their pets from Salmon Poisoning Disease. Salmon Poisoning Disease is a potentially fatal condition seen only in dogs after they eat certain types of raw or cold smoked fish like trout and salmon that are infected with a bacteria-like organism, Neorickettsia helminthoeca, which is…
By BlackPress of America W. Steven Barnett, Ph.D., senior co-director, and founder, National Institute for Early Education Research Despite strides in preschool enrollment across the country, access to quality early education remains inequitable and heavily skewed by geography, according to our new National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) analysis. State-by-state disparities in preschool access,…
(Sacramento, CA) — Earlier this week, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation reflecting an early action budget agreement. In addition to taking a major step forward in addressing the state’s budget short fall, this action provided $22.1 million to address fruit fly infestations across the state. On March 8th, Reyes and a bipartisan group of legislative…
April 23, 2024 – As electric vehicles (EV) enter our roadways, the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®) has introduced a series of free resources, guidelines, and information to help raise awareness about EV fires and safe EV charging practices at home. According to the International Energy Agency, global sales of electric vehicles exceeded 10 million…
Special Needs Network (SNN) LOS ANGELES, April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Multi-award-winning Civil Rights Attorney and Child Advocate, Areva Martin, in collaboration with the Special Needs Network (SNN), has revealed the distinguished honorees for the 16th Annual A Pink Pump Affair. This noteworthy charity event is scheduled for Sunday, May 19th, 2024, at 11:30 AM,…
By Jeannine Chiang School libraries are a vanishing breed as more and more young people ditch books for their digital devices. Take a peek into the library at Burlingame High School, located on the northern edge of Silicon Valley, and you’ll find students doing schoolwork on their computers, talking with friends, playing chess, or checking…
Nationwide — HBCU Connect, the largest online platform for professional networking within the HBCU student and alumni community, is partnering with the DC Metro HBCU Alumni Alliance (DCHBCUAA), Inc. to celebrate its diversity recruitment contributions over the past 25 years. From June 28-29, the two entities will host the Annual Conference and Career Fair, which…