By: Darryl Sellers The new year has brought with it, more daunting challenges in the African American community’s fight against COVID-19. More transmissible variants of the coronavirus which have emerged are swiftly sweeping their way across the United States. This latest trend in the year- long pandemic is especially troubling for Black people who are 4 times more likely to be hospitalized and 3 times more likely to die of COVID-19 than white people. Despite these stark numbers, COVID vaccination rates for African Americans are among the lowest of all ethnicities. In fact, February data from the Centers for Disease…
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Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–March 10 is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD), sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office on Women’s Health. As we continue our work toward ending America’s HIV epidemic, we acknowledge the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic has presented. For some women, the impact of COVID-19 has made it more difficult to access HIV services. On NWGHAAD, join us in making sure all women have continued access to HIV testing (including self-testing), prevention, and treatment and care. Together, we can prevent new HIV infections and help women with HIV stay healthy.…
A livestream of the funeral service for Civil Rights leader Vernon Jordan, was held Tuesday, March 9th. Visit the links below for additional information. https://nul.org/VernonJordan http://bit.ly/2OfeGys http://www.journal-isms.com/2021/03/vernon-jordan-services-online-Tuesday/ The former president of the National Urban League rose to prominence as a civil rights activist with close connections in all corners of American politics, though he was closest with Democrats, including presidents from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama. He also worked with Republican Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 9, 2021) — Franklin Road Academy recently hired Channing McCullough as the next head of middle school. McCullough is currently serving as acting head of middle school and grade-level dean at Princeton Day School in Princeton, New Jersey. She holds a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. McCullough has over 11 years of experience in coeducational, independent pre-kindergarten through grade 12 schools. McCullough began her teaching career at Forsyth Country Day School in North Carolina. She has spent the past seven years serving at Princeton Day…
NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 9, 2021 — Officials from the Metro Public Health Department and the Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management have announced details of what will currently be Nashville’s largest one-day Covid-19 vaccination event. The event will take place from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m. on March 20th. The drive-thru event will be located in Lots A-D of Nissan Stadium. “The March 20th mass vaccination event at Nissan Stadium will be an inflection point in Nashville’s fight against the pandemic,” said Mayor John Cooper. “In a single day, Public Health plans on vaccinating 10,000 of our residents to move our…
Washington, D.C. (TN Tribune)–In honor of Black History Month and Women’s History Month, Honeysuckle organized a panel discussion on female minority entrepreneurs in the cannabis space. The panel featured Marie Montmarquet, Co-founder of MD Numbers Inc. and Angela White, Equity for Industry Program Manager & Liz Jackson-Simpson, CEO at Success Centers. The marijuana legalization and decriminalization movement has been gaining increased traction within the United States. Biden stands for federal marijuana reform, his presidential win is an encouraging sign for the future of cannabis legalization, although the extent to which he will deliver on his promises remains to be seen. Even…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) _ Clyde Robinson treasures the acre of land he inherited, a verdant space tucked into a cul-de-sac in a south Memphis neighborhood, surrounded by houses and trees beside a railroad track. For more than five decades, he nurtured it while his relatives lived in a home on the property, then maintained the land after a fire destroyed the house. The 80-year-old retired cement mason pays the taxes and cares for the property in Boxtown, a neighborhood that began as a community of freed slaves in the 1860s. Now he finds himself defending it. Robinson’s land is coveted…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Women on the front lines of health care and science will share their much-needed expertise in a videoconference as part of MTSU’s National Women’s History Month celebration. “MTSU Women of Color in Health Care: Women STEM Professionals in the Workforce After Graduation” is slated for 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, March 8, at https://mtsu.zoom.us/s/89586019959. This event brings MTSU students, graduates and professionals in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, fields together to share stories about their career paths. “I am delighted that these women are giving back to the community by sharing their stories,” said Judith Iriarte-Gross,…
Valdosta, Georgia—It all started in 2016. Drs. Roy and Cheryl Copeland gifted their entire African American memorabilia collection to Valdosta State University’s (VSU’s) Harley Langdale Jr. College of Business. Believing the collection deserved a place where it could be permanently displayed and enjoyed by guests for many generations to come, Dr. L. Wayne Plumly, then dean of the college of business, found a cozy and easily accessible spot on the second floor of Thaxton Hall. With support from various groups across campus, he turned it into a destination for anyone seeking inspiration, knowledge, a change of perspective, and food for conversation.…
By Ben Jealous It is time for a maximum push for a new minimum wage. The federal minimum wage has not budged for more than a decade. But the cost of living keeps rising. So, low-income people fall further and further behind. Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour would lift millions of working people out of poverty. This is especially true for families headed by women, especially Black women, who are disproportionately clustered in minimum-wage jobs. It would make a big dent in the income and wealth gaps that make Black Americans poorer and their families more vulnerable. And it would…