NEW YORK, Mar. 1, 2023, A consortium of Black-owned newspaper publishers and Deloitte* are launching The Exchange, a pilot project designed to co-create and distribute business content tailored for diverse audiences. News media diversity, particularly at the national level, continues to be a work in progress. People of color represent only 21.9% of the workforce […]
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Posted inAfro Briefs
Rev. Sharpton Visits UK to Discuss Voting Rights, Police Accountability in Wake of Tyre Nichols Killing
Reflects 30+ Years of Friendship with Lord Simon Woolley on Issues Uniting Black Americans and Black Britons New York, NY – Civil Rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton will make a two-day visit to the United Kingdom, where he will address the shared challenges around voting rights and police accountability for Black Americans and Black Britons. […]
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Cardin, Daines Introduce Permanent Reauthorization for Housing Tax Credit that has Promoted Growth in Underserved Communities
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Steven Daines (R-Mont.), both members of the Senate Finance Committee, today introduced legislation that will permanently extend the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC), which has created jobs and driven investment in economically distressed neighborhoods. The New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act will permanently authorize a federal tax credit for businesses or […]
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LDF Issues Statement on Video Footage of Police Shooting of Jayland Walker
Today, the Akron, Ohio, police department released body camera footage of the fatal police shooting of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man who was stopped by law enforcement for an alleged traffic matter earlier in the week. The video footage raises more questions than it answers about the conduct of the eight police officers who shot Mr. Walker approximately 60 times and have since been placed on administrative leave. In response to today’s video release, Legal […]
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Trinity Church Wall Street awards more than $23 million in grants
Grantees include organizations focused on keeping housing-unstable New Yorkers in their homes, supporting criminal justice reform, and promoting mental health NEW YORK, June 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Trinity Church Wall Street, in its latest set of grants, has awarded $23.4 million to organizations in New York City, the U.S., and internationally. Most of the […]
Posted inNational News
Statement concerning the overturning of Roe v. Wade
By The National Women’s Studies Association Earlier this year, after the draft of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the 1973 decision in the Roe v. Wade case was leaked to the public, the National Women’s Studies Association felt compelled to speak out against this decision. We were alarmed. We were concerned. We were furious, […]
Posted inNational News
Rev. Al Sharpton denounces the Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade
By The National Action Network The Decision Ends 50 Years Of Federal Abortion Rights, With 26 States Certain or Likely to Ban Abortion New York, NY (June 24, 2022) – Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN), issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
W. Montague Cobb/NMA Health Institute partners with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority to Host Vaccine Event in Honor of Men’s Health Month
W. Montague Cobb/NMA Health Institute partners with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority to Host Vaccine Event in Honor of Men’s Health Month WHAT: The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority/Stay Well Health Fair and Vaccine Event is designed to bring health-related resources to the Black community. The W. Montague Cobb/NMA Health Institute has partnered with D.C. health agencies […]
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Alzheimer’s Association African American Town Hall on Memory Loss on June 22, 2022, at Reginald F. Lewis Museum
By The Alzheimer’s Association June 14, 2022, Towson, Md.—The Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore becomes a classroom on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, from 2 to 4 p.m., when the Alzheimer’s Association hosts the African American Town Hall on Memory Loss. The museum is located at 830 East Pratt Street. To encourage participation, registration is free. […]
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PRESS ROOM: Diandra ‘Fu’ Debrosse Zimmermann becomes first Black woman ever appointed to lead a multidistrict litigation with co lead counsel selection in baby formula MDL
(BUSINESS WIRE)–Diandra “Fu” Debrosse Zimmermann made legal history , becoming the first black woman ever appointed plaintiffs’ co-lead counsel in a multidistrict litigation. Debrosse Zimmermann was appointed to the role in the massive products liability MDL, In Re: Abbott Laboratories, et al., Preterm Infant Nutrition Products Liability Litigation, against two of the world’s largest […]
Posted inReligion
McKenzie Scheduled to Travel to Uvalde, TX, as NCC Releases Statement on Tragic Mass Shooting
By National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC) Washington, DC – The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC) announces that Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie, NCC Interim President and General Secretary, will be traveling to Uvalde, Texas, this Saturday to provide a ministry of presence to this […]
Posted inMaryland Government
Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission to hold public hearing in Baltimore County
By Special Report In 2019, the Maryland General Assembly enacted, and Governor Larry Hogan signed into law, legislation establishing the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission (MLTRC) as the first Commission dedicated to investigating racial terror lynchings in the United States. Sponsored by Delegate Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk, House Bill 307 tasks the Commission with researching […]