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The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) Arkansas Minority Health Commission (AMHC) is hosting its 8th Biennial Minority Health Summit from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. … ....
The Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas is awarding 32 grants worth $3.3 million to organizations across Arkansas, including southeast Arkansas projects. ....
New York, March 19 (Prensa Latina) Cuban women at the forefront: The progress of women's human rights and the Cuban Family Code, is one of the issues tackled down at US-Cuba International Normalization Conference. ....
Faye Wilson Kennedy has been on the frontlines of local advocacy since her high school years. She says she enjoys learning from her younger peers and leaders. No one has quite figured out yet how to add to the 24 hours in a single day, but veteran community activist Faye Wilson Kennedy makes the most of the time she’s been given. She brokers deals with local restaurants to feed the unhoused and she takes on officials for allowing toxic chemicals to be routed through communities of color. She’s also a lead organizer with Sacramento Poor People’s Campaign; immediate past chair of the Sacramento Area Black Caucus (SABC); co-founder of the Southeast Village Neighborhood Association, a founding member of the Black Parallel School Board; and serves as president of the Colonial Heights Friends of the Library. In her “spare” time, Ms. Kennedy explores her creative side, while preserving Black culture, as part of the local Sisters Quilting Collective. ....
I remind women they re really sisters and can help each other have healthier babies. what we re saying is you don t have to have this by yourself. she takes regular women in the community like me to work closely with the little sisters throughout their pregnancy and after they have the baby. i wanted a big sister that has accomplished a lot in life already to teach me things i don t know. my job is to just really help you, whether it s figuring out how are you going to pay your rent, have food in your house, doing prenatal appointments. i eat all in order to make sure you re not stressed in order for you to have a healthy baby. healthy babies are born into healthy communities. that s pretty special, huh? we grow on our on. we ve been doing this long enough now that you can hear a child say i was born into the birthing project. ....