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After an overwhelming approval of a proposed resolution from both the Cedar Falls and Waterloo human rights commissions, area activists are ready to see it on city council agendas.
Jayme Renfro, a UNI political science professor, will illustrate how the color-coded maps (redlining) that the federal government used to rank housing loan readiness ranked Waterloo in the riskiest category.
February 15, 2018 For better and for worse, in sickness and in health, Dean Allard gets up and reads a bit every morning. He then calls an Uber. It s my life, Allard said. It s time to go see his girl. It s been a long time that we ve been together. I just.I just don t know any better. The Uber shows up and Dean climbs in. It takes him a couple ofÃÂ .
City officials are not doing enough to combat systemic inequality faced by Black residents, she said.
âIn a city this size, you could solve these issues â if you wanted to,â Hannah-Jones said.
She shared her message at a Thursday virtual event for International Human Rights Day. She answered questions from Waterloo Human Rights Commission Director the Rev. Abraham Funchess, the Rev. Dave Kivett from Cedar Heights Community Presbyterian Church and Black Hawk County NAACP President LaTanya Graves.
Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones (upper left) accepts the Ida B. Wells-Barnett award from the city. Panelists at the event included The Rev. Dave Kivett from Cedar Heights Community Presbyterian Church (upper right), Black Hawk Countyâs NAACP President LaTanya Graves (middle left) and The Rev. Abraham Funchess (bottom) who held the award. Human rights commission vice chair Teresa Culpepper (middle right) presented the award.