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Black Mothers Need to Wield the Enormous Power of Breastfeeding their Babies
November 11, 2019This 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans to the shores of Virginia on August 25, 1619 was a time for African Americans to re-assert our full humanity. As a mother, holistic doctor and longtime advocate of the benefits of...
NCHE Executive Director Dr. Gail C. Christopher Speaks in Closing Plenary at APHA 2019
November 6, 2019APHA's 2019 Annual Meeting - Closing General Session: 1619 - 2019: Health and Justice Denied Join Dr. Christopher for her APHA session on Rx racial healing: Disrupting cycles of injustice by transforming racial beliefs, perceptions and behaviors....
NCHE Leadership Transition
November 1, 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 9, 2019 Contact: Michael K. Frisby 202-625-4328/[email protected] NCHE LEADERSHIP TRANSITION: DR. GAIL C. CHRISTOPHER TO SUCCEED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CO-FOUNDER DR. BRIAN SMEDLEY WASHINGTON, DC – The...
She, The People: Dara Cooper On Food Redlining, Reparations, And Freeing The Land
October 18, 2019Reparations in the United States for descendants of enslaved Africans must include repairing the structural devastation that food redlining has caused in Black communities. For Black people, Black southerners in particular, land is sacred and our...
Ensley Alive launches “Branding Ensley”
September 16, 2019Birmingham, AL…Ensley stakeholders launch initiative to honor Ensley jazz greats while enticing patrons to visit downtown Ensley retailers. Branding Ensley is an initiative developed by Bettina Byrd-Giles, CEO of The Bethesda Life Center, Inc....
Dr. Brian Smedley Co-writes Article Highlighting the Long Term effects of Housing Discrimination
August 27, 2019The Effects of Housing Discrimination on Health Can Reverberate for Decades By Brian Smedley and Rachel A. Davis Last year, reporters at the Center for Investigative Reporting combed through 31 million mortgage lending records in dozens of U.S....
Court Upholds North Dakota Law Stripping Voting Rights From Native Americans
August 23, 2019By Imani Gandy, Rewire.News The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals last week upheld a law that strips nearly 10 percent of all voting-age Native Americans living in North Dakota of their right to vote. The case is as much about local infrastructure...
Bay Area Gentrification Displacing Communities of Color
August 16, 2019By Kiley Russell - Bay City News Foundation Alma Blackwell was born and raised in West Oakland but after years of intense gentrification followed by waves of displacement, she barely recognizes her old neighborhood. “There’s almost no one...
Call for Applications: The 2020 RWJF Culture of Health Prize CFA is Open!
August 9, 2019The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is officially accepting applications for the 2020 RWJF Culture of Health Prize. An annual award, the RWJF Culture of Health Prize elevates and honors communities that are at the forefront of advancing health,...
Like Truman’s Military Desegregation Order, Leadership Against Racism Starts at the Top
July 29, 2019By John R. Allen Inspiration around issues of race and civility in America is in short supply. Racist, xenophobic language coming from social media platforms to the White House has corroded public discourse and widened the longstanding divides in...