Tag: equity
Why Malia Cohen Is Running for State Controller in 2022
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media
Nearly three years after her successful run for a seat on California’s Board of Equalization (BOE), Malia Cohen...
Dr. Esther Obeng: At home in her lab at St. Jude
Dr. Obeng’s parents instilled in her a value for education, and she’s putting it to use treating patients and researching new therapies and cures.
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PRESS ROOM: Leading CEOs Champion Equity for the Black Community in Accessing COVID-19 Vaccines
Led by a diverse group of Black CEOs, this initiative gathers resources from respected and trusted community and business leaders, health professionals and public officials to ensure that accurate and transparent information about the COVID-19 vaccine is available to Black Americans. Our country’s long history of unethical medical practices in the Black community has increased distrust around medical science and may contribute to hesitancy among Black Americans to take the vaccine.
President Biden Taps Meharry Medical College President for COVID Task Force
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
Meharry Medical College President and CEO Dr. James Hildreth has been named by President Joe Biden...
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Leads U.S. Reparations Bill H.R. 40
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee knows that there has never been another time in which she has...
