According to a new report from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies on the state of Black students at community colleges, an alarming 70 percent of Black students experienced food or housing insecurity or homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report highlighted that while Black students remain disproportionately represented in community colleges, policy barriers prevent the system from producing equitable outcomes.
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The ROXY to host third comedy benefit for Royal Family Kids Camp
The Well Versed Comedy, Gifts for Glory Ministries, Thrive Church, and the ROXY Event Venue brought two comedy shows in 2021 to benefit Royal Family Kids Camp (RFK) in Lockport, Ill., and were able to raise over $1600 to give towards the camps for children in the foster care system. This spring, the third show on April 29, benefitting RFK is going to be bigger with the addition of featured comedian Tracy DeGraaf, who will perform as well as Well Versed Comedy, according to organizers.
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Joliet council rejects new housing complex request
Plans to build a multi-family housing complex for supportive, long-term addiction recovery for women and their children, proposed by the Volunteers of America organization, will not go forward. The Joliet City Council Tuesday removed the permit request from the agenda. Joliet City Council member Terry Morris, District 5, said “the petitioner decided to pull the […]
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Business, Commentary, Community, Featured, Media, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Op-Ed
OP-ED: An Unfair Attack on an Organization Making a Difference
NNPA NEWSWIRE — For more than a decade, the nonprofit CORE Services Group has been an effective partner to New York City’s Department of Homeless Services. It runs dozens of emergency or transitional housing centers, where clients receive skills training, substance abuse treatment, shelter and other critical services. Time and again, the city has turned to CORE to help fight the chronic problem of poverty and homelessness.
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Black Experience, Black History, Community, Education, Featured, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Politics, Sacramento Observer
California Education Leaders Discuss Black Student Disparities
SACRAMENTO OBSERVER — “Students don’t see themselves in those who are teaching them. And those who are teaching them — while well meaning — do not see equity from a racial or social justice lens.” Said California Community Colleges Board of Governors President Pamela Haynes. “We have to racialize this. We have got to call it as we see it, because it is Black and Brown students who are not being served by our institutions.”
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Business, Commentary, Community, Economy, Homeownership, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Politics, Roger Caldwell
COMMENTARY: A New Vision of Safety Starts with Dialogue and Collaboration
NNPA NEWSWIRE — There are many advantages and disadvantages to gentrification, but many poor people will be displaced, and this is a reality of doing business now in America. This is taking place in all the major cities across the country, and the projects and partnerships will continue to grow and prosper. As more affluent people move back to the cities, property values increase, and occupancy rate increases.
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Black Experience, Black History, Community, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., Featured, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Politics, Stacy Brown
Congresswoman Cori Bush Lauds Black Press Ahead of Receiving Prestigious Award
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Congresswoman sits as vice-chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, and the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Additionally, Congresswoman Bush is a member of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy and the House Oversight Subcommittee on the Environment.
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Black Experience, Black History, Community, Economy, Featured, Media, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Politics, Stacy Brown
Report: Campaign Underway to Convince Rep. Karen Bass to Run for L.A. Mayor
NNPA NEWSWIRE — While the recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom has topped headlines in California politics, flying just under the radar is the effort to draft Congresswoman Karen Bass for Los Angeles mayor.
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Community, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Crime, Education, Featured, Health, National, News, NNPA, Politics, Post News Group, racism
Domestic Violence Groups Praise Newsom’s Budget, But Ask for More Funding
POST NEWS GROUP – Victim services providers, including DV shelters and rape crisis centers, faced an influx of survivors seeking services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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OP-ED: Prophetic Politics and Black America: “What Will You Do unto the Least of These?”
NNPA NEWSWIRE — It is, therefore, a reaffirmation of my faith in the oneness of God and the oneness of humanity that I must join to publicly support my African American clergy leaders in Washington, DC and across the nation who dare to remind even some of our own local African American elected officials that we all should stand for helping those among us who are less fortunate, poor, homeless, malnourished, imprisoned, returning-from-prison, and destitute.
