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State, local Flint leaders hold roundtable to discuss supporting recommendations, lifting up Black communities FLINT, Mich. — Today, Black Leadership Advisory Council (BLAC) members joined state and local Flint leaders to launch their latest policy recommendations to remove barriers for Black families and communities and build a stronger, more inclusive Michigan. The 2024 report includes eight policy recommendations centered on investments and laws to advance education, community safety, pay equity, talent retention and health, among other key priorities.   “Ensuring we have a diverse group of voices at the table to inform state government is key to creating a more inclusive, equitable…

Jessica Winnie created MN Black Box as a way to feature and promote local, small Black-owned businesses. MINNETONKA, Minnesota — This holiday season, a Minnetonka entrepreneur is encouraging people to shop local and support Black-owned businesses.  Jessica Winnie started MN Black Box in May as a way to feature and promote items from other Black business owners. The monthly box typically includes items from five to seven local businesses. “We only create 25 boxes a month. So the response so far, we’ve been successful every month. We have sold out and with the holiday season we’ve added a few different…

For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the end of the Civil war, and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Since it was designated a federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth has become more universally recognized beyond Black America. Many people get the day off work or school, and there are a plethora of street festivals, fairs, concerts and other events. WATCH: The significance of Juneteenth, America’s first new federal holiday in decades People who never…

A lawyer’s social media post has led to much public commentary and follows Trump’s sweeping anti-DEI executive orders.After President Donald Trump signed executive orders in his first week in office ending federal programs related to diversity, equity, and inclusion and reversing executive enforcement of civil rights laws, public statements made on social media have suggested that the 47th president of the United States also moved to end the official observance of Black History Month.“While someone has tried to cancel Black history month… that is NOT happening in our office,” wrote U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, on X, formerly Twitter, on…

CHERRY HILL, New Jersey (WPVI) — Black Friday shoppers packed malls and visited small businesses across the Philadelphia region.”There is a lot of people, it’s like some people are neck on neck, it’s hot,” said Shanaya Francois, of Mount Laurel, who was shopping at the Cherry Hill Mall.Those in search of deals say many were too good to resist.”A couple bags for my kids, a couple for me, a couple for my girl. I’m satisfied for right now but shoot. You keep staying here too long you’re going to be spending more and more money,” said Brandon Acrey of Camden.SEE…

A majority of Black Americans say that their communities are unfairly depicted in news coverage, according to a sweeping new survey on Wednesday.Nearly two-thirds of respondents observed that their community received more negative coverage than other racial and ethnic groups, the Pew Research Center survey found. Roughly four in 10 surveyed said that the media not only stereotyped Black people but also felt that they saw racist and racially insensitive coverage sometimes or fairly often.The center’s findings reflect the shortfalls of a so-called racial reckoning that swept through newsrooms across the United States in 2020 following the murder of George…

From its outside, The Moore Bar and Lounge — or as it has been affectionately nicknamed by its patrons, Club Langston — may appear like nothing more than an unremarkable hole in the wall. But the club, located on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, isn’t just any regular old bar. It’s the last black-owned LGBTQ club in New York City, according to its owner, Calvin Clark, who is doggedly fighting to save it.Clark, 59, opened the bar with his business partner, Eryk Albury, 61, in 2001, and over the last 18 years the venue has become a safe haven…

The Oregon Legislature’s Emergency Board approved the fund in July by voting to allocate $200 million from the federally funded CARES Act. PORTLAND, Ore — Members of the Black community who have been hurt financially by the COVID-19 pandemic can now apply for grants from a new $62 million fund. The Oregon Cares Fund for Black Relief and Resiliency is now accepting applications on its website. The Oregon Legislature’s Emergency Board approved the fund in July by voting to allocate $200 million from the federally funded CARES Act to specific communities and sections of the economy. The fund received 4,300…

City of Springfield celebrates Black History with 39th annual Ruth B. Loving Black American Heritage Flag Raising Ceremony Springfield-MA.gov Source link

Likely seeing the same results, Trump is trying to make the case that he would make a better choice for Black Americans, even campaigning in The Bronx last week, where he tried to woo Black and Hispanic voters in the heavily Democratic borough. There, he argued that the president’s policies regarding immigration and the economy are negatively impacting them. Austin said that the difference between the two candidates is stark. “Donald Trump, who was a disaster for Black America, ran a racist campaign, implemented a racist agenda, and hurt black people at every turn,” he said. “Black unemployment skyrocketed and…