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Kira Kay: Maine health officials say they chose social services agencies “…as the fastest avenue to get funding out the door and into affected communities.” But in mid July, acknowledged concerns about “…adequacy and inclusiveness…”On July 30, Governor Janet Mills announced $1 million in new funding, specifically for community-led organizations, to “…help reduce the disproportionately large racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 in Maine.”In Lewiston, local groups didn’t wait for help from the state and created their own task force early on to serve their community, including handing out masks to local businesses to share with customers.And organizing for a…

One of the most dangerous things most of us do is pretend we don’t believe Black stories from places we don’t understand. To be Black where I grew up — a state that was 94 percent white in 2010, and 1 percent Black — was to have to make split-second decisions about what was happening and how to navigate it. I got so accustomed to being followed in stores, I actually developed a script on how to de-escalate (it started with knowing the highest-priced item in any store and asking a question about it). If the overt racism didn’t get…

LEAD, S.D. – A Canadian gold mining company has agreed to help clean up South Dakota’s most contaminated industrial site. The agreement is part of a trend of public-private partnerships that could expedite remediation of America’s polluted lands and waterways.Agnico Eagle Mines of Toronto has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources to perform $1.5 million of pollution testing at the contaminated Gilt Edge gold mine in the Northern Black Hills. The mine is by far the largest and most contaminated of the two EPA Superfund sites…

Lex Scott was ready to give up. After years of protests and fighting for reform after police shootings, the leader of Black Lives Matter Utah felt like she didn’t have much to show for it.For a week in May, she spent her time tinkering and relaxing with an inflatable swimming pool she’d bought. She wasn’t making her regular posts on social media. She turned away from conversations about civil rights. She felt like nobody cared.Then everything changed.“It’s like if you wrote a newspaper every day of your life for seven years, and then no one read it. … And then…

Monday, Feb 27, 2023 • UTA College of Business : Contact The UTA College of Business celebrates Black History Month by recognizing the success and accomplishments of our Black Alumni. Xavier Egan earned a bachelor of business administration in finance from UTA. Today, he is the President of Capital Asset Advisors. Presented below are his contributions, accolades, professional goals, and achievements. Xavier Headshot Since graduating from UTA what has been your greatest accomplishment?Owning a business and starting a family. Xavier at Superbowl NFL LegendsEvent with Alvin Scioneaux and Javiar Collins on February 2022. What has been your biggest…

Stories of Black women leaving southern Vermont are forcing the overwhelmingly white state to face the reality that some of its citizens of color don’t feel welcome within its bounds. Photo courtesy of Maria French. This story was originally published by The GroundTruth Project, home of Report for America. RUTLAND — Paint, splashed across a Black Lives Matter lawn sign her daughter made, marked a turning point for Tabitha Moore.  It was late August, and Moore had all but decided to leave her home in Wallingford, a small town several miles south of Rutland — Vermont’s third-largest city, population 16,000.…

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — As a student at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy, Albany County Sheriff Aaron Appelhans used to look at the photos of past graduating classes hanging on the wall. “I got to see, for the most part, ain’t a whole lot of people that looked like me around here,” he recalled of the mainly white faces. Sheriff Aaron Appelhans (credit: Albany County) A decade later, Appelhans was appointed Wyoming’s first Black sheriff, a post he took months after fury over racist policing roiled U.S. cities. His turf includes one of Wyoming’s last Democratic strongholds, but the state…

On Juneteenth, the Center for Black Excellence and Culture in Madison, a project more than seven years in the making, will be one step closer to reality.Construction on the 37,000-square-foot, three-story center will begin with a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, June 19, at its future home on Badger Road in Madison’s historically Black Park Street neighborhood.The center will provide a cultural and educational space for Wisconsin’s Black community to gather, tell stories, create and perform, develop professionally and celebrate their achievements. It will include theater, gallery and maker spaces, a co-working area, wellness and fitness spaces, and rooms for after-school…

‘All a speculation’: Black box of crashed AI plane not sent abroad, says Naidu; currently with AIIB Times of India Source link

Across the country, applications for enrollment in America’s 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are on the rise. But despite having the largest percentage of African American residents of any major city, Detroit is not home to an HBCU. That wasn’t always true. Now there’s an effort underway to reopen the Lewis College of Business with a focus on design.   “I think it’s a great opportunity to elevate the importance of design across the country and across the world.” –Donald L. Tuski, president of the College for Creative Studies  Listen: Two college administrators discuss the promise of reopening Detroit’s former HBCU.  Courtesy of…