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Tracy Morgan surprised residents when he appeared at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new community center in Brooklyn. The event made the legendary comedian feel nostalgic about his own humble beginnings when he resided in the area as a child.
Nationwide protests have taken place since October 7 despite the disbanding of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit.
The demonstrators have been accused of attacking police stations and personnel.
The rallies which are mostly attended by young people have become avenues to vent against corruption and unemployment.
Rights groups say at least 15 people have been killed the demonstrations began in early October.
People, a multi-racial, multi-ethnic, mass of people—Black, Brown, White, Yellow, Native, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, male, female straight, gay, trans—were in the streets by the hundreds of thousands, demanding justice for a Black man.
NBC News reported that 300 cities have had protests or rallies demanding justice for George Floyd.
This time, rather than blaming the murder of Floyd on “bad apples”—a lie that has been exposed—they have rolled out the “good apple” approach with the cops attempting to join the protests.
However, their true motive for attempting to join the protest is to try to convince young people that this murder is just an aberration, and that police violence is an exception rather than the rule, and that police in general are good guys who exist to serve you.
No, this is not “the revolution” many of us have anticipated, but the million people in the street demanding justice for George Floyd are a prequel of things to come.
Dr. Anthony Fauci is one of the top infectious disease doctors in the United States. In his recent keynote address,... View Article
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Ndalatando — Thirty-one investment projects, out of a total of 91 registered under the Integrated Municipal Intervention Plan (PIIM), have been executed since last March in the northern Cuanza Norte province.
This was confirmed by provincial vice-governor for technical and infrastructures, Mendonça Luís, who stated that 49 projects have been approved and awarded so far.
He said that all the 10 municipalities of the province are covered by the programme's initiatives, but only 31 projects are being executed in nine localities.
PIIM works in Cuanza Norte has generated around 1,500 jobs for young people, a number that may increase as the works progress.
Cuanza Norte benefitted from 24.7 billion kwanzas budget this year for the operation of the projects included in the PIIM.
The major thrust of new coronavirus cases in the United States is in the South and West, where officials say more young people are ignoring social distancing measures and testing positive.
In Mississippi, where one health officer called adherence to social distancing over the past weeks “overwhelmingly disappointing,” officials attributed clusters of new cases to fraternity rush parties.
In Texas, the governor said last week people under 30 made up a majority of new coronavirus cases in several counties.
There are 23 states seeing a rise in new reported cases compared to the previous week, according to data from Johns Hopkins University: Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming.
The state also reported the most new cases in a single day — 4,515 — since the pandemic’s start, according to data from the state’s health department.
Winnie Mutuku has managed to sustain a feeding program for street children and families in Kitale, a town in western Kenya about 280 miles from the capital, Nairobi.
Mutuku, who manages Upendo Street Children -- a project run by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul -- has reunited many children with their families to avoid their being arrested by police during curfew hours.
Currently, I'm working on developing a new project for street children in the western part of Kenya [Kitale] where the Daughters of Charity have been engaged in services for 11 years.
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I came to Kitale in July last year to do a feasibility study in preparation to respond to the issues of street children in Kitale town.
Is there something about the charism of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul that has made you focus on the needs of the street children?
Dear Cultural Coach: Why aren’t you more concerned about giving our youths the correct tools to succeed in a global market? Encouraging students to constantly speak “hip-hop” vocabulary will only hold them back. It’s not like past generations where the youths had a few words or phrases used among themselves; this is becoming a language […]
TEEN Rescue Mission (TRM), a non-profit organisation founded by gospel musician Abraham Matuka recently partnered the Indian embassy, a development that will see its members getting job opportunities at Pepsi Zimbabwe and scholarships in India. BY KENNEDY NYAVAYA The deal comes at a time TRM has been making efforts to keep young people off the streets and from immoral activities through various art competitions and training programmes. In an interview with NewsDay Life & Style yesterday, Matuka said the opportunities facilitated by the embassy would enable them to fulfil their objectives of getting rid of idleness among local youths. “This opportunity helps us to achieve our purpose. We cannot effectively influence youths to do the right thing while leaving them with nothing to fill the void of idleness since most of them are very active at this age,” he said. “We would like to thank our sponsors and the Indian embassy for their unwavering support to our activities. Such support motivates us to achieve part of our mission to make young people responsible and reduce crime.” Matuka said under the scholarship programme, young people would be sent to India to train in different vocations that would assist them to become entrepreneurs. Outgoing Indian ambassador Rungsung Masakui pledged more and applauded TRM for making an attempt to keep teenagers away from deviant conduct. “Most of the young people he (Matuka) has been interacting with are actually of a productive age, but because of the conditions that are prevailing in the country, and also for other reasons I think they have been distracted. “He (Matuka) has been assisting to bring them back to the mainstream to make them more productive again, so we are quite excited about that,” he said. Founded in 2018, Teen Rescue Mission assists teenagers and youths to abstain from drugs, crime and early sex, thereby moulding better citizens and future leaders.
Young farmers in Africa are continually striving to achieve food security, but many people in poor communities could starve if investment in agricultural projects is not sustained.
Globally, nearly 1 billion of the world’s 1.2 billion young people, ages 15 to 24, live in developing countries, and half of that population lives in rural areas where there are agriculture development opportunities, according to the International Fund for Agricultural Development, known as IFAD.
The difficult challenges include constraints on access to land and services, as well as constraints on technology and training, according to the 2019 Rural Development Report “Creating opportunities for Rural Youth,” published by IFAD.
Germany, for its part, has pledged 10 million euros to assist young farmers, particularly those in Africa, said Ziller, who heads the Directorate-General for International Development Policy, and also spoke at the IFAD Governing Council session in February.
“One of the main obstacles facing youth in farming is securing financing to facilitate farming projects,” said agriculture expert Pearl Gaone Ranna of the African Young Farmers Network.
Hometown boxing champ Jamal 'Shango' James is reaching back to youth people in the neighborhood.
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As the pandemic continues to affect Black and other communities of color disproportionately, health experts are warning of a new mental health crisis linked to the coronavirus outbreak: an increase in suicides among Blacks. Measures suggested by health officials to curb the spread of the virus, including social distancing, may lead to isolation and suicide []
Rapper T.I. has agreed to help lead a college course on trap music at Clark Atlanta University.
Usher’s New Look and Cricket Wireless to Host Virtual Youth Mental Health Summit Addressing the Effects of COVID-19, Systemic Racism and Social Injustice on Tuesday, June 30
Panelists include Music Legend Usher, Usher’s New Look President Careshia Moore and MindRight Founder Ashley Edward
ATLANTA, (June 22, 2020) – Usher’s New Look (UNL) today announced its collaboration with Cricket Wireless to host a Disruptivate Racial Inequity & Mental Health Trauma Summit for youth on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 from 5:30 pm-6:30 pm ET.
“UNL’s Disruptivate Racial Inequity & Mental Health Trauma Summit is designed to offer comfort and counsel to young people who are experiencing pain, isolation and fear as our country faces a pandemic and extraordinary social unrest,” says Careshia Moore, President and CEO of Usher’s New Look.
The UNL Disruptivate Racial Inequity & Mental Health Trauma Summit will also feature Ashley Edwards, Founder and CEO of MindRight Health, and Dr. Alfiee M. Breland-Noble (Dr. Alfiee), a pioneering psychologist, scientist, media personality, author and speaker.
Cricket Wireless’ collaboration with UNL to host the Disruptivate Racial Inequity & Mental Health Trauma Summit is part of its Cricket Cares corporate social responsibility platform, dedicated to building healthy human connections for happier youth.
To help continue its support of youth in need, Cricket Wireless and AT&T are donating $100,000 to MindRight Foundation to help further its mission to support and advocate for the mental health needs of communities of color.
To understand how COVID-19 is affecting the mental health of Black America, maybe this will jog your memory.
The only topic anyone is talking about is related to COVID-19 deaths, police shooting Black Americans, and crippling financial news that directly impacts minorities.
Despite the threat of COVID-19, violence towards Black people and the need for law enforcement reform still remains, as Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd join an increasingly long list of injustices committed to members of Black America.
Along with violence triggering trauma, Black children are just as vulnerable to mental and social harm from being home more and around their friends less.
Many may think COVID-19, the economy, and black people dying to police are problematic in Black America, however it’s those things that are slowly causing more harm mentally.
THE SOUTH London Innovation Corridor is re-branding to become Stride and to celebrate they are...
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By Glenn Ellis (TriceEdneyWire.com) - In 2016, a study was published in the medical journal Pediatrics, which found that Black kids 5! to 12 years old were two times more likely to die by suicide compared to White youth in the same age group. Did you hear that? Suicide in Black children 5-12! Who remembers
Black race car drivers were largely absent from pro racing’s spotlight for years–that is until the formation of the Black American Racers Association in August 1972.
Based in Trenton, New Jersey the main goal was to bring together and give a platform to Black drivers, mechanics, pit crews, and team owners.
For those looking to become members of the Black American Racers Association, a lifetime membership was $100 while a regular or annual one was $10.
The BARA would host a race in March 1974 featuring a number of the Black drivers of drag racing.
The Black American Racers Association would end operations in 1978.
In 1995, Lonnie Bristow, a board-certified doctor of internal medicine, became the first African American President of the American Medical Association (AMA) in its 148 year history. Bristow, the son of Lonnie Harlis Bristow, a Baptist minister, and Vivian Wines Bristow, a nurse, grew up in Harlem, New York where he attended public schools and entered Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia at the age of sixteen where he played quarterback on the varsity football team. He left Morehouse after two years, joined the U.S. Navy for four years and then received his bachelor’s degree from the City College of New York in 1953. Bristow earned his M.D. from New York University in 1957. Growing up seeing his mother work as a nurse encouraged his interest in the medical profession. After completing medical school he established an internal medicine practice in San Pablo, California.
Bristow, who joined the AMA in 1970, served as an alternate delegate, a delegate, a member of the executive committee, and a member (and later chair) of the Board of Regents before being elected president of the 300,000 member association for 1995-1996. His work as president focused on many of the issues he addressed throughout his career including sickle cell anemia, coronary care, and socio-economic issues impacting health care. His goals included reforming the profession by expanding the range of care doctors give to their patients, putting patients’ needs ahead of monetary interests, and improving the doctor-patient relationship. He also saw his election as president as highlighting the advances of African Americans in the medical field over the past 148 years of the AMA, including most of that period when black doctors were not allowed to join the organization. African Americans were accepted for the first time in 1968. Bristow also saw his work as a testimony to the role of education and hard work in generating acceptance. He frequently addressed audiences of future medical professionals of various backgrounds, encouraging them
The European Union (EU) has unveiled a Sh5.1 billion programme to assist Kenyan agricultural ventures access training on innovations and entrepreneurship.
SPECIAL TO THE FLORIDA COURIER Aquino Cole, professionally known as “Kino Ink,” is releasing his debut single, “Write A Way” to launch his career as a rap musician. The single is a PSA wake-up encouraging young people to not only register to vote but cast their ballot in the upcoming Nov. 3 election. “I want […]
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The lockdown measures have increased the risk of children becoming victims of domestic violence, bullying and other forms of abuse.
The situation of some children has been made worse due to violence from the adults with whom they are locked down at home.
Children are assaulted both physically and psychologically during this lockdown more than any other period, mostly by adults who are not able to handle their own lockdown emotional stress.
The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown has brought about a serious crisis in the protection and rights of children.
The worst still is that the adults that children look up to for answers to the so many questions going on in their heads are the ones who are the sources of the abuse, thereby adding to their woes.
When Riverside City Council member Chuck Condor retweeted a meme showing three Black menone a police officer, one dressed in a business suit, possibly meant to depict an attorney, and a young Black man, intimating visually the probability he was a criminal—there was little doubt regarding it’s racist symbolism. The image alone spoke volumes, but []
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