West/ North west / California - 4 weeks ago
Prior to the Board of Supervisors’ Oct. 22 hearing on the DOJ Community Oriented Policing (COPS) process, Phelicia Jones, founder of Wealth and Disparities in the Black Community – Justice 4 Mario Woods, speaks at a press conference on the steps of...
Southeast / Alabama - 4 months ago
NORFOLK The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.®, Iota Omega Chapter will host its annual health and wealth community fair on August 10, 2019 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. to bring much needed information to the community. This year’s fair will be at Lake Taylor...
Northeast / New York - 2 years ago
Professor Eddie Glaude Jr. wrote a piece a few years ago, asserting “the Black Church, as we’ve known it or imagined it, is dead.” (Image: iStock/gerripix) Some claim that the black church isn’t doing enough to assist with the economic, social...
Northeast / New York - 2 years ago
Wealthy black people account for approximately 4% of the nation’s top-earning households and the wealth gap between them and the average black person is staggering. The Federal Reserve’s survey, along with the Pew Research Center, reports there are...