Muskegon YMCA scores new successes with DPP
February 15, 2022
Building on early successes, the Muskegon YMCA continues secure funding to expand access to its diabetes prevention program.
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Building on early successes, the Muskegon YMCA continues secure funding to expand access to its diabetes prevention program.
Last Monday the Spartanburg City Council approved unanimously a “Healing, Reconciling and Unity” resolution, acknowledging “the historical antecedents of systemic racism” and apologizing to residents for “racial injustices and long-lasting inequities that have resulted from those policies.” The unprecedented resolution also enumerates specific actions Council members will take, including to “promote racial equity through all policies approved by City Council” and “support community efforts to amplify concerns about racist policies and practices.”
The Hartford City Council passed the CROWN Act, which prohibits the denial of employment and educational opportunities because of hair texture or protective hairstyles including braids, locks, twists or bantu knots. The bill was introduced to the Council by students in Advocacy to Legacy, a nonprofit organization that teaches individuals and communities how to advocate for themselves.
"...being a revolutionary is like a lot of things. People talk about innovation all the time, but there’s good innovation, and there’s bad innovation." A fantastic interview with @edyson in today's @4sighthealth_ series on How Healthcare Revolutionaries Think.
In today's piece in the series, How Healthcare Revolutionaries Think, #4sightHealth's @davidrburda asks Wellville's @edyson about her journey from journalist to entrepreneur to evangelist and almost into space. Read more: https://bit.ly/3NxtGAm
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"Food is the tool. Community organizing is what we really do," says Bobby Wilson, CEO of the Metro Atlanta Urban Farm. The same could be said by the Healthy Hartford Hub's Community Action Task Force, supported by Wellville.
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Fresh, affordable food produced on local, Black-owned farms are solving health issues caused by segregation and racist grocery practices.
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