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Obesity, Diabetes, Death Disparities Persist for Boston's Black Residents

Posted August 30th, 2010 by Mary
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Source: 
Bay State Banner
Writer: 
Caitlin Yoshiko Buysse
(photo collage: cdc.gov)

The following is from BayStateBanner.com, August 26, 2010.

VOTE ON NAME of NEW Western Mass. group forming for black professionals

Posted August 30th, 2010 by Mary
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Creators of a new Western Mass. group forming for black professionals seeks votes from the public on its name.

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Creators of a new Western Massachusetts group forming for black professionals request votes from the public on what its name should be -- and to e-mail the name (from the five choices below) to votespringfield@gmail.com.

RI Rep. Anastasia Williams, Gen. Assembly's Longest-serving Person of Color

Posted August 26th, 2010 by Mary
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Source: 
ProvidenceAmerican.com
Rep. Anastasia Williams is the longest-serving person of color in the Rhode Island General Assembly. She's also the first woman of color to chair the House Committee on Labor. (photo: rilin.state.ri.us)

The following is from ProvidenceAmerican.com, August 19, 2010.

Rhode Island Rep. Anastasia Williams: An unwavering advocate for those who do not have a voice

Emancipation Day, End of Slavery in British Empire, Celebrated in Rhode Island

Posted August 21st, 2010 by Mary
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Source: 
ProvidenceAmerican.com
Rhode Islanders celebrated Emancipation Day, marking the end of slavery in much of the British Empire, at Roger Williams Park in Providence, on August 1, 2010. (photo: ProvidenceAmerican.com)

The following is from ProvidenceAmerican.com, August 19, 2010.

Another Day in the Park

BROOKLYN, CONN. joins Aug. 28 global protest against stoning in Iran

Posted August 16th, 2010 by Mary
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Brooklyn, Conn. will be among the roughly 100 cities worldwide that will protest on Aug. 28, 2010, stoning in Iran.

From missionforfreeiran.org:

BRUCE SIEGEL to head NAPH, possibly first black CEO of hospital group

Posted July 20th, 2010 by Mary
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Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH, has been named CEO of a national hospital association in Washington, DC.

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Dr. Bernard Powers: Along the Southern Freedom Trail (talk)

Posted July 19th, 2010 by Mary
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Along the Southern Freedom Trail with Robert Smalls

 

Black and Latino Workers at Popeye's Chicken Win Settlement / Justicia tardía pero segura

Posted July 9th, 2010 by Mary
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Source: 
BayStateBanner.com
Writer: 
Yawu Miller
From left: Horace Small, Union of Minority Neighborhoods director; Gabriel Camacho, American Friends Service Committee organizer; and employees Angel Fernandez and Bruce Quick (pic: Yawu Miller, BayStateBanner.com)

The following is from BayStateBanner.com, July 8, 2010, where the entire story is posted.

Neglected Popeye's employees win settlement

New Film Tackles Police and Brutality

Posted April 9th, 2010 by Mary
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Source: 
BayStateBanner.com
Writer: 
Caitlin Yoshiko Buysse
New filmmaker Seyi, a Berklee College of Music alum, has a documentary out that addresses police brutality as well as violence committed against cops. (photo: BayStateBanner.com)

The following is from BayStateBanner.com, 8 April 2010.  

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