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CINCINNATI, Ohio — Cincinnati Black Nurse Practitioners, which represents about 30 female Black nurse practitioners in the Cincinnati area, is seeking an increase in their numbers to better serve local minority communities. Felicia Beckham, MSN, FNP-BC, RN, said: “The gender/race…
The National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) has been named a sponsor of the fourth annual Harry T. Burleigh Spiritual Festival, hosted at Tennessee State University this weekend. The museum will sponsor several events including a panel discussion on…
Stateline — Talk of reparations has cropped up again and again since the Emancipation Proclamation. As the Civil War was nearing an end, Union leader Gen. William Sherman wrote an order setting aside land confiscated along the southeastern coast for…
More than 1,000 Nashvillians gathered earlier this month to honor the accomplishments of Nashville’s public schools and welcome four new inductees into the Nashville Public Education Foundation’s Public Schools Hall of Fame during its 15th annual honorees’ luncheon, presented by…
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts teaching artist Bomani Armah stood at the front of Kenwood Middle School’s library on Oct. 3 with more than 60 students staring at him. “I want to make sure you learn these…
The climate crisis is real. From the devastating of extreme weather events made worse by climate change to the public health implications of increased pollution like heightened asthma attacks, communities are feeling the impacts of this crisis first and worst.…
