Centinela Hospital Receives Donation of 25,000 N95 Masks
Donation Comes from the Inglewood Basketball and Entertainment Center and Wilson Meany INGLEWOOD — Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Inglewood has received 25,000 N95 masks to help protect their health care workers – a donation made by the development firm Wilson Meany and the…
Read MoreThe James Irvine Foundation Donates Funds to Support Brotherhood Crusade COVID-19 Outreach in the Los Angeles Community.
LOS ANGELES, CA, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020 – In response to Brotherhood Crusade’s COVID-19 Community Rapid Response Fund designed to mobilize funds and provisions for the most under-served communities that are being adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, The James Irvine Foundation will donate funds to help Los Angeles community youth, young adults…
Read MoreJournalism Industry Needs Coronavirus Relief Funding
Antitrust Settlements with Google and Facebook Could Recover Journalism Rescue Funds WASHINGTON – In a small win for the journalism industry, the Seattle Times and Tampa Bay Times were each granted a loan that would ensure the publications could avoid layoffs and pay cuts for its staff. The collapse in advertising revenue during the pandemic exacerbated the already perilous financial position of…
Read MoreA Message From Dr. Michael Lawson, President and CEO, Los Angeles Urban League on the Paycheck Protection Program
Three weeks ago, the Federal Government created the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) with over $249 Billion in available funding. Congress intended that the administration use these funds to help the approximately 30 million small businesses with fewer than 500 employees pay their employees and keep their payrolls intact. When all was said and done,…
Read MoreCOGIC Church Hit Hard By Coronavirus Deaths Among Its Leadership
By Madison J. Gray The Church of God in Christ (COGIC), the nation’s largest African American Pentecostal denomination, has been particularly affected by coronavirus as many among its leadership have died of the disease. The Washington Post reports church leadership in states like Michigan, New York, California and Mississippi, all states where COGIC has a strong…
Read More“Normal” Is the Stockpiling of the Dead
OP/ED “More than 89% of black and Latinx patients, however, suffer from underlying health conditions. Few want to talk about why because to do so would be to become other than self and think beyond the ‘normal’ and engage in listening to blacks and Latinx. But, in America, it’s so much easier to serve…
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Emotional Maxine Waters Announces that Her Sister is Near Death With COVID-19
By Stacy BM. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) announced that her sister is dying at a hospital in St. Louis after being infected by the coronavirus. “I’m going to take a moment to dedicate this legislation to my dear sister, who is dying in a hospital in St. Louis, Missouri…
Read MoreSean ‘Diddy’ Combs Launches ‘Our Fair Share’ – New Platform Dedicated to Helping Minority-Owned Small Businesses Access Second Round of PPP Funding
Launched in Partnership with The National Bankers Association, ‘Our Fair Share’ Will Work to Help Simplify the Application Process Surrounding the latest PPP Rollout NEW YORK/PRNewswire/ — Entrepreneur and Media Mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs today launched OURFAIRSHARE.com, a platform built to help minority entrepreneurs and small businesses access much-needed capital amid the economic…
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