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N AT ION AL FORD & NUL Launch Initiative To Help BLACK SMALL BUSINESS Hit By COVID-19  National Urban League affiliates in six cities — Los Angeles, Detroit, New Orleans, Atlanta, Chicago, and New York — will participate in the program  New pilot program seeks to provide immediate access to capital for Black business owners disproportionately affected by COVID-19  Program recipients to gain access to pre- and post-grant counseling to ensure the survival and growth of the Black business community The New York Urban League is the recipient of a $100,000 grant from Ford and The National Urban League to continue its work in support of small businesses in the wake of COVID-19.

Ford Motor Company and its philanthropic arm, Ford Motor Company Fund, are joining with the National Urban League to provide $600,000 in grants to Black business owners negatively afflicted by COVID-19. The Emergency Capital Access Program (ECAP) will provide small grants, combined with technical assistance and advisory services, to Black business owners through National Urban League affiliates in Los Angeles, Detroit, New Orleans, Atlanta, Chicago and New York.

Each city will receive $100,000, enabling National Urban League affiliates to provide crucial economic support to businesses providing a stabilizing influence for communities hard hit by the pandemic.

Arva Rice, President and CEO of the New York Urban League said, “With this extraordinarily generous grant, we will be able to serve even more people as the pandemic continues to disproportionately impact Black and Brown communities and business owners.”

“Small businesses are a cornerstone of the African American community and play a vital role in their economic success,” said Pamela Alexander, director of Community Development, Ford Motor Company Fund. “The impact of the COVID pandemic has created economic uncertainty that necessitates immediate action. Our long-term partnership with the National Urban League allows us to quickly mobilize an initiative such as the Emergency Capital Access Program to get immediate assistance to those businesses in need.”

The ECAP initiative will be managed by local Urban League officials in each of the six cities. Here’s how the program will work:

 The Urban League Entrepreneurship Center, along with other partner agencies, will recruit qualified businesses as possible grant recipients;  Qualified applicants will be awarded grants of $2,000 - $5,000 for the remainder of 2020.  Qualified applicants must participate in pre-grant counseling services to access short-term needs.  Funding priority will be given to “person-to-person” businesses heavily

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impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and those located in Census tracts with greater than 25% Black residency.

NYUL will manage the grant process for New York City. For additional program details, contact New York Urban League at info@nyul.org or https:// www.nyul.org/

“Access to capital is one of the biggest hurdles Black-owned businesses face, and the pandemic has only widened the racial disparity,” National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial said. “Far-sighted and enlightened partners like Ford are essential to rebuilding an economy that is both fair and thriving. We’re extremely grateful for Ford’s support.”

The Ford Motor Company Fund continues to support communities during this challenging time. For more information on programs that support the African American community, go to http://fgb.life.

As the philanthropic arm of Ford Motor Company, Ford Fund’s mission is to strengthen communities and help make people’s lives better. Working with dealers and nonprofit partners in more than 60 countries, Ford Fund provides access to opportunities and resources that help people reach their full potential. Since 1949, Ford Fund has invested more than $2 billion in programs that support education, promote safe driving, enrich community life and encourage employee volunteering. For more information, visit www.fordfund.org or join us at @FordFund on Facebook and Twitter.

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For over 100 years, the New York Urban League (NYUL) has led the way in the education, employment, and empowerment of underserved African Americans across the five boroughs of New York City. During this time, we are proud to have inspired, influenced, and ignited over one million Black people to achieve their highest aspirations. NYUL remains a vital resource for our city’s African Americans and other underserved groups. We invest to transform the lives of over 8,000 families each year by providing quality higher education options, economic opportunity, and community engagement. Visit us at https://www. nyul.org/; https://www.facebook.com/ newyorkurbanleague/ and https:// twitter.com/NYUrbanLeague

The National Urban League is a historic civil rights organization dedicated to economic empowerment in order to elevate the standard of living in historically underserved urban communities. The National Urban League spearheads the efforts of its 90 local affiliates through the development of programs, public policy research and advocacy, providing direct services that impact and improve the lives of more than 2 million people annually nationwide. Visit www.nul.org and follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @NatUrbanLeague.

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NEWS PASTORS & FAITH BASED LEADERS: Learn How to Generate Residual Funding Helping people with their money is an important part of real ministry.

Oftentimes, growing your ministry is dependent upon helping your congregation with their finances. This is why the team at QT Business Solutions created a webinar that teaches pastors and faith based leaders exactly how to create residual funding for their church and income for their congregation (and increase tithing by 20%). Several of QT’s faith based team members generated $25,000+ in funding during the last month and are on track to generate $100,000+ in funding monthly by following a proven system. Now the team is helping other faith based leaders and congregations do the same in Metro Detroit and all across the United States. They have FREE, live webinars coming up on the following dates:  Monday, August 3, 2020 - 1 pm EDT  Wednesday, August 5, 2020 - 1 pm EDT  Friday, August 7, 2020 - 1 pm EDT

 The “Faith Based Leaders C ongregation Wealth Transfer Webinar” is Helping Churche s Earn More Money Money is needed in ministry. It can be

a great servant in the church, enabling pastors and faith based leaders to not only teach the gospel, but live abundantly and sustain their churches.

Although this is true, money can be hard for many pastors, faith based leaders (and members) of the church to come by. A quote from Senior Pastor Eric Geiger of Mariners Church (and the bible) explains this:

BLACK PR WIRE publishes COMMEMORATIVE 2020-2021 CALENDAR COVID-19 has severely impacted America and has re-shaped our lives and way of living. Our nation has undoubtedly changed forever.

Most hard hit and largely known initially as the epicenter for the pandemic was New York City.

Black PR Wire (BPRW) created an 18-month calendar beginning July 2020 through December 2021, that depicts images from a creative designer who lived in the city during the quarantine of COVID-19. As New York City and the world were temporarily shut down, it felt as if life was suddenly on pause. The photographer desired to document the small glimpses of New York that she saw during this surreal time.

This once in a lifetime opportunity was captured on camera and met with the somber reality that ‘the city that never sleeps’ was now completely deserted.

"We wanted to create this calendar to showcase this moment in time and give us hope for unity and to embrace the spirit of togetherness," says Bernadette Morris, CEO of BPRW. "I know times are very challenging for each and everyone of us, but I also know that we will make it through - together."

Black PR Wire is a premier news distribution company that delivers to the very core of the pulse of the Black communities nationwide.

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The company features distribution of news releases, postings of calendar of events, video and auido messages, promotional banner ads that showcase key community virtual and in person engagements, and so much more. Be sure to sign up for the free award-winning magazine, Thrivin' and take advantage of the BPRW online services to post - pay - publish anytime, anywhere - 24/7.

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“A local church does not benefit if her leaders are struggling financially. A church benefits when her leaders are able to serve with joy (Hebrews 13:17), and ministry leaders who are struggling

financially are often distracted and filled with constant grief and worry.”

This struggle has become more evident in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic. This is another reason why the QT Business Solutions team developed a special initiative committed to helping pastors, all faith based leaders and their congregations create residual funding for the

church and income for their families.

Residual funding and income will help all members of the church sustain themselves during economic downturns.  They ’ ve Spent 50+ Years (C ombined) Teaching Entrepreneurship & Wealth Building They have backgrounds in banking, finance, insurance and entrepreneurship and have been assisting entrepreneurs in building successful businesses and obtaining millions of dollars in capital for the last 50+ years (combined). (See the story of their client who got almost $600k to open a salon in Downtown Detroit). They are now expanding their business by teaching pastors, faith based leaders and their congregations how to rebound from the negative economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic following a proven system. *IMPORTANT Notice: Funding/Income amounts are based on personal effort and commitment and are not guaranteed.

WEL L S FA RGO L aunche s $400 M illi on SMAL L BUSINESS Rec overy Effort Following an April 2020 industryleading commitment to donate all gross processing fees from the Paycheck Protection Program, Wells Fargo unveiled today the details of an approximately $400 million effort to help small businesses impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic keep their doors open, retain employees, and rebuild.

Through Wells Fargo’s new Open for Business Fund, the company will engage nonprofit organizations to provide capital, technical support, and long-term

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PUBLIC NO T ICE NOTICE OF SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETING OF THE WYANDANCH PUBLIC LIBRARY, TOWN OF BABYLON, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Special District Meeting of the qualified voters of the Wyandanch Union Free School District, Town of Babylon, Suffolk County, New York, will be held in the Wyandanch Public Library, 14 South 20th Street, Wyandanch, New York, on Tuesday, September 15, 2020, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, for the purpose of voting, by voting machine, upon the following items: (1) To adopt the Annual Budget of the Public Library for the fiscal year 2020–2021 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of Wyandanch Union Free School District; and (2) To elect one (1) Trustee to the Wyandanch Public Library Board to fill the balance of a five-year term commencing September 16, 2020, and ending June 30, 2025, as a result of the expiration of the term of office for the seat of Judith Graham-Guerrier, left vacant due to her removal.

FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that for the purpose of voting at such meeting on September 15, 2020 the polls will open between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, and that voting will be held at the Wyandanch Public Library, 14 South 20th Street, Wyandanch, New York; and AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Budget Information Meeting will be held at the Library on September 1, 2020 at 7:00 p.m., prevailing time; Library Trustees and personnel will be present to provide information to the public.

FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required for the 2020-2021 fiscal year for the Wyandanch Public Library’s purposes, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any taxpayer in the school district during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding said meeting, and on the date of the meeting, except Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, from the Library, located at 14 South 20th Street, Wyandanch, New York, during the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., prevailing time; and FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the Office of Member of Board of Trustees shall be filed with the Election Clerk of the Wyandanch Public Library, 14 South 20th Street, Wyandanch, New York, not later than Monday, August 17, 2020, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., prevailing time. Such nominating petitions shall describe the specific vacancy upon the Library Board for which the candidate is nominated; petitions are to be directed to the Election Clerk of the Wyandanch Public Library; must be signed by at least 18 qualified voters of the District; must state the name and address of each signor, and, must state the name and residence of the candidate; and FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to the provisions of the Education Law, personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law or pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law and has voted at any annual or special district meeting within the past four years, such voter

is eligible to vote at this vote/election; if a voter is registered and eligible to vote pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law, such voter is also eligible to vote at this vote/election. All other persons who wish to vote must register.

FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that members of the Board of Registration will meet at the Library, located at 14 South 20th Street, Wyandanch, New York, on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, to prepare the register of the School District and any person shall be entitled to have his of her name placed upon such register provided that at such meeting the Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of the members of the Board of Registration to be then and thereafter entitled to vote at the said meeting to be held on September 15, 2020. The Register will thereafter be filed in the office of the Election Clerk, Wyandanch Public Library, located at 14 South 20th Street, Wyandanch, New York, where the Register will be open for inspection on September 15, 2020 and on each of the five (5) days prior to September 15, 2020 excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., prevailing time; and FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to the provisions to the Article 2018-a of the Education Law, absentee ballots for the election of a Trustee of the Library, and adoption of the annual budget may be applied for at the Library between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00p.m., Monday through Friday. Such applications must be received by the Library by 5:00 p.m. on September 8, 2020 if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter or by 5:00 p.m. on September 14, 2020 if the ballot is to be personally delivered to the voter. No absentee voter’s ballot shall be canvassed, unless it shall have been received in the Office of the Clerk of the Library District not later than 5:00 p.m. on the day of the election. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the Library during regular business hours on each of the five (5) days prior to September 15, 2020 except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a qualified voter whose ability to appear personally at the polling place is substantially impaired by reason of permanent illness or physical disability and whose registration record has been marked “permanently disabled” by the Board of Elections pursuant to the provisions of the Education Law shall be entitled to receive an absentee ballot without making separate application for such absentee ballot.

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PROFILE BLACK ATTORNEY INDUCTED INTO THE PRESTIGIOUS MARQUIS WHO'S WHO At tor n e y Z u lu A l i has been inducted into Marquis Who's Who in America for excellence in Law and Activism. Since 1898, Marquis Who’s Who has recognized accomplished and prominent professionals in its biographical publications.

As in all Marquis Who’s Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.

Zulu Ali is a practicing trial attorney, businessman, social commentator, and activist. A former police officer and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, he earned a doctorate in law (J.D.) from Trinity International University; a masters in administration of justice (M.S.) and business (M.B.A.) from University of Phoenix; and an undergraduate degree with a focus on African studies from Regents College through a consortium with Tennessee State University.

He is a postgraduate scholar of international and treaty law at Euclid University, West Africa and a doctoral scholar of business with a research focus on PanAfrican business and trade at California Southern University.

Attorney Ali is the founder and principal attorney at the Law Offices of Zulu Ali and Associates, LLP based in Riverside, California (zulualilaw. com), where he focuses on representing persons accused of crimes, immigrants, and persons seeking civil justice in state and federal courts. Ali is also admitted to represent persons at the African Court of Justice and Human Rights in Tanzania and the International Criminal Court at The Hague, Netherlands.

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the law is unjust.

Attorney Ali served as Director of the American Committee for United Nations Oversight, an advocacy group that lobbied the

National Trial Lawyers-Top 100; a Top 10 Lawyer by the American Academy of Trial Attorneys, American Institute of Legal Counsel, American Jurist Institute, and Attorney

premiered at the Hudson Theater in Hollywood in January 2020; and wrote and produced a musical compilation with various artists titled The Discography of Zulu Ali (https://zulualimusic. hearnow.com).

Attorney Ali authored the books Lecture on Black America and American Justice: A History & Paradigm of Retributive Psychosis (2016); and Black Man's Religion: Islam or Christianity (1997), a copy of which is in the Collection of Rosa Parks Papers at the Library of Congress.

Additionally, Zulu Ali is host of the nationally syndicated radio talk show Justice Watch with Attorney Zulu Ali (justicewatchradio.com) which broadcasts from an NBC Radio studio in Redlands, California; and he is a member of the National Black Radio Hall of Fame (Chicago chapter).

United Nations for police reform in 2015. He is the Director of the Stop and Frisk Academy, which mentors and trains at-risk youth to deal with police encounters; Director of the Southern California Veterans Legal Clinic, a legal clinic offering no cost and low cost legal services to military veterans; and a member of the National Conference of Black Lawyers. Equally important, In 2017, Attorney Ali was recognized as one of the most influential African American Leaders in Los Angeles by the National Action Network founded by Reverend Al Sharpton.

Attorney Ali has been Honored as a Top Lawyer by the National Black Lawyers-Top 100 and

& Practice Magazine; and Rue Ratings Best Lawyer in America.

He is the founder and CEO of 10 Nubian Queens & 5 Kings Media (http://10nubianmedia. com), a mass media production company focusing on black family and social justice content in film, radio, theater, music, and book publishing.

Ali produced the documentary film Purpose & Freedom: Keep Your Hand on the Plow, which premiered at the Wilshire Screening Room in Beverly Hills in 2017 and on-demand (purposeandfreedommovie. com); wrote and produced the stage play Purpose & Freedom: The Story of Attorney Zulu Ali & Aracely Morales, which

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Ali has been married to his wife (Charito) since 1986, has four adult children (Christine, Whitney, Ashley, and Lynda), three grandchildren (Amayah, Tye, and Izem), and resides in Southern California with his family.

Born and raised by a single mother, Linda Reese Harvey, who Ali considers his hero; he is the grandson of the late A.D. and Bessie Reynolds; Perry and Catherine Reese; and Mr. and Ms. Edward Castleman.

He is a descendant of Africans of Ibo and Balante distinction brought to central Tennessee in the eighteenth century and subjected to forced subjugation.

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FILM ‘UNAPOLOGE TIC’ TO DEBUT IN BLACKSTAR’S NINTH FILM FESTIVAL UNAPOLOGETIC , the directorial debut of Ashley O’Shay and producer Morgan Elise Johnson is set to premiere as the opening night film in the BlackStar Film Festival, which runs between August 20-26.

The documentary focuses on the unrelenting work of Janaé Bonsu and Bella BAHHS--young, Black women organizers who take on the Chicago establishment seeking justice for Rekia Boyd and Laquan McDonald, two young Black people killed by Chicago police. UNAPOLOGETIC also explores their quest to elevate a progressive criminal justice platform and center leadership by Black women and femmes within the city.

The film captures tensions between a police board led by Lori Lightfoot (now Chicago Mayor) and abolitionist organizers at Chicago Police Department Headquarters. O’Shay began making the film organically in 2015 while attending one such protest equipped with a camera-in-hand.

“I never imagined that I was on the precipice of capturing what will likely be one of the biggest movements of all time,” she said. “What is so captivating to witness is the tapestry of this Black queer feminist movement that lies at the helm of fighting for all Black rights.”

Johnson concurs. “While the world witnesses this newly-infused Civil Rights Movement, I’ll argue that the blueprint can be mapped to Chicago,”

she said. “This city represents a microcosm of what resistance looks like. And, the crusade is led by these young, Black feminist voices who are demanding justice for all.”

O’Shay would eventually document two powerhouse activists. Bonsu is a 24-year old who is pursuing her

Overall, the film peels back the curtain on 3 years in the lives of two young women who balance the weight of leading a mass movement with becoming scholars and further entering adulthood.

UNAPOLOGETIC is executive produced by Yvonne Welbon, Gordon

Ph.D. in social work while rising in the ranks of Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100), a national youth activist organization working to create justice and freedom for all Black people. BAHHS is a 22-year old “rap-tivist” who combines her music with activism to support women, like herself, who have been affected by intergenerational incarceration.

Quinn and Jolene Pinder. Rubin Daniels, Jr. is editor, and music is composed by Sam Trump.

UNAPOLOGETIC is produced through Chicago’s Kartemquin Films (MINDING THE GAP and HOOP DREAMS), and has received support through the Ford Foundation, the Field Foundation of Illinois, the Diverse Voices

in Docs program, Firelight Media, Tribeca Industry Network, Film Independent, Bay Area Video Coalition, UC Berkeley's Investigative Reporting Workshop, Cucalorus Film Festival, Hedgebrook, the True/ False & Catapult Rough Cut Retreat, the Perspective Fund, and Chicago DCASE Individual Artists Program.

About Ashley O’Shay (Director/ Producer) is a DP and documentarian based in Chicago, IL, whose work focuses on illuminating marginalized voices. She has produced work for national brands, including Lifetime, Ford Motor Company, Boost Mobile, KQED, and Dr. Martens. Most recently, she filmed the final episode of Dr. Martens' "Tough As You" series, starring the band Phony Ppl, accruing over 65K views on social and web. In 2019, she co-produced the Chicago episode of KQED’s award-winning series “If Cities Could Dance,” which became one of their most viewed episodes to date. Her work also appeared in the critically-acclaimed Lifetime docuseries SURVIVING R. KELLY. O’Shay’s prestigious fellowships include Firelight Media, the Bay Area Video Coalition, Film Independent, Kartemquin’s Diverse Voices in Docs, Hedgebrook, Cucalorus Film Festival, and UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program. She is currently an associate with Kartemquin Films.

AFRICAN DIASPORA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL GOES VIRTUAL THIS SUMMER! In these times of pandemic and deep reflection around the human experience of people of color, the African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) is curating a selection of films to be offered online in lieu of its Summer events in Chicago and Washington DC. ADIFF Chicago would have celebrated its 18th anniversary and ADIFF DC its 14th.

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Why is this happening? Sherita Golden, M.D., M.H.S., a specialist in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and chief diversity officer at Johns Hopkins Medicine, provides insight into this complex issue.

Sherita Golden, M.D., M.H.S.

Chief Diversity Officer at Johns Hopkins Medicine

 D isp r op orti onat e Rate s of C OV I D - 19 I llne ss and Deat h in B l ack C o m m uni ti e s  According to media reports, in Chicago, where African Americans comprise a third of the city’s population, they account for half of those who have tested positive for the coronavirus, and almost threequarters of COVID-19 deaths.

Likewise, in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, African Americans make up 70% of deaths due to the coronavirus, but just 26% of the county’s population.

These examples are not exceptional, and the trend is not limited to African Americans. Golden says, “While much of the focus has been on African Americans disproportionately contracting and dying from COVID-19, other minority populations are also adversely affected, including Latinx/Hispanic and Native American communities.”  C or onavi ru s Ri sk Factors and P e o p l e of C olor  “These communities share common social and economic factors, already in place before the pandemic, that increase their risk for COVID-19,” Golden says. Those factors include:  Living in crowded housing conditions. “Crowded living conditions are a difficult challenge that is the result of longstanding

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racial residential segregation and prior redlining policies,” Golden says. “It is difficult for 10 individuals living in a three-room apartment to appropriately physical distance.”

She says advocacy on these broader policy issues could help prevent future disparities in disease outcomes.  Working in essential fields. Golden notes that people working in environmental services, food services, the transportation sector and home health care cannot work from home. These positions put workers in close contact with others.  Inconsistent access to health care due to lack of insurance or underinsurance. Being able to afford doctors’ visits, medications and equipment to manage chronic disease is essential to lowering the risk of death from COVID-19 and other conditions.

For instance, a patient with badly controlled diabetes or asthma due to inconsistent treatment is more at risk for severe, even deadly, coronavirus infection.  Chronic health conditions.

Golden points out that people of color have a higher burden of chronic health conditions associated with a poor outcome from COVID-19, including diabetes, heart disease and lung disease. In a study cited by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 90% of those hospitalized with severe COVID-19 had at least one of these underlying medical conditions.  Stress and immunity. Studies have proved that stress has a physiological effect on the body’s ability to defend itself against disease. Income inequality, discrimination, violence and institutional racism contribute to chronic stress in people of color that can wear down immunity, making

them more vulnerable to infectious disease.  H o w to F ig h t R acia l D i s pa r i t y in th e C OV ID-1 9 Pa n de mi c  Instituting fair housing policies, improving employment opportunities and taking other steps to mitigate economic inequality will benefit people of color in the next health emergency, but Golden says there are ways to reduce sickness and mortality in vulnerable populations right now.  Targeted COVID-19 Messaging “Because there is currently no t a vaccine or anti-viral treatment for COVID-19, physical distancing, hand-washing and wearing masks are crucial public health interventions to prevent the spread of the disease to these vulnerable populations,” Golden says. This message is straightforward, but how it’s delivered makes a difference.

“We need to use some novel approaches to promoting physical distancing messages through social media campaigns. Physical distancing messages should be translated into multiple languages in a culturally sensitive manner, and at a literacy level that allows all at risk to understand the information,” Golden says. (Golden has driven efforts at Johns Hopkins to collaborate with language services to translate coronavirus materials into Spanish.)

She adds that messaging should address and discourage the stigma associated with COVID-19, which she says prevents symptomatic people from seeking medical attention until they are dangerously ill.

“Of particular concern in the immigrant community is the myth that seeking medical attention will make it more difficult for people to

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obtain a green card in the future.

This is not true, and that message needs to be communicated,” Golden says.  Coronavirus Testing for People of Color “We need to ensure that all symptomatic individuals are referred for COVID-19 testing, particularly African American, Latinx/Hispanic and Native American individuals,” Golden says.

She says anecdotal data suggest that people from vulnerable populations who have COVID-19 symptoms may not be referred for testing as frequently as their white counterparts. Lack of testing could mean further spread and more patients not seeking medical help until they are seriously ill. “Any person who believes that he or she has COVID symptoms and has not been referred for testing should advocate and persist to have it done,” Golden says.

Making COVID-19 testing available for those who do not have primary care physicians or transportation is a must. “That effort would involve organization of public health approaches to provide transportation to existing testing sites, and setting up testing sites directly in community hot spots so that symptomatic individuals and their contacts can be tested,” Golden says.

At the state and federal level, leaders like Golden are uncovering more factors behind racial health disparity in general, and in the COVID-19 pandemic in particular.

One key to improving equity is gathering more accurate race-, ethnic- and neighborhood-specific data. Knowing who is affected by the coronavirus and who is bearing the most burden is critical to addressing imbalances in testing and treatment.

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H E A LT H E Q U I T Y M AT T E R S capital, capabilities, and reach must be more present and made more potent. Because the threat to who and all we value is, perhaps, the greatest faced ever. We must redouble our efforts to end the kinds of injustice and intolerance that systematically undermine the physical, social, and emotional health of racial and ethnic minorities and other groups, such as those demonstrated by the tragic and senseless killings of people of color that have gripped our nation over the past few weeks. And we must intensify our attempts to render disproportionate impacts on communities of color, such as those linked to COVID-19, non-existent.

The “Interim Guidance for Communities of Faith During COVID-19” enables us to promote participation in the social spaces that matter most to us. Participation in ways that allow us to enjoy the benefits of fellowship and affiliation while minimizing health risks, given what we know about the ways COVID-19 is transmitted. Renewing access to institutions that are not only contexts of collective worship but are also key organizational partners in addressing health disparities and in supplying social support and capital to uplift communities.

This release of the Health Equity Matters Newsletter supplies information and resources to support extension of our diverse, shared efforts to advance health equity during and after the era of COVID-19. As a first example, the content on “COVID-19 in Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups” and on “HHS Initiatives to Address the Disparate Impact of COVID-19 on African Americans and Other Racial and Ethnic Minorities” enable us to actively track COVID-19 trends, to monitor differences in its implications for diverse populations, and to examine how and what steps the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has taken to address noted disparate impacts.

This furthers understanding of the breadth and depth of challenges towards which our energies must be directed to prevent a deepening of disparity and to prevent movement of the goal of health equity further from our grasp.

is More Common Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Most States” affords an opportunity to consider why we continue to see racial/ethnic differences in health indicators such as physical activity.

The content invites us to think not only about access to amenities such as safe, quality parks, trails, and recreation centers and how physical activity differences may reflect differences in the overall resources of the neighborhoods where diverse populations live. It should also prompt us to consider how the character of social determinants such as work influence opportunities to be physically active. For example, the number and types of jobs typically held, the nature of employment, and associated working conditions may differ meaningfully by both race/ ethnicity and area of residence in the United States. Differences in these characteristics may determine whether and to what extent

Content such as “Physical Inactivity

physical activity is possible and for whom. Considering such other influences and relationships helps us appreciate the wider set of social factors requiring attention to change critical health domains such as physical activity.

As a last note, the need for strong health equity champions is greater than ever. Dr. Judith “Judy” Monroe is a wonderful example of what being a health equity champion can entail. Beyond what you will read about her in this edition, Dr. Monroe has been a strong, reliable partner who has stressed the importance of addressing social determinants of health. She championed and brokered CDC’s consideration of options for supporting state, tribal, local, and territorial public health agencies in targeting social

Jeffrey E. Hall PhD., MA. MSPH, CPH Deputy Director, Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE), Chief, Minority Health and Health Equity (MHHE) Activity Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

Many of us, who care deeply about health equity, are struggling to reattain our “balance.” We continue to reel, as the acute, formidable challenges of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) demand considerable new attention and resources, and as chronic, pervasive problems linked to inequality, injustice, and violence require unprecedented levels of concentration and energy. Many are drawing on their reserves to give COVID-19 its just due, while still pursuing change in health inequities far predating the emergence of COVID-19 as a major public health threat. Mightily, simultaneously grappling with a pandemic, while confronting endemic socioenvironmental and systemic conditions linked to the “outbreaks” of discrimination and disproportionate impacts, that have rightfully dominated our attention as of late.

Though we work at distinct levels, in various places, and in different settings, we all are feeling the weight of both long-standing and emergent health inequities. Understandably, we might be tempted to surrender to anger, frustration, or dismay, angst, fatigue, or despair. It may seem as if we labor on a task that will never be complete. However, we must together, in and amongst each other, find the strength and resolve, to carry on. For now is the time where our purpose, passion, and perspective, and our collective

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determinants of health for years.

Dr. Monroe helped clarify avenues 1) for identifying, collecting, and monitoring health equity, social determinants of health, and their associations, and 2) for integrating competencies for addressing health equity via the social determinants of health into workforce development processes.

Who we are, what we do uniquely, and who we serve are now more critical than ever to bear in our eyes, minds, and hearts. Through focusing intently on our charge, we can achieve a new “balance” and continuously and successfully adapt in our dynamic environments.

Our continued commitment, labor, and health equity anchored praxis, despite the monstrous challenges we face, are paramount. We thank each health equity champion for their every contribution towards closing health gaps and equalizing opportunities to be healthy.

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HE ALTH BL ACK WOMEN’S HEALTH IMPERATIVE Announces ANNIVERSARY WEEK The Bl ack Women’s Health Imperative has announced the commemoration of its 38th Anniversary with a series of special events titled BWHI Anniversary Week: A Celebration of Life, Legacy and Service to Black Women presented by Bumble. The week-long series of virtual events will occur from July 26 – August 1 with participation by dynamic speakers who include: cultural icon and professor Angela Davis, BWHI Founder & Board Member Byllye Avery, actresses Jurnee Smollett, AJ Johnson, and Angelica Ross, recording artists Keri Hilson and Syleena Johnson, television personalities Cynthia Bailey, Egypt Sherrod, Eboni K. Williams, and Erica Cobb, and a host of other health professionals, community activists and non-profit leaders who share in the organization’s mission. All virtual events are free and can be accessed by visiting bwhi.org/anniversary.

The Black Women’s Health Imperative is the only national non-profit organization dedicated to advancing health equity and social justice for Black women, across the lifespan, through policy, advocacy, education, research and leadership development.

The organization identifies the most pressing health issues that affect the nation’s 22 million Black women and girls and invests in the best of the best strategies and organizations that accomplish its goals. The inaugural BWHI Anniversary Week will pay homage to the organization’s legacy, educate the public about its work, and create a moment of true celebration of the magic of Black women.

“While 2020 has been a year of

unprecedented challenges, our commitment to supporting, empowering and educating Black women has remained the same as it’s always been for the past 38 years,” said Linda Goler Blount, President & CEO, Black Women’s Health Imperative. “During this time of heightened awareness about issues impacting Black communities, we are excited to amplify the needs of Black women of all ages with the goal of mobilizing action for self-care and support for our work to uplift Black women.”

BWHI Anniversary Week will include an informative and action-packed week of virtual forums featuring more than 30 speakers about healthy lifestyles, mental health and emotional wellness, challenges within the LGBTQ community, maternal mortality, uterine fibroids, and solutions to address disparities plaguing our health systems both now and in the future. Panels like It’s My Time! – Committed to A Lifestyle of Wellness are presented by AARP and will explore strategies for committing to self-care with BWHI’s signature program CYL2 (Change Your Lifestyle. Change Your Life.) as the source of viable solutions for maintaining a healthy lifestyle at all ages. Generation NEXT! – Empowering the Next Generation of Women’s Health Advocates will explore how young women are balancing activism, advocacy and self-care, which are components of BWHI’s MSK (My Sister’s Keeper) Program. Other programming partners, like Silence The Shame, and the Take What You Need Podcast will provide expertise and content to frame panels about emotional wellness and about health disparities within the LGBTQ community.

The complete schedule of BWHI Anniversary Week events is available by visiting bwhi.org/anniversary.

NEW CHILDREN’S BOOK Encourages The ongoing debate between permed and natural hair in the Black women community has left many Black women and girls questioning the very crowns on their heads. To perm or not to perm?

That is the question Kendolyn faces as the main character of Empress of Coils (www.empressofcoils.com). The book for young readers about selfreflection, confidence and pride by firsttime author Lynn Graham, is available for pre-orders on Kindle today for

$3.99. Available now in paperback and hardcover on Amazon.

“The book is powerful. Not only is Kendolyn surrounded by a community of people encouraging her, she realizes she has the support of historic queens behind her. That's what we need for ourselves as women and the children that we are responsible for stewarding.”said E. Danielle Butler, CEO, EvyDani Books, LLC.

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Kendolyn is a typical 10-year-old preteen girl. She loves everything about herself, except her hair. She convinces her mother, a hair stylist, to perm her hair. Although her mother agrees, it’s under one circumstance. She must read a book of her mother’s choice.

Kendolyn agrees, but puts little effort into reading the book. Choosing to veg out in front of the TV instead. Kendolyn carelessly tosses the book only to quickly learn it wasn’t your ordinary book. What she found inside took her on an unforgettable journey into knowledge, self-discovery, history and self-awareness.

“We’ve all had days when we don’t know what to do with our hair,” said Lynn Graham, author. “However, for little Black girls, these moments are more than everyday frustration. Wearing your hair straight or in its natural curly state is a question that taps into their selfesteem and self-confidence. The main character of Empress of Coils looks just like them. The book tells a story that they can relate to from start to finish.

It also creates opportunities for Black

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girls and women to talk about hair and the importance of the crowns on their heads.”

“Fantabulous Book! I can’t wait to give this book to all the little empresses that I know,” said Tameka Warfield from Los Angeles, California.

Empress of Coils is available for preorder today on Kindle for $3.99. Those who pre-order the book can email a copy of their receipt and mailing address to support@theclickurban.com to receive a custom made bookmark.

Find the book, available in paperback, hardcover, and Kindle on major online retailers like Amazon, and Barnes and Noble.

Lynn Graham is an author, entrepreneur, businesswoman and a mother. Her first book, Empress of Coils, was written from a personal experience with her daughter and that of many of her peers in motherhood. The book focuses on empowering the next generation to gain knowledge, indulge in discovery and establish unshakable self-confidence – all skills necessary for success as business leaders and entrepreneurs.

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END NO TE S First Ever MINORITY OWNED STOCK EXCHANGE -- Dream Exchange Dream Exchange and Cadiz Capital Holding LLC have partnered to create the first-ever minority-owned stock exchange in the history of America. The Dream Exchange will become a new stock exchange that will focus on small business capital formation and diversity using the power of the American investing public. This new stock exchange will allow investors to empower innovators and emerging businesses in a way that has never been done before. Cadiz Capital Holding LLC, a minority-owned private equity firm, has agreed to become the majority owner in Dream Exchange, making this a historic event as there has never before been a majority Blackowned stock exchange in the 230year history of US stock exchanges.

Dream Exchange and Cadiz Capital Holding LLC bring decades of expertise and have forged a superior alternative for middle-market companies and investors seeking liquidity and diversity.

While many reasons are given for economic growth or decay in the US, the fact remains that 92% of all jobs are created after a company’s initial public offering -- yet only 1% of all companies are publicly traded. Dream Exchange’s goal is to create a space where the general investing public is allowed to invest

in small and emerging businesses at the early stage, generating an opportunity for wealth creation in the US in a more diverse and liquid platform through the American capital markets.

of Congress on the need for venture securities and how best to protect capital markets and create opportunities to grow small businesses in the post-COVID environment.

Dream Exchange plans to expand access to the capital markets system, making that system available to more individuals and businesses by listing new companies. Rather than creating a purely electronic secondary trading apparatus, Dream Exchange will list new companies with breakthrough ideas at an early stage when investors will see the greatest potential opportunity.

Additionally, the Dream Exchange has been educating Members

Dream Exchange Founder and CEO Joe Cecala shared: “The Dream Exchange is a real solution to the long-term systemic issues plaguing our country by providing a marketplace where money flows to any and all organizations that help us to survive better as a society.”

William H. Ellison (Bill), Chairman of Cadiz Capital Holding LLC, echoed the sentiment with, “For years my team and I have looked for a way to help mid-size businesses to participate more extensively in

the US economy, we feel the Dream Exchange is that way."

Dream Exchange is creating a new stock exchange that will focus on small business capital formation and diversity using the power of the American investing public.

This new stock exchange will allow investors to empower innovators and emerging businesses in a way that has never been done before.

Cadiz Capital Holding LLC is a private equity firm focused on North American companies with enterprise values between $250 Million to $1 Billion, with the ability to pursue larger transactions in collaboration with strategic “like-minded” partners Source: Dream Exchange

AVA DUVERNAY Moves Into Non-Scripted With NBC FAMILY Social Experiment ‘HOME SWEET HOME’ Ava DuVernay has built her first primetime unscripted series – a tenpart social experiment for NBC. The When They See Us filmmaker created Home Sweet Home and she will produce via her production company Array Filmworks with Warner Horizon Unscripted Television.

Each episode of the series follows two families who lead very different lives for a life-changing experience.

It explores what it’s like to walk a mile in another person’s shoes by challenging racial, religious, economic, geographic, gender and identity assumptions as participants exchange homes for a week and experience the life of someone unlike them.

DuVernay, who directed Oscarwinning civil rights drama Selma and is producing the fifth season of Queen Sugar, will exec produce alongside Sarah Bremner and Paul Garnes of Array.

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came to me during the strange and important times we’re all experiencing. The premise is that we are farther apart than ever, yet bound by what we have in common – concerns with health, safety, justice and community.

These notions manifest in each of us in different ways, but nowhere more striking than in the privacy of our own homes. I’m thrilled that NBC and Warner Horizon embraced the challenge of this moment to celebrate the specificity of our differences as we discover the many beautiful things that we have in common,” said DuVernay.

conversations and encourage compassion, empathy and understanding.”

“Ava is an extraordinarily gifted and thoughtful storyteller,” said Mike Darnell, President, Warner Bros. Unscripted & Alternative Television. “This life-changing journey promises to be a rich experience affording families an

opportunity to see life through a new lens.”

Brooke Karzen, EVP and Head of Warner Horizon Unscripted Television, added, “It’s a pure joy to be collaborating with Ava on her first primetime unscripted project.

Her voice is perfectly suited for this moment in time.”

“We are honored to partner with Ava for the first time to bring Home Sweet Home to life at NBC,” said Meredith Ahr, President, Alternative and Reality Group, NBC Entertainment. “Led by Ava’s powerful and hopeful creative vision, these stories will reveal genuine moments of change that we hope will spark thought-provoking

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