(Akiit.com) Philadelphia, PA Volunteers will patrol high-crime areas. Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson is joining with civic leaders in an effort to recruit 10,000 black men to fight crime in Philadelphia’s toughest neighborhoods. Dubbed “A Call to Action: 10,000 men – It’s a New Day,” the effort will begin Oct. 21 ...
WASHINGTON — (Akiit.com) Much has changed since Ben’s Chili Bowl opened nearly 50 years ago on a bustling strip known as America’s Black Broadway for its thriving black-owned shops and theaters. Back then, the red-and-white diner was a popular hangout for black bankers, doctors and blue-collar workers who lived and ...
WASHINGTON (Akiit.com) – Black people in America had less health care last year than they did in 2005 and they remained at the economic rock bottom of America – also below Hispanic-Americans. According to a report released Tuesday by the U. S. Census Bureau, the median household incomes for Black ...
(Akiit.com) Back to School: The First ‘R’ / Race Seven members of the monthly reading group Sisters That Are Readers (STARS) gather at the Homewood Library. Clockwise from bottom left, are Nichole Jordan, M. Gayle Moss, Mercedes Taylor, Velma Harris, Denice Coker, Vivian Shelton and Donna Stilo. When it comes ...
(Akiit.com) Fatherhood is receiving a great deal of attention these days due to new funding initiatives by the Federal government and an increased awareness in the costs associated with children being reared in “fatherless” homes. For the sake of brevity, I won’t focus on the numbers, statistics, or studies, yet ...
(Akiit.com) Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., the nation’s first and largest predominately black Greek-letter fraternity, has partnered with the March of Dimes to create Project Alpha. The national initiative is an extension of the work the fraternity does with Big Brothers and the Boy Scouts of America and seeks to ...
(Akiit.com) The stranger that [is] within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. … He shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. – Deuteronomy 28:43-44 Have you heard that black Americans are under attack by Hispanic gangs from coast ...
Columbus, OH (Akiit.com) – You’ve heard about it in the media: Weight loss surgery is sweeping the nation by leaps and bounds. Due to widespread coverage of her rapid weight loss through surgery, Star Jones has become the poster child within the black community and abroad for this option for ...
(Akiit.com) A disproportionate number of the children entering and staying in foster care are black, even though children of all races are equally as likely to suffer abuse and neglect, a federal watchdog agency says in a new report. States can do more to find permanent homes for black children, ...
(Akiit.com) Drug use and the resulting risky behavior are the biggest factors in the spread of HIV/AIDS in the United States, and Hispanic and black men are more likely to be infected this way than others, an AIDS expert told a national AIDS conference in Miami Beach on Monday. ”Drugs, ...
(Akiit.com) The black males I work with suffer from hopelessness and delusions about life. Many are from single-parent homes and lack positive male role models to encourage, guide, nurture, discipline, and love them. While I applaud black mothers who have tried for centuries to fill this gap, fatherlessness is a ...
(Akiit.com) Keecha Harris is a registered dietitian, holds a doctorate in public health and is president of Keecha Harris and Associates Inc., a food systems and public health consulting firm. She is also a spokeswoman for the American Dietetics Association, a former columnist for MSN.com and an authority on African-American ...