What contributed to the success of the history-making UNCF Lou Rawls telethon? Leadership, collaboration, team work, and a respect for the individual goals of participating partners....
Detrás de todas las imágenes bonitas de Instagram y tweets ingeniosos, hay un lado negativo a las redes sociales. Si bien no hay duda de que los milénicos en particular, se esconden detrás de las pantallas de sus teléfonos móviles, ¿qué les sucede cuando se pone el sol?...
By Thomas Lick | Voicewaves “In a way he was like the country he lived in, everything came too easily to him; except he knew it.” –1973 film, The Way We Were. … Five years ago, I met and fell in love with a man for whom it seemed everything did come easily. He possessed the classic...
Liberty Dycus, 23, who was adopted from Ethiopia as a child, ended up in foster care after being abused. She says that when she emancipated at 19, she “never felt more alone.”...
Los latinos se encuentran entre el grupo demográfico de mayor crecimiento en los Estados Unidos. En California, los latinos superan en número a los blancos (14,99 millones de latinos a 14,92 millones de blancos) a partir de julio de 2015. Se estima que para el año 2050, los latinos representaran...
On January 23, he was among about 100 Contra Costa County residents who enrolled in health care services at an event hosted by Healthy Richmond and other partners at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium....
Maria Perez’ mother Gema describes her family’s first years of living in the United States as “very frightening.” Undocumented, they didn’t speak the language and had no friends or relatives nearby....
Every third Saturday of the month, non-profit organization Urban Tilth invites the public to volunteer and learn urban agriculture while cultivating the community garden at AdamsCrest Farm in Richmond....
On January 11, a student was arrested at Richmond High School with an ounce of marijuana, a little bag of methamphetamine, and a small .32 caliber semi-automatic pistol....
Pope Francis has declared 2016 the “Year of Mercy,” and that could not be more true for hundreds of people across California who are being redeemed by Prop 47. I’m not Catholic, but I am a man of faith who subscribes to the Gospel teachings of liberty and freedom from...
The “What’s Possible for WCC Kids” initiative aims to brings together parents and other community stakeholders to envision what an excellent public education looks like, and what steps are needed to turn that vision into a reality....
New research by the University of Pittsburgh shows a strong connection between social media use, irregular sleep patterns and depression. The study, which focused on the sleeping and social media habits of almost 1,800 adults between the ages of 19 and 32, found that the more people use social media,...
During its heyday (1980 – 1993), the United Negro College Fund’s Lou Rawls Parade of Stars was the largest African American special event in the United States held on one day. It forever changed African American philanthropy and how African Americans are perceived as donors, volunteers and fundraising leaders....
Editor’s Note: Former NAACP President Ben Jealous recently announced his support for the presidential campaign of Senator Bernie Sanders. He is now campaigning to help build the candidate’s support among African Americans and other voters of color. Elected NAACP president in 2008 at the age of 35, Jealous was the...
I love Black History Month. I just believe we can do it better....
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