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HHS releases AAPI cultural competency RFI Share this: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) released a request for information (RFI) Friday to receive input from Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities and AAPI-serving organizations on the best practices regarding cultural competency, language access and sensitivity toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.      The RFI is part of the department’s outreach following a memo...

Insights From A Water Equity Taskforce Member By Andy Kricun The Alliance is pleased to announce the release of our report, “Water Equity Taskforce: Insights for the Water Sector,” a report that highlights the achievements of the Water Equity Taskforce and the lessons learned throughout the project. The goals of the Taskforce were to promote water equity, the notion that everyone is entitled to safe drinking water and clean waterways no matter where they live or who they are, test and imp...

Roy Exum: Tennessee’s COVID Lag Tuesday, July 6, 2021 - by Roy Exum Roy Exum On July 1 st there were 155,884,601 Americans who have been fully vaccinated against COVID. That’s 47 percent of all Americans, according to the CDC. Becker’s Hospital Review tells us that Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, and Connecticut lead the states with over 60 percent vaccinated in each but the disappointing news is that, in Tennessee, for every 10 people you pass on the sidewalk six are unprotected. Th...

Andy Imparato, Executive Director of Disability Rights California July 5, 2021 On Monday’s show, we’ll be joined by Andy Imparato, the Executive Director of Disability Rights California (DRC). DRC is the federally funded legal services agency that serves Californians with disabilities across the age spectrum and across disability. The organization offers a wide array of advocacy services, which Andy will tell us about. Also in the interview, Andy looks back on lessons learned from the pan...

The Louisiana Department of Health announced Friday that it will host a series of virtual regional meetings in June and July to gather feedback for the State Health Assessment (SHA).

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Charged by the Board of Trustees in the fall of 2020, Purdue University continues taking steps to enhance the experience for Black Boilermakers. As part of the multimillion-dollar Equity Task Force initiative, Purdue is hiring additional recruiters to help attract Black students; is expanding existing programs such as Emerging Leaders; and thanks to more than $25 million in donations, is introducing more scholarship opportunities for underrepresented minority students.

‘Door-to-door. That’s how you get it done’: Inside the White House’s push to get people of color COVID-19 vaccines Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY © Mario Tama, Getty Images LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 12: Larry Green (R) receives his second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from registered nurse Teresa Frey at Lincoln Memorial Congregational Church UCC on March 12, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. The Providence health organization pop-up vaccine clinic was ...

Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- This week Voto Latino Foundation, the nations largest Latinx voter registration organization, announced that it will be hosting a National Week of Action, from June 6 to June 12, to promote COVID-19 vaccine education and encourage communities of color, particularly hard-to-reach and vaccine-hesitant Latinx populations, to get vaccinated. "Communities of color have been hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic and Latinx ...

In a collaboration between Reveal and The Verge, Ike Sriskandarajah tracks down the origins of a falsehood from its start as an innocuous Reddit post to its mutation into a surprisingly viral, dangerous lie.