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GRAAHI appoints 17-member advisory council
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The Grand Rapids African American Health Institute is now aided by a consultative council intent on growing the nonprofit organization in fighting racial and ethnic health care disparities in West Michigan.
CEO Vanessa Greene formed a group of 17 people to GRAAHI’s newly formed advisory council. The diverse group is drawn from all sectors to tackle deeply rooted issues in the local Black and Latinx communities to achieve healthier outcomes, she said.
The advisory council is chaired by Ken James, director of inclusion for the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, and Leon Hendrix, communications lead for Spectrum Health.
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By Gillian R. Brassil New York Times,Updated January 29, 2021, 6:31 p.m.
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Sekou Smith covered professional basketball for more than two decades. He died of COVID-19 complications on Jan. 26TURNER SPORTS/NYT
For much of his journalism career, you would never see Sekou Smith in a sport coat. Not at the NBA games he covered, not in the newsroom.
âWearing a tie? No, never happened. Wearing a suit? Oh, you can forget about it,â said Arthur Triche, who used to work in public relations for the Atlanta Hawks and regarded Mr. Smith as his best friend.
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