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Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith Takes Aim at Racial Gaps in Health Care
Appointed head of the incoming administration’s task force on health equity, the Yale University scientist “is not sitting in her ivory tower.”
Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith will run the Biden administration’s task force on health equity. “The Biden-Harris team has been really clear on saying that our response and recovery needs to be equitable,” she said.Credit.Yale University
Jan. 8, 2021
Growing up in the United States Virgin Islands, Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith saw firsthand what can happen in a community with limited access to health care. Her father, Moleto “Bishop” Smith Sr., was only in his 40s when he suffered a debilitating stroke that left him partly paralyzed and with slurred speech.
Best of 2020: Minority businesses: Wounded by COVID, but key to inclusive revival
This story was originally published on December 7, 2020.
Tia Woods had been the coordinator of a dance program. It closed but left her with space in East Hartford. She had a business idea: Woods, who is Black, knew many minority artisans needed space to show and sell their products.
So in February 2019, she created what she called a “modern consignment boutique” called “ITS the Room,” a kind of mini-mall where minority entrepreneurs, crafters and artists could set up shop. After a year, things looked promising. She had as many as 18 vendors, and people were coming in the door.
Opinion: Jones Tree Farm owner muses about future of natural and human ecosystems
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1of3A lasiocarpa fir tree is pictured at a Christmas trees production, in La Petite-Pierre, northeastern France, on November 22, 2019. - The production of Christmas trees is affected by global warming, the breeders have to adapt and try new species. France has about 200 producers of natural Christmas trees on some 5,000 hectares. (Photo by PATRICK HERTZOG / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK HERTZOG/AFP via Getty Images)Patrick Hertzog / AFP via Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
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Terry Jones, owner of Jones Family Farms, inspects plants in one of his strawberry fields in Shelton April 29, 2020.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less