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A former grocery store on Charleston’s West Side is on track to becoming a place that provides for both the physical and mental health of the community. Alecia Allen and Dural Miller, co-directors of nonprofit Keep Your Faith, hope to open the store early this year. Eventually, they want to put a therapy clinic on the second floor of the building. ....
ANGOLA, La. (AP) In a sweeping two-year investigation, The Associated Press found goods linked to prisoners wind up in the supply chains of everything from Frosted Flakes cereal and Ball Park hot dogs to Gold Medal flour and Coca-Cola. They are on the shelves of most supermarkets, including Kroger, Target and Whole Foods. They’re also exported. The prisoners who help produce these goods are disproportionately people of color. Some are sentenced to hard labor and forced to work – or face punishment – and are sometimes paid pennies an hour or nothing at all. They also are excluded from protections guaranteed to almost all other full-time workers, even when they are seriously injured or killed on the job. And it can be almost impossible for them to sue. ....
At their January 20 Academy Museum presentation, moderated by Oscar-winning director Peter Ramsey, the 9B Collective co-founders discussed concept design, building great characters, and how they strive to support and inspire young BIPOC artists with the conceptual creativity that will fuel their imaginations for years to come. ....
Portland Parks & Recreation’s (PP&R) Early Adventures in Golf for a Lifetime of Enjoyment program, better known as the EAGLE program, is now accepting applications. Students who identify as any of the following are especially encouraged to apply: Black, Indigenous, a person of color, female, non-binary, an immigrant, or a refugee. ....