Los Angeles

Cedars-Sinai Open Doors Art Exhibition  

On April 27th, 2022, Vice Chair of the Smithsonian Art Museum, Robert C. Davidson Jr., led a virtual panel discussion called Open Doors: A Conversation of the Healing Power of Diversity in Art.  

Mothers In Action and Black Health Matters Host Mobile Screening Event

On Saturday, April 2, Mothers in Action partnered with Black Health Matters to provide mobile digital mammograms to the Los Angeles community. Screenings were distributed from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., on the back lot of the Los Angeles Sentinel office, located at 3800 Crenshaw Blvd., in Los Angeles. Explaining why her organization hosted the event, MIA President Tracy Mitchell, stated, “Black women disproportionately get and do not survive breast cancer because it is not detected early enough. “I currently have two people that I consider family that are struggling with the disease right now and I have known quite

City Officials Announce Settlement of LA Homelessness Lawsuit

The city of Los Angeles will spend up to $3 billion over the next five years to develop as many as 16,000 beds or housing units for the homeless, enough to accommodate 60% of the homeless population in each of the 15 City Council districts, under the terms of a settlement of a long-running lawsuit demanding solutions to the crisis.