The Affordable Care Act and South L.A.
September 21, 2017
It’s looking increasingly likely that Congress will fail in their last-ditch effort to repeal Obamacare
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Martin Luther King
Beyond the Evil of Trump: Living King’s Legacy of Steadfast Resistance
April 19, 2017
It has been rightfully remembered and necessarily noted that this month marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s classic anti-war speech, April 4, 1967, a year to the day of his assassination and martyrdom.
Health Net Partners with Ward AME for Health Fair
August 11, 2016
Health Net teamed up with Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Health Braintrust, and Ward African Methodist Episcopal Church to host a free Church Community Health Fair on July 31. Congressional Representatives Karen Bass (D-California) and Robin Kelly (D-Illinois) joined Ward members and community members to learn the importance of lifestyle behaviors on health and well-being. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital, Watts Health Center and Kindred Community Mental Health Center also participated. The fair offered health screenings including glucose and blood pressure, HIV, mental health, and activities such as Zumba classes, massage stations and giveaways. In addition, many attendees received
Tinsel Brown? Will The Academy’s Historic Invite of 600 Minority Members Change the Complexion of Hollywood
July 13, 2016
The move follows a pledge it made in January to double the number of women and diverse members on its board by the year 2020.
Child Watch: Recognizing All of America’s S/Heroes
April 28, 2016
Every day I wear a pair of medallions around my neck with portraits of two of my role models: Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth. As a child I read books about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. She and indomitable and eloquent slave woman Sojourner Truth represent countless thousands of anonymous slave women whose bodies and minds were abused and whose voices were muted by slavery, Jim Crow, segregation and confining gender roles throughout our nation’s history. Although Harriet Tubman could not read books, she could read the stars to find her way north to freedom. And she freed not only herself from slavery, but returned to slave country again and again through forests and streams and across mountains to lead other slaves to freedom at great personal danger. She was tough. She was determined. She was fearless. She was shrewd and she trusted God completely to deliver her, and other fleeing slaves, from pursuing captors who had placed a bounty on her life.
Martin Luther King Jr. Found Power and Fun in Sports
January 13, 2016
DID YOU KNOW? Dr. Martin Luther King took interest in playing Billiards during his college years. According to the book ‘The Everything Martin Luther King Jr. Book: The Struggle, The Tragedy, the Dream,’ by Jessica McElrath, playing Billiards was a past time he took up while attending Crozer Theological Seminary. Students of the Seminary were encouraged to get acquainted with each other outside of class. Below the chapel was a recreation room with pool tables. After being reluctant to playing, King took on to the sport due to the liberal environment at the Seminary. When King was 18 years old,
Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza to Host Day of Service Event in Celebration of King Day
December 29, 2015
Free legal, health, and employment services will be offered to hundreds of South Los Angeles residents at Crenshaw Plaza in honor of King Day. On January 16, 2016, Crenshaw residents will receive free immigration and landlord/tenant legal services, health, dental, vision screenings, HIV/AIDS testing, and employment services at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza. Community leaders and volunteers will serve a crowd of approximately 200 people, in celebration of Dr. King’s National Day of Service. Holman United Methodist Church, in partnership with the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, and the Los Angeles Sentinel, will host the community event, which is open to the
SCLC Los Angeles: ‘Bending the Arc and Breaking Barriers’ Essay and Art Contest
November 25, 2015
Winners Will Receive Cash Prizes The Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Southern California (SCLC-SC) Emerging Leaders is holding Essay & Oratorical and Art Contests as a part of King Legacy Week 2016. Civil rights champion Martin Luther King, Jr. once delivered a powerful speech with this resonant line: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Students are encouraged to study Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy and integrate how his work helped to break barriers into their contest creations. “The tragedies of Mike Brown, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and others have stirred a movement in
Monument to honor King planned for Georgia’s Stone Mountain
October 15, 2015
Some critics have suggested in recent years that an enormous Confederate carving, larger than a football field with the Southern generals astride their horses in Georgia’s Stone Mountain, should be sand-blasted away. Meanwhile planning is underway to place a Liberty Bell replica atop Stone Mountain near Atlanta as a memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that recalls a famous line from his “I Have a Dream” speech, officials say. (file photo) Planning is underway to place a Liberty Bell replica atop Stone Mountain near Atlanta as a memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that recalls a