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Campaign Underway to Honor Coach Kim Taylor, Sr.

Sentinel News ServiceFebruary 2, 2023

A campaign has been launched to provide financial assistance to Kim Taylor, Sr., a longtime educator at local schools throughout greater L.A. Known to many as “Coach,” Taylor is in need of a heart transplant and kidney transplant and is currently undergoing physician clearances to prepare for surgery.

Health

Death of Chadwick Boseman Puts Focus on Colon Cancer and African Americans

Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire ContributorSeptember 10, 2020

African Americans are disproportionately impacted with a 20 percent greater rate than whites and an even greater degree of mortality

Family Health

Prostate screening is a must

By Ricki Fairley, The Cincinnati HeraldMay 30, 2019

African-American men are twice as likely to develop prostate cancer and twice as likely to die from it.

Local News

Face Forward Foundation hosts Gala to raise money for Pro Bono Surgeries

Amen Oyiboke, Staff WriterSeptember 23, 2015

Face Forward Foundation hosted their 6th annual fundraising gala at the Biltmore Millennium Hotel on Saturday, Sept. 19th to help support and raise money for victims of domestic violence.