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Diabetes and Communities of Color: Breaking the Silence
• Sedentary lifestyle Inactive lifestyles can result in weight gain, leaving you prone not only to diabetes but also heart disease, high blood pressure, depression and anxiety, or even chronic liver ...
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‘States of Becoming’ explores cultural and artistic impacts of the African diaspora
Relocation, resettling and assimilation are components of the African diasporic experience that have significantly impacted the artists in “States of Becoming,” an exhibition of contemporary African ...
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Coils to Locs provides culturally sensitive wigs for those suffering medical hair loss
If you want to support Coils to Locs, you can contribute to their equity crowdfunding campaign on Wefunder.
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SNAP offering a lifetime of memories this holiday season
SNAP’s commitment to a well-rounded holiday season is both internal and external. SNAP rewards programs like the HIP Program, or Healthy Incentive Program, incentivize beneficiaries to use their ...
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A day to give thanks and look forward
Thanksgiving in the Black community can be a deeply meaningful and culturally rich celebration. While the holiday itself has roots in Native and colonial American history, African American traditions ...
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BET remakes ‘Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead’ from a Black point of view
“Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead” hit movie theaters in 1991, fueling a popular cultural fantasy of teenagers running their lives without adult supervision. The story got a contemporary makeover ...
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New federal permit could improve river health in the Boston area
On Nov. 8, the Boston Public Health Commission released a health advisory due to a cyanobacteria bloom in Sprague Pond in Hyde Park, which falls in the Neponset River watershed. For two weeks in ...