CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2016. Congresswoman Robin Kelly today hosted the inaugural 2016 Congressional Black Caucus on Black Women & Girls symposium to explore public policy and community-based solutions to eliminating the significant barriers and disparities experienced by Black women. The symposium, titled “Defining the Black Female Experience,” featured panel discussions[Read More…]
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Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee Tim Kaine & Rep. John Lewis to Speak at the 20th Annual Human Rights Campaign National Dinner
Kaine, Lewis will address more than 3,600 guests at sold-out gala, additional speakers and talent to be announced soon WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2016. Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization announced that Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee Senator Tim Kainewill[Read More…]
Parents Memorialize Lost Loved Ones with Events across the US to Commemorate International Overdose Awareness Day
GRASP/ Broken No More and Partner Organizations Host Events across the United States to Commemorate International Overdose Awareness Day; Grieving Parents Memorialize Lost Loved Ones, Celebrate Advances in Overdose Prevention, and Call for Further Change CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2016. International Overdose Awareness Day is August 31st. On the 31st and in the days[Read More…]
HUD Expands Family Self-Sufficiency Program to Privately Owned Multifamily Properties
Landlords under Project-based Section 8 contract can now offer self-sufficiency programs WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2016. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that owners of privately owned apartment buildings under Section 8 contract can now offer Family Self-Sufficiency programs to the more than one million households[Read More…]
Secretaries Pritzker, Jewell Applaud President Obama’s Expansion of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
Secretaries Intend to Recognize Office of Hawaiian Affairs as Additional Co-Trustee in Management of World’s Largest Marine Protected Area WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2016. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today applauded President Obama’s action to use his executive authority under the[Read More…]
NARAL Statement on Women’s Equality Day
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2016. NARAL Pro-Choice America President Ilyse Hogue released the following statement in recognition of Women’s Equality Day: “We have so many achievements to celebrate this year on Women’s Equality Day: the Supreme Court this summer powerfully defended our constitutional right to safe and legal abortion, we are[Read More…]
NARAL Stands with Hillary Clinton Against the Hateful Rhetoric of Donald Trump and the Alt-Right
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. Today, Hillary Clinton gave a speech condemning the “alt-right,” a divisive ideology supported by Donald Trump and white nationalists that embraces an extreme and dystopian view of America. Trump recently hired one of the most prominent apologists for the alt-right worldview, Steve Bannon, as his campaign[Read More…]
African American Early Childhood Teachers Make 84 Cents for Every $1 Earned by Their White Peers, New Center for American Progress Analysis Finds
An assistant teacher reads to students at a pre-K school in Seattle, February 12, 2016. Source: AP/Elaine Thompson Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2016. A new report from the Center for American Progress takes a deep dive into the early childhood workforce’s dismally low wages and reveals that African American[Read More…]
FDA Advises Testing for Zika Virus in All Donated Blood and Blood Components in the US
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2016. As a further safety measure against the emerging Zika virus outbreak, today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a revised guidance recommending universal testing of donated Whole Blood and blood components for Zika virus in the U.S. and its territories. “There is still much[Read More…]
Governor Rauner Signs Bill to Give Former Offenders a Brighter Future
DECATUR –(ENEWSPF)—August 25, 2016. Governor Bruce Rauner today signed legislation to allow those with certain felony convictions to apply to work in health care professions after a post-conviction waiting period. “We have clear goals in Illinois: reduce crime overall, reduce prison populations, reduce recidivism and help those who have paid[Read More…]
