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Why COVID-19 is hitting Black Women So Hard

6/8/2020

By Treva B. Lindsey

It was only a few short weeks ago that a tweet from Madonna labeling COVID-19 “the great equalizer” went viral. Echoing high-profile elected officials such New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, this framing of the global pandemic quickly drew sharp criticism. With overwhelming evidence regarding racial and class disparities in terms of both lost lives and lost livelihoods as a result of the virus, any assertion of equity of impact ignores painful yet blaring truths about deeply entrenched inequality along multiple fault lines in the U.S.

Let God’s Light Shine In Us

6/8/2020

— Francine Renee Saffold

The Covid-19 pandemic deprives us of our usual connections — giving hugs, spending time with family and friends, shopping, working outside of the home, and attending worship services. We find ourselves struggling with “shelter at home” orders, wearing masks and gloves while maintaining the recommended six feet social distance from others. We are feeling isolated, lonely, and physically disconnected as never before.

Black Stones in my Heart

6/8/2020

Lati Green

They harden my heart—these little stones in that wall built from childhood to adulthood, from pebbles to boulders of hurt. “You are ugly. You are fat. You are skinny. You smell like a rat.” These stones are heavy and weigh me down with pain. They make me fall and cry like the rain.

These stones left from mental and physical abuse, molestation, divorce, poverty, low self-esteem, homelessness, prejudice/hate, no love or guidance. It’s hard to see the hatefulness of this world. It’s hard to see that some men have more regard for dogs than Black men. It’s hard to see hungry children without proper clothes. It’s hard for me to understand molestation, prejudice, and hate.

Leonard E. Egede, MD, MS Leads Team to Test 1,000 Seniors for Coronavirus

6/8/2020

“In Milwaukee, African Americans living in senior housing assisted living, nursing homes or homeless shelters are at especially high risk for COVID-19. Older adults are a vulnerable population likely to have multiple comorbidities increasing their risk of experiencing complications or mortality due to COIVD-19. A hotspot has emerged in the city’s northside, with the potential to spread across the city if effective measures are not taken. With this project, we aim to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in these vulnerable populations, reduce fear and confusion during this time, and ultimately save lives.”

Milwaukee Chapter National Black Nurses Association

6/8/2020

Members of the Milwaukee Chapter of the National Black Nurses Association at their 2020 PRAYER BREAKFAST.

“There are concerns about working with COVID-19 patients,” explained Karina Brown, RN, President of the Milwaukee Chapter of the National Association of Black Nurses. Continuing, she emphasized,“This is what we are called to do, and the moment for which our profession was created. We’re also supporting front-line staff thru prayers and access to mental health resources to make sure they are ok.”

Is it Time to Consider Having a Church Wellness Ministry?

2/4/2020

The purpose of a church wellness ministry is to share beneficial information with the church body,” said Senior Pastor Demetris Crum, of Second Baptist Church in Kenosha, Wisconsin, which celebrated 100 years of service in 2019. “To do what God has called us to do, we have to be both spiritually and physically able to do it. I think about how poor nutrition, over-eating, and other counter-productive habits hinder the physical body.

Black Women Vote

2/4/2020

Voting is Important

Ada Walker is a careers counselor, and employment coach.

ADA WALKER

Not that they had a choice in rural Tennessee during the ‘30s and ‘40s, but my grandparents were denied the right to vote.

Passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 made it possible for many Blacks, including my grandfather, to vote. Unfortunately, my grandmother never had the opportunity to vote. She died before this legislation became law.

On November 4, 2008, Senator Barack Obama was elected the first Black President of the United States of America. Millions of people went to the polls in record numbers to cast their votes. Black people who had never participated in the voting process registered and voted. President Obama winning the election was confirmation that their votes were important and counted.

Grace Covered Me Evangelist Tammie Cain

2/4/2020

In the mighty name of Jesus, you are truly amazing. You are majestic. I want to thank you for your grace and your mercy. We know that there is power and deliverance in your name. We know that as women when we get an assignment, we will find the tools to execute it. Prayer changes things; it gives us hope, endurance, healing, and victory. Teach us, Lord, how to forgive others as we learn how to forgive ourselves. We know that we are daughters of destiny. As holy women, we learned to give you your written word back.

It is a privilege and an honor to have a servants’ heart. As mothers, we have influence and responsibility to guide our children, family, and our communities in the right direction.

Every Vote Counts Know The Rules

2/4/2020

George L. Christenson, Milwaukee County Clerk and Julietta Henry, Director - Milwaukee County Election Commision

Free, fair, and transparent elections are the bedrock of our democracy. Therefore, it is a point of great pride and privilege to me as County Clerk that my office is involved with administering elections. Ensuring that eligible voters are not encumbered to vote is our duty as public officials and Americans. Voting is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Constitution. We must work to make voting as easy as possible, without compromising the integrity of elections, and to ensure that all eligible voters are well informed about when they vote, where they vote and have the documentation required to cast their ballot on Election Day. Consequently, we are conducting a vigorous voter education program in anticipation of the Fall 2020 elections.

George L. Christenson, Milwaukee County Clerk

Deloris Carter

2/4/2020

“I’ve voted in every election since 1951.”

Do you remember the first time you voted? Oh, yes. When I turned 21, my mother came to me on election day and said, ‘ok put your clothes on. It’s time for us to go vote’. I’ve voted in every election since then. My mother and father had to walk a long way from where we lived to get to their polling site. (In 1970, President Richard Nixon signed an extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 in all federal, state, and local elections.)

Why don’t more people vote? I don’t really understand it. I don’t think that a lot of people realize that they really don’t want us to vote because they know how much the Black vote counts. Plus so many young people don’t know their history. My daddy left Arkansas because he got into a fight with a white man who stole his dog. He told my mother to take us (the children) and stay with her parents until he could send for us. Mother begged him not to leave. But he said, ‘honey buns, you know what they will do to me. I got to go.

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