In Durham, a young lawyer raised in public housing teaches elite law students to save poor people from eviction.
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In a superhero cape, he feeds the city’s hungry and homeless. And he’s only 4 | CNN
Austin Perine’s superhero cape glides and flutters as he hands chicken sandwiches to homeless men outside a shelter in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Church Organization Fights For Food Equity in the Black Community | AFRO
Currently there are nine Baltimore area churches in the network, with four other congregations and one mosque slated to join later this year. There are also plans to expand to rural churches on Maryland’s Eastern Shore in the near future.
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National Black Mama’s Bail Out Seeks to Reunite Families for Mother’s Day | Colorlines
“We are committed to building a community-based movement to end pretrial detention and ultimately mass incarceration.”
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LaTaja Dingle Launches “Royalty Beauty Supply” for the Black Community | The Network Journal
“I’m looking forward to what it’ll represent in the community as a small business and a Black owned business.”
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Black churches and other institutions must open up schools serving our communities | New York Amsterdam News
Economic and educational marginalization destroy the lives of Black youth and cause violence in our communities, as well as ultimately lead our youth into conflicts with the police.
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What Amazon’s New Headquarters Could Mean for Rents | The New York Times
Winning the contest could mean a steeper increase in local housing costs over the next decade, a study finds. Nashville is already contemplating the impact.
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D.C. Kicks Off Summer Crime Initiative | The Washington Informer
Every year, for nearly 10 years, the Metropolitan Police Department has identified five to six focus areas that have experienced a high density of violence and utilized all available resources, including collaborative outreach, to prevent violent crime in those areas during the summer months.
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Memories of FGM: ‘I was screaming in pain and fear’ | Al Jazeera
Assita Kanko, a politician in Brussels, recalls when she underwent female genital mutilation as a child in Burkina Faso.
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Uber Partners with D.C. on the Future of Urban Mobility | AFRO
Community stakeholders, transportation nerds and a full bullpen of local and national media gathered to hear Mayor Bowser, Khosrowshahi and Goldsmith discuss everything from the importance of social equity and job creation for the city’s underserved communities to the future of autonomous vehicles in the urban landscape.
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