On April 20, Oakland’s Green The Church California (GTC) and the Center For Food, Faith and Justice will celebrate Earth Day and present a Climate Revival...
Pastors and elected officials join Pastor Sylvester Rutledge of North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church on Monday to pray, support and present checks for the Alameda County...
Part of the statewide plan for addressing the Black elder community is to partner with ethnic media organizations to spread the word about the resources that...
Recently, the work the task force is doing has been garnering national attention. But members say they must implement a stronger communications and public relations strategy...
During the two-day meeting that concluded September 24, participants shared details of harrowing incidents that happened in California and across the country.
Black and Brown Community at Greater Risk as COVID-19 Variant Spreads
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Many Black churches are using conference calls, Facebook Live, Instagram, YouTube and other video conferencing technologies to hold services. A serious complicating factor...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “All we want is a fair trial. That’s all we’re asking for,” Rodney Reed’s brother, Roderick, told The Final Call. “We want to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The NAACP stands at a significant moment in time when racial subordination and racial hierarchy is being reinforced at the highest level of...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Los Angeles Division opened up a forum at Holman United Methodist Church March 26, to...
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — Why are we consistently faced with only being able to choose between the lesser of two evils each election cycle?
From left to right: Former Oakland City Manager Henry Gardner, longtime member of First Presbyterian Church of Oakland, author Martha C. Taylor, food ministry leader Bill...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In the last week of June, as the nation was still mourning and mulling over the massacre...
The discussion of entrenched racism in America is intensifying in the wake of the recent killing of nine parishioners at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South...
By Bethania Palma Markus Special to the NNPA from The Westside Gazette At least five Black churches burned overnight recently and three have been attributed to arson....
BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press RAY HENRY, Associated Press GREELEYVILLE, South Carolina (AP) — As social media buzzed about church fires in the South, investigators announced Thursday...
BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press MEG KINNARD, Associated Press GREELEYVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Preliminary indications suggest arson was not the cause of a fire that destroyed a...
By Barney Blakeney Special to the NNPA from The Charleston Chronicle Dylann Storm Roof on June 17 walked into Emanuel AME Church through a side door...
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – For many outside the Black community, they had never seen anything like it. Though suffering and deep in...
MEG KINNARD, Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal authorities say they are investigating recent fires at predominantly black churches, though the blazes do not appear...
MEG KINNARD, Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal authorities say they are investigating recent fires at predominantly black churches, though the blazes do not appear...
Sam Sanders, NPR (NPR.com) — Glover Grove Baptist Church is nestled in a woody, quiet part of Warrenville, South Carolina, surrounded by trailer homes...
(NBC News) – A predominantly black church in North Carolina was intentionally set ablaze, authorities said. Charlotte fire officials are looking into whether Wednesday morning’s...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Rev. Norvel Goff will walk into Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church for Bible study keenly aware...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent THIRD IN A SERIES WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Simone Oliver had always been called, as they say in the religious community....