Check out featured diversity, equity, and inclusion related stories in the news:
- Georgia Health Policy [email protected]: Sickle Cell Awareness Campaign
- Blood Transfusions: What You Need to Know and Do – a learning series developed in collaboration with the Georgia Health Policy Center and the Sickle Cell Community Consortium to educate individuals about the importance of blood transfusion for people living with sickle cell disease, how to avoid blood transfusion complications, and the critical need for increasing minority blood donations. This episode is focused on the need for diversifying the blood supply. Visit campaign website for more information.
- Amanda Gorman Recites Powerful Original Poem at Super Bowl LV
- Activist and poet Amanda Gorman, who was the country's first ever National Youth Poet Laureate, recited an original poem before Sunday's Super Bowl game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Catch the full performance here.
- D.C.’s Promising Initiative for Young Incarcerated People
- Black emerging adults, ages 18 to 25, though just 5.5 percent of D.C.’s population, account for the overwhelming majority of people with justice system involvement. One solution to solving D.C.'s mass incarceration crisis is through D.C. Jail’s Young Men Emerging Unit (YME), a successful program that blends mentorship and counseling to reach the young adult population. Read more about this initiative and how it it transforming the criminal justice system for youth.
- The Experiences of People with Disabilities Show we Need a New Understanding of Urban Safety
- The experiences of people with disabilities offer important insights into the complexities of urban safety, because of the varied encounters with space that impairment can bring. This research articles attempts to understand how people with disabilities in Ireland – including people with visual, hearing and mobility impairments - experience urban safety and the impact it has on their everyday use of different spaces.
- Chinese New Year - Year of the Ox
- February 12 marks the Chinese New Year. This site gives valuable information on its history and creative celebration ideas!