Category: Communities
By The Arkansas Black Vitality staff – After serving in the interim post for more than a year, the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas on Nov. 16 selected Charles F. Robinson, Ph.D., as the next chancellor of the state’s flagship University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (UAF). Robinson will be the first Black […]
By Sam Whitehead and Julie ApplebyAPRIL 21, 2022 Not long ago, Kansas showed strong bipartisan support for vaccines as a tool to support a robust public health system. But bills with language expanding religious exemptions for childhood vaccine requirements were passed by the state Senate in March and now face the House when the legislature reconvenes April 25. They are […]
BCN Staff – April 25, 2022- The public is invited to visit with nationally recognized sculptor Benjamin Victor on this week as he works on the sculpture of Daisy Gatson Bates that will be placed in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol at the Windgate Center of Art + Design on the campus of UA […]
BCN Staff – April 24, 2022 – A recent nationwide questionnaire reveals that most African American adults believe that social media is the No. 1 source of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, and that false information intentionally targets the Black community. The insights, released in March by the Atlanta-based Center for Black Health & Equity (CBHE), a […]