Kathy Best

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In 2018 Ms. Best was named Chief Performance and Strategy Officer at Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center. She began her public health career at HSNHC as the Program Director of Project IMPACT (Infant Mortality Prevention through Activating Community Teams), a maternal and child health program. Since leaving HSNHC, Ms. Best continued her work focusing on maternal and child health. She has over 20 years of service to the Federal Government with the US ...

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Celesta Shropshire

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Celesta Shropshire is super excited to be a part of Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center. She brings 20+ years of experience in the non-profit sector and 10+ years in the Human Resource Field. Celesta’s advantageous journey began in non-profit while an intern studying Human Development at Boston College. Her then internship sparked her love for serving her community (Dorchester/Roxbury) which she has faithfully contributed (Katrina Relief project, mentor to several pre-teen ...

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Gail Jackson-Blount

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Gail joined the Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center as its first Chief Development and Communications Officer to lead fundraising, communications, government relations and external affairs. Since joining Harvard Street, first as a consultant, she helped launch a marketing and re-branding campaign, produced its 50th Anniversary gala, and in 2020-2021, with Board and CEO, will launch a capital campaign to raise money for a new state-of-the art Harvard Street health center to ...

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We’ve been facing a pandemic of racism. How can we stop it?

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June 16, 2020 2.07am EDT Taken From https://theconversation.com/

By now, we know what happened to George Floyd who died after a US police officer kneeled on his neck.

His tragic death has sparked worldwide protests against racism and police violence. The protests have moved US lawmakers to introduce a bill to end excessive use of force by police. In the UK and Belgium, statues of racist colonial figures were removed. And films and TV shows that promote racism have been dropped.

The police killing ...

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States tracking COVID-19 race and ethnicity data

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Updated June 15, 2020 From https://www.ama-assn.org/

The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the immense strength and courage of our physicians and the obstacles they are up against.

It has also highlighted another troubling fact: racism is a driver to the systemic inequities that are persistent and prolific in health care. 

Emerging data on the racial and ethnic patterns of the pandemic released by more than half of the states this month paint an alarming picture: COVID-19 is disproportionately impacting black communities. 

Additionally, even though more ...

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Alexis Griffith Waye

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Alexis Griffith Waye

Alexis is a dynamic learning and development leader skilled in designing learning strategies that are aligned to business imperatives, support corporate and professional goals and boost performance levels. I have delivered end-to-end learning services throughout North America and globally in the areas of management, leadership, sales, professional development, technology, diversity and compliance. I have also worked for small, medium and ...

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Single Mompreneur creates innovative online hair school, empowering many to earn and learn from home, especially during quarantine

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Nationwide — These days, being able to work from home is an asset. With the current global events, it is crucial that individuals and businesses adopt alternative and innovative ways to provide services, reach their clients, spread their messages, learn and earn income. For this reason, licensed social worker and entrepreneur Jessyca Marshall has launched the Microloc Mastery Online Training and Certification program, an ...

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These 10 and 12-year old sisters have just written and released their third book

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Nationwide  — Gabby and Gigi, two young sisters from Southern California, have proven that you can never underestimate the imagination and vision of children. The sisters convinced their mother, Phnesha Marchette, who also happens to be an artist and writer, to use some of their drawings about things they loved to do, which morphed into the Gabby and Gigi book series. 

The first book, Meet ...

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Millennial couple launches $100 million dollar affordable housing initiative

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Atlanta, GA …. Majesty and Elize are two career driven individuals who happened to match on a popular dating app. The pair quickly utilized Majesty’s entrepreneurial prowess and Elize’s marketing savvy to launch a successful real estate company. Within their first year of business, their company, INTL Realty Partners, cleared over $1.5 million dollars in revenue. The now married couple focuses their efforts in ...

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