Black-led Nonprofits Threatened: Increased Demands, Insufficient Resources New Report on Lifeline to Vulnerable Communities Oakland, Calif. – As demands increase on Black-led nonprofit organizations to provide vital help to low-and-moderate-income communities, the resources and capabilities of those organizations have not kept pace. That is the conclusion of a new report released by the Bay Area […]
CONTINUE READING →New Year…New Intentions Chae Fields of Eat Suite According to the University of Scranton’s Journal of Clinical Psychology, while nearly 50% of Americans set New Years Resolutions, only 8% of them actually achieve their goal. Why is this you ask? Because to set a goal is to set yourself up for failure. Let me explain… […]
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Musings from an island nation on brothers and health in our nation Candice Francis One of the best ways to refuel and replenish is to change vantage points, and engage the world from a different perspective. And so I write this from Jamaica, the home of my maternal ancestors. This is the refuel I needed […]
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By Baba Jahahara Amen-RA Alkebulan-Ma’at Greetings of IMANI (FAITH) Esteemed GOD(DESSES)S, May our Divine Mother-Father Creator of and in All – and Beloved Ancestors from yesteryear and yesterday – find you and (y)our extended family in healing Spirit.  As HARRIET TUBMAN Health Conductor “#777,†I am so honored for being extended an invitation to participate […]
CONTINUE READING →My Personal Journey to Becoming A Fierce Community Food/Health Activist! In February, 1999 my 1st grandson was born at Alta Bates Hospital, in Berkeley California, as had my daughter in 1973. He arrived early and underweight, and came home from hospital weeks after birth. At the time I was Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director […]
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What is Healing? By Felicia Bridges  When I think of African-American Health, particularly as an African-American woman, I think of healing. I am in a constant state of healing. I am healing culturally from the weight of being African-American. The baggage that my identification carries is often torturous and packed heavy with stereotypes, false perceptions […]
CONTINUE READING →What does it mean to be healthy? How do we take care of our health, and how do we contribute to the health of our communities? The “HealthistheNewBlack” story campaign, a partnership between BABUF and Story For All (www.storyforall.org), will uplift the voices and images of a diverse range of people in the Bay Area […]
CONTINUE READING →We believe that improving the quality of life in the Black community improves the quality of life in every community. Thriving communities provide their children a solid line to success; in communities with crumbling infrastructure, limited green space, crime, inadequate schools and limited opportunities to earn a living wage?that line to success is broken.  BABUF uses […]
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