By Dianne Anderson Back when few people were thinking about getting mental health services into the Black community, health advocate Linda Hart pitched her winning idea in a contest, which set in motion a legislative resolution by former Assemblymember Wilmer Amina Carter. In 2008, the proposal caught Ms. Carter’s attention in her “It Ought to ...

By Dianne Anderson Boxing is considered a contact sport, literally being up in someone’s face, but that’s not likely to happen anytime soon at Project Fighting Chance. Instead, some local teens will be keeping their distance at six feet apart, masking up with gloves on top of gloves in a workout space in a constant ...

By Dianne Anderson Food foraging and toilet paper are at the top of everyone’s to-do list lately, and staying upbeat in these trying times will take some creative effort. It’s not impossible. Linda Hart, with the African American Health Coalition, said that being confined in tight quarters with loved ones for the next week or ...

By Dianne Anderson No one wants to think about child and youth suicide, but ignoring the problem doesn’t make it go away. Kids are starting early, considering taking their own lives or actually following through from as young as five years old, and Black kids are particularly not immune. At last count in ten years ...