On Thursday, January 16, 2020, the Chicago Urban League Partnership hosted a Census 2020 meeting. The Chicago Urban League (CUL) has actively pursued a comprehensive and accurate account of African-American communities in census data over the past two years. According to the CUL, the undercounting of African-American and other hard to count populations is profoundly concerning and needs to depend on the support from a broad range of stakeholders.
It is award season, and time for the NAACP to honor the stellar per-formances by people of color for the past year. Leading the nomina-tions is the film ‘Harriet’ starring Cynthia Erivo. The winners will be spotlighted at 51st NAACP Image Awards live on Saturday, February 22, 2020, on the BET network.
According to a recent study by Emory University, African-Americans are 64 percent more likely to develop the disease in comparison to Caucasians. James M. Ellison, MD, MPH of the Swank Memory Care Center, contributes medical conditions, environmental factors, and hereditary factors causing the most significant spike in the disease among African Americans. Alzheimer’s is now the fourth leading cause of death among older African-Americans. These issues add tremendous stress to patients of the African-American community and also their caregivers.
