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3 Ways to Solve Healthcare Inequities

December 19, 2021

Ethan, Class of 2021 In America, the word healthcare means different things to different people based on the color of their skin. Black people are sometimes treated differently when they’re in the hospital than their White counterparts. Even today, there still is the false belief that medication effects Black people differently and Black people have […]

Environmental Racism – The Silent Killer

October 24, 2021

By Sunay, The New 3Rs Class of 2021 Poisoned tap water in Flint, Michigan, toxic waste dumps in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and the South Bronx in NYC known as Asthma Alley from Fresh Direct toxic truck emissions. What do these things have in common? All are examples of environmental racism, a form of […]

The First Black Nurse – Nancy Leftenant-Colon Major

January 16, 2021

Nancy Leftenant-Colon Major (retired). The first black nurse in the reserve or active-duty Army Nurse Corps. The only woman to hold the presidency of the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. from 1989 – 1991. Along with select Tuskegee Airmen, received the Congressional Gold Medal from President George W. Bush on March 29, 2007.