MARCH 19, 2021 — Metroparks Toledo has formed a new hiking group that welcomes underrepresented audiences to the parks, and on the trails. The Metroparks are safe spaces for people to escape, unwind and enjoy nature, however minority groups are not as likely to be trail users. One Year, 19 Parks, 19 Hikes was designed to invite underrepresented Lucas County residents to...
MARCH 18, 2021 -- The African American Male Wellness Agency in Columbus will sponsor at 7 p.m. tonight (Thursday, March 18) a virtual town hall meeting focused on black male acceptance of vaccination against COVID19. Titled "Black Vac Facts, An Edutainment Town Hall, Family Feud Style," the program will be hosted by Matt Barnes from Columbus television station NBC4. The Town Hall...
Buckeye Health Plan is hosting a Community Agency Virtual Meeting from 11 a.m. to noon March 17 focused on housing insecurity as a social determinant of health barrier impacting the health of its members and the communities it serves. "Where we work, live, and play can have a significant impact on one's health. Often referred to as 'social determinants of health,'...
NOTICE: The address for this event was incorrect in an earlier version. 2021 Vendor Application Mental health a holistic approach The Toledo-Lucas County Minority Health Office is sponsoring a Mental health: A Holistic Approach to Wellness fair on Saturday, April 3 from noon to 3 p.m. at 1209 City Park. This is an outdoor event and we will...
Still Time to Send Us Poems Inspired By Your ZIP Code FEB. 27, 2021 -- Your ZIP Code matters. It's not just an address, it's an identity. Entries are currently being accepted for the sixth annual Ode to the ZIP Code poetry contest, a partnership of The Fair Housing Center, The Arts Commission, Toledo Lucas County Public Library, Toledo City Paper, and...
By Alexii Collins RACIAL JUSTICE DIRECTOR/ YWCA OF NORTHWEST OHIO FEB. 7, 2021 -- The YWCA of Northwest Ohio will launch its 21 Day Racial Equity and Social Justice Challenge on March 1 as part of a national movement to engage communities in anti-racist work. Participants receive a daily email directing them to three to four curated activities: reading an article, listening to...
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/magazine/classics-greece By David Murray TCC WEB EDITOR Feb. 6, 2021 -- A story in today's New York Times is so thought provoking -- the racist foundation of the Classics -- I thought others may like to read it. I studied Latin poetry while at Ohio State, but while respecting the ancient poets of Rome I failed to realize they were...
The Toledo Office on Minority Health will host a virtual roundtable event -- A Path from Black Trauma to Black Mental Wellness -- at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 18. The one-hour event will be hosted by Ohio Rep. Paula Hicks-Hudson, Toledo Councilwoman Dr. Tiffany Whitman, and Kimberly Toles, of the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department. Special guests include Jewel Woods, founder and...
TCC Susan Block Letter JAN. 11, 2021 — The Toledo Community Coalition decided at its January meeting (Jan. 11, 2021) to confront the racist, hate-filled social media posts of a leading Toledo business and cultural leader following the attack on the United States Capitol Building on Jan. 6. Susan Allan Block, a former director of Block Communications Inc....
DEC. 23, 2020 — We’ve all heard the story before – about how a poor, single mother with children is tossed out of her apartment because she couldn’t pay the rent. She and her babies are left homeless on the street, bouncing from shelter to shelter. But what most of us didn’t know until The Blade published its PAST DUE housing...
