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Health E-News March 30, 2011 Health Disparities in New York City: Report Describes Health Status for City's Five Counties Health Department Initiatives Address Gaps in Care, Make Strides to Improve Health of All New Yorkers In a report issued today, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute rank the nation's counties on various measures of health. As expected, the findings reveal deep health disparities among counties across the U.S., including those in New York state. Whether counties are ranked by "health outcomes" (rates of illness and death) or by "health factors" (characteristics that influence health), counties with large minority populations and high rates of poverty consistently rank least healthy. Among New York City's five counties (boroughs), Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island land relatively high among New York's 62 counties, while Brooklyn and the Bronx fall at or near the bottom. Learn more Follow us on Twitter To sign up for more e-mail updates, or to unsubscribe from this list, simply go to www.nyc.gov/health/email and select the Health Department updates you'd like to receive. Comment on this news service Please do not reply to this message.

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African-American - News March 31, 2011 See African-American Weather Yale Art Gallery's Showcase of African-American Artists (New Haven Advocate) Is there such a thing as black art? Kerry James Marshal's impressive, untitled painting. CIA IN LIBYA AIDING REBELS. HAVE BEEN IN LIBYA FOR WEEKS (deseretnews) The CIA has inserted clandestine operatives into Libya to gather intelligence for military airstrikes and make contacts with rebels battling Moammar Gadhafi's forces, according to U.S. Officials. While President Barack Obama has insisted that no U.S. Ground troops join in the Libyan campaign, small groups of CIA operatives have been working in Libya for several weeks and are part of a shadow force of Westerners that the Obama administration hopes can help set back Gadhafi's military, the officials said. The CIA presence comprises an unknown number of U.S. Officers who had worked at the spy agency's station in Tripoli and those who arrived more recently. In addition, current and former British officials said, dozens of British special forces and MI6 intelligence officers are working inside Libya. The British operatives have been directing airstrikes from British Tornado jets and gathering intelligence about the whereabouts of Libyan government tank columns, artillery pieces, and missile installations, the officials said. NAACP says teachers' jobs can be saved (MSNBC) After months of contentious debate over school closings and budget cuts, NAACP officials met with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools leaders Tuesday to give them a proposal the group says could avert school closings and save hundreds of teachers' jobs. D.C.'s melting majority (Arkansas Online) Over the past decade, the District of Columbia's African American population shrank by more than 39,000. That's a 9 percent drop, according to census data released last week. NAACP Tackles African American HIV/AIDS Crisis (MediLexicon) The NAACP issues a call to action to the faith community to champion the importance of HIV testing and prevention in their respective congregations and communities. Anti-Abortion billboard arouses pro-choice anger (WLS-AM Chicago) The erecting of an anti-abortion billboard targeting Chicago's black community that features a picture of President Barack Obama has aroused the anger of pro-choice advocates. Bell silent no longer (Theadvertiser The Advertiser Lafayett...) "For bells are the voice of the church; They have tones that touch and search the hearts of young and old." "' Henry Wadsworth Longfellow More online Click on this story at theadvertiser.com for video of the re-dedication and a photo gallery. More African-American News...

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African-American - News March 30, 2011 See African-American Weather Farrakhan to hold press conf. Addressing events in the Middle East & the Obama admin. Libya policy (know4life.blogspot) The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan will hold a press conference on Thursday, March 31, 2011 at Mosque Maryam, the international headquarters of the Nation of Islam located at 7351 S. Stony Island Avenue in Chicago, Illinois at 1:00 p.m. Central Time. Listen LIVE at: http://know4life.info & watch LIVE at: http://noi.org Pine Manor, black poetry group to form partnership (Victoria Advocate) Pine Manor College's creative writing program and a Brooklyn-based foundation focusing on African American poetry are forming a new partnership, the two institutions have announced. Lupus complication rates soar in young people (KSWB-TV San Diego) Lupus nephritis can sometimes result in severe kidney disease, a condition called end-stage renal disease. NAACP's Alcala vs. Bonaparte stance not based on race (Topeka Capital-Journal) The Topeka NAACP branch's request that City Councilman John Alcala stop badgering city manager Norton Bonaparte has "nothing to do with race," the president of the branch said Tuesday. Obama Criticised Over Posh Harlem Fundraiser (Key 103) President Obama will headline a swanky political fundraising dinner in New York's Harlem tonight. Hoping to chart a bold future at theater co. (NY Daily News) Legedary actress Ruby Dee performs a poem at a Black Spectrum Theatre Co. Event in 2002. NAACP plans march after MLK backpack bomb arrest (KREM) The NAACP is planning a march this weekend after a potentially deadly bomb was left along a Martin Luther King Junior Day parade route. Lawsuit seeks dissolution of Dunwoody, Sandy Springs, Johns Creek, Milton, Chattahoochee Hills (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) The Georgia Legislative Black Caucus filed a lawsuit Monday against the state of Georgia seeking to dissolve the city charters of Dunwoody, Sandy Springs, Johns Creek, Milton and Chattahoochee Hills. Toledo couples renew vows for Black Marriage Day (WTOL-TV Toledo) Dozens of African-American couples from six area churches in Toledo renewed their wedding vows simultaneously on March 27 as part of national "Black Marriage Day." The event is organized annually by the Wedded Bliss Foundation. More African-American News...

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African-American - News March 29, 2011 See African-American Weather Practical Limit To 2nd Black US House District (WRIC-TV Richmond) Almost one in five Virginians is black, yet only one of its 11 congressmen is, and many of the state's leading African-American policymakers would like to change that ratio. Man sleeps in slave cabins to highlight their history (WTTV Indianapolis) This week, Joseph McGill will take a sleeping bag, whistle, flashlight and journal to spend the night in a former slave dwelling in Egypt, Texas. NAACP asks for 'positive energy' from council (Topeka Capital-Journal) The Topeka branch of the NAACP is accusing city Councilman John Alcala of badgering city manager Norton Bonaparte and is asking him to stop. Embattled Wisconsin Veterans Secretary Black Resigns (WMTV Madison) Wisconsin's embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Ken Black is resigning. Black announced on Monday that he is resigning effective Friday. Spanburgh: Historic African-American Home Might Be Saved from Demolition (Patch) In a rare preservationist success story, a home in Sagaponack Village - the only house ever historically occupied by an African-American family in Sagaponack - may be saved from demolition. More African-American News...