Collaborating Around COVID-19

The acting Physician General, Dr. Denise A. Johnson, recently held a community editorial meeting with Philadelphia area Black publishers. Dr. Johnson took this initiative to speak directly to the trusted messengers of the community to provide an update on the COVID pandemic and vaccine information directly to our community for a better understanding of the still-evolving knowledge on COVID-19 health impacts, which disproportionally affected people of color

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The Reading Quilt: Family Values

Family is an integral part of African American culture, often celebrated in pop culture television shows and movies like “Everybody Hates Chris,” “Blackish,” and “Soul Food”. These shows epitomize the strong African American mother who is eclipsed by the stronger African American grandmother, both flanked by supportive husbands, precocious children, and nosey aunts and uncles

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