Women of color continue to find their reproductive rights under siege due to racist, discriminatory policies that disproportionately affect them.
The Struggle for Reproductive Rights for Women of Color
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NCBA Celebrates Pi Day with NC Budget and Tax Center
North Carolina Black Alliance and NC Budget and Tax Center celebrated everyone’s favorite mathematical constant, Pi Day along with our new 10 BetterNC Fellows.
Better NC Fellowship 2024 Empowering Communities
NC Black Alliance and the NC Budget & Tax Center launch Better NC Fellowship. Program empowers 10 leaders to create a more just and equitable North Carolina.
Lactation Cohort Quarter 1 Workshop Recap
The NC Black Alliance launched our second Lactation Cohort, which aims to increase Black representation in Lactation professionals in Eastern North Carolina
N.C. Supreme Court will re-hear Leandro case
The Leandro case, first filed in 1994 and will be heard again by the N.C. Supreme Court on February 22, 2024, following a shift in legislative majority from Democratic to Republican.
NCBA Tackles Environmental Racism & Healthcare Disparities
NC Black Alliance hosted its second annual Environmental Justice and Healthcare Summit, which brought together statewide advocates to delve into the critical intersection of environmental justice and healthcare in Black communities.
Justice Prevails: Public Pressure Halts Ethics Attack on Justice Anita Earls
NC Black Alliance, Emancipate NC and social justice advocates held a press conference on January 19, 2024, following the dismissal of the ethics complaint against Justice Anita Earls.
Prematurity Awareness Month
November is Prematurity Awareness Month, which aims to raise awareness about premature birth and its impact on infants and families in the United States.
Freshwater Fish Advisory
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is recommending limits on consumption of certain freshwater fish from the middle and lower Cape Fear River based on concerns about exposure to PFOS found in fish sampled.
Sustainable Hog Farming
In Eastern and Central North Carolina, Black, Native, and non-white Hispanic rural and suburban communities are more likely to live within a 3-mile radius of a hog farm than their white counterparts.