I AM said "people of  color shall opportunities [through education] beyond sports and entertainment."   "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today."  said Malcolm X
 
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Washington, D.C., June 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 23, 2020
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) announced the selection of the Morehouse School of Medicine as the awardee for a new $40 million initiative to fight COVID-19 in racial and ethnic minority, rural and socially vulnerable communities. The Morehouse School of Medicine will enter into a cooperative agreement with OMH to lead the initiative to coordinate a strategic network of national, state, territorial, tribal and local organizations to deliver COVID-19-related information to communities hardest hit by the pandemic. Link

 
UNC Board of Governors HMSI Committee Receives $6M in Funding to Fight COVID-19   N.C. Policy Collaboratory Awards $1M each to the Six Historically Minority-Serving Institutions JASON TYSON 
CHAPEL HILL, NC – The UNC Board of Governors announced today that it will partner with the N.C. Policy Collaboratory at UNC-Chapel Hill to award $6 million in COVID-19 funding to the UNC System’s six historically minority-serving institutions.
The Board’s Committee on Historically Minority-Serving Institutions (HMSIs) was established in 2018 to support six UNC System institutions – Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, N.C. A&T State University, North Carolina Central University, UNC Pembroke, and Winston-Salem State University. Link
 
UNC Board of Governors HMSI Committee Awards $610,000 in Funding to UNC Asheville to Fight COVID-19
JOSH ELLIS JUNE 12, 2020
Associate Vice President for Media Relations
CHAPEL HILL, NC - The UNC Board of Governors announces that the University of North Carolina Asheville will receive $610,000 in funding, through its recently announced partnership with the N.C. Policy Collaboratory at UNC-Chapel Hill, to help fight COVID-19.  link
 
N.C. A&T Receives $1M to Fight COVID-19

Jackie Torok  June 11, 2020

EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (June 11, 2020) – The UNC Board of Governors announced it will partner with the N.C. Policy Collaboratory at UNC-Chapel Hill to award $1 million in COVID-19 funding to each of the UNC System’s six historically minority-serving institutions, including North Carolina Technical and Agricultural State University.

N.C. A&T will use its portion of the $6 million in total funding, to be awarded July 1, for multi-research projects, addressing COVID-19 studies that include food and animal testing across the state; an affordable fever detection system for K-12; efforts to mitigate mortality rates among older adults in nursing homes and residential care facilities; the design of an anti-viral nanoparticle that can kill the coronavirus; and an economic impact study of the virus in the Piedmont Triad Region.  link
 
ESPN: Former NCCU volleyball student-athlete Dr. Naima Stennett on the front lines of COVID-19
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/29366424/from-fields-play-front-lines-covid-19
 
Here's the situation with COVID in NC
Sen. Jeff Jackson , images courtesy Jackson 

Many of my constituents have told me they feel like there's a lot of bad information out there about the COVID situation - but we've also reached a point where people are tired of being told what to think. They're very skeptical about people - especially politicians - making bold claims about what the future holds. So here's what I'm going to do: I’m just going to show you the key data points here in NC and let you see for yourself where things stand. The biggest number that everyone follows is new daily cases. And that chart certainly looks discouraging.  The biggest number that everyone follows is new daily cases. And that chart certainly looks discouraging.
 
BUT then you follow it with data about new daily testing, and you see that a lot of the increase in new daily cases seems to reflect the increase in testing. It’s become a common observation that more testing leads to more (confirmed) cases, and that appears to be true in North Carolina.  link
 
Coronavirus may not affect you but  meals served while staying at home may damage your health
 
1890 Day Wellness Walk/Run Land-grant universities have a long history of collaborating at the local, state, and federal levels to address the health and wellness needs of society. Land-grant programs, often delivered through Cooperative Extension, focus on promoting health, preventing disease and disability, eliminating disparities, and improving quality of life. With the legacy in mind, all nineteen of the 1890 land-grant institutions will celebrated the 125th anniversary of the Second Morrill Act of 1890 during National 1890  NC A&T cooperative extension 1890
 
Its the holiday days and all diets are suspended but before chowing down you may consider using substitute ingredients  says NC A&T Cooperative Extension. NC A&T Cooperative extension-fair2018File
 
Student Cooking Competition at N.C. A&T to Mix Fun, Agriculture and Nutrition
Cathy Gant Hill
Greensboro, N.C. (March 22, 2017) - A live, Iron Chef-style cook-off between students in their mecca of munching, Williams Dining Hall, is the closing event of a week set aside each March to celebrate agricultural accomplishments in North Carolina. Scheduled 4-6 p.m., Thursday, March 23, the cooking competition is also a fun way to involve students in Small Farms Week, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s annual celebration of  small-scale agriculture,
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 “One clear way to make farming a sustainable enterprise is to have another generation that understands and values its importance, including eating fresh food,” says Dr. Michelle Eley, community and economic development specialist for Cooperative Extension at A&T.
held this year March 19-25.  Scheduled 4-6 p.m., Three teams of four students, each equipped with blender, microwave, griddle and a cornucopia of fresh, local foods from which to choose, will take up a prominent place in the dining room to make one entrée and one dessert. Thursday, March 23, the cooking competition is also a fun way to involve students in Small Farms Week, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s annual celebration of small-scale agriculture, held this year March 19-25.   For the current generation of college students, the serious message behind the fun activity is an especially timely one: type 2 diabetes, certain heart ailments and high cholesterol are just some of the conditions on the rise in populations their age.  Video
 

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