Category: Women
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New-look Women’s Museum coming to Southeast San Diego
The ongoing fight for women’s equality is the focus of a new museum in Southeast San Diego. https://www.kpbs.org/news/local/2022/05/26/new-look-womens-museum-coming-to-southeast-san-diego
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South Bay leaders highlight women’s mental health care
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and a South Bay health organization is shining the spotlight on care for women.
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DETOUR Empowers hold their F.A.N.C.Y. Teen Girl Expo at Jackie Robinson YMCA
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Girl Scout troop helps young girls connect with East African heritage, Muslim faith
It’s Girl Scout cookie season, but a local troop is providing a different kind of service to their community. They’re working with a local nonprofit organization to help young girls stay in touch with their East African culture through their specialized program. https://www.kpbs.org/news/local/2022/02/25/girl-scout-troop-helps-young-girls-connect-with-east-african-roots-muslim-faith
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Science Suggests Systemic Racism Causes Stress, Increases Disease Within Black, Brown Communities
Blacks are five times more likely than whites to be hospitalized due to coronavirus. Scientists say stress from chronic systemic racism makes it biologically difficult for people of color to respond to disease.