VIDEO: 2nd Annual Sacramento Black Women’s Health and Wellness Conference
The 2nd Annual Black Women’s Health and Wellness Conference was held at the Education Building of the UC Davis Medical Center on July 12th. The goal of the conference was to inform black women on common health disparities they face and connect them with resources for prevention.
NNC Stories
National Lawyers Guild Talk Rights When Encountering Police In Sacramento
On August 12th, the National Lawyers Guild of Sacramento held a lecture which focused mainly on what to do if you had any type of interaction with the police in public. The NLG brought in about a group of around 16 people to come and ask questions and learn about what do when a police […]
VIDEO: Art Show Features “Our Time, Our Resistance, Our Autonomies”
Sol Collective now has an open art gallery open to the public until September for anyone to view. Many of the pieces are for sale and have a mix of artists from California and Mexico.
Events To Highlight African-Americans Fight Against Diabetes
On the 19th, 24th, and 29th of this month, from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm at the Dr. Ephraim Williams Family Life Center on 14th street,“The Sugars” event will work to educate people about diabetes. To RSVP for tickets, please visit eventbrite.com There are two types of diabetes, and Type 2 diabetes is largely preventable […]
Voices From Our Streets
“They Call Us Monsters” Film Screening at Sol Collective
On Wednesday, July 12th, Sol Collective hosted a film screening of the Netflix documentary “They Call Us Monsters” The film features three boys, Jarad Nava, Juan Gamez, and Antonio Hernandez, who are all facing life sentences for murder or attempted murder and work together to write a screenplay about their lives before they were incarcerated. […]
Doctors Killing Teens? The Dangers of Prescription Opioid Drugs
According to a recent article by LiveScience, most cases of opioid abuse in teenagers began with prescription opioids from a doctor. The study cites that 85 percent of the surveyed group of teenagers that had abused both prescription and injection drugs said they abused prescription opioids, such as OxyContin and Vicodin, before moving to heroin […]
VIDEO: Local artists flourish at Art Street
The “Art Street” exhibition is bringing crowds of people to an old warehouse at 300 1st Ave in Sacramento, where local artists have set up installations and interactive galleries for a nearly month-long presentation in continuation of the “Art Hotel” event of last year. The exhibition opened on February 3rd and will continue through February […]