Prior to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, food insecurity was a problem for over 15 percent of Arkansas households, higher than the national average of 11 percent. In fact, during fiscal year 2019, 1 in 9 Arkansans benefited...
The recent killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery have increased the national discussion, not only of racism within the police force and criminal justice system, but structural racism across all areas of American life. It also...
Slavery in the United States The first documented record of enslaved Africans arriving in America occurred in 1619. “Some 20 and odd Negroes” landed at Point Comfort, in the English settlement that would soon become Virginia. Their arrival was...
June 12, 2020 Policy and administrative changes continue to move quickly at the state and federal level in response to COVID-19, as well as ongoing protests related to racial inequities and police violence. Arkansas Advocates for Children Families will...
At Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, we stand with our Black colleagues, family, friends and neighbors in their struggle for justice. We are outraged at the recent killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, along with...
The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic crisis have disproportionately harmed communities of color and underscored existing inequities. Black Arkansans are dying of COVID-19 at a rate three times higher than White Arkansans, and members of Arkansas’s Marshallese community have...
“When America catches a cold, Black folks catch the flu.” This is a saying many Black people grow up hearing. It means that when America as a whole is in a slump, Black communities tend to suffer more –...
This has been the most reflective Black History Month I’ve ever experienced, which makes me think of a very personal story from my dad’s childhood and its relationship to racial (in)equity. It occurred on May 3, 1964; he was...
The White House released its proposed FY 2021 budget on February 10, 2020. If passed, it would make huge cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other federal safety net programs. The implications would be devastating to...
February is Black History Month, and we are sharing a weekly round-up of Black History Month Photo Challenge posts from Melvin Clayton, our Race Equity Director for Advocacy. Please enjoy and share! To see other contributions to the challenge,...
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