Advancing Equality: Free webinar aimed at a more equitable community addresses ‘implicit bias’
By Kareem Simpson
NKY Community Action Commission
Part of a series by NKY’s nonprofits who stand together against racism and any acts that dehumanize people.
In the wake of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd’s deaths, people across the country are calling for more systematic change, demanding reform in many of our society’s institutions.
And there has been a term that has been growing in...
Advancing Equality: Love, acceptance, empathy for high-risk youth requires respect for diversity
By William Cole
Mentoring Plus
Part of a series by NKY’s nonprofits who stand together against racism and any acts that dehumanize people.
It was already late at night on the last Saturday in May when Robin Anderson, the Mentoring Plus (M+) program director, started receiving calls and texts. Isaiah, the young man on the other line, had decided to march in the protests in Cincinnati. He’d been...
Advancing Equality: Point Arc of NKY embraces disability rights and race equity; become antiracist
By Jennifer Wells
Point Arc Zembrodt Education Center
Part of a series by NKY’s nonprofits who stand together against racism and any acts that dehumanize people.
The Point Arc of Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati was formed in 1972. Today, The Point is a full-service agency whose mission is to provide opportunities to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) to help them...
Advancing Equality: Can we talk? Stand united to advance racial equity and break down barriers
Part of a series by NKY’s nonprofits who stand together against racism and any acts that dehumanize people.
Can We Talk?
We stand united to advance racial equity this statement drives the discussions of our group of Northern Kentucky nonprofits seeking to ensure social justice. This group, comprised of more than 25 nonprofit agencies based in Campbell, Kenton, and Boone Counties, has been meeting...
Advancing Equity: The strategic importance of diversity, equity, inclusion; everyone needs safety
By Sharon Fusco
CEO, Redwood NKY
Part of a continuing series by NKY’s nonprofits who stand together against racism and any acts that dehumanize people.
While doing strategic planning work with a team of bright, talented leaders, one member candidly stated that the team may not get the return expected on the investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The overarching vision...
Advancing Equity: Racism, like child abuse, means all of us must take responsibility for ending it
Part of a series by NKY’s nonprofits who stand together against racism and any acts that dehumanize people.
By Jane Hermes
Family Nurturing Center
Difficult subjects. These days, there are a lot of them. Families avoid talking about politics because of high passions and sharp divisions. We’re all experiencing pandemic fatigue, and once-casual references to personal activities – dinners with...
Advancing Equity: CAC working to create opportunities for all, give voice to voiceless
Part of a series by NKY’s nonprofits who stand together against racism and any acts that dehumanize people.
By Catrena Bowman-Thomas and Rhonda Chisenhall
NKY Community Action Commission
Community Action Agencies were formed as a part of President Johnson’s War On Poverty. The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 was created “to eliminate the paradox of poverty on the midst of plenty in this...
NewsMaker 2020: Catrena Bowman-Thomas helps families out of poverty, seeks justice, and matters
By Judy Clabes
NKyTribune editor
Catrena Bowman-Thomas was fully prepared when she became executive director of the NKY Community Action Commission in 2018. She hit the ground running in her spiked heels – and she hasn’t stopped since.
She brought to her new job 18 years of experience with the Community Action Commission of Lexington, a wealth of education, and a solid upbringing in Madisonville,...
Kentucky Personnel Cabinet seeking nominations for 2022 Charles W. Anderson Laureate Award
The Kentucky Personnel Cabinet’s Office of Diversity, Equality and Training (ODET) is now accepting nominations for the 2022 Charles W. Anderson Laureate Award.
Since 1989, the Anderson Laureate Award has been given to 72 Kentuckians, both living and deceased, including Muhammad Ali, Whitney M. Young Jr., Gov. Steve Beshear, Sadiqa Reynolds, and most recently, Edgardo Mansilla. A complete list...
Commentary: In wake of Derek Chauvin trial and George Floyd’s death, all grieve — we must do better
April 20 is a day that never should have had to come to pass and did so because a murder took place that never should have happened.
It was the day Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder for the death of George Floyd.
While families on all sides grieve, the CEOs engaged in the Northern Kentucky Nonprofits Social Justice Coalition renew our commitment to building a more inclusive and just community.
We...
NKU’s Eric Jackson to receive World Civility Ambassador and Gold Rule Award at event Tuesday
For more than two decades, NKU’s Dr. Eric Jackson has dedicated his professional and personal life to promoting the principles of equality, civility, and justice.
That work will be recognized when he receives the World Civility Ambassador and Golden Rule Award from the national nonprofit organization iChange Nations. Ambassador Clyde Rivers will present the award during Tuesday at NKU’s James...
Bill Straub: Despite host of critics, Obama will go down as one of our most consequential presidents
LONDON – The man much of Kentucky loves to hate, a Kenyan pretender who openly worships Allah and has waged a sickening war against white people over the past eight years, is finally moving out of the Oval Office and into the ignominy he deserves.
Barak Hussein (ha ha, Hussein) Obama has led this great nation down the garden path for too long and it’s time the reins of power be turned over to...
Kentucky by Heart: Corns, ‘poor boy from Lewis County,’ made historic impact on education system
By Steve Flairty
NKyTribune columnist
Judge Ray Corns, of the Franklin County Circuit Court, handed down one of the most far-reaching judicial decisions ever rendered in the state of Kentucky—precipitating a dramatic change in the state’s education system. It was the passing of the Kentucky Educational Reform Act (KERA) in 1990.
The legislative act occurred after the judge’s 1988 decision ruling...
