Houston Rockets star Russell Westbrook is trying to help those who need it most. On Friday, Westbrook, 31, donated meals to workers at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in California.
Westbrook visited the hospital — while wearing a mask and gloves — to hand out meals and take a picture with hospital workers.
Westbrook donated the meals as part of his Why Not? Foundation.
Pastor Kelcy G.L. Steele of Varick Memorial AME Zion Church (New Haven, CT) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s call for churches to resume worship services:
I’m Kinda confused… Why did we need President Trump to declare churches essential? I mean, I’m glad he realizes that. But Christians already knew that. And, even churches that need to alter their worship experiences, have been tending to their flock with love and assistance in these times of need, right?
Churches are feeding, financially supporting, tending to elderly, proving support for school children, tending to first responders, providing space for testing, providing discipleship and soul care, assisting local and national efforts to keep proper medical information available to people, creating innovative worship experiences, online Bible studies, online small groups, helping people find new jobs, and so much more.
Let’s not forget that churches have helped facilitate many of the 94,000 funerals. And pastors, Rabbis, Imams, chaplains, and people of faith have been the source of strength and comfort during a ton of mourning and fear!
Is it that the president want us to reconvene in dense numbers, where (I know) many of the significant outbreaks of COVID-19 occurred just a little over a month ago! Many of the black bishops, pastors, black, brown, and white Christians and Jews contracted the disease in worship spaces! We know this from contact tracing.
We need more testing partnerships and not a president, who does not have a flattering reputation of worship attendance, who uses the church for impact in a statement for political advantage.
Oprah Winfrey is making a massive $5 million donation to help black and brown communities fight coronavirus in Chicago.
The Congressional Black Caucus released the following release welcoming Kweisi Mfume back to congress:
Recently, Kweisi Mfume was sworn in as the newest Member of the U.S. House of Representative for Maryland’s 7th congressional district, succeeding Elijah Cummings, who died last October. The return to Congress comes full circle, as Mfume reclaims the same seat that he held for 10 years before stepping down to become the President of the NAACP. During his tenure in Congress, Representative Mfume also served as the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus from 1993-1995.
Representative Mfume’s return to the Congressional Black Caucus comes at a critical time in our nation during this pandemic. The CBC looks forward to working with Rep. Mfume during this historic moment to identify, fight for, and win the best legislative change to help the Black community not just survive this pandemic but to prepare to thrive in the aftermath.
The Congressional Black Caucus welcomes Representative Kweisi Mfume back to the U.S. House of Representatives and his leadership in Maryland’s 7th district.
A majority of African Americans hold a negative view of President Trump and the federal government's handling of the coronavirus crisis, according to a new poll.
The poll from the African American Research Collaborative (AARC) commissioned by the NAACP found that 80 percent of surveyed black Americans held a "fair" or "poor" view of the way Trump has responded to the coronavirus outbreak, while 19 percent had a positive view.
The survey also found that 59 percent held a negative view about the federal government's response to the crisis, while 39 percent gave the federal response an "excellent" or "good" rating. By contrast, more than six in 10 respondents said they would give a positive rating to their governor and mayor.
When asked further about how much they trust various news sources to present honest information about the pandemic, respondents were most likely to give high marks to doctors and nurses, as well as local health officials and black elected leaders. Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, also scored high marks.
Asked to rank individuals or news sources on a scale of 1-10 measuring trustworthiness Fauci scored 6.93 on average among poll respondents.
CNN scored 6.18.
MSNBC scored 6.10.
Fox News scored 4.55.
Trump was last at 3.05.
