AIDS/HIV advocate strives to be “part of the change” in addressing racial disparities in health care
Davenport AIDS/HIV advocate Destiny Smith shares how health care disparities have affected Black women “from the beginning of time.”
Read MorePosted by Destiny Smith | Aug 1, 2023 | Archives, 2023, BIPOC, Health, Home Page Lead, Personal Growth, Perspectives, Special Sections, The Project Pages, Women
Davenport AIDS/HIV advocate Destiny Smith shares how health care disparities have affected Black women “from the beginning of time.”
Read MorePosted by Christine Hawes | Jul 26, 2023 | The Project Pages, 2023, Archives, Health, Home Page Lead, July 2023, LGBTQ+, News, Special Sections
Iowans and others seeking gender-affirming care for youth will have a new option at The Project of the Quad Cities in Moline by September, and fundraising started in July.
Read MorePosted by Christine Hawes | Jul 19, 2023 | 2023, Archives, Health, Home Page Lead, Illinois, Illinois Lead, July 2023, News, Rainbow Cafe Pages, Southern Illinois, Special Sections, Women
Inspired by a breast cancer survivor, this southern Illinois congregation is focusing on providing comfort bags for people experiencing abortion care.
Read MorePosted by Christine Hawes | May 5, 2023 | May 2023, 2023, Archives, Eastern Iowa, Health, Home Page Lead, News, Spirituality
The key to finding happiness in a difficult world also involves reconstructing “god.”
That’s one of the premises Dr. Diana Cates will share during her presentation Saturday as part of “Finding Happiness in a Difficult World.” The free symposium is offered by One Human Family QCA, a Davenport-based nonprofit that focuses on educating people about how to report hate crimes and incidents and how to fight hate.
Saturday’s symposium at Scott Community College-Urban Campus in Davenport starts at 9 a.m., though Cates’ presentation isn’t until 11 a.m. Read more about it here.
Read MorePosted by Christine Hawes | May 5, 2023 | May 2023, 2023, Archives, Central Illinois, Central Iowa, Eastern Iowa, Health, Home Page Lead, LGBTQ+, News, Northern Illinois and Chicagoland, Northwest Illinois, Southern Illinois
It’s time to start walking, running, and rolling for Pride, with at least five Pride-themed 5Ks coming up in the next six weeks across Illinois and Iowa.
They all start tomorrow with the Southern Illinois Pride K Fun Walk and Run. You can join in person or virtually.
More Pride walk and run events are also coming in Niles outside of Chicago June 3; Tuscola, Ill., and Des Moines, Ia., June 10; and Moline in the Quad Cities June 25.
Read about why these events are extra important to the LGBTQ community — and especially this year.
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