Today’s Communiqué – 12.14.20

1. [Video] Community Health Centers of Arkansas Recognizes HIV/AIDS Awareness Month – Featuring Dr. Manual Kelley, MD and Sandra Brown, MPH, MSN, RN

2. Southern Bancorp CEO Darrin Williams Named to Bloomberg Businessweek’s Bloomberg 50

3. Arkansas Humanities Council Hosts Virtual Grant Writing Workshop Focus: Mini-Grants

4. New Curator Starts at Mosaic Templars Cultural Center

5. Women’s Foundation Launches Its Tjuana Byrd Summer Internship Program

6. Research Participants Wanted: Project Heal – Healing Violence Survivor Stories


1. [Video] Community Health Centers of Arkansas Recognizes HIV/AIDS Awareness Month – Featuring Dr. Manual Kelley, MD and Sandra Brown, MPH, MSN, RN


2. Southern Bancorp CEO Darrin Williams Named to Bloomberg Businessweek’s Bloomberg 50

Bloomberg Businessweek named Southern Bancorp CEO Darrin Williams to the 2020 Bloomberg 50, its annual list of innovators, entrepreneurs, and leaders who have changed the global business landscape over the past year. Among those honored this year are Dr. Anthony Fauci, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, Colin Kaepernick, Chief Justice John Roberts, and the founders of Black Lives Matter. “I am honored and humbled to represent Southern Bancorp and the mission-driven financial institution industry in general on the Bloomberg 50 list,” said Williams. “I hope to use this platform to encourage greater attention on the growing economic needs of underserved Americans and how Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) like Southern Bancorp can help them.”

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3. Arkansas Humanities Council Hosts Virtual Grant Writing Workshop Focus: Mini-Grants


4. New Curator Starts at Mosaic Templars Cultural Center

Courtney Bradford has a passion for African American history. Among the first items Bradford brought into her new office at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center were family photos, statues of Buffalo soldiers that travel with her everywhere and a wooden Sankofa bird from Africa.

“You must know your history to move forward,” Bradford said. That’s one reason history is so fascinating – it reveals people’s collective and individual identities, she said. “African American history is truly my passion.”

“I’m very excited to be here,” Bradford said. “It’s like a dream come true.”

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5. Women’s Foundation Launches Its Tjuana Byrd Summer Internship Program


6. Research Participants Wanted: Project Heal – Healing Violence Survivor Stories