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NBCDI JOINS THE COUNCIL ON BLACK HEALTH AND FOUR OTHER PROMINENT NATIONAL BLACK ORGANIZATIONS TO LAUNCH MAJOR HEALTH INITIATIVE

The latest heinous act against a Black child happened in Orlando, Florida when a six-year old Black girl was arrested on September 19, 2019 for "throwing a tantrum” in her first grade class. The police handcuffed her, put her in the back of a police car and took her to a juvenile detention facility where she was fingerprinted and her mugshot was taken.

SILVER SPRING, MD (Sept. 12) – The National Black Child Development Institute, Inc. (NBCDI) today announces its 49th Annual Conference to be held in Chicago, IL from Sept. 28 – Oct. 1. Kicking-off with a 2020 Census Mayoral Roundtable featuring Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms; a first-of-its kind Town Hall Meeting on the School Push Out of Black girls featuring leading political strategist Angela Rye and culminating with Georgetown University’s Dr.