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Community Voices: Higher education and racial justice
Last year, the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg championed the work of higher education institutions in Pinellas County who committed together to anti-racist work, forming the St. Petersburg/Pinellas Higher Education for Race Equity Consortium also known as SPHERE.
June 6, 2022

Cultural groups at USF aim to foster inclusivity
Cultural groups at USF aim to foster inclusivity. USF students say the organizations help cross-cultural relationships.
May 27, 2022Student

Black women more likely to die from breast cancer
Black women continue to experience disparities in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, leading to increased mortality. “The realities are that breast cancer is diagnosed at a later stage in Black women than white women, and the reality is that Black women are more likely to die from breast cancer,” said Haywood L. Brown, MD, vice president for institutional equity and associate dean of the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida.
May 8, 2022Community Engagement, Research and Funding
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