Communities That Care Coalition
Promoting health, well-being, and equity among young people in Franklin County and the North Quabbin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leven_Kali
Leven Kali Simon-Seay, known as Leven Kali, is a Dutch-born American singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work on Beyoncé‘s Renaissance, Drake‘s More Life and Playboi Carti‘s self titled mixtape Playboi Carti.[2]
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/19/nx-s1-5669426/cursive-handwriting-school-controversy
In Sherisse Kenerson’s after-school classroom, Sandi takes out a piece of paper and fills up a whole line to spell the word that describes a type of lung disease. The word allows her to practice cursive — her new favorite method of writing.
When she becomes a doctor, Sandi, who signs her cursive autograph with a heart above the i, is determined to have a perfect signature.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamel_Pitts
Shamel Pitts is an American artist, choreographer, performer and teacher. He is the founder and artistic director at TRIBE which is a New York-based multidisciplinary arts collective.[1] He is best known for his creation of a triptych of multidisciplinary performance art works entitled Black Series[2] and as a cast member of the 2021 Bessie Award-winning production of The Motherboard Suite at New York Live Arts.
In 2024, Pitts was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, popularly known as the MacArthur Foundation’s “Genius Award.”[3] He is also a 2026 United Starts Artists (USA) Fellow[4], 2020 Guggenheim Fellow,[5] a 2018 Princess Grace Foundation fellow,[6] and a fellow in choreography of the New York Foundation for the Arts.[7]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_KG
Kgaogelo Moagi (born 31 January 1996),[1] professionally known as Masker KG is a South African DJ, singer and record producer. Born and raised in Tzaneen, his debut studio album Skeleton Move achieved acclaim including an AFRIMA Award for Best Artist/Group in the African Electro category.[2] He is also known as the pioneer of “Bolobedu” dance.[3]
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5753780/bryan-stevenson-montgomery-square-legacy-museum
Human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson has been working to ensure evidence of America’s painful past is not erased.
Stevenson’s nonprofit, the Equal Justice Initiative, opened the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Ala., in 2018, to chronicle slavery and racism in America. A new exhibit, which is both located in and called Montgomery Square, begins in 1955 with the boycott of Montgomery’s segregated buses and ends 10 years later with the marches from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisha_Hinds
Aisha Hinds is an American television, stage and film actress and director. She had supporting roles in a number of television series, including The Shield, Invasion, True Blood, Detroit 1-8-7 and Under the Dome. In 2016, she played Fannie Lou Hamer in biographical drama film All the Way. She has also appeared in Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) and was cast as Harriet Tubman in WGN America period drama Underground. Beginning in 2018, Hinds stars in the Fox/ABC procedural drama series 9-1-1.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Adjaye
Sir David Frank Adjaye (born 22 September 1966) is a Ghanaian-British[1] architect who has designed many notable buildings around the world, including the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Adjaye was knighted in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to architecture. He received the 2021 Royal Gold Medal,[2] making him the first African recipient and one of the youngest recipients.[3] He was appointed to the Order of Merit in 2022.[4]
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/g-s1-90082/immanuel-wilkins-tiny-desk-concert
Always inspirational, the music of saxophonist and composer Immanuel Wilkins is also heavy and thought provoking. In the harmonic tension of his music you can hear sepia tones of the Black experience — an ancient and modern struggle told through melody and overlaid with hope. Complex time signatures swing and sway with spiritual incantations that instill reflection and peace.
https://www.immanuelwilkins.com/about
The music of saxophonist and composer Immanuel Wilkins is filled with empathy and conviction, bonding arcs of melody and lamentation to pluming gestures of space and breath. Listeners were introduced to this riveting sound with his acclaimed debut album Omega, which was named the #1 Jazz Album of 2020 by The New York Times. The album also introduced his remarkable quartet with Micah Thomas on piano, Daryl Johns on bass, and Kweku Sumbry on drums, a tight-knit unit that Wilkins features once again on his stunning sophomore album The 7th Hand.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raye
Rachel Agatha Keen (born 24 October 1997), known professionally as Raye (/reɪ/ RAY), is a British singer-songwriter and record producer. She first rose to prominence after signing with Polydor Records and providing guest vocals for Jonas Blue‘s song “By Your Side” (2016), which became her first entry on the UK singles chart. Raye subsequently released several extended plays, as well as the project Euphoric Sad Songs (2020), which features the UK top-ten single “Secrets“. She gained media attention with her departure from Polydor, which allegedly refused to release her debut studio album.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/20/nx-s1-5746630/hiv-aids-trump-administration-aid-cuts
Harerimana Ismail hasn’t had a paycheck since the beginning of last year. He’s kept working nonetheless.
When the current administration paused foreign aid and issued stop work orders in January of 2025, almost all U.S. foreign aid projects were halted. That included the termination of Ismail’s work as a community health worker at the Kabale Regional Referral Hospital in southwestern Uganda, where his salary – roughly $50 a month – was paid for by a U.S. grant. He’d been a community health worker for eight years.
But he’s kept going door-to-door to make sure that children who have HIV are still taking their medications, connected to medical care and feeling supported.