Good Morning, Brooklyn: Friday, November 26, 2021
NEW DIPLOMA AND LANGUAGE PROGRAM: The St. Nicks Alliance in northern Brooklyn has launched its Pathways Program! Its Tech Literacy Data Analytics Training Program begins this Monday, November 29, as part of a partnership with the NYC Department of Education and the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development, this program offers classes for High School Equivalency Adult Basic Education and English for Speakers of Other Languages. Pathways to Graduation program offers classes for students (ages 17 to 21) to earn a High School Education diploma, with a paid internship component.
The program takes place on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 3:30PM to 6:30PM at St. Nicks Office at its Brooklyn location at 790 Broadway.
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ENDING RACISM IN CLINICAL ALGORITHMS: Flowing from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s landmark resolution declaring racism a public health crisis, the agency has formed Coalition to End Racism in Clinical Algorithms (CERCA). Clinical algorithms are tools used by clinicians to guide their decision-making in medical care of patients. Clinical algorithms using race norming — also called “race adjustment”— often negatively impacts the treatment and care for persons of color.