Dana James

Jan 21, 2025 | blackiowanews.com | Dana James

During Tuesday’s school board meeting, the Des Moines district unveiled its new comprehensive Reimagining Education plan that could usher sweeping changes in the state’s largest district of more than 30,000 students.

Jan 15, 2025 | blackiowanews.com | Dana James

Black Iowa News will soon debut a new church directory — online and in each Black Iowa Newspaper edition. The church directory will connect Black Iowa News readers with church information from around the state. It’s easy to showcase a church in the directory. The cost is $100 annually. Church leaders can complete the form and pay below. If you have trouble completing the form, email Black Iowa News Founder & Publisher Dana James.

Dec 5, 2024 | tandfonline.com | Dana James |Jennifer Blesh |Jeffrey Liebert |Natal Magnanti

ABSTRACTThe practice of agroecology has been promoted as a promising pathway to improve environmental and human well-being. Previous research has shown that farm size is often related to factors that can help or hinder agroecological practice use, but context is key. Here, we examine the relationship between farm size and the use of agroecological practices by assessing 596 management plans for farms associated with the Brazilian participatory agroecology network Rede Ecovida.

Nov 26, 2024 | blackiowanews.com | Dana James

Waterloo community leaders held a press conference on Tuesday, Nov. 26, to condemn “hate crimes and harassment” following a recent “Aryan Nation” recruitment campaign, they said. Leaflets distributed recently in Cedar Valley neighborhoods promoting “white supremacist ideologies” have sparked widespread concern and fear among residents, said members of the Waterloo Human Rights Commission. “We strongly condemn these attempts to sow division and hatred in our community,” Rev.

Nov 26, 2024 | blackiowanews.com | Dana James

“The whole goal was just to bring together farmers of color and to try to help each other,” Todd Western III, a sixth-generation Black Iowa farmer, told attendees at the 2nd annual Iowa Farmers of Color Conference in Urbandale. He’s the driving force behind the conference. Farmers shared their feelings of pride, family legacies and the need to nurture the land and each other during the day-long conference held at Living History Farms. About 130 people attended the event.