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Address: 223 S. Winnebago Street Rockford, IL 61102
Phone: 815-489-8500
Address: 223 S. Winnebago Street Rockford, IL 61102
Phone: 815-489-8500
Black History Month is celebrated each year throughout the month of February. The month is a time to celebrate achievements made by African Americans and a time to recognize their integral role in U.S. history. The journey of Black History Month began in 1915, half a century after the abolition of slavery in the United States. That September, the Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Woodson and the prominent minister Jesse E. Moorland founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), an organization dedicated to researching and promoting achievements by Black Americans and other peoples of African descent.
Known today as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), the group sponsored a national Negro History week in 1926, choosing the second week of February to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. The event inspired schools and communities nationwide to organize local celebrations, establish history clubs and host performances and lectures.
Since 1976, every American president has designated February as Black History Month and endorsed a specific theme.
The Black History Month 2023 theme, “Black Resistance,” explores how “African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression, in all forms, especially the racial terrorism of lynching, racial pogroms and police killings,” since the nation’s earliest days.
To continue to create strategic partnerships with community stakeholders, design a diverse housing portfolio, leverage social service programming to unite and ensure residents are provided with safe and nurturing environments that lead to self-sufficiency, responsibility, and individual empowerment.
"If you are not well, you cannot serve your communities well!" Dr. Kim Hires brought it home during our #SummerSymposium closing plenary.
Blackhawk Courts: A Rich Legacy
From its origins housing veterans to today’s vibrant community, Blackhawk Courts exemplifies RHA’s enduring commitment to quality housing and community support.
Join us in celebrating! ➡️
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Don't forget to mark your calendars for our Community Health Fair happening tomorrow, July 13th from 11am-2pm! 🌟 Come out and get free health screenings, indulge in healthy snacks, and join in on fun fitness activities. Let's promote empowerment and healthy living!
Within 5 years the RHA will re-establish itself as high performing agency that is a leader in housing and sustainable communities by developing additional, non-HUD revenue streams, increasing our asset base and offering state of the art resident initiatives.