Genoa Barrow

Senior Staff Writer

I have worked as a professional journalist for more than 20 years. I am a proud member of the ethnic press and enjoy providing information that empowers readers. In 2019, I published my first book, "Daddy Issues: Black Women Speaking Truth & Healing Wounds."

Articles

Les Simmons

Children & Families

Community & Public Health

Environment & Climate

Health Equity & Social Justice

Healthcare Systems & Policy

Faith Community Steps Up Vaccination Efforts

Church leaders spearhead efforts to protect South Sacramento's African American residents.

Race and Equity

Poverty and Class

Environmental Health

Community Safety

The Community Lead Advocacy Program (CLAP) brought vaccines to a homeless encampment in the Valley Hi area. Javon Coleman was am

Children & Families

Community & Public Health

Environment & Climate

Health Equity & Social Justice

Healthcare Systems & Policy

Sacramento’s Black community takes charge of its own health, vaccinations

How local leaders have taken vaccine distribution in underserved communities into their own hands.

Race and Equity

Poverty and Class

Environmental Health

Healthcare Regulation and Reform

Community Safety

Woman receives vaccine

Has race been a barrier to COVID vaccine access in Sacramento County?

What’s preventing COVID-19 vaccines from being distributed more broadly to California’s Black population?

Race and Equity

Poverty and Class

Healthcare Regulation and Reform