Category: Community
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Penske Media Announces: Los Angeles’s Premiere Culture Festival, December 2-4, 2021
LA3C Culture Festival The Event Will Celebrate Los Angeles’s Diversity & Creative Communities Through Immersive Events And Experiences Across Entertainment, Food, Comedy, Art, Fashion, Sports and All-Star Musical Performances CULTURE FESTIVAL The festival will be a curation of best-in-class experiences and events across a range of locations throughout LA County that will welcome visitors from…
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NASA Announces Public Meeting on Mission Equity, Request for Information
NASA’s public meeting to discuss its recently issued request for information (RFI), entitled Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities in NASA Programs, Contracts and Grants, will take place at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, July 13. The RFI is part of NASA’s Mission Equity, a comprehensive effort to assess agency programs, procurements, grants, and…
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“We Are Pharma!™” Initiative addresses COVID-19 Vaccination Concerns in Minority Communities
In response to the increasing mistrust of the COVID vaccine in communities of color, Women of Color in Pharma (WOCIP) has created an initiative that focuses on community education and increasing COVID-19 vaccine confidence. Additionally, it focuses on bridging the gap between the pharma industry and the communities it serves. A three-pronged framework is being utilized to…
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Green Gold Farms raises $1.6 million to tackle Ghana’s food import problem and poverty in the North
TEMA, Ghana — Green Gold Farms, a leading Ghana-based, African-led agribusiness start-up has completed raising US$1.6 million from Absa Bank Ghana, Diaspora Capital, Channel Ventures, EPMT Fund, and a number of early-stage seed investors. Green Gold Farms is tackling the problems of poverty, lack of economic opportunity, and malnutrition and related illnesses in Northern Ghana through large-scale agricultural production. Despite abundant amounts of…
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Thirteenth Annual Food From The Bar Los Angeles Campaign Raises Nearly $625,000 For Food-Insecure Children
This year’s campaigning efforts among 50 Los Angeles legal organizations will fill the hunger gap in the summer when food-insecure children are especially in need LOS ANGELES — This year’s month-long Food From The Bar Campaign raised nearly $625,000 for the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, thanks to the Los Angeles legal community. This generous donation will help the Food Bank…
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California Black Freedom Fund Invests Nearly $9 Million in 74 Black-led Power-Building Groups Around the State
The California Black Freedom Fund today announced nearly $9 million in general operating grants to 74 Black-led groups across California as part of its commitment to resource, connect and strengthen Black-led power-building organizations in the state. In its second round of grantmaking, the fund is awarding grants to Black-led organizations operating in all corners of the state — San…
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El público nombra al “maniquí lunar” que volará alrededor de la Luna en la misión Artemis I
Read this release in English here. “Comandante Moonikin Campos” es el nombre oficial del maniquí que se lanzará a bordo de Artemis I, la prueba de vuelo sin tripulación de la NASA del cohete Sistema de Lanzamiento Espacial (SLS por sus siglas en inglés) y la nave espacial Orion alrededor de la Luna a finales…
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Public Names ‘Moonikin’ Flying Around Moon on NASA’s Artemis I Mission
“Commander Moonikin Campos” is the official name of the manikin launching on Artemis I, NASA’s uncrewed flight test of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft around the Moon later this year. The Moonikin received its name as the result of a competitive bracket contest honoring NASA figures, programs, or astronomical objects. NASA received more than…
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois Celebrates PRIDE
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) is marking Pride month with community engagement, education and other supports for the LGTBQ+ community. It’s part of our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion that helps us address health and economic inequities in the communities we serve, the products and services we offer and the support…
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U.S. Senators And Congressmen Respond To Byron Allen’s Call To Action To Revise And Update Federal Civil Rights Law
U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal, Cory Booker and Ron Wyden with U.S. Representatives Jamie Raskin and Mondaire Jones Introduce Companion Legislation to Amend and Strengthen Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 LOS ANGELES, June 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Allen Media Group Founder/Chairman/CEO, Byron Allen, today announced his call to action to strengthen the original civil rights act in…