Category: Community
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REI Co-op relaunches its lifetime membership program to support 50-million-member community vision
With each new membership purchased, REI will donate $5 to the REI Cooperative Action Fund SEATTLE /PRNewswire/ — For the first time its 84 years, specialty outdoor retailer REI Co-op is significantly changing the ways that members can connect with the co-op by relaunching its lifetime membership program. The relaunch includes new lifetime benefits that make it easier for…
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Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and ViciNFT Launch NFTs for Kansas City Monarchs Season Ticket Holders
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM), the world’s only museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the rich history of African-American baseball and its impact on the social advancement of America, and ViciNFT Corporation, a leading provider of non-fungible token (“NFT”) creation and management, smart contracts, blockchain technology development, and cryptocurrency-based auction management services, today announced an…
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Bryan Cranston Announced as Voice of New Yosemite Immersive Virtual Reality Experience
Oscar-Nominated Actor and Native Californian Joins Immersive Experience Celebrating Inspirational National Park NEW YORK /PRNewswire/ — CityLights, a leader in virtual reality specializing in bringing immersive cinematic storytelling to broader audiences, today announced that Oscar-nominated actor, Bryan Cranston, has signed on to voice its upcoming project, “Experience Yosemite.” Cranston, who is most known for his Golden…
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Sandy Kim talks Inspiration and Creativity!
STM Profiles: Rod had the pleasure of interviewing actress and creative soul, Sandy Kim. She talked about what started her on this journey, and touches on how she adapted and navigated the restriction of the pandemic and the lockdown which affected the creative industry. Sandy also gives her insights on the future… Links to Sandy…
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Wendy’s commits more than $185,000 to organizations across U.S. and Canada
DUBLIN, Ohio /PRNewswire/ — The Wendy’s Company announced today that it will make charitable donations to a variety of organizations across the U.S. and Canada that align with Wendy’s® core categories of charitable support: foster care adoption, hunger and food integrity, youth and families, and vibrant communities. These commitments are a continuation of Wendy’s Community Giving Program that started in…
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THE SKIN OF COLOR SOCIETY (SOCS) SUCCESSFULLY HELD ITS 18TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM FEATURING LATEST RESEARCH & INSIGHTS FROM LEADING EXPERTS AND YOUNG RESEARCHERS ON KEY ISSUES IN SKIN OF COLOR DERMATOLOGY
High-interest presentations covered AI in Dermatology, Dermoscopy in Scarring Alopecia, Physician Leadership in Advancing Equity, Aesthetics in Skin of Color, Keloids, Pigmentary Disorders, Diagnostic Bias and other topics relevant to patients of color CHICAGO /PRNewswire/ — The Skin of Color Society, (SOCS), the world’s leading professional organization dedicated to advancing skin of color dermatology through research, education, mentorship…
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Black Lives Matter – Canada, Black Inmates and Friends Association, Keep6ix and the Toronto Black Farmers and Growers Collective launch ‘Earthseed,’ a new garden program for formerly incarcerated Black people
TORONTO /CNW/ – Created in collaboration with the Black Inmates and Friends Association, Toronto Black Farmers and Growers Collective, and Keep6ix, Black Lives Matter – Canada has established a re-entry support program at Wildseed Centre for Art and Activism. Launching on March 28, 2022, Earthseed Community Garden Program builds on established programming led by Toronto Black Farmers and Keep6ix.…
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Political motivation often comes down to personal assessment of other races’ deservingness
Newswise — While maybe not racially prejudiced, a broad swath of American citizens nonetheless do and say things that racists do, according to a new study. “Everyday people are implicated, not because they are racist but because they possess certain values that lock in disadvantage for African Americans,” wrote Darren Davis, the Snyder Family Mission Professor…
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Remarks by President Biden at Signing of H.R. 55, the “Emmett Till Antilynching Act”
Rose Garden: March 29, 2022 4:11 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: (The bill is signed.) All right. It’s law. (Applause.) (The President moves to the podium.) Thank you. It’s a little unusual to do the bill signing, not say anything and then speak, but that’s how we set it up. Well, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. …
