Category: the Bridge
Bridging the gap between race, gender, philosophies… leading to understanding!
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Black Health Matters Spring Health Summit 2022 Building Health and Saving Lives, From Harlem, USA
Debut Hybrid Event Features Community Health Fair and STEM Program NEW YORK /PRNewswire/ — As the nation continues to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine hesitancy, lack of access to quality health care, and social disadvantages are still contributing to health disparities among African Americans. What are the next steps in dealing with…
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DARK & LOVELY AND STORM REID HOST BUILDING BEAUTIFUL FUTURES MASTERCLASS: “A BLACK GIRL’S GUIDE TO MENTORSHIP”
First Installment of Virtual Mentorship Masterclass Series on April 25thBrings Actionable Tools & Tactics for Young Black Women to Achieve Academic and Early Career Success NEW YORK /PRNewswire/ — Dark & Lovely, a leader in Black beauty for the last 50 years, is hosting their first-ever Building Beautiful Futures Mentoring Masterclass: A Black Girl’s Guide to Mentorship on Monday, Apr 25, 2022 at 5:30PM ET. As…
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Government of Canada takes concrete actions to fight climate change in the agriculture sector
OTTAWA, ON, /CNW/ – As stewards of the land, Canadian farmers are on the front lines of climate change and among the first to feel its effects. As we celebrate Earth Day, the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Francis Drouin, are announcing an…
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Florida’s attack on Disney violates the First Amendment
If Florida’s action to strip Walt Disney World of its status as a special tax district is indeed retaliatory against the company for its opposition to the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, as critics call it, then Florida has plainly violated the First Amendment, said a constitutional law expert at Washington University in St. Louis.…
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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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Local Floridians to lose in tax battle between Disney, DeSantis
The Florida House of Representatives voted to revoke Disney World’s special tax status after clashes between the company and Governor Ron DeSantis over the “Don’t Say Gay” Bill. Disney has traditionally been allowed a special tax district, giving the company greater control over its property in Florida. Eleanor Wilking, professor of law at Cornell Law…
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Jimmy Garoppolo Continues to Show Support for Skilled Tradespeople, Serving as Master of Ceremonies for Inaugural International Signing Day
Klein Tools and Home Builders Institute partner for celebration across North America of the next generation of skilled trade workers LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. /PRNewswire/ — With a longstanding commitment to encouraging the next generation of trade professionals, Klein Tools, the 165-year-old leader in hand tools, today announced the first global celebration of future trades men and women. Working in partnership…
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National Public Housing Museum Taps the Power of Storytelling with New Hire
Oral historian Liú Chen will bring vanguard storytelling strategies to NPHM and expand its oral history corps and landmark audio archive CHICAGO /PRNewswire/ — Storytelling, one of the most powerful ways to educate and inspire others, is essential to the National Public Housing Museum’s mission as the nation’s first cultural institution dedicated to interpreting and contextualizing the public housing experience…
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Daughters for Earth Launches to Raise $100 million for Women-Led Efforts to Protect and Restore the Earth
New campaign mobilizes women around the world to engage on climate action LOS ANGELES /PRNewswire/ — Daughters for Earth, a new campaign to mobilize women around the world to engage in climate action, launched today at SXSW. The initiative is co-founded by female leaders in women’s rights, climate and philanthropic sectors who recognized that women-led efforts to protect…
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IN RESPONSE TO THE BROOKLYN SUBWAY SHOOTING, ARTIST CHARLIE HEWITT SHARES A MESSAGE OF HOPE TO NYC STRAPHANGERS WITH “HOPEFUL” BILLBOARDS
Hopeful, a public digital art project, was already installed at six Bronx subway locations…and then last week’s tragic shootings happened in Brooklyn – today, two more Hopeful billboards are being lit at Sunset Park subway stations in honor of the victims and the community BROOKLYN,N.Y. /PRNewswire/ — Artist Charlie Hewitt, originally created an art project, “Hopeful,” to inspire optimism for Americans coping with…