LOS ANGELES–(COMMERCIAL THREAD) – Movagar & Yamin Personal Injury Lawyers (M&Y Personal Injury Lawyers), one of California’s leading personal injury and accident law firms, has entered into a new strategic marketing partnership with AEG, the global leader sports and live entertainment, to become the first official personal injury law firm …
Read More »Salvation Army Begins Giving Season 100 Days Before Christmas | State
ALEXANDRIE, Virginia, September 16, 2021 / PRNewswire / – With the resurgence of the pandemic and just 100 days to Christmas, the organization is preparing for another difficult season of need. As millions of people continue to fight the effects of pandemic poverty, The Salvation Army calls on everyone to …
Read More »South Dakota organizations speak out on telemedicine abortions
RAPID CITY, SD (KOTA) – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is tackling abortions to make South Dakota the most powerful pro-life state. On Tuesday, September 7, 2021, Governor Noem signed Executive Order 2021-12 which bans telemedicine abortions in South Dakota. A telemedicine abortion is provided via video format or direct …
Read More »“Social Scientists Leading the Way” – Pi Gamma Mu 2021 virtual triennial convention
The Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society Triennial International Convention 2021 in Social Sciences will be held online from November 3-6, 2021. It will be a fully online virtual experience including student research presentations, guest speakers , a leadership development program and much more. . This press release was originally …
Read More »A ‘perfect storm’ for more roaming could impact LV, Hellertown
East. Reading time: 4 minutes A press release distributed this week by the Allentown Rescue Mission (ARM), which provides support and shelter to homeless men in the Lehigh Valley, contained a stern warning: the current economic environment coupled with a housing market high-priced provides all the ingredients for a “perfect …
Read More »Some working mothers risk quitting their jobs again
Last September, as a mostly distant school year began, 865,000 women dropped out of the workforce. That’s four times the number of men who left, according to the National Center for Women’s Rights. This tendency for women to disproportionately quit their jobs has been constant throughout the pandemic. Today, as …
Read More »Larry Elder’s charity failed before California recall
Larry Elder, the GOP frontrunner in California’s recall election to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom, has long trumpeted a libertarian view of the ‘welfare state’ and its excesses, arguing that private charity is a better solution than government programs. But the conservative radio host’s own nonprofit has raised little money and …
Read More »Working together to end elder abuse
An older woman was sitting in her south Brooklyn home a few months ago when the phone rang. The person on the other end of the phone told her that she could finally get her computer fixed. All she had to do was print out a form with instructions on …
Read More »Corner Cupboard Charities needs furniture, clothing and more
Aug 22 â Over 30 nonprofits regularly benefit from the generosity of East Dayton’s Corner Cupboard Charities. âThe Corner Cupboard provides an essential service that brings inexpensive housewares and clothing at a reasonable cost to local customers,â said Beth Cloyd, who is vice chair of the organization’s board of directors. …
Read More »QRCS launches surgical convoy in West Bank [EN/AR] – Occupied Palestinian Territory
August 22, 2021 ?? Doha: The Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) Representation Mission in the West Bank and Jerusalem is conducting a surgical project, with a total budget of $ 182,067 (QR 663,634). As part of its medical convoy program in the West Bank, Palestine, the QRC is sponsoring cleft …
Read More »Cal Poly Provost inducted into National Distinguished Service Honor Roll – Cal Poly News
SAN LUIS OBISPO – Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, Senior Vice President and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs at Cal Poly, is one of 16 inductees into the Urban Affairs Association (UAA) Distinguished Service Honor Roll. The Distinguished Service Honor Roll was created in 2013 to recognize organizations’ most influential service leaders. …
Read More »DCF Secretary Positions Kansas Foster Care System for Progress, Seeks Answers to Autism
TOPEKA – Laura Howard would like to highlight improvements to Kansas’ foster care system following her return to state government in January 2019. She is working on further progress. Department of Children and Families secretary says she is launching autism task force, focusing on prevention programs, deploying 24/7 mobile emergency …
Read More »Greg Abbott asks agency to decide whether gender-affirming care is child abuse
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with Texas’ most essential news. Governor Greg Abbott on Friday asked the top Texas Department of Family Protective Services official to determine whether some gender confirming surgeries for transgender children are child abuse under applicable state …
Read More »Berks County Family Continue to Advocate for Their Deceased Son through Richie’s Wish | Local News
When Richard Quinn-Delewski lost his long battle with cystic fibrosis, a condition that challenged him physically throughout his life but never broke his fierce spirit, his family wanted to find a way to honor his memory. Something that would celebrate his legacy. Something that would recognize his difficulties. Something that …
Read More »Building an inclusive economic recovery in the Caribbean
A new study, The business case for LGBT + inclusion in the Caribbean, shows the impact of exclusion and violence on LGBT + people in the region, and how their livelihoods have been affected by COVID-19. The legal and social exclusion of LGBT + people has a negative economic impact …
Read More »Hamden’s Farmer could face new Democratic main challenger in 5th arrondissement
HAMDEN – A new challenger has pulled out papers to demand his way to a Democratic primary against 5th District Councilor Justin Farmer, while another candidate has withdrawn from the race, according to the registrar’s office. Montrel Morrison, who runs a youth mentoring organization and previously served on the city’s …
Read More »Editorial: SC credits not coming to an end, but waste and abuse could be on the run | Editorials
Over the past decade, the SC legislature has put in place requirements that should tell us virtually everything we would want to know about spending on pork barrels and other allocations that lawmakers are putting in the budget. State each year: who receives how much money, how they intend to …
Read More »Ukraine: Protection Cluster Factsheet – June 2021 [EN/UK] – Ukraine
PROTECTION STRENGTHS Protection of civilians: The security situation remained volatile, with a slight decrease in both security incidents – from 557 incidents in May to 535 in June – and damage to homes and civilian infrastructure – from 50 cases in May to 8 case in June. OHCHR recorded six …
Read More »White House calls on social media companies to be ‘held accountable’ for Covid disinformation – live | US News
10:35 am EDT 10:35 Mandela barnes, lieutenant-governor of Wisconsin, announced today that he is a candidate Senate, joining a field crowded with Democrats vying for the seat. âHard-working families deserve every opportunity, but politicians like the senator Ron johnson don’t deliver, âBarnes tweeted. âInstead of changing our dreams, we need …
Read More »Golden Gate Senior Center completes renovations
NAPLES, Fla – Collier Senior Resources (CSR) at the Golden Gate Senior Center has reopened and offers in-person programs and services to the association’s 1,460 members. The non-profit organization strives to meet the needs of older people and their caregivers. Three months ago renovations to the center building began and …
Read More »Baseball Organization For People With Autism Seeks To Establish Grand Junction Team Sports
A baseball organization for teens and adults with autism is trying to form a team in Grand Junction. The Alternative Baseball Organization (ABO) has teams across the country that serve as sports and social centers for teens 15 years and older and adults with autism as well as those with …
Read More »UPCF awards grants to Catholic ministries in the UP | News, Sports, Jobs
Courtesy Photo These students are eager to enter the new school, Holy Name High School – A Chesterton Academy. In the photo, from left to right, Patton Nyquist, Kamryn Patmythes, Katelyn Rexford and Joseph Carlson. Students from across the Upper Peninsula have a new opportunity to receive a classical Catholic …
Read More »That’s why changing systems in 2021 requires better technology
We need a change at the systems level to achieve the SDGs, because traditional approaches and solutions are too expensive or have failed; To meet these complex challenges, systems change efforts need technology to help them scale successfully; The necessary technology may already exist: Software and data to change human …
Read More »Telework pilot program eased JCC pandemic concerns
(Photo by Antonio Borriello from Pexels) JAMES CITY COUNTY – In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to a halt. In the lockdown that followed, workplaces and schools either ceased operations entirely or completely overhauled all aspects of their operation to foster an atmosphere of security from a …
Read More »How strong is your network?
Have you ever stopped to watch a spider build a web? When you take the time to really focus on the intricacy of a web, you can appreciate all the time and effort the spider puts into anchoring the web, connecting the lines, and making sure the pattern of the …
Read More »The community foundation celebrates its 30th anniversary
Volunteers paint in August at the Johnson County Community Foundation Community Painting Day in Bargersville. The foundation, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, has funded murals across the county. Photo file.The $ 500 grant was the start of something big. When the Johnson County Community Foundation was able …
Read More »Towns and counties groups call for help to tackle homelessness | State and regional
Adams said CommonBond has an individualized approach for each resident and that success lies in housing stability. Lysa Allison, executive director of Cornerstone Rescue Mission, said success varies from person to person, and said a void left in services is education for the public. âHomeless people are not scary people,â …
Read More »As demand for vaccines crumbles, Ramsey County COVID specialist sends message on the road – Twin Cities
Mark Jackson was born into relief work, literally. The son of a Peace Corps director, Jackson was born in Kenya and raised young in Liberia until civil war forced his family to return to Minnesota. Jackson, who holds a biology degree from Macalester College and a graduate degree in global …
Read More »Spectrum donates $ 10,000 to Hawaii Food Bank
Spectrum announced a $ 10,000 donation to the Food Bank of Hawaii as part of the company’s national community philanthropic program, Spectrum Employee Community Grants, as part of a $ 1 million programming pledge of up to at the end of 2021. This is the third community grant from Spectrum …
Read More »Who is hiring in Pittsburgh? RE2 Robotics, CCAC, Bank of America and more – 5/7/21
Hiring? Post your job offer here to introduce yourself to 35,000 local job seekers each week. And come back every Monday and Thursday for the last job openings in Pittsburgh. Marketing and communication Beverly’s Birthdays is looking for a Development and Marketing Assistant to manage donor relationships, maintain donor records, …
Read More »The Recorder – United Ways of Hampshire, Franklin counties become one
The United Way of Hampshire and Franklin Counties have worked together for decades, but last week the organizations announced that they had officially merged into one, now known as the United Way of the Franklin and Hampshire Area. . The merger is the culmination of an 18-month process to create …
Read More »As large Cowlitz County veteran population ages, service organizations look to younger generations to carry on traditions | Local
Every Remembrance Day since Sara Hutchinson was a freshman in high school, she has performed “Taps” at the Kalama Memorial Day celebration hosted by the city’s Foreign War Veterans and the American Legion. The close connection made Hutchinson an easy recruit for both organizations when the army combat medic left …
Read More »News transcription schedule, July 7
⢠Canton in full ownership, in partnership with the Veterans Community Alliance, will host the 18th Annual Freehold Township Day at Michael J. Tighe Park, Georgia Road, Freehold Township, from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. on July 10. Free rides, local organizations and suppliers, teen center, Screaming Broccoli and the …
Read More »Paycheque Protection Program a Success in the Region
The Federal Reserve Bank says the recently completed paycheck protection program was largely successful in helping small businesses despite a slow start and criticism of how the program initially provided loans. The report, released last week by the Fed’s St. Louis branch, which includes Arkansas, noted that “the first indications …
Read More »Donate clothing, hygiene products, food to interfaith emergency services and help the homeless in Ocala
Interfaith emergency services can never receive too many donations from businesses and local residents. The organization, which operates a pantry, clothes closet, homeless shelter and the Food 4 Kids program, among other services, has been providing emergency assistance to individuals and families in crisis for nearly 40 years. years. Located …
Read More »longtime AFL-CIO director considering retirement | Social services
Penny Adams began responding to the Help Me hotline and connecting individuals with local resources in 1987. Over the next several years, she rose through the ranks to Executive Director of AFL Community Services. CIO. With her retirement on September 29, the woman many know as the face of St. …
Read More »Health system bypassing non-English speakers
The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the myriad ways our healthcare system can respond to the challenge, and also how we fail to care for our most vulnerable patients. In March 2020, as COVID cases began to increase, I spoke with staff at Family Van, a mobile health clinic that provides …
Read More »Cities in Tarrant County experience higher poverty than national average
STRONG VALUE Census data on those experiencing poverty in Tarrant County highlights the disparities between cities in the region. According to the 2019 American Community Survey 5-year estimate by the US Census Bureau, there were 241,703 (11.9%) people in Tarrant County’s population of 2,023,452 who reportedly lived below the poverty …
Read More »Supreme Court unanimously upholds religious freedom over LGBTQ rights – and hails bigger victory for conservatives ahead
Eds: This story was provided by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. (THE CONVERSATION) It ââwasn’t a dramatic expansion of religious rights – yet. But the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of a Catholic adoption agency that had been kicked out of Philadelphia …
Read More »‘Now is not the time’ for increased FPL rate, advocates say
MIAMI – Community advocates in Florida are calling on the public to speak out against a proposed increase in the cost of electricity starting next year. MacKenzie Marcelin is a community organizer in Miami-Dade County with Florida Rising, a political organization that focuses on marginalized communities. Marcelin said he and …
Read More »Don Bosco Relief Services launches initiatives to help people affected by COVID-19 pandemic – India
(MissionNewswire) Don Bosco Relief Services, located in Chennai, India, in collaboration with the Salesian Provincial Planning and Development Office SURABI, has worked to help mitigate the impact of the second wave of COVID-19 that is devastating the country. The organization has launched a number of initiatives in recent months, including …
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