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(NewsUSA) - Toys for Tots is more than a Christmastime charity - thanks to a new partnership between the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation and Good360.Toys for Tots, the 74-year national charitable program run by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, is launching a DoGoodNow campaign to bring toys, books, and games to families in need … Continued
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\t On Friday, internet and international calls were cut off across the West African nation in anticipation of the election results, according to locals and international observers in the capital, Conakry.
\t This was the third time that Conde matched-up against Diallo. Before the election, observers raised concerns that an electoral dispute could reignite ethnic tensions between Guinea's largest ethnic groups.
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The approximately 1700 sugar workers who were once employed at the Wales Sugar Estate and facing financial hardships have seen the past four months of the COVID-19 pandemic take an even greater toll on their livelihoods in a manner best described as ‘rubbing salt into the wound’.
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TWO senior trade union leaders are calling for an early meeting with Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr Nigel Clarke to discuss the 'modest' incremental offer promised by the Government in lieu of a one-year delay in implementing a new public-sector compensation structure.
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Nationwide via Blacknews.com — Dr. Kim Scott, founder and owner of the nonprofit service organization Teen Focus, Inc., believes that teens deserve better and that they need services that will enable and empower them to see and realize their true potential. For twenty years, Dr. Scott has been helping at-risk teens, after initially establishing an […]
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Dr. Winston Clifton Hackett was the first African-American physician in Arizona. He was also the founder of the Booker T. Washington Memorial Hospital, the first hospital in Phoenix which served the African-American community. Hackett was born in Tyler, Texas where he received his primary and secondary education. He became a student of the Tuskegee University. []
EDITORIAL: Long-term solution to market fires overdue
Monday, June 29, 2020 0:01
By EDITORIAL
Gikomba market traders salvage what remained of their stalls that were razed down by a fire at the Market in Nairobi on June 25, 2020.
PHOTO | SALATON NJAU | NMG
The perennial fire outbreaks that have in the past left scores of traders at Nairobi’s Gikomba Market counting massive losses have again made a comeback with government officials now being ordered to probe the cause of last week’s night blaze.
Allegations that land ownership tussles between tenants living in nearby county houses, land grabbers or business rivalry among traders may have fuelled the fires at the open-air market should also be fully addressed.
Last week’s fire came barely a few months after traders lost properties in another fire at the same market.
Despite past promises by the government to rein in the menace, the fires still recur hence the traders would not be faulted if they are sceptical about the fresh probe.
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will deploy troops to assist getting Americans vaccinated against COVID-19, the White House said Friday. Coronavirus senior adviser Andy Slavitt announced that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has approved a request for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. It means about 1,000 active duty military personnel will deploy to help state vaccination centers. President Joe Biden has called for setting up 100 mass vaccination centers around the country within a month. Two are opening in California, and Slavitt said military personnel will arrive at those centers in a little over […]
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STUDENTS MIGHT be stuck in cyberspace, but don't tell that to the Government.
This month, officials have opened four schools, in Chatham, Malabar, San Juan and Siparia.
It's always good to see the education system getting much needed infrastructure upgrades, and many of these commissioning ceremonies were undoubtedly the fruit of years of effort and planning.
But what about addressing all of the intangible things that need to be addressed if students' interests are to be truly paramount?
The announcement by Minister of Education Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly that there will be no face-to-face classes for all students when the new school term starts come September 6 reflects the grim reality that our student vaccination rate is not where it should be.
Though it is possible things will improve and some physical classes might eventually become possible, all school buildings - including those opened recently - will remain underutilised.
While there is a surfeit of empty classroom space, there is a shortage of the basic equipment students need to go online and access their virtual classrooms. Amid all the grand celebrations this month, it seems the focus on addressing the laptop shortage has been removed from centre-stage.
The Government has not been completely asleep on this issue. Last year, it allocated about $50 million to procuring more devices in preparation for the academic year 2021/2022. It also entered into partnerships with the private sector.
In July, the distribution of devices began. But of 20,000 devices initially bought, only about 8,000 had been received up to that month. About 65,000 laptops were originally estimated to be needed, though some donations have come from the corporate community. No doubt some parents have found or raised the money to buy what their children need, too.
But clarity is still needed as to how many children do not yet have access to what has now become a basic educational need.
It is precisely because of the vagaries of demand and supply that the State needs to consider even more measures to help students out. For example, in many countries today, students receive heavy discounts from large retailers for laptop purchases. The Government has prioritised students who cannot afford devices. But what about subsidising discounts at stores?
Meanwhile, the entire policy orientation of the Ministry of Education is clearly in need of an urgent shift, given the experience of the pandemic. It used to be the case that cutting ribbons for new buildings was good enough - but what about a system of teaching and assessment that faces the new normal instead of being at the mercy of it?
And while we await the brave new world of post-2020 pedagogy, there are classic problems yet to be addressed.
A recent report by the Silver Lining Foundation suggested bullying remains a worrying problem. However, the report suggests simple changes in what we teach our students - not just how we house them - can make a huge difference.
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If the shelves at your home that you’ve been staring at (since stay-at-home orders were put in place) are a bit bare, Rolls Royce has you covered.
If you’re not part of the rare one percent, you likely can’t afford one of the cars part of the luxurious Rolls Royce fleet– especially because the cheapest will set you back around $300,000.
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[Thomson Reuters Foundation] The pandemic has made it harder for farmers - already grappling with climate extremes - to sell their harvests, while rising poverty pushes more city residents to use food banks
155 Civil Rights Organizations Urge Immediate Congressional Action on Voting Rights The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 154 other civil rights organizations today called on members of … Continued
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Clayton Pitre is a long time Seattle, Washington-based community activist, former Chief Housing Developer for the Central Area Motivation Project (CAMP), and a retired Montford Point Marine.
Born on June 30, 1924 to Gilbert Pitre and Eugenie Lemelle, Clayton Pitre was the fourth child of seven siblings. He was born and raised in Opelousas in Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. His father was a cotton and yam farmer, and his mother was a homemaker. Pitre attended Catholic schools until the 9th grade when he gave up his education to work in various defense plants in early World War II Texas.
Nineteen-year-old Pitre was drafted into the military in 1943. He subsequently signed up to become one of the first African Americans to join the U.S. Marine Corps and was trained at their segregated base, Montford Point near Jacksonville, North Carolina. In December 1943 he was sent overseas to Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands in the South Pacific. In early 1945 his unit was sent to Okinawa, Japan as a decoy for the other forces that invaded the south end of the island. Pitre was as an infantryman in the 1st Marine Ammunition Company sending ammunition to the frontlines. By the end of the war he had earned his Corporal stripes.
Immediately after World War II, Pitre was sent to China to oversee the evacuation of the Japanese Army. In January 1946 he returned to the U. S. and was honorably discharged on February 8, 1946. After a short time back in Louisiana, Pitre was persuaded to join one of his brothers in Seattle, where he got a job at the U.S. Navy’s Fort Lawton. Pitre later enrolled at Seattle’s Broadway Edison Technical School in a program specifically for military veterans who had not earned a high school diploma. With support from the G.I. Bill he passed his vocational tests.
In 1958 Pitre married Gloria Tony, a Seattle language teacher. The couple had three children: Clayton Jr., Michael and Paul. He later enrolled at Seattle University and graduated in 1968 with a degree in accounting. Throughout college he worked as
Ronald Vernie Dellums was born on November 24, 1935 in Oakland, California to Willa Terry Dellums and Vernie Dellums. His father Vernie Dellums was a longshoreman, and his mother was a labor organizer. As a child, Ron attended St. Patrick Catholic School in Oakland.
After high school Ron Dellums served in the United States Marine Corps from 1954 to 1956 after he was denied the college scholarship he had sought. After service in the Marines Dellums, with the help of the G.I Bill and an outside job, attended San Francisco State College where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1960. This was followed by an M.A. in Social Welfare from the University of California at Berkeley in 1962.
In the same year Dellums began his career as a psychiatric social worker in the California Department of Mental Hygiene in Berkeley. Dellums also taught at San Francisco State University and the University of California, Berkeley. His work soon led him to become involved in community politics. In 1967 at 32, Dellums was elected to the Berkeley City Council. He quickly became known as the spokesperson for African American community affairs and for his radical political beliefs.
After only three years on the Berkeley City Council, Dellums decided to run for Congress. With high name recognition -- partly because his uncle, C.L. Dellums was a well known East Bay political activist and founding member of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters -- and with crucial campaign assistance from Coretta Scott King, the widow of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as from Berkeley’s powerful anti-Vietnam War organizations, 35-year-old Dellums was elected to Congress.
Dellums quickly emerged as one of the most radical and outspoken Congressmen in Washington. Within weeks of his election, Dellums called for Congressional investigations into alleged war crimes in Vietnam and co-founded the Congressional Black Caucus. Two years later he began a long campaign to end the apartheid policies of South Africa
Spingarn Medal awarded Damon J. Keith in tribute to his steadfast defense of constitutional principles as revealed in a series of memorable decisions he handed down as a United States District Court judge.
(TriceEdneyWire.com)—The aftermath and on-going circumstances of the murder of George Floyd have given each of us reasons to give focused thought to the current state of our nation.
Welcomed, yet unexpected, citizens of nations throughout the world, inspired by visuals of the brutal murder of George Floyd, have also chosen this time to address the evils of abuse and oppression that impact them.
Wikipedia reports: “As part of the worldwide George Floyd protests, members of the Black Lives Matter movement have also removed or defaced statues of other historical figures that were responsible for large-scale suffering of Black people.
To African Americans, the Confederate flag and other symbols embody the hatred and brutality of slavery, and discrimination in the post-Civil War America.
Some argue that these symbols are cultural icons that only represent Southern Heritage.
Welcoming yesterday’s decision by Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George-Wiltshire, the Private Sector Commission today called on the GECOM Chair Claudette Singh to move towards the declaration of the result based on the recount of the votes and to the swearing in of the new President.
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[Africa Check] Sex with lots of partners doesn't change the size and tightness of a vagina, or the shape of the labia. Vaginal washes can be harmful. And there's no such thing as a virginity test. Two experts help us bust popular myths about the vagina.
Jesse Brown, wounded veteran and government official, was born on March 27, 1944 to Lucille Brown in Detroit, Michigan. His single-parent mother raised him in Chicago. Brown first attended Roosevelt University in Chicago and later graduated from Kennedy- King College in that same city.
In 1963, Brown enlisted into the United States Marine Corps. During the Vietnam War, he was seriously wounded while patrolling near DaNang. The injury left his right arm completely paralyzed. For his sacrifice, Brown received the Purple Heart and an honorable discharge.
In 1967, Brown found employment at the Chicago Bureau of the Disabled American’s Veterans (DAV). Six years later in 1973, Brown had been promoted to supervisor of the appeals office for the DAV headquarters in Washington, D.C. Within ten years, Brown became headquarters manager. In 1988, he became the DAV’s first African American executive director. In this position, he often testified on veteran health issues before Congress. He challenged Congress’s efforts to decrease veteran’s benefits and criticized the deterioration of the veteran’s hospital system. While at the agency, he also created the system for health officials to diagnose and treat post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and physical side effects of Agent Orange.
In January 1993, President Bill Clinton nominated Brown to the position of Secretary of Veteran Affairs. After Congressional hearings and confirmation, Brown took over this position in early 1993. His agency contained 260,000 employees and he oversaw a budget of over $34.3 billion dollars. During his tenure, he reengineered the healthcare system, created more healthcare services for female veterans, and developed resources for homeless veterans. Although Brown resigned from his position in 1997, government officials and veterans praised his advocacy for veterans. Brown’s commitment and dedication to improving the lives of veterans earned him the prestigious Presidential Unsung Hero Award by LIFE in 2000 and the Outstanding
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Mel’s Fish Shack is about legacy. Located on Jefferson Boulevard, in the heart of the Crenshaw District, the aquamarine-colored venue’s door stands open, filling the air with enchanting smells of freshly fried catfish and soul food cuisine. The shack is a staple in the collective community; Mel’s Fish Shack was cultivated by the waves of the collective culture and continues to be a pillar that stands strong as the impacts float in from the tidal wave that is COVID-19.
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The DA welcome stricter restrictions on gatherings under Level 2, but insist that only by vaccinating the public will SA escape lockdowns.
Six non-executive directors have been appointed to the interim board of SAA, and are tasked with restoring proper governance and oversight at the airline during its business rescue process.
