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The $360,000 partnership between the two organizations the next three years will go toward upgrading the new Central Pantry and providing food.

Supported by a Racial Equity and Community Partnership grant from Northwestern, Northwestern CS and YWCA Evanston/North Shore are helping remove racial barriers in the technology field through the YW Tech Lab economic empowerment training program.

Food security and livelihoods among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are often constrained by limited farm resource endowment. It can be difficult to improve resource endowment given barriers such as low land availability and the unaffordability of agricultural inputs, so here we ask whether farmers can gain a better return on their resources through optimising their farm strategy in terms of the composition and/or diversity of crop and livestock species raised. Our survey of 1133 small...

WESTFIELD: Thomas Kevin Trant, 70, of Westfield, beloved husband, devoted father, cherished grandfather, and friend to many passed away on Friday

The Evanston/North Shore YWCA recently started working with its third cohort of the YW Tech Lab, a free, 16-week web design technology program.  The lab hopes to increase opportunities for groups traditionally excluded from the field, including women of color, domestic violence survivors and low-wage workers. The program launched in Evanston in January 2020 and...

The “Experience This!” lottery to raise $3 million for a CT scanner at Saugeen Memorial Hospital launched Nov. 2. The lottery runs until mid-February with an…

Marc L. Goldberg Question: How can I apply my years of small business ownership and management experience to become a better leader? Answer: First, a leader selects, trains, equips and influences one or more people who have diverse abilities, interests and skills. Leaders focus on the organization’s mission and objectives and influence those they lead so they willingly and enthusiastically expend their energies in a concerted effort to achieve those goals and objectives. (Winston & Pat...

Experts: Honesty required when work and home intersect SEB_RA SEB_RA Published: 2/24/2021 12:54:48 PM BOSTON – The pandemic and need to work from home blurred the line between professional and personal time, leading to a need for company leaders to promote transparency and honesty in the workplace, a group of Boston-based recruiting experts said Tuesday during a virtual panel discussion. “Leaders need to be more involved and in-tune with what’s going on within their teams. In the past, I ...