A listing of area meetings and events in the Brainerd lakes area.
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Monday’s winners: Jan Herd, 5110; Lois Volkmuth, 4430; Sally Adams, 4210.
Wednesday’s winners: Lois Volkmuth, 4250; Neola Raasch, 2970; Sally Adams, 2800.
CJ Chapter of PEO to meet Feb. 16
CJ Chapter of PEO will meet via Zoom at 12:30 p.m. Feb. 16.
For a Zoom invitation, text or call 952-484-7980.
American Association of University Women to meet Feb. 13
American Association of University Women will meet via Zoom at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, to discuss the book “Educated: A Memoir” by Tara Westover.
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Captain Robert Orr Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution to meet
Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, policy expert, writer, and Brooklyn native. She is founder of Urban Ocean Lab, a think tank for coastal cities, and founder and CEO of Ocean Collectiv, a consulting firm for conservation solutions. She recently co-created the Blue New Deal, a roadmap for including the ocean in climate policy. She is co-creator and co-host of the podcast How to Save a Planet, co-editor of the anthology All We Can Save, co-founder of The All We Can Save Project, and she has written and presented widely on hope, strategy, and the intersections of race, racism and the climate crisis.
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Democrats $50,000 student loan forgiveness plan would make 36 million borrowers debt-free CNBC 2/4/2021 Annie Nova
The Senate s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer of New York, along with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and other Democrats on Thursday put forward a resolution calling on President Joe Biden to forgive $50,000 in student debt for all borrowers.
The plan would cancel all of the debt for 80% of federal student loan borrowers.
Women and people of color would be among the biggest winners.
Democrats are pushing to cancel $50,000 in student loan debt
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The Senate s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer of New York, along with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and other Democratic legislators on Thursday, reintroduced a resolution again calling on the White House to forgive $50,000 in student debt for all borrowers by executive action.
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Rachael is the Executive Director of Ohio Citizen Action and Ohio Consumers Power Alliance: Rachael moved to Cincinnati in 1996 from Clean Water Action in Denver to become Cincinnati area Program Director for Ohio Citizen Action, and has been a leader in working with communities who are affected by toxic chemical pollution. She pioneered successful “good neighbor campaigns” at Cincinnati Specialties, Rohm and Haas, AK Steel, and Sunoco. As coal program organizer, Rachael traveled to communities across Ohio in the successful campaign to prevent AMP from building a new coal plant in Southeast Ohio, and played a key role in calling on Ohio utilities to close their highly-polluting plants. Throughout her years in the organization, Rachael has also played key roles in statewide coordination, including training and supervising new organizers, fundraising and working closely with the field and phone canvass. She currently serves as Executive Director of Ohio Citiz