ANCA-WR Spring 2021 interns
On Monday, January 25, the Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region kicked off its Spring 2021 Internship session with 14 interns. The Interns will work for the next 15 weeks with staff members on different initiatives that focus on government affairs, genocide prevention, genocide and Artsakh education, grassroots advocacy, and other related fields.
A portion of the program is also dedicated to weekly lecture series featuring guest lecturers, including public officials and Armenian-American community leaders and professional development workshops. All of the interns joined the program in early September and assisted the ANCA-WR during the wartime with advocacy, media monitoring, raising awareness through social media campaigns, and other initiatives. They all expressed their interest in continuing their internship to maximize the opportunity to serve their community for another term.
Vaccine manufacturers Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech have said their vaccines should be effective against the B.1.1.7 variant.
About 300 cases of the variant have been detected nationwide, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Two Oregonians who previously tested positive for the variant, a University of Portland staff member and a Yamhill County resident, didn t have a known travel history outside the country.
Public health officials say the emergence of the new variant of COVID-19 in Oregon is a reminder of the need to practice preventative safety measures. This may be the (third) case detected, but it is likely the variant is already circulating much more widely throughout our county and the state, said Mary Sawyers, spokesperson for Washington County Public Health. This means people should assume that they may come in contact with a much more contagious variant of COVID-19 and they need to continue to wear masks, socially distance and
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Golden State Welcomes Kristy Motta and Kari Raglione-Tissot of Consolidated Financial .
Golden StateJanuary 25, 2021 GMT
SOUTH COAST METRO, Calif., Jan. 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Golden State Wealth Management (“Golden State”), an investment advisor registered with the SEC, is excited to begin the new year with the announcement of another new partnership with Kristy Motta and Kari Raglione-Tissot of Consolidated Financial Management located in Beaverton, OR. Their firm marks the first DBA of Golden State to be in the state Oregon. Golden State’s current community of advisors is one quarter female, and they manage nearly half of Golden State’s $2 Billion AUM.