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Coronation Street actress Maureen Lipman resigned after the union put out the call encouraging participation in the a recent pro-Palestinian march in London.
by Susan A. Hughes May 19, 2021 The Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (M-RCBG) at Harvard Kennedy School hosted the first town hall organized by the Future of Tech Commission, an independent and bipartisan group of civic leaders whose goal is to inform the Biden administration about challenges related to technology and to create a comprehensive blueprint for forward-looking, inclusive tech policy. The event, titled “A Public Discussion on Creating Safe, Healthy Online Spaces for All Americans,” sought input from governors, policymakers, community leade...
Cedar Rapids effort 'trying to build girls up' to be leaders Follow Us Question of the Day By GRACE KING - Associated Press - Saturday, February 27, 2021 CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Akirah Johnson, 11, spends three days a week finding community and mentorship at a new program - Saving Our Sisters - that encourages positive decision-making for middle and high school girls in Cedar Rapids. For the past few weeks, Akirah has been working on creating a vision board, which helps her think about her goals and how to a...
'Saving Our Sisters' program helps build up girls to be future leaders New program open to at-risk middle, high school girls through Tanager Place and African American Family Resource and Planning Committee Akirah Johnson, 11, works on her vision board Monday at Saving Our Sisters, a new program for teen girls at Tanager Place in Cedar Rapids. The program, funded by the SET Fund, is a yearlong initiative that gives a group of girls the chance to interact with mentors on a regular basis who help them develop their self esteem and work toward their goals. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Contexts by Rebecca A. London | January 26, 2021 Photo by Caniceus (Source: Pixabay). As the world moved to remote teaching and learning this past spring, I taught a designed-for-the-moment undergraduate course in the Sociology Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) called Coronavirus and Community. My goal was to create an opportunity for undergraduates, many of whom had moved back in with their parents, to go deep into an issue they cared about and how the pandemic has affected it. As I was designing the...