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Curry's announcement drew praise from Edward Waters College President Zachary Faison Jr. He is a member of the Statewide Coronavirus Vaccination Community Education and Engagement Task Force, a grass-roots coalition that is urging state and local leaders to reach out to Black residents who have shown the highest degrees of reluctance about getting the vaccine. "This is so desperately needed in our community," Faison wrote in a response to Curry's tweet. Black residents account for about 30 percent of Duval County's population, but just 12 percent of county residents who have received th...

Julia Felton | Tribune-Review   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. A Pittsburgh councilman is moving forward with an effort to address what he terms “a state of emergency” in the public school system. “We need to have a joint response to react to this emergency,” Councilman Ricky Burgess of North Point Breeze said Tuesday. “It’s going to take all of us working collaboratively to help the kids.” Burgess and Councilman R. Daniel Lavelle introduced a resolution declaring a “state of educational ...

Jan 27, 2021 A COVID-19 Education Task Force is Formed The Briceño Administration has established a COVID-19 Education Task Force to help guide the government in delivering quality, accessible education during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has dealt a blow to education, with regular classroom sessions suspended since March of last year. So the idea is for the task force to provide specific recommendations for the safe and responsible reopening of schools for face to face instruction in the new school year, tentatively in August 2021. Among those on the task force are Special E...

Written on January 27, 2021 | Posted in Crime,Featured | Comments Off The Senate meets on Thursday in a special sitting to ratify a United Nations convention that will advance Belize’s international obligations as a member of the organization. The United Nations [...]

Penn State’s Schreyer Honors College held its 26th Annual Mark Luchinsky Memorial Lecture Monday night titled “Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances” with Leland Melvin. Melvin — an engineer, educator, scientist, photographer, musician, author, former NASA astronaut and former NFL wide receiver — shared his life story to inspire attendees to have a “growth mindset” and believe they can do anything. The Mark Luchinsky Memorial Lecture Series was endowed by family and friends to honor Luchinsky’s memory through the support...