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AGWA and Believer Meats to Develop Cultivated Meat Capabilities in Abu Dhabi
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YWCA Greater Los Angeles Welcomes Lisa Hirsch Marin as Chief Program Officer
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New York Times Bestselling Authors Bill Martin Jr and Michael Sampson Publish Children’s Picture Book Perfect for Father&r
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Georgia Safe Retirement Planners Opens New Office in Roswell, GA
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Vice President Kamala Harris Came to Atlanta for Her Economic Opportunity Tour with the 100 Black Men of America, Inc.
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Here Media Sets June 14th Exclusive Season 2 Premiere of Lamont Pierre's Award-Winning Original Series 'A Beautiful Cruel Thing'
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Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and Texas Capital Award $850K for Austin Affordable Housing
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Texas Woman Sues Mexican Resort for Hot Tub Electrocution That Killed Husband
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Healthfirst and Community Partners Host Father’s Day Celebration and Raise Awareness about Men’s Health Issues
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Franklin Templeton Completes Reorganization of ClearBridge All Cap Growth ESG ETF (CACG) into ClearBridge Large Cap Growth ESG E
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Long Delayed: Education for Every Child in Africa
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Chegg Reports New Hire Equity Grants Under NYSE Rule 303A.08
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CapitaLand Investment Further Increases Focus on Reducing Scope 3 Carbon Emissions as Part of its Decarbonisation Journey
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VyStar Foundation Awards Grants to 12 Military and Veterans Nonprofits
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Statement by the Prime Minister on Eid al-Adha
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Ministers O'Regan and Saks mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
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Statement by Minister Khera on Eid al-Adha
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ŌURA Helping Millions of People Improve Their Health, Surpasses 2.5 Million Rings Sold
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DoubleVerify: MFA Impression Volume Increases by 19% Year-Over-Year Fueled By AI Advances
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NATIONAL HISPANIC MEDIA COALITION HONORS LAFC WITH COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARD
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Hispanic Leaders Address Underrepresentation in Federal Workforce
June 29, 2010
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Latinos Lag In Us Workforce
April 22, 2010
Calling the results "unacceptable," Janet MurguÃa, President and CEO of NCLR (National Council of La Raza), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, called on the Obama administration to strengthen its efforts to ...
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New Report Identifies Steps To Increase Diversity In Medical Workforce
April 14, 2010
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Stadiums’ Construction Workforces Mostly White -- But Less So Than Usual
January 13, 2010
The University of Minnesota, the Minnesota Twins and others have been aggressively promoting the “workforce diversity†achieved in the construction of both the Gophers’ football stadium, which opened last fall, and the Twins’ stadium, which is expected to open ...
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Report: NYS Should Tailor And Increase Workforce Development Services For Latinos
January 08, 2010
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Idea Of The Day: Improve The Health Care Workforce’s Diversity And Cultural Sensitivity
December 24, 2009
Increasing the number of underrepresented groups in the health professions can help address health care disparities by both improving access and responding more effectively to minority population needs. Studies have shown that minority health care professionals are more likely to work in underserved areas, and there is also evidence that race concordance—defined as shared racial or ethnic identities between clinicians and patients—is related to patient reports of satisfaction, participatory decision making, timeliness of treatment, and trust in the health system. ...
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Institute Strives To Ensure A Diverse Cancer Research Workforce
December 02, 2009
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Workforce Florida-Complete Failure to African American Communities
July 06, 2009
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50+ Hispanic Workers: A Growing Segment of the U.S. Workforce
July 01, 2009
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NGA CENTER RELEASES REPORT HIGHLIGHTING STRATEGIES TO BOLSTER EDUCATION WORKFORCE
May 11, 2009
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Suited For Change - Empowering Low-Income Women to Transition to Workforce
May 05, 2009
In 2009 Suited for Change helped over 1,300 low-income women take their first steps towards realizing the dream of meaningful employment and economic independence. ...
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Minorities Underrepresented in New York State Physician Workforce, Study Finds
March 31, 2009
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BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT SOARS
September 02, 2011
The Labor Department released the August jobs report today showing that while unemployment figures remained unchanged from July's 9.1 percent. Black unemployment climbed to 16.7 percent. This is the highest its been since 1984. The unemployment rate for Black males rose a whole percentage point to 18.0 percent and the rate for Black youths aged 16–19 jumped from 39.2 to 46.5 percent. ...
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$12M Grant To Improve Minority Mental Health
September 02, 2011
Five minority fellowship program grants are being awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for a total of up to $12.2 million. These three year grants will be used to train a new wave of behavioral health care providers. The program focuses on increasing the number of culturally competent behavioral health ...
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US Closer To Minority Majority
August 31, 2011
New analysis released today by the Brookings Institution Metropolita Policy Program reveals rapid growth of Hispanic and Asian populations and new internal shifts of Blacks are transforming the demographics of America‟s largest metropolitan areas ahead of other parts of the country. The report, The New Metropolitan Minority Map, is based on decennial census data from 1990, 2000, and 2010 for the 100 ...
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$1.5M Mental Health Grant Goes To Black Colleges
August 30, 2011
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is awarding up to $1.5 million, over three years, to Morehouse School of Medicine to enhance the effort to network the 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities throughout the United States to promote behavioral health, expand campus service capacity and facilitate workforce development. ...
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NY Lawmakers Push For Urban Jobs Act
August 16, 2011
With more than one-third of the nation's minority youth unemployed, a group of politicians and community activists today stood at Make the Road New York in Jackson Heights today, to continue their push for federal legislation aimed at increasing employment among at-risk youth. The Urban Jobs Act, they say, would provide federal funding to nonprofit organizations, allowing them to carry out programming ...
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Lack Of Financial Know-How Leaves Latino Firms Exposed
August 11, 2011
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company's "The Business Owner Financial Wellness" study emphasizes the lack of a long-term strategy by many Hispanic entrepreneurs, who in 89 percent of the cases founded their firms to economically support their families and seven of 10 of whom want to hand the company down to their children although the majority do not have any concrete succession plans. ...
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Report: Blacks And Latinos Earn Less Than White Counterparts
August 11, 2011
African-Americans and Latinos earn less than their white counterparts, even if they are highly educated workers. Members of these groups who hold master’s degrees do not earn more during their lifetimes than whites with bachelor’s ...
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August Is Black Business Month
August 09, 2011
August, which is National Black Business Month, is a good time for American businesses to confront the reality that supplier diversity should be a top strategic priority, not simply a corporate citizenship obligation, according to Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Senior Advisor James H. Lowry, coauthor of Minority Business Success: Refocusing on the American Dream (Stanford Business Books, 2011). "Black Business Month is the right time to remember that minorities will become the majority ...
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Policy Change Aims To Lessen Health Care Disparities
August 04, 2011
To help address serious racial and economic disparities in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment in the United States, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) today released a policy statement that outlines specific provisions of 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that have the potential to reduce these disparities. ASCO’s statement makes recommendations to ensure that such provisions ...
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Manufacturing Giant Settles Bias Suit
August 03, 2011
A business unit of aluminum maker Alcoa has settled a discrimination case with the U.S. Department of Labor for $540,000, the government said. Alcoa Mill Products Inc. will pay $484,656.19 in back wages to 37 Hispanics and African-Americans as well as $35,516.88 to two women who all were rejected for job positions ...
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Race Matters In Female Engineer Candidates
July 20, 2011
Researchers from the University of Washington have discovered in a new study of female engineering students’ perceived challenges finds significant differences between black, Hispanic, Native American, Asian-American and white women. The findings could help institutions better retain particular underrepresented ...
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Authors Say Ignoring Minority Businesses "Recipe For Disaster"
July 19, 2011
American businesses must make supplier diversity a strategic priority and stop viewing it as simply a corporate citizenship obligation, according to a new Boston Consulting Group (BCG) book. "U.S. companies need to do a better job of supporting and developing minority businesses. Minorities will ...
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Federal School Funding Measure Labelled Anti-Civil Rights
July 14, 2011
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund is speaking out against the "State and Local Funding Flexibility Act" (H.R. 2445), which was approved yesterday ...
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Illegals Staying Away From Arizona
July 11, 2011
People on both sides of the immigration debate in Arizona are skeptical of new research that shows a national decrease in the flow of illegal immigration from Mexico into the United States. But there is one thing they are certain of: ...
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NAACP Defends Stance On Telecom Merger
July 11, 2011
In a June editorial, Boston based newspaper, the Globe criticized the NAACP for backing the merger of AT&T and T-Mobile. NAACP policy and advocacy senior vice president Hilary Shelton is defending the group's position by saying, "We based our decision on the greater workplace diversity and improved rights for workers that the merger augurs." ...
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WHITE HOUSE SPOTLIGHTS LATINOS
July 11, 2011
The White House began a 2-day Hispanic Policy Conference today. The confrence will bring community leaders from across the country together with a broad range of White House and Cabinet officials for an in-depth series of interactive workshops and substantive conversations on the Administration’s efforts as they relate to the Hispanic community. ...
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Minority Business Seen As Future Bedrock Of Economy
July 06, 2011
Minorities will become the majority of the U.S. population by 2045. When they do, they will also become the majority of America's workforce, supply chains, and entrepreneurial economy. Their success in creating wealth will determine the fortunes of the nation and everyone within it, according to James H. Lowry, a senior advisor ...
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Parent's Group Opposes Charter School Expansion Plan
July 05, 2011
Parents Across America (PAA), a grassroots organization representing public school parents from across the United States today is speaking out in opposition of HR 2218, the “Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act.†...
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