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By Dani Anguiano, The Guardian, November 5, 2021 West Hollywood will provide the highest minimum wage in the US after the city council voted to raise pay in the city to $17.64 an hour. The wage hike will start taking affect in January for some workers and will gradually increase every six months until July 2023, eventually surpassing California’s minimum wage, which is set to reach $15 by 2022 for workplaces with more than 25 employees. California has the highest minimum wage of any state.

Systemic Racism and Systemic Poverty are intertwined injustices in America's politics and economy and we need to understand the role of these systems in our history and our present as we fight against these injustices. So we have invited two powerful speakers to join us in a moderated conversation on systemic racism: Attorney Geeta Kapur and Attorney Jerry Blackwell . You won't want to miss this dynamic and enlightening exchange! Geeta Kapur , a civil rights lawyer who has served the Poor...

By Kevin Maurer November 1, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. EDT In the early 1900s, two Civil War memorials — both honoring the Confederacy — were erected in the busy downtown district of Wilmington, N.C. They were meant largely to send a message of intimidation to African Americans and “carpetbaggers,” Northerners who came to the South during reconstruction — and there they stood for a century. Five miles away, Heather Wilson, the deputy director of the Cameron Art Museum, wanted to tell a different...

Listen to this week’s episode of Resiliency Within "The Wisdom of Indigenous People" featuring Magdalena Sunshine Serrano and Julene Jose who share their wisdom about healing, hope, and empowerment and how the Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® is congruent to their organic views of healing.

Predict-Align-Prevent (PAP) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to discovering the components of an effective primary prevention bundle for child maltreatment. PAP was founded in 2017 by Dr. Dyann Daley, a board-certified pediatric anesthesiologist with 13 years of clinical experience. She found her passion for child maltreatment prevention while caring for severely abused and neglected children in the operating room. Through her research, PAP was built with a commitment to open...

Centering equity and engagement in public agency budgeting and funding allocations Wednesday, November 10, 2021 11:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m. Equity is a top concern for local governments everywhere, particularly for leaders of diverse communities who are striving to increase participation from historically disadvantaged populations. Developing policies and programs that achieve equitable outcomes can be a challenge. This is especially true when it comes to budgeting and fund allocation processes...

By Brian Calfano, Spectrum News 1, October 31, 2021 For this singer, it’s art over ACEs, or adverse childhood experiences. If the effects from ACEs tell us about human challenges, Kathy Wade’s work in Cincinnati and beyond shows us human possibilities. “We know that art is our most common bond, cause art makes us human," she said. The jazz singer turned entrepreneur turned child advocate runs several programs under the umbrella of her organization, Learning Through Art. And the EMMY-award...

By Andrew Jankowski, Willamette Weekly, November 3, 2021 Speed-o Cappuccino’s bubblegum-pink coffee cart stands out against the otherwise drab strip of Southeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Oak Street. Its Progress Pride flag—a version of the Pride flag that Oregon graphic designer Daniel Quasar created to include the trans community—waves as a friendly hello or sashay away. “People can tell if it’s going to be their thing, so people don’t approach us if it’s not,” cart co-owner...

From First Nations Development Institute, November 2021 With the support of the Keepseagle endowment, First Nations will establish a Breastfeeding and First Foods Grant that reinforces Native traditional food systems, supports producers/practitioners of traditional food systems, and communicates the value of traditional foods in a Tribal food system. The Breastfeeding and First Foods Grant aims to support communities and programs focused on increasing access to first foods and supporting...

By Matias Lindemann and Ndiaga Seck, UNICEF, October 10, 2021 Nearly 170 Haitian children arrived in Port-au-Prince yesterday with their parents after being expelled from Cuba mainly and the U.S., according to UNICEF. Most of the children are from southwestern Haiti and left two to three weeks after the August earthquake in an attempt to reach the U.S. “Most Haitian children and their parents who were expelled yesterday are from the southern peninsula of Haiti which was hit by a massive...

Please join us for a new series entitled: Trauma-Informed Criminal Justice. This monthly virtual Zoom series will feature conversations facilitated by Porter Jennings-McGarity, PACEs Connection’s criminal justice consultant, with special guests to discuss the need for trauma-informed criminal justice system reform. Using a PACEs-science lens, this series will examine the relationship between trauma and the criminal justice system, what needs changing, and strategies being used in this area...

This is an updated version of the popular hand-out created and shared by the Community & Family Services Division at the Spokane (WA) Regional Health District. The original version has been downloaded thousands and thousands of times and has been used by both individuals and organizations. The updated flyer can be downloaded, distributed, and used freely. Please share widely! It is available in the following languages: English Spanish Arabic Dari Farsi Family Hui, a Program of Lead for...