Honoring Dominica Independence Day
Happy Independence Day, Dominica! Join us as we take a journey inside this beautiful, lush Caribbean country.
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Celebrating Antigua and Barbuda Independence Day
Happy Independence Day, Antigua and Barbuda! On this day, November 1st of 1981, the Caribbean country gained independence from the British. Let’s take a journey inside the rich culture, African history and cuisine of the islands.
The Growing Movement to Send Counselors — Not Cops — to Mental Health Crises
On September 13, a police officer in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, fatally shot a man in the midst of a mental health crisis. The family of the 27-year-old victim, Ricardo Muñoz, said he had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but hadn’t been taking his medication.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Independence Day
Happy Independence Day, St. Vincent and the Grenadines! Today, October 27th, 1979, this country gained independence from the British.
Who ya gonna call? Remote learning helpline for teachers…and parents
Not long after schools closed because of the coronavirus last spring, a Rhode Island nonprofit launched a hotline for teachers who were struggling to launch new technology for remote leaning and trying to figure out how to teach with it. Within a few weeks, hundreds of teachers — and eventually parents, too — were flooding the line with calls for help
Zambia Independence Day
Happy Independence Day, Zambia! Today we are celebrating this country’s independence from the British, which occurred on October 24th, 1964.
We do whatever we can to stay alive – Nigerian actor recounts encounters with the police
Horrific human rights abuses by SARS, a special police unit sparked youth protests across Nigeria.
FunTimes Friday: Breast Cancer Survivor Shout Out Recap
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. To honor the survivors, lives lost and people affected by the disease, on October 16th, 2020, FunTimes themed it’s FunTimes Friday event ‘Breast Cancer Survivor Shout Out.’ This event was hosted by Reverend Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake, the President of the Independence Blue Cross Foundation, who engaged panelists Armenta L. Washington, Research Coordinator Senior at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center, Kelsey Spielman, Licensed Genetic Center at the Basser Center for BRCA at Penn Medicine and Co-Founders of Breast Cancer nonprofit ‘Praise is the Cure’ Anita T. Connor and Kerri Connor Matchett
Embracing Online Meditation to Relieve Emotional Distress
Philadelphians’ are using weekly online guided meditation via Meetup.com to find relief from intensified levels of stress and anxiety caused by the Covid 19 pandemic. I learned from my Saturday night session it works.
#ENDSARS, #ENDSWAT and Nigeria’s Role in the Global Fight for Black Lives
The world watches Nigeria as its youth leads a revolution.