https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY5foQAjfqo
Citibank has offices throughout Central and South America within the colonized nations.
Saturday, July 10, 2021
Haiti. Why is Haiti the poorest Country in the World.
Citibank has offices throughout Central and South America within the colonized nations.
Assembly of First Nations (Canada). RoseAnne Archibald is the first woman to be elected as national chief
https://www.afn.ca/Home/
“The AFN has made herstory
today. The chiefs have made history and herstory. It’s time for change on so
many levels.” —National Chief RoseAnne Archibald
By Shari Narine
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
RoseAnne
Archibald has made “herstory” today as she became the first woman to be
elected as national chief for the Assembly of First Nations.
Former
Ontario regional chief Archibald was leading on the fifth ballot of the
election with 50.5 per cent of the vote. Her lone contender, former Muskowekwan
First Nation Chief Reginald Bellerose, dropped to 35.5 per cent of the vote
after coming in with 43 per cent of the vote in the fourth ballot. Sixty per
cent support from the registered electorate was required for the next chief to
be selected.
Shortly
after the results of the fifth ballot were announced Bellerose conceded the
election to Archibald. He wished her the best, saying, “It’ll be a challenging
role, but I’m sure you’ll do well.”
Archibald,
surrounded by her family and community, shed tears as she finished swearing the
oath of office for her new position after being blanketed and smudged, with two
Honour Songs sung to transfer responsibility from outgoing national chief Perry
Bellegarde to Archibald.
“The
AFN has made herstory today. The chiefs have made history and herstory. It’s
time for change on so many levels,” said Archibald in her first address as
national chief.
“I
am so honoured to be a part of this difference and today to make a difference
for this organization moving forward. Voices are being heard that were never
heard before and we will not be silenced. Goodness and love will prevail.”
Archibald
committed to serving “with humility” and making room for women, two-spirited,
and LGBTQIA+. She also said she would be “hitting the road soon” to meet with
leaders, to walk beside them and support them.
Archibald
gave special acknowledgement to the women who had “punched that (glass) ceiling
before me and made it crack.”
One
of those women led Archibald in her oath. Delia Opekokew became the
first woman to run for national chief in 1994. In this election, three women
challenged for the position.
Archibald
also addressed the genocide that Indigenous people have faced and she issued a
warning.
“With
the recent discovery and recovery of our little ones across this country we
are all awake; we have all been awakened. And what people need to
understand and what people are coming to terms with is how settler Canadians
have benefited from these colonial practises and how we as Indigenous people
have been the target of genocide. While there is a new level of consciousness
we are going to stare this straight in the face and kick colonial polices to
the curb.”
She
also committed to ensuring the 94 Calls to Action from the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission, which examine the legacy of Indian
residential schools, are implemented.
Archibald
recognized the six people who ran for national chief. Along with Bellerose, the
other names on the ballot were Jodi Calahoo-Stonehouse, Lee Crowchild, Alvin Fiddler,
Kevin Hart and Cathy Martin. Calling them her “competitive siblings,” she said
she hoped they could continue to work together.
Archibald
also acknowledged outgoing two-term national chief Bellegarde for his service.
“The work really begins
today and I am so looking forward to the path ahead. I am filled with hope. I
know that our allies are listening to us and they are there to help us. And we
will heal this country together. We will walk forward together,” said Archibald.
Friday, July 9, 2021
SAMHSA awards $62.4 million in grants to combat child trauma
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“Structural Racism: The Roots & Relations of Inequality”. Tuesday, July 13 at 10:30 a.m.
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Thursday, July 8, 2021
Webinar. Black Farmers, Rainbow Push. July 8, 2021, at 11:00 EST
Black Farmers Webinar on
tomorrow, July 8, 2021, at 11:00 EST. This Webinar is being
presented by The Rainbow Push Peachtree Street Project of Atlanta,
Georgia. Registration information is listed below:
To
Register in advance for this Webinar:
Food Insecurity. Editorial: Crisis breeds bipartisanship
[...They’re doing it because their donors and farm base are demanding it. Our food production capacity is in peril now, not tomorrow. The new farm bill will be written with a much stronger emphasis on conservation over sheer crop and livestock production. It can make a real contribution to water pollution and the climate crisis fast.]...
Editorial: Crisis breeds bipartisanship
July 06, 2021
Art Cullen | The Storm Lake Times
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Editorial: Crisis breeds
bipartisanship | Storm Lake Times Necessity may have
more than one child: invention and bipartisanship. Just before it took a
holiday break, the U.S. Senate on a 92-8 vote approved the Growing Climate
Solutions Act that paves the way |
Necessity may have more than one child: invention and
bipartisanship. Just before it took a holiday break, the U.S. Senate on a 92-8
vote approved the Growing Climate Solutions Act that paves the way for a
national carbon credit trading market. The bill, cultivated in the Agriculture
Committee, instructs the U.S. Department of Agriculture to establish credible
scientific framework under which polluters like coal power plants could buy
offsets from farmers and foresters who sequester carbon in grass, trees and
soil.
The bill was sponsored by Committee Chair Sen. Debbie
Stabenow, D-Mich., and Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., a conservative with
unimpeachable Trump credentials. The third-ranking Republican, Sen. John
Barrasso of Wyoming, voted for the bill despite having pledged to make Joe
Biden a “half-term president.” Biden supports the bill. So does Republican
Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
The Farm Bureau and Farmers Union on right and left
agree that farmers should get paid for environmental services. So do 175 big
agribusinesses and environmental groups who signed on to the legislation. The
Chicago traders are on board with climate action, seeing as how they can skim a
profit from the margins. Cargill is working with the Practical Farmers of Iowa
on sustainable ag practices like cover crops. With California on fire and the
Great Plains running dry, everyone is keen on turning around the battleship and
realizing there is money to be made.
Hence, heads come together in the Capitol.
The carbon credit legislation is the first step of a
country mile in agribusiness acknowledging that we have a food security crisis.
Four years ago, Stabenow couldn’t even get a hearing on global warming; she had
to call it a hearing on “extreme weather.” Times change. Floods and droughts
are routine. Farmers in western Iowa are getting a full taste. The smart money
has concluded, after the huge shock to the food system in the pandemic, that we
need to build in some resiliency — and not a moment too soon.
The science is not settled on carbon sequestration in
the soil. Many environmentalists believe it’s greenwashing — corporations could
buy cheap carbon offsets from farmers who aren’t really sequestering that much
carbon. USDA is expanding its research into the question. Science can confirm
carbon sequestration, but it varies widely depending on soil types, plant
species and cultivation techniques.
Without a hard federal cap or a tax on emissions a
carbon trading market remains an experiment in paying farmers for conservation
stewardship.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack believes it could
be an important revenue stream among many to incent farmers to net-zero carbon
emissions. He and Stabenow believe that a different approach to the land can
make it more productive while capturing excess greenhouse gas. Each of them are
trying to pull along corporate interests that can make or break climate
initiatives, while trying to hold the environmental base.
The Senate Ag Committee is a bastion of bipartisanship driven more by regional interests than partisanship. The Midwest takes care of corn, the South tends its cotton. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., can embrace over ethanol. And, they spread their work to the Justice Committee where they are loading for bear over beef markets. They want at least half the nation’s cattle traded in open markets as opposed to contracted production. Stabenow is working with Republicans like Grassley on promoting wind and solar energy. Sen. John Hoeven, D-ND and Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-NM, are arguing for increased land-grant university ag research funding, a critical area long ignored.
They’re doing it because their donors and farm base
are demanding it. Our food production capacity is in peril now, not tomorrow.
The new farm bill will be written with a much stronger emphasis on conservation
over sheer crop and livestock production. It can make a real contribution to
water pollution and the climate crisis fast.
The Senate certainly is acting with more urgency than
just four years ago. The pandemic relief bills were enormous and passed with
lightning speed. We are reshoring critical drug and computer component
manufacturing from China — that vote, too, was overwhelmingly bipartisan. Biden
just endorsed a bipartisan infrastructure deal. He will get Republican
support on subsequent climate infrastructure bills because we have no other
choice. The temperature hit 120 degrees last weekend — in the Arctic Circle!
The
people recognize it. So does capital. Politics follows.
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Washington, DC 20005
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Wednesday, July 7, 2021
CISCO. Grant Opportunities
CISCO has 100 Million dollars to donate to NON PROFIT
business.
Please review the link below!!!
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/csr/community/nonprofits.html
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