For the children, for the future. BEMA International

 Notice any similarities in the children's faces, those in the U.S. and in a distant land?

Is it best to stay out of the limelight and get things done quietly? Not charged but...A billionaire who vowed to pay off student loans for an entire college graduating class is said to be facing a criminal tax probe | Markets Insider

 

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/billionaire-tech-investor-robert-smith-faces-criminal-tax-inquiry-2020-8-1029524147 

Register: Hurricane Katrina 15 years later, Are We Prepared?

 Celebrate Healthcare Wellness Webinar Series:

Hurricane Katrina 15 years later, Are We Prepared?

Tuesday, August 25th marks the 15th Anniversary of one of the Deadliest Hurricanes in History, What what have we learned? Are we Hurricane Ready in the Age of Covid -19? What's Happening with Sea Level Rise? Is there an a Evacuation Plan? Especially from Black. and Brown people?

Panelist:

Congressman Bobby Scott

Rev. Lennox Yearwood - CEO, Hip Hop Caucus,

Climate Environmental Justice Activist

https://hiphopcaucus.org/our-story/rev-lennox-yearwood-jr-president-and-ceo/

Colonel. Paul Olsen (Ret.) former Commander of the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Specializes in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sea Level Rise Planning,

Eileen Woll - Offshore Energy Program Director - Sierra Club .

Dr. Dwight Riddick .Senior pastor of the Gethsemane Baptist Church in Newport News,

Charles Sharp - Cornell University Climate Fellow

Chairman\CEO -Black Emergency Managers Association International

Additional panelist TBA

When: Aug 25, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Topic: Hurricane Katrina 15 years later, Are We Prepared?

Register in advance for this webinar:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_73ot8e_rS1uXgQf76250mQ

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For more info- 757 287-0277

Congratulations. But hopefully not at the Expense of EXCLUSION of all Black Males (young and old).

 As black women, our time has come!

"As black women in this century living in the United States, our time has come!  While we have always been strong in the midst of adversity, receiving accolades for heroism earned throughout history, demonstrated through the lives of Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Fannie Lou Hammer, Ella Baker, Rosa Parks, Shirley Chisholm and so many more unnamed black women, we are no longer invisible.  Read more...

Cities on the Frontline Speaker Series #25 URBAN DENSITY August 27th, 2020, 09:00am ET, 02:00pm BST, 09:00pm Singapore

 

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Cities on the Frontline Speaker Series #25 URBAN DENSITY August 27th, 2020, 09:00am ET, 02:00pm BST, 09:00pm Singapore Please join us for the 25th Session of Cities on the Frontline, jointly organized by Global Resilient Cities Network & the World Bank, which will focus on Urban Density: Does Urban Density Matter in the context of COVID-19? We will be joined by Dr.-Ing. Wiwandari Handayani, Associate Professor, Dept of Urban & Regional Planning, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia, Jagan Shah, Senior Infrastructure Advisor, DFID-India, and former Director, National Institute of Urban Affairs and Judy Baker, Global Lead and Lead Economist, Urban, DRM, Resilience and Land, The World Bank.     Register   Access previous sessions   Cities on the Frontline Speaker Series is a weekly speaker series co-organized by the Global Resilient Cities Network and the World Bank City Resilience Program since March 2020. The purpose of the series is to share knowledge to help cities respond to the pandemic crisis and plan towards recovery with resilience. For questions, please contact: media@resilientcitiesnetwork.org