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Vot-ER gives first civic engagement award in Hawaiʻi to Molokaʻi health center
Molokaʻi Community Health Center. Photo Courtesy Molokaʻi Community Health Center has received Hawaiʻi’s first $4,500 Community Civic Engagement Program award from Vot-ER and its partners to support nonpartisan voter education and engagement. The award comes on the heels of the American Medical Association’s acknowledgement of voting as a social determinant of health at its annual meeting held …
Latinx in Technology “LTX Fest 2020” Digital Conference Draws Big Names, Unifies and Advances Latinx as Professionals and Encourages Civic Participation
OAKLAND, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LTX Fest 2020 Digital Conference, the largest summit for Latinx professionals in technology, will bring together more than 4,000 participants at its fourth annual conference from October 13 to October 16. As the nation grapples with a perfect storm of COVID-19, systemic racism, economic challenges on the cusp of a critical election, many …
Hip-Hop Week MKE 2019 infuses music with health, civic engagement, and financial literacy
The opening ceremony for the second annual Hip-Hop Week MKE was held at City Hall on August 19, kicking off the only event of its kind in America sponsored by a city government. Since the 1982 release of “The Message” by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Hip-Hop has been a powerful voice for the …
