More than a dozen San Diego County nonprofits will be the recipients of $750,000 in grants from The San Diego Foundation to create more opportunities for youth to study STEM fields.
The foundation is directing funds to 13 programs reaching young people, particularly those from underrepresented communities. The San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation recently reported that Latino and Black communities are greatly underrepresented in San Diego’s highest-paying industries and occupations, many of which are related to STEM science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The programs receiving grants are:
San Diego State University Research Foundation, supporting the WE BELIEVE program (Women and Black Empowered Learners Interning in Engineering Environments). The university will provide summer research internships for Black high school and community college students.
Editor s note: This is part of a series of 10 stories on a variety of topics that take a look back at 2020 and forward to 2021. Many policies and practices were changed or adjusted because of the pandemic or other disruptions and we look at how those changes will shape the future.
As the impossibility of gathering in 2020 devastated so much of the arts and entertainment industry this year, from movies to concerts and theater performances, there was debate over who deserved financial help from the government. The debate left some skeptics to ponder a big question:
Are the arts really essential?
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Oregon restaurant, lodging group welcomes federal, state COVID-19 relief moves There is still a race for survival.
WOODBURN, Ore. (KTVZ) The Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association offered praise Monday for new federal and state legislative moves to provide assistance to the battered industry, but said more needs to be done for their survival.
Congress unveiled a $900 billion relief bill to provide short-term economic relief to the country in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
ORLA said in a news release, The plan includes several items that will benefit restaurants and lodging establishments, most importantly a second round of access to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), with unique provisions aimed to assist the restaurant and lodging industries, which continue to endure unparalleled job and revenue losses.