MCHD raises funds to aid Toys for Tots campaign
MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) The Mobile County Health Department took part in the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots campaign whose mission is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November, and December, and to distribute the toys as Christmas gifts to less fortunate children in the community.
Officials say for the last 13 years, employees with MCHD and Family Health its primary care division have had the opportunity to purchase tickets that allow them to dress casually on Fridays between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Proceeds from the tickets are then given to the Marines in order to buy the toys.
Harrisburg deputy police chief retires after 28 years
Updated Jan 29, 2021;
Posted Jan 29, 2021
Deputy Police Chief Deric Moody retired from the Harrisburg Bureau of Police Fri., Jan. 29, 2021, after 28 years of service. (Photo courtesy of the City of Harrisburg)
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Harrisburg Deputy Police Chief Deric Moody pretty much always knew he wanted to work in law enforcement, just like his dad.
There’s a photo of him when he was six years old, posing with his father’s Philadelphia police hat, leather jacket and gun belt.
He remembered this photo Friday while discussing his retirement from the Harrisburg Bureau of Police, after 28 years of service. The interview was recorded during the City of Harrisburg’s Facebook Live with Mayor Eric Papenfuse.
2 Marines recruited in Kansas City among 1st females set to train in San Diego
2 Marines recruited in Kansas City among 1st females set to train in San Diego
and last updated 2021-01-28 08:32:18-05
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â For the first time, female Marine recruits will be able to train at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego beginning next month â and two of those recruits will come from
Sgt. Natalie Dillon with Recruiting Station Kansas City said sheâs in awe at the history being made.
âFemale Marines didnât even start recruit training until around the (1950s) and males had started recruit training 1901,â she said, So, we have a history of lots of gaps in accomplishment, but it looks like weâre finally closing those gaps.â
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The Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice at Rutgers (ISGRJ) named four of the university’s most distinguished academic scholars in civil rights, history, literature, and creative writing as directors of campus branches across the university and launched a postdoctoral program supporting research in anti-racism and social inequality.
The directors, who will lead the institute’s work at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers University-Newark and Rutgers University-Camden, will use humanistic theories, methods and approaches to study global issues of race and social justice.
“Higher education must reveal how racism has been normalized through the historic and current narratives of some of its most under-appreciated citizens,” says Prabhas Moghe, executive vice president of Academic Affairs at Rutgers. “By carefully examining the various forms through which racism continues to invade our culture and all of our institutions, by encouraging conversati