By Joseph D. Bryant
UAB
June was officially National Cancer Survivors Month, but for Darlene Robinson, every day is a day for celebration and encouragement. For years, Robinson has found creative ways to engage her community and keep her support group of cancer survivors connected and inspired.
Robinson works with the Office of Community Outreach & Engagement at the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB as a community outreach coordinator for Greene and Hale counties. Not even the pandemic was enough to stop Robinson’s efforts to unite cancer survivors in this region of the state’s Black Belt.
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ArkLaTex hoping to fill increased job openings (Source: Tayler Davis) By Tayler Davis | May 12, 2021 at 7:23 PM CDT - Updated May 12 at 7:25 PM
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Lawmakers across the ArkLaTex are trying to get people back to work. However, with the current federal unemployment benefits offering an additional $300 a week on top of the state checks, many people are not eager to find a job.
Dozens of ArkLaTex businesses are hiring; ArkLaTex states continue allowing federal unemployment aid
Goodwill Open Placement Manager Darlene Robinson explains why.
“Some of the jobs that are available, the pay is not as much as they are making when getting the unemployment and the stimulus so they are opting to stay at home,” she said.