Diversity efforts expanding in Minnesota technology [Star Tribune]
Ja’keh Clark, a software developer at Best Buy, is a key contributor to Minnesota’s emerging diversity efforts in technology.
Clark, 31, has an academic background in art and design and worked with juvenile offenders after college. Clark also liked technology and tinkering with software.
Today, Clark is a two-year digital engineer, integrating Internet of Things applications into Best Buy’s website and on mobile devices. A favorite software application Clark developed allows customers to check the website to determine how busy a store is before deciding to visit.
“I’m in the right place,” Clark said. “I really enjoy the work. And we’re involved in the People of Color Career Fair and Blacks in Technology. That’s important.
By Susan Arbetter New York State PUBLISHED 6:30 PM ET Dec. 16, 2020 PUBLISHED 6:30 PM EST Dec. 16, 2020
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COVID-19 is considered to be a Mass Fatality Incident, which means it’s an event that has caused first responders to be overwhelmed.
Coroners and medical examiners are among the many first responders who have been hit hard by the pandemic, so it’s no surprise that a mandate from the New York State Health Department is causing some anxiety, and even anger, among professionals in the world of medical legal death investigation.
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Coroners and medical examiners are considered first responders
New York State Professionals who are involved in the process of dealing with COVID-19 deaths are concerned about the dangerously low level of supplies involved in them performing their duties.
In a release from the New York State Association of Counties professionals such as Coroners, Medical Examiners and Funeral Directors are issuing a warning about the surge in COVID-19 cases, the subsequent deaths and lack of financial support from the federal government.
With the number of deaths rising across the state, supplies such as body bags, proper morgue space for the deceased and others are fleeting. In the midst of this Pandemic certain professionals are finding it challenging to give the proper treatment to those who have passed on.
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