July 15 marks the celebration of the 5th annual PRISM Awards â a celebration of businesses and entrepreneurs using capital gain for good, not merely profit.Â
The local event is hosted by the National Institute for Social Impact (NI4SI) and serves to build a stronger community in the Colorado Springs area. The PRISM Awards are primarily for social entrepreneurs and businesses who create a social and economic impact in Colorado Springs and throughout the world. The awards highlight the idea that as conscious consumers continue to increase, it is important to give good examples of businesses that act as leaders in this relatively new sector of the economy.
Oh no, they re not trying control women or anything, when they pass an ordinance that not only outlaws abortions within the city of Lubbock, but allows family members of a woman who has an abortion to sue the provider and anyone who peripherally assists her, like by driving her to a clinic. BUT IT S ABOUT THE BABIES, IT S NOT ABOUT CONTROL. Via the Texas Tribune:
Lubbock voters on Saturday backed a “sanctuary city for the unborn” ordinance that tries to outlaw abortions in the city’s limits, likely prompting a lawsuit over what opponents say is an unconstitutional ban on the procedure.
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Hunger Games-style bloodbath that left thousands frustrated and unable to book appointments.
The U.S. vaccine campaign has heightened tensions between rural and urban America, where from Oregon to Tennessee to upstate New York complaints are surfacing of a real or perceived inequity in vaccine allocation. https://t.co/g24tWt8gpz OPB (@OPB) March 1, 2021
• For years Oregon Republicans have been moving further to the right, but in recent times, and especially after the January 6 domestic terrorist attack on the nation s Capitol, they ve been doubling down on their anti-government, far-right, white nationalist ideals. OPB has an interesting deep dive into their self-destruction.
9 & 10 News
March 2, 2021
For more than 40 years, the Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan has provided specialized services for families in need. One of them is Educational and Employment Services that helps individuals interested in entering or re-entering the workforce and gaining new skills through job training and education.
Educational and Employment Services is a place for community members to gain skills to help achieve employment or job advancement in careers such as certified nurse aide training, nursing, emergency medical services, criminal justice, medical assistant, phlebotomy, business management, accounting, and office administrative services.
The funds primarily assist single parents, those returning to the job market since raising families, and students pursuing non-traditional careers. Scholarships are available for the 2021 spring and summer semesters.
By: Jonathan Cooper
MUSKOGEE, Okla. -
Though 2020 may not have been what we envisioned, the magic of Christmas is still all around us.
This is especially true this year in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The park is beautiful. Million-plus lights out there, Castle of Muskogee owner Matt Hiller said.
For an entire fun-filled day, you can shop for gifts downtown, visit Christmas displays, and eat. A lot. Our pies will change daily,” Harmony House owner Mandy Scott said. “We have a bread pudding that we do daily.”
Harmony House is a bakery and tea room inside of a mansion built in 1914. At Christmastime, they go all out with the decorations.