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Good news for bonobos and elephants: Africa’s largest rainforest reserve is off Unesco’s endangered list
by Onke Ngcuka, Daily Maverick
July 21, 2021
Good news for bonobos and elephants: Africa’s largest rainforest reserve is off Unesco’s endangered list
by Onke Ngcuka, Daily Maverick July 21, 2021 Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC’s) Salonga National Park is no longer on the List of World Heritage in Danger, the United Nations Economic, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) has announced.
Young Visionaries Celebrates 20 Years of Service in the Inland Empire
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ For two decades, Young Visionaries Youth Leadership Academy (YVYLA) has worked tirelessly to support at-risk youth, enhancing their potential for academic, economic and social success and striving to build safer, more equitable communities.
YVYLA and IEHP Team Members greet attendees at a Pull-up and Pick-Up backpack distribution event at IEHP s Victorville CRC in August 2020.
Partners for more than 15 years, Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) and YVYLA have collaborated on several projects, events and initiatives. YVYLA is also an in-house partner at the health plan s Community Resource Center (CRC) in Victorville, Calif., providing mentoring services and support to local youth.
Local Groups Unite to Offer Violence Prevention Strategies
Kellie Dillon expresses support for the violence prevention collective. (Karim Saafir photo)
A consortium of local and regional violence prevention leaders recently united to offer proven violence prevention strategies to residents of impacted neighborhoods throughout greater Los Angeles.
The organizations, connected by their advocacy for criminal justice reform, held a press conference on April 21, to announce their intention to form the Southern California/L.A. Peacekeepers Collaborative (SCLAPC).
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Dr. Aquil Basheer, executive director of the Brotherhood Unified for Independent Leadership Through Discipline program (BUILD), founded SCLAPC to share knowledge and lessons learned from decades of working on inner-city streets to mitigate disagreements among individuals and groups.