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A wave of red, green and black on Wednesday flooded the corner of University Avenue and 13th Street in Gainesville as about 250 protesters united in solidarity with Palestine. ....
One day Janet got a phone call: Kim had written a play and needed help with editing. “I read it and liked it and wanted to work on it with her,” Thomas recalled. The play, Unboxing in Biloxi, was based on Sandstrom’s own experience with sexual violence and assault, and it brought her friend to tears. “We were great friends, but she felt she couldn’t tell anyone about it. So I knew nothing of what happened to her until then. Like many other survivors, she boxed it away,” Thomas said. The plan was to produce the show onstage and then make it available for other theater companies; two were already scheduled to perform it on the West Coast. ....
By Mid Hudson News -www.midhudsonnews.com Feb 23, 2021 FISHKILL – The Special Olympics held their 23rd annual Polar Plunge on Saturday at the Sharpe Reservation in Fishkill. More than 180 participants jumped into the lake to raise money just hours after volunteers used chainsaws to remove nearly a foot of ice from the water’s surface. Teresa Gilli, director of Development for the Special Olympics New York, Hudson Valley Region said that the participants raised more than $116,000 before taking the plunge to celebrate their fundraising accomplishments. At least 258 Special Olympic athletes will be fully supported because of the efforts of our supporters, noted Gilli. While holding the event during a pandemic posed many obstacles, the event went off successfully. “We are so happy to have so many of our participants and their donors stick with us despite the challenges of the pandemic.” ....