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On Thursday, April 21, the air in MIT room 3-270 was electric with excitement, as poet and novelist Elizabeth Acevedo took the floor, along with student moderator Nailah J. Smith 22. Acevedo is Afro-Latinx, born in Harlem, New York, to Dominican parents, and one of the most acclaimed young Latinx writers on the contemporary literary scene
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Can diaspora bondsbonds funded by Africans living in the diaspora, primarily in middle-income and high-income countrieshelp drive new investments in the continent? There is no question that the African diaspora in the United States has reached a new level of influence. In fact, last year, Dana Banks, senior director for Africa at the National Security Council, stated at a press briefing focused on U.S.-Africa trade that the Biden administration will provide targeted support to small- and medium-sized businesses with a specific focus on the African diaspora and their businesses and investors across the United States
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(May 31, 2022, JERUSALEM, JNS Wire) More than 1,000 gap-year yeshiva and seminary students celebrated Yom Yerushalayim at a pep rally sponsored by Masa Israel and hosted in partnership with World Mizrachi, designed to inspire and energize them into ambassadors for Israel as many plan to return home and get ready for college campuses in the Fall. Back-to-back events at Heichal Shlomo, held separately for men and women, were awash with music, singing, dancing and food to commemorate the anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem
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In what is believed to be a unique initiative, the Mayo diaspora estimated to total some 3.5 million people globally has been asked to work collectively to help address climate and the biodiversity crises.
admin | June 2, 2022
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) New York and Hawaii may be a world apart, but the two states face very similar issues when it in comes to the socio-political issues of gentrification and housing. The same way New Yorkers are slowly being displaced from theirlong-termneighborhoods because of rent hikes, Hawaiian natives are also being priced out of their homes andforced to flock elsewhere due to localeconomicissues. Today, about half of all Native Hawaiians live outside of Hawaii
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It's been 69 years since Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay conquered Mount Everest, and the Nepali community in Auckland came out in force to celebrate. There was food, dance performances, auction andspeeches by dignitaries including Sir Edmund's son, Peter Hillary, Auckland mayor Phil Goff and Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon. Addressing the more than 300 crowd at Fickling Centre in Three Kings, Hillary paid tribute to theNew Zealand-Nepal partnership that conquered the world's highest peak in 1953
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At the forefront of Turkeys cultural and social outreach to communities it has historic ties, the Presidency of Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB) boasts expanding projects to the countrys close ally Pakistan. In a statement on Wednesday, YTB said it runs diverse projects in a wide array of fields in Pakistan and for Pakistani citizens. One of them was the Istanbul-Lahore Leadership Program, which was the result of an agreement between the YTB and Pakistans Punjab province.
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ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 31st May, 2022 ) :Senior Hurriyat leader Abdul Hameed Lone said that Overseas Kashmiris and Pakistani citizens would play their full role in highlighting the Kashmir issue and the atrocities committed by the Indian Army in occupied Kashmir in the changed circumstances. The Pakistani and Kashmiri community abroad would also highlight the Kashmir issue and recent unfair and decision of Indian Kangaroo courts during the major event of common wealth games in London. He said that "I have visited the UK last month, where I met with decision makers and legislators, including leaders from the Pakistani and Kashmiri communities
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A tablescape of Hyungi Park's full incense setup. Hyungi Park grew up with an affinity for the digital spacefrom computer programming lessons with her mother at age 10 to crafting Powerpoints for school book reports. She took her interest in computers and design and decided to pursue sculpture at VCU Arts, which is where her story of incense and craft making began to bloom.
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Henrico Countys Administration building at the western Henrico government center. (Photo by Analise Beres for the Henrico Citizen) Several Henrico residents brought concerns about public safety and transportation to the Henrico Board of Supervisors during its May 24 meeting. Lakeside resident Lori Valente Coffey spoke about road safety and drainage issues in the neighborhood.
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