[Lehman College\Fundraising Initiative]
Lehman President Daniel Lemons: “The Campaign for Lehman College, with a goal of raising $1 million, seeks support for students who need our help now and to expand the scholarship pool to support students through the summer and fall.”
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[Lehman College\Journalism Fellowship]
Lehman students have until June 1 to apply to the WSJ & Lehman Journo-Tech program; however, the fellowship is a highly competitive one, with only five seats available. Once selected, the fellows will meet 12 hours per week with WSJ staff.
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[Ahmaud Arbery\Trayvon Martin]
Lee Meritt: “It’s similar to in Florida, this loosely federated, sort-of neighborhood watch. And so they would be calling back and forth between the neighborhoods: Hey did you guys see that Black guy go running down the road?”
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[COVID-19\Reparations]
Dr. VP Franklin: “In the upcoming deliberations over HR-40, a specific Task Force should be created and assigned to develop recommendations on how reparations will be used to increase African Americans access to high-quality health care.”
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[COVID-19\School Budgets]
Albert Shanker Institute President and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten says: “We can’t forfeit our students’ future because of the coronavirus pandemic.”
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[Urban League\COVID-19]
Morial: “More than 30,000 Americans have died of COVID-19, and African Americans are more likely to die than any other group…That’s why that Urban League Movement’s role as economic first responders is more important than ever before.”
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[Rainbow PUSH\COVID-19\Africa]
Rev. Jackson: “Africa deserves and needs our support as the virus begins to spread within the continent with an impact that will be more devastating due to poor health infrastructures.”
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[Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act]
The Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act, authored by the two lawmakers, empowers Medicare to pay all of the costs of treatment for the uninsured, and cover all out-of-pocket costs for those with public or private insurance, for as long as this pandemic continues.
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[CARES Act Funding for NYC]
Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) announced funding for eleven community health centers that are located in or serve New York’s 7th Congressional District.
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