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For the past 27 years the Lower Eastside Girls Club (LESGC) has provided a variety of free programs for young people of color in New York City. Serving young women and gender-expanded individuals between the ages of 10 and 23, hundreds pass through their doors each year. Rosario Dawson Brandon Leger The programs they offer are so huge and comprehensive. They include coding and robotics, STEM exploration, media and social justice studies, fashion, film and photography, music production, podcasting, culinary education, and more. Oh, there’s even a rooftop farm, recording studio and a 64-seat domed planetarium. For Rosario Dawson who…

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Then when the restrictions finally came be lifted at the end of 2022, press coverage dissipated and the official Chinese position was silent. Just as the Chinese people were beginning to regain their economic footing and reckon with the emotional fallout of the previous three years, the world stopped paying attention. However, the legacy of zero-COVID will not soon be forgotten. For three years almost every town was under various forms of quarantine, with as many 370 million people self-isolating in their homes at the height of politics. Shanghai, China’s financial hub, was among the cities hit by the strictest…

Viktor Belenko died on September 24u. Belenko defected from the former Soviet Union in 1976 and brought with him what then-CIA director George H.W. Bush described as an “intelligence bonanza.” You see, Belenko didn’t just leave the Soviet Union, he left with the country’s most advanced fighter jet. This was the “bonanza” Bush mentioned. According to Clay Risen’s obituary for Belenko in New York Times NYT the MiG-25 “Foxbat” flown by Belenko in Japan and quickly delivered to the US “was the weapon the West had long feared, believing it capable of shooting down hypersonic bombers and reconnaissance aircraft that…

5 ChatGPT asks you to become a leader getty Great companies are run by great leaders. They motivate and inspire. They set the bar for the actions of everyone on their team and establish their commitment to quality for customers. Without a great leader, a company lacks direction. It meanders, doesn’t stick to a strategy, and no one knows what it means or why it would buy. Once you start a company you are a founder, but being a great leader doesn’t happen by default. It happens when you take ownership and take control. Become an undeniably commanding leader with…

Talking about finances can be difficult for multi-generational and multi-generational families as millennials … [+] start supporting their parents in retirement.getty Americans think they need $1.27 billion to retire adequately, according to a 2023 Northwestern Mutual survey. That estimate continues to rise, from $1.25 million reported last year. But the median retirement savings for all working-age households in the U.S. — people ages 32 to 61 — is about $95,776, according to Institute of Economic Policy. As a first-generation American from an immigrant family, I found it very difficult to talk about money with my parents as they reached retirement…

Ryan Begin is its CEO and co-founder Divert, Inc.an impactful technology company on a mission to protect the value of food™. getty How do you measure the environmental impact of a product? Is it just how long it exists before it decays, or how much energy it takes to produce it? Who is responsible for this impact: the one who made it or the one who sold it? As the fight against climate change accelerates, these questions gain importance. When determining the impact of a product, it is not enough to simply look at the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions it…

.getty Everywhere we look, change seems to be accelerating. Of course, change is inevitable. Change is relentless. Change is always present. The problem is, as our family obstetrician used to say, for most people it’s easier to conceive than to give birth. This truism doesn’t just apply to making babies. It also applies to dealing with change. By almost every measure, the majority of leadership strategies aimed at creating change are doomed to failure. The Association for Corporate Growth, a leading M&A player, says only 20% of deals live up to initial expectations. The Association for Talent Development, the world’s…

The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile arrives at the New York Stock Exchange as part of its daily routine … [+] 75th Birthday Celebration, Monday, July 18, 2011. To commemorate the milestone, the Oscar Mayer brand rang the closing bell on the NYSE. (Diane Bondareff/AP Images for Oscar Mayer)Copyright 2011 AP. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Earlier this month, the Kraft Heinz Company KHC was announced is looking for an “Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Representative,” whose job responsibilities include driving a “27-foot hot dog on wheels” around the country representing the Oscar Mayer brand. The…

Leda Max teaches one of the horse massage classes in Minnesota.Institute of Justice Leda Mox has been teaching people how to massage horses for over a decade. You may not have heard of horses getting massages, but just like human athletes, horses can benefit from therapeutic massage. There aren’t many places in the country where people who love horses and want to take care of them can become certified in equine massage. In fact, Leda skipped her own high school graduation ceremony to attend one of these programs in 1997. After years of construction experience, Leda decided to open her…