Day: 8 January 2019

The Wrangler® Tough Enough to Wear Pink™ Western Campaign to fight breast cancer reaches 28 million dollar raised mark

Stuart Mitchell

A milestone was reached Monday night at the 14th Annual Wrangler® Tough Enough to Wear Pink™ (TETWP) Night at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. The grassroots cowboy campaign has exceeded the 28 million dollar fundraising mark! The campaign was created in 2004 by Terry Wheatley, wine industry executive and matriarch of a professional rodeo cowboy family and Karl Stressman, former director of special events for Wrangler.  The idea was to raise money and awareness for breast cancer by challenging rodeo competitors and fans alike to wear pink. Wrangler is the…

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Activists, Artists and Survivors to Celebrate the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women’s 30th Anniversary

Stuart Mitchell

Feminists, activists, actors and survivors celebrated the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW)‘s 30th anniversary, and commemorated International Human Rights Day, with a gala at Tribeca 360. The international organization dedicated to ending the trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and girls will honor Aaron Marcu and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Football Hall of Famer Curtis Martin, Jr., and Rachel Foster and Alain Kodsi for their outstanding commitment to justice and equality for women and girls in New York City and beyond. Mr. Marcu is a partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus…

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National Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trials Awareness Month Campaign Sheds Light On Myths And Enrollment Barriers Surrounding Clinical Trials

Stuart Mitchell

This January, in recognition of National Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trials Awareness Month, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) strongly encourages all pancreatic cancer patients to consider clinical trials at diagnosis and during every treatment decision. Clinical trials often provide the best treatment options for pancreatic cancer patients, but myths and misconceptions about trials remain prevalent. Pancreatic cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States, and according to the most recent American Cancer Society’s Facts and Figures report from 2018, only 9 percent of patients diagnosed with pancreatic…

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WordPress.com Celebrates 14 Entrepreneurs, Writers, and Nonprofits for the 2019 ‘Anything Is Possible’ List

Stuart Mitchell

A coffee co-op owned by its farmers, a sewing community empowering people of all body shapes and sizes, and a 12-year-old journalist are among those named in WordPress.com‘s first-ever “Anything Is Possible” list for 2019, celebrating 14 extraordinary people and organizations who are using the web to make the world a better place. This year’s inaugural Anything Is Possible list features nonprofit organizations, entrepreneurs, and writers who will be featured in a series of profiles at WordPress.com throughout January. It’s a great list though I can’t help notice at least one…

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Beyoncé, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Reese Witherspoon, and Troye Sivan Among Those Named to DoSomething.org’s 2018 Celebs Gone Good List

Stuart Mitchell

DoSomething.org, the largest not-for-profit exclusively for young people and social change, announced its 10th annual Celebs Gone Good list, which celebrates stars who have used their influence to change the world in 2018. Here are a few of the highlights! Beyoncé used her enormous star power for social change and earned a spot on the Celebs Gone Good list. The Grammy winner continued her mission of good this year, bringing attention to cancer and disease research with her performance at the City of Hope Gala and helped raise funds for the WACO…

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