SPLC and Latin GRAMMY Award-winning band release song that teaches immigrants their rights

The SPLC and the Latin GRAMMY Award-winning band Flor De Toloache launched a new song today whose lyrics teach immigrants about the rights they can exercise when interacting with law enforcement and immigration authorities. The single, “El corrido de David y Goliat” – out now on Chulo Records – is available on all digital streaming platforms and for sale on iTunes. The video can be seen on the SPLC’s YouTube channel.  It’s the first release of the Immigrant Songs Initiative, which aims to reach immigrants who have little access to…

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2019 National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend Celebrates Iconic Girl-Led Entrepreneurial Program

February 22–24, Girl Scouts nationwide participated in National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend 2019, celebrating the impactful entrepreneurial program that has sparked the success of millions of women. The Girl Scout Cookie Program®, the largest annual investment in girls in the United States, powers amazing experiences for girls as they learn invaluable entrepreneurial skills and make the world a better place. At a time of year when many Girl Scouts across the United States are selling Girl Scout Cookies®, National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend, which is an annual event, encourages consumers…

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Fairtrade Foundation Launches ‘She Deserves’ campaign

The Fairtrade Foundation’s new campaign calls on the UK Government and companies to ensure cocoa farmers earn living incomes by 2030 in line with the UN’s Global Goals to end poverty. Cocoa farmers working in tough conditions are struggling on as little as 74p per day, well below the world’s extreme poverty line, and yet for around £1.86 per day, the average price of a large bar of chocolate, farmers could live a decent life, according to a new report launching Fairtrade Fortnight, (25 February –10 March). The chocolate industry…

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The John Lewis Foundation launches partnership with WaterAid to empower artisan communities in India with clean water

WaterAid has launched a three-year partnership with the John Lewis Foundation, which will help empower communities in Sant Ravi Das Nagar (Bhadohi), India, where John Lewis & Partners carpets are made, by bringing clean water and sanitation to their communities. The Foundation will donate £100,000 per year to provide 15,000 people in Sant Ravi Das Nagar (Bhadohi) district in Uttar Pradesh with clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene, while also running a hygiene education programme to reach more than 100,000 people. Worldwide, one in nine people don’t have clean…

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Universities UK launches #SupportStudyAbroad campaign to protect study abroad in case of no-deal Brexit

​Universities UK has launched a national #SupportStudyAbroad campaign asking the UK government to commit to continue funding study abroad opportunities for UK students, even if the UK cannot negotiate continued participation in the Erasmus+ programme. Without continued funding, 17,000 UK students will miss out on opportunities to study abroad next year. The campaign has been launched in response to a technical note on the future of the UK’s membership of the Erasmus+ programme in the case of a no-deal Brexit, released on 28 January. The government has said it would…

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