T-Mobile Announces Not Just One, But Three Grand Prize Winners of the Second-Annual Changemaker Challenge

T-Mobile senior leaders were SO impressed by the top three teams competing for the Grand Prize at this year’s T-Mobile Changemaker Challenge, they couldn’t just choose one winner … instead they awarded all three Category Winners the Grand Prize! The Changemaker Challenge is a nationwide search for youth ages 13-23 with big ideas for how to change the world for good. This week, 30 winning teams attended the three-day Changemaker Challenge Lab hosted at T-Mobile’s Bellevue, Wash., headquarters where the three category winning teams, AVA (Technology), Stories Untold (Education) and…

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PayPal Funds Research Into Illegal Firearm Distribution

According to the Gun Violence Archive, a nonpartisan group that attempts to track every incident of gun violence in the country, there were 418 mass shootings in the United States last year. With the U.S. holding the title for more public mass shootings than any other country globally, increasingly, Americans are looking to all stakeholders to solve the gun violence epidemic. In fact, nearly seven-in-10 (69%) Americans believe companies must act to address gun control. Now, one company is seeking out systematic solutions to the problem. PayPal has announced it…

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Responsible Business Alliance Enhances Data Analytics Capabilities

The Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) has announced it is greatly enhancing its data analytics capabilities with the pending launch of its newly upgraded RBA-Online platform in March and the recent addition of a data scientist on staff. These resources will support members of the RBA and its Initiatives as they seek to better understand and use key data to improve labor and environmental conditions in their global supply chains. RBA-Online is an online sustainability data management system designed to help RBA members and their suppliers manage and share sustainability data.…

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WHO, UN Foundation and partners launch first-of-its-kind COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund

A new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Solidarity Response Fund will raise money from a wide range of donors to support the work of the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners to help countries respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund, the first-of-its-kind, enables private individuals, corporations and institutions anywhere in the world to come together to directly contribute to global response efforts, and has been created by the United Nations Foundation and the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, together with WHO.  “We are at a critical point in the global response to COVID-19…

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Creative Industries Federation offers 3 month free membership to freelancers and smaller organisations during coronovirus outbreak

The CAF are offering 3 months membership free ro freelancers and smaller organisations during the coronavirus outbreak, they make the offer onb their website: It’s clear that our creativity and problem-solving abilities are going to be substantially affected by the ongoing Coronavirus emergency. This is a rapidly evolving, unprecedented situation, and we’ve been listening carefully to your concerns. Now, it is more important than ever to connect our sectors and speak with one unified for the creative industries to ensure you and our wider creative community are supported during this…

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