Day: 21 March 2023

Truist Foundation Awards Center for Employment Opportunities $1 Million To Advance Social, Economic Mobility for Formerly Incarcerated People

Stuart Mitchell

Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO), the nation’s largest provider of comprehensive employment services to people returning from jail or prison, has received a $1 million grant from Truist Foundation. The funding will support career advancement and create economic mobility pathways for people returning from prison and jail. Thousands of justice-impacted people will be connected to advanced training opportunities that will lead them to higher-wage employment after reentry. “Justice-impacted job seekers have a lot to offer, but often don’t have access to the workforce training that can lead to a thriving…

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Morningstar Farms® And Pringles® Combine Iconic Flavors In First-Of-Its-Kind Plant-Based Chik’n Fries

Stuart Mitchell

The plant-based pioneers at MorningStar Farms® and the ingenious flavor masters at Pringles® are teaming up to debut all-new MorningStar Farms® Chik’n Fries in two delicious Pringles® flavors: Original and Scorchin’ Cheddar Cheeze. A testament to the brand’s continued plant-based innovation, the MorningStar Farms Chik’n Fries are the first of their kind in the U.S. plant-based market. Crispy and golden on the outside, juicy chik’n on the inside, they are made with 100% plant-based protein, containing 11g of protein and 41% less fat than the leading homestyle chicken fries. The…

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EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund an opportunity to advance environmental justice and extend clean energy benefits to all

Stuart Mitchell

Ceres Director of Federal Policy Zach Friedman issued the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued its initial guidance for the $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a measure within the Inflation Reduction Act designed to spur clean energy investment and deployment in low-income and marginalized communities:  “The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund is a key financing tool within the Inflation Reduction Act that provides a clear market signal for investors and companies to empower the communities that have been too often ignored yet are most at risk from…

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Whirlpool Corporation’s WoW Studios Becomes Major Sponsor of ONE School Free Portfolio Program for Black Creatives

Stuart Mitchell

Whirlpool Corporation has announced a six-figure annual sponsorship agreement between its World of Whirlpool Studios and The One Club for Creativity to support the club’s groundbreaking ONE School, a free 16-week online portfolio program designed to open doors to a career in advertising for talented Black creatives. ONE School was launched in 2020 by The One Club, the world’s foremost nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the global creative community, as the first free alternative to costly ad schools for a new generation of Black creatives, and a way…

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ASA – Use of under-16s as brand ambassadors and in peer-to-peer marketing

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called:  Use of under-16s as brand ambassadors and in peer-to-peer marketing. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. A report by the DCMS Committee on Influencer Culture, published in April 2022, acknowledged a number of issues in relation to children who are involved in influencer marketing and children who follow influencers that create content for a child…

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