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Generations United Launches New Campaign To Elevate Voices Of African American And Native American Grandfamilies

Stuart Mitchell

Generations United, in partnership with National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) and A Second Chance, Inc., is launching a three-year initiative, Grand Voices: Elevating and Strengthening African American and Native American Grandfamilies. The initiative will recruit and prepare family caregivers to join Generations United’s GrAND Voices network, a proven group of family caregiver advocates who educate, represent and testify on behalf of grandparents and other relatives raising children. The project is funded by a $750,000 three-year grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Mich. “More than 2.6 million…

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Google helps students discover code with The Hidden Genius Project

Stuart Mitchell

Google have got together with The Hidden Genius Project in order to increase representation within the coding industry. Justin Steele, a Principal, Google.org, has released a blog post which highlights their ambitions: “Coding is evolving and influencing how we think about all industries, including fashion, music and art.  But even as CS becomes more important across a wide variety of fields, millions of Black, Hispanic and female youth aren’t unlocking its benefits. One reason behind a lack of representation is perception; according to our research with Gallup, students are five…

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