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Community Day Staff Fear School Site May Be Slated for Housing Development

By Zack Haber Staff who work at Community Day School, which Oakland Unified School District’s Board has scheduled for closure at the end of the academic year, expressed frustration to The Oakland Post about the possibility of the site’s campus being developed into housing. According to OUSD Director of Communication John Sasaki, Board president Gary

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Finding exit to war in Ukraine » FINCHANNEL

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a CNN interview on Sunday that he was ready to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but if the talks failed, “that would mean that this is a third world war.” Zelenksy told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria that “without negotiations, we cannot end this war,” adding “if there’s just a

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Women make up 24% of Colorado company boards, up from 7% a decade ago

Lisa Zúñiga Ramirez at her home March 16, 2022. By Judith Kohler | March 20, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. Lisa Zúñiga Ramirez is part of a trend that proponents of seeing more women in the boardrooms of Colorado companies are celebrating. In 2021, Ramirez, who has 30 years of experience in institutional investing, was appointed

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Newsline for March 19, 2022

“O God, you are my God, I seek you,my soul thirsts for you;my flesh faints for you,as in a dry and weary land where there is no water” (Psalm 63:1). NEWS1) Mission and Ministry Board’s Spring meeting addresses Ukraine, reviews Strategic Plan initiatives and BFIA guidelines, among other business 2) Prospects for new ministry in

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Women make up 24% of Colorado company boards, up from 7% a decade ago

Andy Cross, The Denver Post Lisa Zúñiga Ramirez at her home March 16, 2022. By Judith Kohler | jkohler@denverpost.com | The Denver Post March 19, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. Lisa Zúñiga Ramirez is part of a trend that proponents of seeing more women in the boardrooms of Colorado companies are celebrating. In 2021, Ramirez, who

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Wisconsin’s 39 Most Influential Native American Leaders for 2022

Every year since our founding six years ago, we have recognized Wisconsin’s most influential Black and Latino leaders. In 2020, we extended that recognition to our Native American and Asian American brothers and sisters. These lists have become the most anticipated thing we do. Every year, I’ve intended these lists to highlight the beauty of

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Berkeley may explore making reparations to Black residents

Reparations Now! mural painted in 2020 on Ellis Street in South Berkeley. Credit: Todd Matthews Berkeley may take a first step Tuesday toward acknowledging the harm slavery and systemic racism has done to Blacks by hiring a consultant to develop a reparations process for the city. If the city council votes to allocate $350,000 in

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