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How To Help After Hurricane Helene

Bloomerang

Entire communities have been destroyed, and millions are without power across Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, and more than 100 lives have been lost in the wake of this dangerous Category 4 hurricane. If you’re interested in donating to support relief efforts, you can make a gift here. Donate here.

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The flu has killed 16,000 people this season. These are the states with the worst outbreaks

Fast Company Tech

The flu has historically been particularly dangerous to the elderly, but sadly, this season, the illness is also hitting infants and children hard. The CDC says that in the past week alone, there were 11 influenza-associated pediatric deaths, bringing the total number of pediatric deaths for the season to 68.

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Welcome to the 2021 Digital Inclusion Fellows

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Our seventh cohort includes 15 Fellows from around the country : Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah.

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Atlanta-based Sanguina wants to make fingernail selfies a digital biomarker for iron deficiency

TechCrunch

These fingernail selfies could be used to determine anemia for the more than 2 billion people who are affected by the condition — including women, children, athletes and the elderly. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech. So far, Sanguina has raised more than $4.2

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Martin Luther King Day 2013

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I too dream of a day when we live out our creed, of a day when we treat each other as equals, of a day when children. of a day when all of God''s children will be able to sing with a new meaning, ''My country, ''tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. I grew up in an America where legally-mandated segregation was reality.

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When Disaster Strikes

Blue Fox

This week, we felt called to do the same in the terrible aftermath that is still unfolding over a week after Hurricane Helene trounced the Florida Big Bend and flooded communities from Virginia all the way to Georgia. Here are some tips and vetted nonprofits that can use your financial support right now.

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National Hispanic Heritage Month 2021

Media Cause

Georgia Latino Alliance. Latino Community Fund Georgia. Committee for Hispanic Families and Children. Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Who to support: Latin American Association (Atlanta Outreach Center). Caminar Latino. Hispanic Alliance for Career Advancement. LaAmista, Inc. Council for Latino Workplace Equity.