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Here’s how you can donate to support the fight for justice right now

The Verge

According to the website: “Our mission is to advance the liberation and well-being of Black and Brown communities through education, self-empowerment, mass-mobilization and the creation of new systems that elevate the next generation of change leaders.” Know Your Rights Camp. Committee to Protect Journalists.

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Student social good startups collect $95K in T-Mobile competition

TechCrunch

Sounds like middleware for hospitals, but it’s two teenage cousins in Louisville who have now helped more than 2,000 senior citizens make vaccination and other healthcare appointments by walking them through the digital processes that might otherwise have puzzled them. Take the finalist MedTechConnect , for instance.

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Why America is falling in love with romance bookstores

Fast Company Tech

There are now 30 romance bookstores around the country, including A Novel Romance in Louisville, Kentucky, and Blush Bookstore in Wichita, Kansas. Indeed, some women want to reclaim the word smut as a form of female empowerment, since romance novels have done a great deal to center women’s desires, sexuality, and experiences.

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Juneteenth Resources

Media Cause

National Urban League —The National Urban League is a historic civil rights organization dedicated to economic empowerment in order to elevate the standard of living in historically underserved urban communities. The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice. . Find yours here.