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Coro is such a great program for both the cohort and the employers. Read more about this and other innovative leadership programs at #umsl #ciac #communitydevelopment #ecodevo

For those that know me, you recognize LEGACY as one of the Seven eLements of Leadership! Below Ryan Manion beautifully summarizes a commencement address that asked that very question. Be it through high school, college or your career, what will your LEGACY be? What will people (friends, team members and your family) remember about YOU?

Every year we put together some tips for incoming graduate students who are moving to the Twin Cities for our program. What's your favorite arts- or culture-related metro area gem that you'd recommend to a new Twin Cities resident?

To round off #CareersWeek we want to share one of our student's experience of using the Careers Service at St George's, and how they helped him. Krishen is a penultimate year student, studying Medicine at St George's. Watch this video to find out how the Careers Service helped him with him application for the BMJ's Plague Scholarship. Learn more about our Careers Service at www.sgul.ac.uk/careers

‼️Attention KS2 & KS3 Educators‼️ Looking for a new approach to teaching spelling. Spelling for Life: Uncovering the Simplicity & Science of Spelling with Lyn Stone @lifelonglit ➡️bit.ly/4a85MGS

Have you been considering expanding your knowledge and enhancing your skills? 👉 Come chat to us tomorrow at the UCC Open Day and discover all kinds of programmes, from European Art History to Management Practice and Environment, Sustainability and Climate to Trauma Studies, not to mention our fascinating and fun short courses which commence in Spring '24. #AdultEducation #ProfessionalDevelopment #Microcredentials #LearningAndDevelopment

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#themargateschool #arteducation #designeducation #postgraduate #grassroot #sustainability #socialjustice #socialimpact #notforprofit #creativity #communityengagement #regeneration #margate A very insightful talk by Gillian Youngs PhD

As an Executive Board member of Kids' Chance of Florida, it is with a grateful and humble heart to partner with industry leaders like One Call, providing an employee-funded scholarship to Florida student Montse Gallegos. In August 2022, Montse’s father, a warehouse manager passed away due to injuries following a workplace accident. Later that year, Montse’s mother was diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer. On the heels of an extremely tragic year, the Kids’ Chance of Florida/One Call scholarship is enabling her to attend college without the added stress of tuition payments. “Workplace injuries affect the whole family,” said One Call CEO Jay Krueger. “While trying to overcome grief, families are also forced to deal with mounting financial pressures. We are sensitive to these burdensome situations, which is why we want to be a part of the solution. This scholarship provides the children of critically or fatally injured workers with a path forward. We are proud to play a small role in helping them attain a much brighter future.” Kids’ Chance of Florida is a state chapter of Kids’ Chance of America, a charitable organization that is dedicated to making a significant difference in the lives of all children affected by workplace injuries by helping them pursue and achieve their educational goals. Children of these workers can no longer count on the income of the injured or deceased parent. Accompanying the grief of loss, or the need to deal with an injured parent, is the increased likelihood that they cannot afford a college education. Since its founding in 1988, Kids' Chance of America has awarded more than 10,000 scholarships totaling more than $36 million. To learn more about how you can support our mission, visit https://lnkd.in/eEXu8ehx #kidschancefl #kidschanceflorida #kidschance #moremoneyformorekids #scholarships

I had the pleasure of contributing to this years edition of the Chronicle in a feature titled 'Pride: Why does it matter today?' We may be inclined to question the importance of Pride and Pride marches, given that we live in a country where same-sex marriage is legal and where there is a larger normative acceptance of sexuality and gender expression. There are a few ways in which I want to challenge this assumption: 1.) Adopting the mindset that de jure provisions necessarily equate to overwhelming social acceptance is dangerous: Between 2021 and 2022, transgender people experienced the biggest increase in hate crimes than any other social group in the UK - an increase of 56%. From working in schools giving talks on social issues, I have seen first-hand that prejudiced views about the community are still prevalent, even in young people. 2.) The rights the LGBTQ+ community have were hard won and we can't forget that: It's important to remember whose shoulders we stand on; who looked in the face of adversity and discrimination and fought for what we may sometimes take for granted. 3.) The fight isn't over abroad: Pride was and is a protest and, sadly, LGBTQ+ rights are still a privilege. Same-sex marriage is only legal in 34 countries and 66 countries currently in some way criminalise private and consensual same-sex sexual activity. In marching, we show solidarity for those who are still fighting for their right to live unapologetically as themselves in the hopes of a fairer world for all. 4.) The fight isn't over domestically: LGBTQ+ right equality is too recent for comfort. The practice of conversion therapy is still legal in the UK, and in fact is only banned in 8 European countries. As such, we march not only to celebrate our identity, but to let everyone know that the rights we have aren't going anywhere and neither are we. I would like to end with an excerpt from my feature, which I hope you will give a skim: "Pride is a public show. Especially as a young person, seeing a crowd of people who are all so proud to express their queer selves is not only affirming but life-changing, and in many cases life-saving. How I would have wished to know that what I was feeling was not only normal but something to be celebrated – it is necessary, indispensable."