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Sixty Years After the March on Washington, TMCF Continues The Fight For Equity and Inclusion With Annual Leadership Institute presented by Wells Fargo

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
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The theme of this year’s Institute is “Claim Your Flame.”

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  • The theme of this year’s Institute is “Claim Your Flame.”
    This 23rd annual Leadership institute comes 60 years after the iconic March on Washington.
  • The march was also four years before Marshall was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by then-president Lyndon B. Johnson.
  • TMCF advances racial equity and social justice by ensuring Black students can access high-quality education and life-changing career opportunities.
  • These are the many ways that TMCF honors Marshall and continues the fight for equity, access, and inclusion.

"WE'VE CHANGED THE GAME": TEAMSTERS WIN HISTORIC UPS CONTRACT

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Tuesday, July 25, 2023
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WASHINGTON, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Teamsters reached the most historic tentative agreement for workers in the history of UPS, protecting and rewarding more than 340,000 UPS Teamsters nationwide. The overwhelmingly lucrative contract raises wages for all workers, creates more full-time jobs, and includes dozens of workplace protections and improvements. The UPS Teamsters National Negotiating Committee unanimously endorsed the five-year tentative agreement.

Key Points: 
  • "Rank-and-file UPS Teamsters sacrificed everything to get this country through a pandemic and enabled UPS to reap record-setting profits.
  • We demanded the best contract in the history of UPS, and we got it," said Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien.
  • "We stayed focused on our members and fought like hell to get everything that full-time and part-time UPS Teamsters deserve."
  • Existing full- and part-time UPS Teamsters will get $2.75 more per hour in 2023, and $7.50 more per hour over the length of the contract.

TOM BURRELL, BURRELL COMMUNICATIONS GROUP FOUNDER EMERITUS, DEBUTS NEW MUSIC 'WITH A CONSCIOUSNESS'

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023
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CHICAGO, July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Powerful new music has hit the radio airwaves and streaming platforms nationwide today, as Tom Burrell, the renowned, highly acclaimed founder of Chicago-based Burrell Communications Group, one of the most highly regarded multicultural advertising agencies in the U.S., has set aside his adman hat to don the role of song lyricist and performer.

Key Points: 
  • Burrell has released his latest music single, "Deep."
  • The track is a captivating, head-nodding spoken word composition now available on Apple Music, Spotify, iTunes, YouTube and wherever digital music is sold.
  • Burrell wrote and recites thought-provoking lyrics, skillfully delivered in a compelling musical composition and arrangement.
  • Burrell, who grew up in Chicago, established Burrell Communications Group in 1971 and led the company through 2004, recasting his career to become an author, lecturer and authority on media, culture, social science and history.

John Hancock Announces 2023 MLK Scholars Program, Invests Another $1 Million in Summer Jobs, Financial Education for Boston Youth

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Monday, July 10, 2023
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BOSTON, July 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Today, John Hancock, a unit of Toronto-based Manulife (TSX: MFC), announces the start of its annual MLK Scholars Program, which provides summer jobs, financial education, and professional development opportunities to Boston youth.

Key Points: 
  • BOSTON, July 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Today, John Hancock, a unit of Toronto-based Manulife (TSX: MFC), announces the start of its annual MLK Scholars Program, which provides summer jobs, financial education, and professional development opportunities to Boston youth.
  • This summer, in partnership with the City of Boston, John Hancock is sponsoring the employment of hundreds of Boston teens at John Hancock and 30 other local non-profit and corporate worksites across the city.
  • "We hope that community partners will continue to join us in prioritizing youth employment and financial education across Boston."
  • The event at John Hancock's Boston headquarters will be open to this year's MLK Scholars as well as summer interns from financial services companies participating in the Boston PIC's summer jobs program.

CSE Bulletin: Name and Symbol Change - MLK Gold Ltd. (MLK)

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Friday, April 14, 2023
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Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - Le 14 avril/April 2023) - MLK Gold Ltd. (MLK) has announced a name and symbol change to Triple One Metals Inc. (TONE).

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  • Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - Le 14 avril/April 2023) - MLK Gold Ltd. (MLK) has announced a name and symbol change to Triple One Metals Inc. (TONE).
  • Shares will begin trading under the new name and symbol and with a new CUSIP number on April 18, 2023.
  • MLK Gold Ltd. (MLK) a annoncé un changement de nom et de symbole pour Triple One Metals Inc. (TONE).
  • Les actions commenceront à être négociées sous le nouveau nom et le nouveau symbole et avec un nouveau numéro CUSIP le 18 avril 2023.

TEAMSTERS TRIUMPHANT AT SYSCO

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Monday, April 10, 2023
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WASHINGTON, April 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters won big for workers as members at two Sysco locations ratified record-breaking contracts. The victories successfully ended two-week strikes by securing higher wages and better retirement benefits for more than 160 members of Teamsters Local 135 in Indianapolis and 100 members of Teamsters Local 89 in Louisville.

Key Points: 
  • "Teamsters are united and emboldened at Sysco.
  • Picket lines were honored in Los Angeles by Sysco members of Teamsters Locals 495, 630, and 848; in San Francisco by Sysco members of Teamsters Local 853; and in Seattle by Sysco members of Teamsters Local 117.
  • Sysco Teamsters have shown that when workers stand up and fight, we can achieve anything," said Marcus Irvin, a Sysco Indianapolis warehouse worker and chief steward for Local 135.
  • The strike at Sysco was the most recent example of collective action by the Teamsters at America's largest broadline food distributor.

In Solidarity with University of Michigan's Graduate Employees' Organization

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Monday, April 3, 2023
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DETROIT, April 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The SMSBF, a non-profit, sustainable business (SB) organization located in Southeast Michigan that promotes social, environmental and economic justice, stands in solidarity with the University of Michigan's (UM) Graduate Employees' Organization (GEO).

Key Points: 
  • DETROIT, April 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The SMSBF, a non-profit, sustainable business (SB) organization located in Southeast Michigan that promotes social, environmental and economic justice, stands in solidarity with the University of Michigan's (UM) Graduate Employees' Organization (GEO).
  • On Wednesday, March 29, 2023, members of GEO, the labor union that represents more than two thousand graduate students, struck the UM.
  • The GEO is demanding raises in annual compensation from $24,000 to $38,500, accessible and affordable childcare, sexual harassment protections, and other basic benefits.
  • For many, SB means correcting environmental injustices, through clean energy generation, the circular economy of reuse and recycling, and related activities.

Tillamook County Creamery Association Announces New Ice Cream Manufacturing Facility in Illinois

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023
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TILLAMOOK, Ore., March 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA), the farmer-owned dairy co-op and Certified B Corporation® behind the fastest-growing family-size ice cream brand in the U.S., today announced plans to open an ice cream manufacturing facility in Decatur, Ill. in late 2024.

Key Points: 
  • TILLAMOOK, Ore., March 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA), the farmer-owned dairy co-op and Certified B Corporation® behind the fastest-growing family-size ice cream brand in the U.S., today announced plans to open an ice cream manufacturing facility in Decatur, Ill. in late 2024.
  • The Decatur facility will be TCCA's first owned and operated manufacturing facility outside of Oregon and will be TCCA's only facility solely dedicated to ice cream production.
  • ice cream as well as Tillamook foodservice ice cream (3 gallon).
  • "Opening this Illinois manufacturing location will enable us to make more of our ice cream closer to the eastern U.S., where demand for our ice cream is growing fast.

MLK Gold. Ltd Continues to Increase Its Lithium and Critical Metals Portfolio in Newfoundland

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Thursday, February 9, 2023
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Windsor, Nova Scotia, Feb. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MLK Gold Ltd. (“CSE: MLK”) (“MLK” or “MLK Gold” or the “Company”), a growth oriented precious and critical metal exploration company headquartered in Windsor, Nova Scotia, is pleased to report that it has again added to its growing portfolio of lithium and critical metals assets in Newfoundland.

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  • Windsor, Nova Scotia, Feb. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MLK Gold Ltd. (“CSE: MLK”) (“MLK” or “MLK Gold” or the “Company”), a growth oriented precious and critical metal exploration company headquartered in Windsor, Nova Scotia, is pleased to report that it has again added to its growing portfolio of lithium and critical metals assets in Newfoundland.
  • The Knob Brook property is crossed by the Burgeo Highway (Route 480) near its western boundary that lies approximately 16 kilometres north of the Town of Burgeo.
  • We believe the general lack of historical exploration in the areas for lithium opens a huge opportunity to add to the list of critical metal discoveries in the Province of Newfoundland”.
  • MLK plans to commence high resolution drone mapping, selective geophysics, prospecting, and till geochemistry on the property once weather conditions improve.

Martin Luther King III to address students at World Affairs Conference (WAC) on Thursday, February 9 at Upper Canada College in Toronto — Presented in partnership with Branksome Hall, WAC is Canada's longest running, student-led conference

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Monday, February 6, 2023
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The day-long conference is co-hosted with Branksome Hall and features more than 10 speakers who will present on this year’s theme: WAC 2023: Hybrid Thinking.

Key Points: 
  • The day-long conference is co-hosted with Branksome Hall and features more than 10 speakers who will present on this year’s theme: WAC 2023: Hybrid Thinking.
  • The World Affairs Conference aims to bring together youths, educators and changemakers to help shape a better world.
  • Keynote presentations, including Martin Luther King III’s remarks, will be available to the public through the HopIn streaming platform.
  • Interested media and press are invited to attend WAC throughout the day from 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM at Upper Canada College.