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Black Directors Health Equity Initiative to Honor Billye Suber Aaron at Atlanta Summit

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Wednesday, October 5, 2022
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ATLANTA, Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Broadcaster, activist and philanthropist Billye Suber Aaron will be honored at the Black Directors Health Equity Initiative (BDHEA) 2022 National Summit meeting in Atlanta.

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  • ATLANTA, Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Broadcaster, activist and philanthropist Billye Suber Aaron will be honored at the Black Directors Health Equity Initiative (BDHEA) 2022 National Summit meeting in Atlanta.
  • Mrs. Billye Suber Aaron shares the BDHEA's goal of advancing health equity and is a longtime Morehouse School of Medicine supporter.
  • The Aarons' gift to expand the Hugh M. Gloster Medical Education Building was essential in building the meeting rooms and laboratories of its distinctive Billye Suber Aaron Pavilion.
  • The Black Directors Health Equity Agenda (BDHEA) is made up of board directors and senior leaders who are working to eradicate the health disparities and inequities that threaten the individual and collective prosperity of Black families.

WTMJ wins Walter Cronkite Award for pandemic unemployment investigation

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Thursday, June 3, 2021
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Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP), has won a Walter Cronkite Award for its 2020 investigative series, " Unemployment System Collapse ."

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  • Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP), has won a Walter Cronkite Award for its 2020 investigative series, " Unemployment System Collapse ."
  • During its monthslong investigation launched in March 2020, the TMJ4 I-Team regularly reported on Wisconsin's overly complicated and neglected unemployment system, which collapsed under the pressure of the pandemic.
  • The team's investigation found that policies implemented years before, coupled with missteps made early in the pandemic, led to thousands of people being stuck waiting for unemployment benefits, some becoming homeless in the process.
  • As a result of their investigation, the TMJ4 I-Team has helped 83 people in its community collect nearly $400,000 in unemployment back pay.