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Professor Frances Lee Watson to Receive the 2023 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Seventh Circuit

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Monday, August 21, 2023
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Professor Frances Lee Watson has been selected to receive the prestigious 2023 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Seventh Circuit .

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  • Professor Frances Lee Watson has been selected to receive the prestigious 2023 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Seventh Circuit .
  • Until her retirement in late 2022, Watson was a clinical professor of law at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.
  • She will receive the award during the 2023 Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference.
  • In addition to being a professor, Watson directed the Wrongful Conviction Clinic, a “live client” clinical course that was a founding member of the Innocence Network.

National Youth Nonprofit Makes LGBTQ+ Identity and Health Resources Available

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023
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Recent updates to digital youth-centered platform selfsea.org , powered by PHE, include filters allowing users to customize resources by sexual orientation, race, and/or gender identity.

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  • Recent updates to digital youth-centered platform selfsea.org , powered by PHE, include filters allowing users to customize resources by sexual orientation, race, and/or gender identity.
  • In addition, the anticipated ‘Collections’ tab will highlight relevant selfsea resources for events such as Pride Month.
  • 68% of selfsea users identify as LGBTQ+, and the site features identity-affirming stories and resources created and/or selected by young people.
  • The increase in targeted legislation brings worsening mental health outcomes for LGBTQ+ youth.

The Arbour Way Foundation Commemorates Launch with Significant Gifts to the University of Pennsylvania’s Venture Lab and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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Friday, June 9, 2023
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The Arbour Way Foundation (“AWF”) today announced two significant gifts to mark the launch of the foundation by Robin and Marc Wolpow.

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  • The Arbour Way Foundation (“AWF”) today announced two significant gifts to mark the launch of the foundation by Robin and Marc Wolpow.
  • AWF made a $10 million commitment to the University of Pennsylvania’s Venture Lab, which will establish a dedicated healthcare entrepreneurship vertical for students.
  • AWF, separately, made a $1 million gift to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s (MSK) Office of Health Equity.
  • “After 20-plus years of charitable giving, we created the Arbour Way Foundation to take a more hands-on approach to philanthropy,” noted Robin Wolpow.

Recent Legislation Targeting the Rights of Trans Individuals Deepens Concerns Around the Mental Health of LGBTQ Communities

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023
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NEW YORK, April 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As we grapple with numerous states across the country enacting harmful anti-LGBTQ legislation, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), the nation's leading suicide prevention organization, calls upon local legislators to reject anti-trans legislation and encourages people to rally around the LGBTQ community by asking their elected officials to enact laws supporting these individuals.

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  • It's important to emphasize that it's not an individual's LGBTQ identity that elevates risk for suicide.
  • We take our responsibility to educate the public about mental health and suicide very seriously, especially when communities are at increased risk.
  • This directly threatens the physical and mental health of our community and poses an increased risk for deterioration in mental health.
  • LGBTQ individuals need and deserve access to quality physical and mental healthcare and I, with AFSP, will continue to advocate for the fundamental human rights to health and safety."

FluentStream Reports Significant Gains Across All Areas of the Company in 2022

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Tuesday, January 31, 2023
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2022 marked continued growth for FluentStream , the fastest-growing unified communications-as-a-service (UCaaS) provider for small and midsize organizations.

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  • 2022 marked continued growth for FluentStream , the fastest-growing unified communications-as-a-service (UCaaS) provider for small and midsize organizations.
  • Its impressive growth landed FluentStream on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America for the fifth consecutive year.
  • The company grew its employees by nearly 20% in 2022 and expanded its efforts to serve its workforce.
  • FluentStream achieved carbon neutrality in 2022 and made generous donations to organizations including Girls Who Code and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

UPDATE - VICE News Documentary Tackles Controversy of Student Safety Versus Student Privacy

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Wednesday, December 21, 2022
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DALLAS, Dec. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new in-depth documentary on student monitoring software from VICE News highlights how Gaggle helps K-12 districts manage student safety and plays a significant role in saving student lives and keeping our nation’s schools safe.

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  • DALLAS, Dec. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new in-depth documentary on student monitoring software from VICE News highlights how Gaggle helps K-12 districts manage student safety and plays a significant role in saving student lives and keeping our nation’s schools safe.
  • A representative of The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) views this as an invasion of privacy.
  • “This is a powerful and intimate example of how our technology is designed to save student lives,” said Jeff Patterson, CEO and Founder of Gaggle.
  • If we save even one student, it’s worth all the time and energy we’re putting into it.”

VICE News Documentary Tackles Controversy of Student Safety Versus Student Privacy

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Wednesday, December 21, 2022
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Dallas, Dec. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new in-depth documentary on student monitoring software from VICE News highlights how Gaggle helps K-12 districts manage student safety and plays a significant role in saving student lives and keeping our nation’s schools safe.

Key Points: 
  • Dallas, Dec. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new in-depth documentary on student monitoring software from VICE News highlights how Gaggle helps K-12 districts manage student safety and plays a significant role in saving student lives and keeping our nation’s schools safe.
  • A representative of The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) views this as an invasion of privacy.
  • “This is a powerful and intimate example of how our technology is designed to save student lives,” said Jeff Patterson, CEO and Founder of Gaggle.
  • If we save even one student, it’s worth all the time and energy we’re putting into it.”
    For more information visit Gaggle.net.

Blockchain Pioneer Brock Pierce Partners with Jeremy Gardner as a General Partner in Mystic Ventures

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022
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MIAMI, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- This week at the Wonderland Psychedelic Convention in Miami, Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, Economist, and Philanthropist Brock Pierce announced that he is partnering with Jeremy Gardner, the Managing Partner and Founder of Mystic Ventures, as a General Partner in this cutting-edge venture fund. Pierce is the co-founder of EOS Alliance, Block.one, Blockchain Capital, Tether, and Mastercoin, the sector's first ICO. Gardner is the Founder of Blockchain Education Network, Co-founder of Augur, the world's first Utility Token and first ICO on Ethereum.

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  • MIAMI, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- This week at the Wonderland Psychedelic Convention in Miami, Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, Economist, and Philanthropist Brock Pierce announced that he is partnering with Jeremy Gardner, the Managing Partner and Founder of Mystic Ventures, as a General Partner in this cutting-edge venture fund.
  • Pierce is the co-founder of EOS Alliance, Block.one, Blockchain Capital, Tether, and Mastercoin, the sector's first ICO.
  • Gardner is the Founder of Blockchain Education Network, Co-founder of Augur, the world's first Utility Token and first ICO on Ethereum.
  • Brock Pierce is a blockchain pioneer, technology investor and philanthropist with an extensive track record of founding, advising, and investing in disruptive businesses.

Recap: Tom Hanks, Padma Lakshmi, Patti Smith, and More at ACLU & NYCLU 20th Annual Sing Out for Freedom Benefit Concert

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Thursday, October 27, 2022
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NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) rocked New York City's Town Hall on Monday night with their 20th Annual Sing Out For Freedom benefit concert. The event was co-hosted by the hilarious Busy Philipps and Sarah Jones. The evening featured performances and appearances by singer/songwriter Desmond Child (Bon Jovi, Katy Perry, Aerosmith), Academy Award nominee Siedah Garrett (Michael Jackson, Dreamgirls), and a special performance by Rock N’ Roll Hall of Famer, National Book Award-winning author, poet, and music icon Patti Smith, who was also one of the evenings honorees.Tom Hanks made a surprise appearance to present an award to honoree, Padma Lakshmi (Taste the Nation, Top Chef, and Tomatoes for Neela), Emmy-nominated food expert, television host, executive producer and The New York Times best-selling author; The 20th Anniversary event also honored singer, composer, and musician Shaina Taub; and music icon Patti Smith.The benefit concert was established to shine a light on social injustices and civil rights issues through an unforgettable, curated night, featuring song, spoken word, and other performing arts. Other performers and presenters of the evening included comedian Alex Edelman (Just For Us), 2022 Tony-Nominee Shoshana Bean, comedian Roy Wood Jr. (The Daily Show with Trevor Noah), Tony-nominated actor Ato Blankson-Wood (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Slave Play), performer and founder of Broadway For Racial Justice Brandon Michael Nase, Kayla Davion (TINA: The Tina Turner Musical), singer and co-founder of the Sing Out For Freedom concert Liana Stampur, actor/writer/advocate Maybe Burke, actor Tomás Matos (Fire Island), and America’s Got Talent choir sensation Sing Harlem. The evening also featured special performances from the cast of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony winning Broadway Musical, A Strange Loop, Roundabout Theatre Company’s current Broadway revival of 1776, and the cast of Broadway's Moulin Rouge.This year's show reflected on the past 20 years of historic wins for the ACLU and NYCLU and strategized for the road ahead. 

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  • NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) rocked New York City's Town Hall on Monday night with their 20th Annual Sing Out For Freedom benefit concert.
  • This year's show reflected on the past 20 years of historic wins for the ACLU and NYCLU and strategized for the road ahead.
  • Sing Out For Freedom, was co-founded by Liana Stampur and Erich Bergen along with NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman.
  • The 20th Annual Sing Out for Freedom benefit concert was produced by Erich Bergen, Michael J. Moritz Jr. and Ari Conte, with Direction by Erich Bergen.

Civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill to receive UofL's 2023 Brandeis Medal

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Thursday, October 13, 2022
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LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- After successfully leading the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) as president and director-counsel from 2013 to 2022, Sherrilyn Ifill will be honored as recipient of the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law's 2023 Brandeis Medal. Founded by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in 1940, LDF has long been known as the United States' first and foremost legal organization fighting for racial justice in America.

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  • Civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill will receive the 2023 Brandeis Medal for her commitment to individual liberty, concern for the disadvantaged and public service and presented by the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville.
  • LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- After successfully leading the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) as president and director-counsel from 2013 to 2022, Sherrilyn Ifill will be honored as recipient of the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law's 2023 Brandeis Medal.
  • Ifill began her career as a fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union before joining LDF in 1988.
  • This year, Ifill was awarded with the Radcliffe Medal, and received the Thurgood Marshall Award from the American Bar Association.