Farewell

• Starting in February with the City of San Diego, CA, VETCOMM will provide cremation and farewell ceremonies to homeless veterans lacking any family claims or connections.
• According to the VA, 16.3% of homeless veterans die on the streets .
• With approximately 35,574 veterans experiencing homelessness in 2022, that number could equate to as many as 5,600 veterans dying without awareness or acknowledgement.
• "Approximately 15 homeless die while living on the streets each day – and many are unclaimed by familial relations.

• While indoor pools had been gender segregated, public lidos were deliberately mixed and became synonymous with fun and socialising.
• Some of the most iconic lidos are the magnificent art deco sites in Saltdean, Plymouth and Penzance in the south of England.
• Lidos were grand constructions and monuments of civic pride, both for those who created them and for those who frequented them.
• At their peak, there were more than 300 active public outdoor pools in the UK, with 11 in Liverpool and 68 in London.

Lidos closures

• The same year, a heart-warming novel, The Lido by Libby Page, beautifully captured the community spirit, history and value of lidos.
• Photographer Christopher Beanland paid homage to lidos in 2020 through a global collection of outdoor pools and their stories.
• If Sport England’s policies can recognise the diverse value of lidos to public health and leisure, the next decade could see a further resurgence in restorations.
• Even more lidos could soon be making a welcome return across Britain, allowing more access to outdoor swimming – whatever the weather.

• In fact, the singer, actor and activist was on intimate terms with many pivotal figures of the civil rights era.
• He was a confidant and adviser to Martin Luther King Jr and allied with Ahmed Sékou Touré, the president of Guinea.
• If he was a powerful voice for justice, it was because he leveraged his celebrity.

A remarkable career

• Though Belafonte never kisses his white co-star, Joan Fontaine, on screen, the film explores the theme of interracial romance.
• This exceptionally handsome Black man was charming primarily white audiences, though his light skin color and facial features softened that threat.
• “Harry Belafonte stands at the peak of one of the remarkable careers in U.S, entertainment,” proclaimed Time magazine in a 1959 cover feature.
• By then, he was earning about US$750,000 a year, with a lucrative residency at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas.

Civil rights activism

• The civil rights leader called him in 1956 during the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• As their friendship strengthened, Belafonte realized the crosses that King bore: the burden of leadership, the fear of death.
• His guests included King, who was about to launch his Poor People’s Campaign, and Kennedy, whom Belafonte urged to start a presidential campaign.
• Like few others, he blended the worlds of culture and politics, singing a song of justice.

• DENVER, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Gondola , the online platform for elevating and connecting content creators, is moving out of beta with the launch of its iOS app.
• Gondola is the first platform for digital creatives to take credit for their work and access data on their social content -- regardless of which account or platform the work is housed on.
• Gondola allows users to credit anyone who worked on a project, including directors, photographers, videographers, designers, brand partners, social professionals and more.
• Since launching last fall, Gondola users have claimed credit on more than 200,000 social posts contributing to 21 Billion views of content on social media platforms.