Native Hawaiians

The Children's Heart Foundation Launches Inaugural Underrepresented Minority in Medicine Research Training Award

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星期三, 四月 3, 2024
Alaska Natives, African Americans, Letter, Cardiology, Research, Children, Native Hawaiians, Homeland security, Congenital heart defect, Health, Medicine

The URMRTA reflects The Children's Heart Foundation's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in healthcare and medical research, specifically pediatric cardiology research related to CHDs.

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  • The URMRTA reflects The Children's Heart Foundation's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in healthcare and medical research, specifically pediatric cardiology research related to CHDs.
  • "We're excited to launch this training award as part of our ongoing efforts to promote diversity and excellence in medicine in the area of congenital heart defect research," said Gail Roddie-Hamlin, President & CEO at The Children's Heart Foundation.
  • "Through this grant, we aim to provide support to underrepresented minority individuals pursuing careers in medical research, empowering them to make significant contributions to healthcare innovation and patient care."
  • The Children's Heart Foundation invites eligible individuals to apply for the Underrepresented Minority in Medicine Research Training Award.

Data Equity Advocate Ninez A. Ponce Receives 2024 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award

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星期三, 三月 20, 2024
Health promotion, Health equity, Health, Equity, Society, Psychology, Population health, Research, Diversity, Policy, Health policy, Native Hawaiians, Social insurance, MPP, Teaching, Organization, Stanford Cancer Institute, Memory, National Quality Forum, Public, MD, Student, Health care, Public health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical statistics, Doctor of Philosophy, Faculty, Milbank Quarterly, Data collection, CDC, Lecture, National academy, Health education, Nursing

ATLANTA, March 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ninez A. Ponce, PhD, MPP, distinguished public health researcher, today received the 2024 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award.

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  • ATLANTA, March 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ninez A. Ponce, PhD, MPP, distinguished public health researcher, today received the 2024 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award.
  • This year's award was presented to Ponce at the annual meeting of the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE), along with her lecture entitled "No Equity without Data Equity."
  • The Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award, first presented in 1992, recognizes a health educator who has made a substantial contribution to advancing the field of health education or health promotion through research, program development or program delivery.
  • As of 2016, the CDC Foundation manages and administers the Fries Foundation's public health award programs, which include the Fries Prize for Improving Health and the Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award.

Parenthood and Job Loyalty Are Hindering Pay Gap Progress — Payscale’s 2024 Gender Pay Gap Report Shows

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星期三, 二月 21, 2024
Engineering, Woman, Career, Education, Father, Female, Parent, Rony Seikaly, DEIB, Organization, Military, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, Male, Science, American Indians, Workforce, Parity, Face, Software, Pay scale, Nursing

SEATTLE, Feb. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Payscale Inc. , the leading provider of compensation data, software and services, released its 2024 Gender Pay Gap Report (GPGR) , revealing that the overall gender pay gap remains unchanged despite the strides made in pay transparency legislation this year – but there has been progress on narrowing the racial wage gap.

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  • SEATTLE, Feb. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Payscale Inc. , the leading provider of compensation data, software and services, released its 2024 Gender Pay Gap Report (GPGR) , revealing that the overall gender pay gap remains unchanged despite the strides made in pay transparency legislation this year – but there has been progress on narrowing the racial wage gap.
  • Data shows that the controlled gender pay gap has closed in 2024 for American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Black, and Hispanic women.
  • The controlled gender pay gap is the amount that women earn for every dollar that a man earns when accounting for job title and compensable factors, while the uncontrolled gender pay gap is the difference in median pay for men and women overall.
  • The controlled gender pay gap has closed in 2024 for American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Black, and Hispanic women.

Free Hula Show Returns to Waikīkī After 22 Years

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星期四, 二月 22, 2024
Entertainment, Events, Concerts, Family, Music, Consumer, Agriculture, Vacation, Destinations, Natural Resources, Travel, Multimedia, Crown, Culture, Plant, Hula, Council, Native Hawaiians

The free, one-hour show is held at 9:30 a.m. Sunday through Thursday at the Waikīkī Shell Amphitheatre.

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  • The free, one-hour show is held at 9:30 a.m. Sunday through Thursday at the Waikīkī Shell Amphitheatre.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240222516306/en/
    The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) proudly announces the Kilohana Hula Show, which officially launched on Feb. 15.
  • The show will highlight mele that honors Waikīkī, featuring dancers from six award-winning hālau (hula schools) from across Hawai‘i ( hula highlight video ).
  • In addition to bringing back hula to Waikīkī, CNHA is working with a Native Hawaiian plant specialist to reintroduce native plants to the iconic Waikīkī Shell ( plant highlight video ).

Hawai‘i Community Foundation Awards Grant to Restore and Steward Kula Lands Burned by Wildfire

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星期三, 二月 21, 2024
Environment, Construction & Property, Natural Disasters, Urban Planning, Sustainability, Philanthropy, Agriculture, Foundation, Other Construction & Property, Natural Resources, Soil, MSF, Multimedia, Fire, Animal, Plant, Neighborhood council, HCF, Dropbox, Seed, Erosion, Health, Safety, KCWA, Tree, Heart, Native Hawaiians, Research, Water, Wildfire, Forestry

Hawai‘i Community Foundation (HCF) has awarded a grant from the Maui Strong Fund to the Kula Community Watershed Alliance (KCWA) to support restoration and stewardship work on Kula lands affected by the August 2023 fires.

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  • Hawai‘i Community Foundation (HCF) has awarded a grant from the Maui Strong Fund to the Kula Community Watershed Alliance (KCWA) to support restoration and stewardship work on Kula lands affected by the August 2023 fires.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240221133034/en/
    The Kula Community Watershed Alliance is working to restore burned land in Kula, Maui with a grant from the Hawaii Community Foundation.
  • “The Kula Community Watershed Alliance is deeply grateful to the Maui Strong Fund for its support of our Kula Fire Restoration Project,” said Sara Tekula, KCWA executive director.
  • For images of the Kula Community Watershed Alliance and its work feeding families on Maui, please visit this Dropbox folder .

Readout of Day Two of SBA Administrator Guzman’s Visit to Maui for a Six-Month Assessment of Wildfire Recovery Efforts

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星期六, 二月 10, 2024
Survivor, Corps, BRC, FEMA, Fire, Small business, Commerce, Volunteering, Human, BRAC, Native Hawaiians, SBA, Interview, Engineer, Wildfire, Property management

Administrator Guzman started the day at the local Business Recovery Center, which helps individuals whose businesses suffered property damage or economic losses due to the wildfires.

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  • Administrator Guzman started the day at the local Business Recovery Center, which helps individuals whose businesses suffered property damage or economic losses due to the wildfires.
  • There, she met with staff and discussed how the SBA is assisting economic recovery efforts for the local small business community.
  • Administrator Guzman ended the day with Administrator Criswell and Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen for a meeting with the Mayor’s Advisory Committee.
  • Image Description: Administrator Guzman (L) participates in a recovery meeting with Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen and the Mayor’s Advisory Committee.

Readout of Day One of SBA Administrator Guzman’s Visit to Maui for 6-Month Assessment of Wildfire Recovery Efforts

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星期五, 二月 9, 2024
Small business, EIDL, Administrator, Wildfire, EPA, DRC, Partnership, Human, Backup site, Interview, SBA, Native, Survivor, Commerce, HUD, Native Hawaiians, United Way, FEMA, Nursing

She also participated in a meeting with federal and local officials to receive status updates and chart a path forward for long-term recovery efforts.

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  • She also participated in a meeting with federal and local officials to receive status updates and chart a path forward for long-term recovery efforts.
  • Later in the day, Administrator Guzman visited a Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) with Administrator Criswell to underscore the Biden-Harris Administration's whole-of-government response to the Maui wildfires.
  • Event Photos available upon request at: [email protected]
    Image Description: Administrator Guzman (L) participates in a long-term recovery meeting with federal, state, and local partners.
  • Image Description: Administrator Guzman (L) meets with SBA staff at a Disaster Recovery Center.

Business Leaders, Including NMSDC, Urge Fortune 500 CEOs to Maintain and Expand Business Diversity Initiatives for the Good of Bottom Lines and the Economy

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星期三, 二月 7, 2024
Foot, Veteran, Synovial joint, Growth, Health, Native Hawaiians, BEA, Ecosystem, Organization, Woman, Management

The bottom line is that diversity initiatives are good for the economy, good for workers and good for businesses.”

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  • The bottom line is that diversity initiatives are good for the economy, good for workers and good for businesses.”
    “The small but vocal opposition to business diversity initiatives is bad for business and bad for working people.
  • We cannot cede to the demands of a select few who refuse to accept the overwhelming evidence that business diversity initiatives benefit everyone.
  • Their politically motivated arguments ignore the actual experience of business leaders who see the bottomline benefits of diversity initiatives first hand.
  • With a significant majority of executives acknowledging its importance, the path forward is clear: maintain and deepen our diversity initiatives.

TAAF and Third State Books Release AANHPI History Graphic Novel Fighting to Belong!

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星期二, 二月 6, 2024
AAPI, Partnership, Book, SAN, Hatred, Parent, Curriculum, Life, Barnes & Noble, History, Teaching, Ant-Man, Native Hawaiians, Ageing, School, Entrepreneurship, The Asian American Foundation, Wonder Woman, Gold rush, Empathy, Hope, Learning, Education, TAAF, The Gold Rush, Student, Organization, Entertainment

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) and Third State Books in association with Leading Asian Americans to Unite for Change (LAAUNCH) and The Asian American Education Project today released Fighting to Belong! A History of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Vol. 1. Written by bestselling comics writer Amy Chu (Wonder Woman, Deadpool, Ant-Man, Iron Man) and Alexander Chang, and illustrated by award-winning artist Louie Chin, Fighting to Belong! shares an important and dynamic part of American history in an accessible and engaging comic book format aimed at children aged 8-13.

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  • helps new audiences young and old, AANHPI and non-AANHPI, understand how AANHPI stories are truly interwoven within the fabric of American history.
  • shares an important and dynamic part of American history in an accessible and engaging comic book format aimed at children aged 8-13.
  • from TAAF & Third State Books, is a new kids graphic novel about AANHPI history.
  • "Third State Books is the first general interest publisher dedicated exclusively to uplifting AANHPI voices and stories," said Stephanie Lim, Co-Founder and CEO of Third State Books.

Readout of SBA Administrator Guzman’s Visit to Las Vegas with Vice President Harris, Second Gentleman Emhoff

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星期日, 一月 28, 2024
Enterprise software, MBDA, Employment, LAS, NV-04, Commerce, Native Hawaiians, Administration, Interview, Entrepreneurship, Second, AAPI, The Chef Jeff Project, SBA, Human, Small business, Sparkling wine, Minority Business Development Agency, American Dream, Hotel

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    Readout of SBA Administrator Guzman’s Visit to Las Vegas with Vice President Harris, Second Gentleman Emhoff
    Visit highlighted the Biden-Harris Administration’s Small Business Boom, celebrated new SBA rule to increase economic opportunity for returning citizens
    LAS VEGAS, NV – On Jan. 27, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman , head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s more than 33 million small businesses, traveled to Las Vegas with Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff to highlight the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to inclusive economic empowerment and opportunity for entrepreneurs and small business owners.
  • Upon arriving in Las Vegas, Administrator Guzman and Vice President Harris joined U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford (NV-04) and Eric Morrissette, Interim Under Secretary of Commerce for Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), for a visit to The Chef Jeff Project.
  • As part of that rule change, the SBA will also remove questions about criminal history from its loan applications.
  • For follow-up interview requests for Administrator Guzman, please contact Rebecca Galanti at [email protected] .