Mes: agosto 2020

PELLA, Iowa, Aug. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Now is the time to show support for organizations that have gone above and beyond to care for their local communities. Pella Corporation and The Rolscreen Foundation are awarding one deserving organization with $50,000. Public voting is open now. 

The Hope at Work contest is part of the company’s #BuildingHope campaign which highlights the ways people are connecting with each other and giving back to their communities while physical connection remains a challenge.

Organizations were nominated by Pella branches across the United States, with finalists selected by leaders from across the company. When faced with adversity these organizations have risen to the occasion providing families with food after a loss of work, making personal protective equipment for frontline healthcare workers or writing positive messages on their city’s sidewalks.

«Building hope takes a vision, hard work and all of us. Our team members have been producing face shields for frontline healthcare workers with the company’s 3D printing capabilities in Pella, Shenandoah and Sioux Center, Iowa. We know firsthand that when we do our part, we can create a better tomorrow. We want to recognize organizations that are doing the same,» said Nicolle Picray, Public Relations and Brand Communications Manager, Pella Corporation.

Pella Corporation is asking the public to vote for one of 26 organizations that best demonstrates going above and beyond. After the public voting closes, the organization with the most votes will receive the $50,000 award. Voting is open now at pella.com/buildinghope and closes August 24, 2020. All voters will be required to enter their email addresses and can vote one time per day during the voting timeframe.

The finalist organizations include:

ARKANSAS

• Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals at CoxHealth – Little Rock, AR
• Ozarks Regional YMCA – Little Rock, AR

CALIFORNIA

• Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego – San Diego, CA

COLORADO

• Energy Resource Center – Colorado Springs, CO

GEORGIA

• Homeaid Atlanta – Atlanta, GA

ILLINOIS

• Eastern Illinois Foodbank – Champaign, IL

IOWA

• Wildwood Hills Ranch – Des Moines, IA
• Heartland Counseling Services – Sioux City, IA

MARYLAND

• Communities In Schools of Virginia – Mid-Atlantic (MD, DE, VA)

MASSACHUSETTS

• Habitat for Humanity of Greater Boston – Boston, MA

MICHIGAN

• Kids Food Basket – Grand Rapids, MI

MISSOURI

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kansas City – Kansas City, MO

NEW YORK

• Ronald McDonald House of the Capital Region – Albany, NY

OHIO

• Cleveland Food Bank – Cleveland, OH
• Mid-Ohio Food Bank – Columbus, OH

OKLAHOMA

• Infant Crisis Services, Inc. – Oklahoma City, OK
• The Genesis Project – Oklahoma City, OK
• Pivot – Tulsa, OK

PENNSYLVANIA

• Habitat for Humanity of Greater Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, PA

TENNESSEE

• Patriot Foundation – Nashville, TN

TEXAS

• Mobile Loaves and Fishes – Austin, TX
• Spurs Give – San Antonio, TX

WISCONSIN

• Green Bay Rugby Club – Green Bay, WI
• The Brigade – Green Bay, WI

CANADA

• Heaven Can Wait Animal Rescue – Calgary, AB, Canada

About Pella Corporation
Pella Corporation designs and manufacturers windows and doors for residential homes and commercial applications. The company is headquartered in Pella, Iowa and employs more than 7,000 people with 17 manufacturing locations and more than 200 showrooms across the country. For more information, visit pressroom.pella.com.

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The National Press Club will mark the anniversary of the abduction and detention of Award-winning journalist and Marine veteran Austin Tice on Friday, August 14 by unveiling a Freedom Clock that will display a dynamic record of the time Austin has been unjustly detained in Syria.

The event will take place in the lobby of the Club by the staircase at noon, Aug. 14. Reservations are required for contact tracing reasons. Please email Lindsay Underwood at lunderwood@press.org to reserve.  

The Clock will be in the lobby of the Club which typically hosts 250,000 visitors a year for 2,000 events including the activities of the Club’s 3,000 members. Just this month, visitors to the Club included: Mrs. Pence, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie, U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell and U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams.

Visitors who view the clock will see seconds tick up adding to the record of unjust detention Tice has endured – a record that will reach the 8-year mark this week. No journalist has been held as long as Tice, including Terry Anderson of the Associated Press, who was unjustly detained in Lebanon.

Club President Michael Freedman will unveil the clock, make brief remarks, and renew the Club’s call for Tice’s release. The event will be webcast. Those expected to attend via webcast are Tice’s parents Marc and Debra Tice of Houston. Austin Tice is one of the National Press Club’s 2015 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Honorees and is a Press Club member.

The National Press Club is The World’s Leading Professional Organization For Journalists™ and represents more than 3,000 reporters, editors and professional communicators worldwide. The National Press Club Journalism Institute, a nonprofit affiliate of the Club, promotes an engaged global citizenry through an independent and free press, and equips journalists with skills and standards to inform the public in ways that inspire civic engagement.

PRESS CONTACT: Lindsay Underwood for The National Press Club; lunderwood@press.org, (202) 662-7561

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SOURCE National Press Club

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Black women all across this nation should be outraged by the commentary that a qualified African-American woman is «too ambitious» to be selected as the running mate for presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden.  Biden allies, Chris Dodd, Co-Chair of the Biden Vice Presidential Selection Committee, along with major donors have essentially asserted that ambition should bar an otherwise qualified woman from consideration for the Biden ticket.  Not only should Black women be outraged, but all Americans should be equally offended.

Despite seemingly insurmountable odds, African-American women have excelled in all areas of human endeavor including corporate America, government, law, medicine, education, sports, and the arts, among other fields.  Yet, African-American women continue to wrestle with a nation that repeatedly questions and diminishes their worth, competence, and capacity to add distinctive value. And, now, even the ambition of African-American women is being weaponized to further deny opportunities for which they have trained and worked hard to just be considered.  Since when did being ambitious become a negative trait given that the American dream is predicated upon this very notion?

Ambition has been the saving grace of Black people since we were dropped on the shores of America in 1619.  The resolve for freedom birthed ambition and set the course for Black women who struggled to keep their families together as they longed for a better life.  The ambition of Black women too numerous to name was instrumental in securing basic rights like liberty, justice, education and equal representation through the right to vote.

The outrage occasioned by the misuse of the word «ambition» is heightened when we consider historically that references to Black women as «overly ambitious» have been code words designed to marginalize Black women, deny them opportunities, trammel their hopes, mute their voices and dehumanize their existence.  White men in power who have long mischaracterized Black women as «too ambitious» have used the term as code for angry, aggressive, and intemperate in order to render us invisible and deny us a seat at countless tables of power.

Moreover, the «too ambitious» commentary advanced by Chris Dodd and the Biden donors is a direct assault on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and an affront to the practical education HBCUs necessarily impart to students. The Vice Presidential contender against whom this criticism was leveled attended one of the most prestigious HBCUs in the country where she was trained, among other things, to be ambitious. So, this dog whistle undermines one of the important qualities HBCUs instill in Black students. HBCU graduates are taught to achieve, to persevere, to grow and, yes, to be ambitious. HBCU graduates are commanded to be trailblazers — to go where there is no path and leave a trail.

As an HBCU president, I was simply stunned to read this latest assault on African-American women. I encounter thousands of young Black women from various backgrounds who arrive on college campuses with passive, indifferent attitudes which are nurtured into competence, ambition, and a commitment to leave their mark on the world.  The negative connotation Dodd and the donors apply to «ambition» is precisely what I cultivate and celebrate.

There is no place in the Democratic Party for these kinds of thoughts and attitudes, and the Democratic Party should strongly condemn these statements.  The «ambition» of African-American women has served the Democratic Party well over the years and has, in fact, been determinative in the outcome of critical elections.  Not only are Black women the most loyal voters for the Democratic Party, they are crucial to igniting Black voters across all demographics to turn out in record numbers. When Black women are engaged, they bring their families, their networks and their communities along with them.

Ambitious Black women from all walks of life have offered themselves for service in upcoming elections.  No matter which candidates you support, you cannot support the marginalization of talent and experience by framing it negatively and calling it «too ambitious.»  The hallmark of Black women from HBCUs is their ambition. It is their calling card. That is how we train them. When I see ambition in a Black woman, I know we have done our job.

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SOURCE Dr. Glenda Glover, President, Tennessee State University

BOSTON, Aug. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Workable, the world’s leading hiring platform, released its New World of Work survey report. The report focused on the changes in the work environment, the subsequent major shifts, and the new challenges going forward in response to COVID-19.

«Whether it’s a catalyst or the direct cause, COVID-19 is pushing us towards a new world of working and living,» said Workable CEO Nikos Moraitakis. «What that will look like, and when it’ll happen, we’re not entirely sure yet. But this study will push the conversation as we work towards a new and very different future.»

A total of 356 business and HR leaders from numerous industries completed the 30-question survey.

Major findings include:

• Remote work is the big paradigm shift
• Tech adoption is the top priority when shifting to remote
• Employee engagement and remote hiring/onboarding are major concerns going forward

Additional insights include:

• The spread of COVID-19 forced 62.6% of businesses to move fully to a remote-first environment. Another 32.3% moved part of their operations to remote.
• 56.5% plan to make remote permanent for some of their workforce going forward.
• 68% of those going remote did it without disruption because they had technology in place. And 46.1% will prioritize tech when going remote in future.
• 7 in 10 education workers said they could go remote – but technology isn’t in place for it.
• Candidate engagement/evaluation/onboarding will be major pain points, more so in remote.
• Executives worry more about productivity while employees are more concerned about engagement.

Even in the open-ended answers, there was no clear solution to navigate this new world of work. It presents fresh challenges that require a new way of thinking.

In short, COVID-19 is forcing us to evolve. We now must figure out how to do it. Nikos outlines his thoughts here.

Background:

Workable is the world’s leading hiring platform. Since 2012, more than 20,000 employers worldwide have used Workable’s recruitment tools, processes, and automation to hire over 1 million candidates. Backed by award-winning customer support, Workable is headquartered in Boston, with offices in Athens and London.

 

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SOURCE Workable

NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Halper Sadeh LLP, a global investor rights law firm, is investigating whether the sale of Jernigan Capital, Inc. (NYSE: JCAP) to an affiliate of NexPoint Advisors, L.P. («NexPoint») is fair to Jernigan Capital shareholders. On behalf of Jernigan Capital shareholders, Halper Sadeh LLP may seek increased consideration for shareholders, additional disclosures and information concerning the proposed transaction, or other relief and benefits.

If you are a Jernigan Capital shareholder and would like to discuss your legal rights and options, please visit Jernigan Capital Merger :or contact Daniel Sadeh or Zachary Halper at (212) 763-0060 or sadeh@halpersadeh.com or zhalper@halpersadeh.com.

The investigation concerns whether Jernigan Capital and its board of directors violated the federal securities laws and/or breached their fiduciary duties to shareholders by failing to: (1) obtain the best possible consideration for Jernigan Capital shareholders; (2) determine whether NexPoint is underpaying for Jernigan Capital; and (3) disclose all material information necessary for Jernigan Capital shareholders to adequately assess and value the proposed transaction.

If you are a Jernigan Capital shareholder and would like to discuss your legal rights and options, please visit https://halpersadeh.com/actions/jernigan-capital-inc-stock-merger-jcap-nexpoint/ :or contact Daniel Sadeh or Zachary Halper at (212) 763-0060 or sadeh@halpersadeh.com or zhalper@halpersadeh.com.

Halper Sadeh LLP represents investors all over the world who have fallen victim to securities fraud and corporate misconduct. Our attorneys have been instrumental in implementing corporate reforms and recovering millions of dollars on behalf of defrauded investors.

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Contact Information:
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SOURCE Halper Sadeh LLP