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LA PLATA, Md., Jan. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Charles County Government has commissioned Griffin and Strong, P.C. to conduct a comprehensive Disparity Study («Study») to evaluate and make improvement recommendations- if needed- for procurement policies and practices with regard to minority and women owned firms. Public participation in the Study is critical to the accuracy of the Study findings and recommendations which will result in policy recommendations to Charles County.

Griffin and Strong, P.C. will host a Virtual Public Hearing on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 and on Wednesday, January 27, 2021. This online session will be an opportunity for Charles County Businesses to speak about their experiences doing business with the County. Hearing about your experiences is extremely important for this Study, and everyone is encouraged to participate.

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

12:00 pm – 1:00pm EST

RSVP at this link https://bit.ly/2WCkyCm

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

6:00 pm- 7:00 pm EST

RSVP at this link https://bit.ly/3pcohTp

Advanced registration is free and recommended but not required to participate.

For questions or concerns, please email Griffin and Strong, P.C. at CharlesCountyStudy@gspclaw.com. For more information, please visit our Study website at https://charlescountydisparitystudy.com/. Please note all comments may be recorded and potentially used in the study.

Media Contact

Ana Paula Duarte, Griffin and Strong, P.C., +1 (515) 333-1652, apduarte@gspclaw.com

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SAN DIEGO, Jan. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Fit Bodies, Inc. announced today that it has been selected by American Specialty Health Fitness, Inc. (ASH Fitness) to provide online fitness classes at international locations to the Silver&Fit® program’s free, streaming public workouts.

«The Silver&Fit program launched its Fit at Home™ free senior workouts on Facebook Live and YouTube back in March, when gyms were first closing due to COVID-19,» said Jaynie Bjornaraa, PhD., MPH, PT, and AVP of Digital Fitness Solutions with the Silver&Fit program. «Today, with at-home restrictions still in place around the country due to the pandemic, we believe that offering our followers and members an international experience with their online workouts helps to motivate them and expand their horizons. We know that a sense of exploration can help reduce feelings of depression and isolation in older adults.»

Through the licensing arrangement with American Specialty Health Fitness, Fit Bodies, Inc. is hosting six «International Location» Silver&Fit classes a week, led by certified fitness instructors at all-inclusive resort locations across the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and Asia Pacific.

«Imagine taking a virtual yoga class on a warm, sunny beach in Mexico or the Dominican Republic,» added Dr. Bjornaraa. «Through our Fit Bodies, Inc. arrangement, we’re able to whisk our Facebook and YouTube followers away to a resort, park, or other exotic location where they can participate in Cardio, Yoga, Strength & Bodyweight, Flexibility & Balance, or Mixed Format types of classes.»

«Fit Bodies, Inc. has been bridging the fitness gap at luxury resorts for 30 years, so what better way to bring an international flair and gorgeous settings to Silver&Fit’s many fitness class followers,» said Suzelle Snowden, owner and CEO of Fit Bodies, Inc. «Through our agreement with ASH Fitness, we can share the beauty of resort locations to a growing senior population while helping them stay healthy and fit at home.» Snowden created Fit Bodies, Inc. and the Teaching Vacation Program over 30 years ago to offer quality programming to resort guests all over the world while they vacation at luxury resorts. To learn more about the Fit Bodies, Inc. teaching vacation program, check out a teaching vacation experience here, visit http://www.fitbodiesinc.com, and find them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @fitbodiesinc.

To learn more about the Silver&Fit Facebook Live and YouTube streaming free senior fitness classes visit http://www.SilverandFit.com. To participate in a free exercise class follow Silver&Fit on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/SilverandFit or on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/silverandfit.

About Silver&Fit’s Daily Free, Publicly Available Facebook Live and YouTube Streaming Workouts:
Beginning January 4, 2021 the Silver&Fit® program expanded its free senior workouts from four classes a day to nine, streaming for the public Monday through Saturday on Facebook Live or YouTube. These half-hour classes premiere from 8 AM PT – 4 PM PT six days a week. Workout replays are available any time for two weeks after they premiere. Classes include cardio, yoga, strength, flexibility, and others taught at various levels, from beginner to intermediate to advanced. All classes are taught by certified instructors with experience tailoring classes for older adults. Anyone can participate by following Silver&Fit on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/SilverandFit or subscribing on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/silverandfit.

About American Specialty Health Fitness, Inc. (ASH Fitness):
ASH Fitness, a subsidiary of American Specialty Health Incorporated (ASH), provides no-cost and low-cost fitness and exercise programs for Medicare beneficiaries and group retirees (through the Silver&Fit® program), and for health plan members and employer groups (through the Active&Fit®, Active&Fit DirectTM, and ExerciseRewardsTM products). ASH is one of the nation’s premier independent and privately-owned specialty health services organizations. For more information, visit http://www.ashcompanies.com or call 800-848-3555. Follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter at @ASHCompanies.

Media Contact

Denise Cox, VP Sales and Marketing, Fit Bodies, Inc., +1 6787784673, denise@fitbodiesinc.com

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BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Jan. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — On Tues., Jan. 19, 2021, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation will virtually host the fifth annual National Day of Racial Healing, an afternoon of essential and timely conversations about racial healing, equity and justice with leading advocates, artists and influencers.

The 100-minute (approx.) online event will feature conversations, panels and performances featuring Ta-Nehisi Coates, John Legend, Padma Lakshmi, Yara Shaidi, Storm Reid and more. The program will be led by Kellogg Foundation President and CEO La June Montgomery Tabron, and include performances by Aloe Blacc, Connie Lim (MILCK), Flor de Toloache, the Detroit Youth Choir, including an original poem by Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman.

The annual program is designed to bridge divides, affirm our common humanity and inspire action. Conversations explore the truth-telling and trust-building that lead to racial healing and a more just and equitable future for all. The event will also recognize work done by grantees implementing the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) process in communities across the U.S.

What: A 100-minute (approx.) virtual National Day of Racial Healing event with panels, conversations, videos, music and creative performances; local virtual events are also being held across the country.

Where: To RSVP for the national event, please visit: www.dayofracialhealing.org 

When: Tues., Jan. 19, 2021 from 3:00 pm – 4:45 pm EST

Who: Hosted by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and featuring:

• Aloe Blacc
• Cheryllyn Branche
• Dominique Brown
• Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas
• Detroit Youth Choir
• Dr. Mónica Moreno Figueroa
• Flor de Toloache
• Amanda Gorman
• María Hinojosa
• Saru Jayaraman
• Fr. Tim Kesicki
• Padma Lakshmi
• Connie Lim (MILCK)
• Hasan Minhaj 
• John Legend
• Dr. Manuel Pastor
• Rabbi Jonah Pesner
• Storm Reid
• Martin Sensmeier
• Yara Shahidi
• La June Montgomery Tabron
• Jerry Tello
• Baratunde Thurston
• Lance Wheeler
• And other youth advocates, performers and speakers

Visuals: Speakers, panelists and conversations, as well as music, dance and spoken-word poetry performances.

Visit www.dayofracialhealing.org for a complete list of events taking place around the country including Los Angeles, CA; Chicago, IL; Selma, AL; New Orleans, LA; Buffalo, NY; Baton Rouge, LA; Battle Creek, MI; Flint, MI; Kalamazoo, MI; Dallas, TX; and Richmond, VA. Join the conversation on social media via the hashtag #HowWeHeal.

About National Day of Racial Healing
The «National Day of Racial Healing» was established by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in 2017 to promote healing as a critical path for ending racial bias and creating a society in which all children can thrive. The annual outreach grew out of W.K Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation effort, a national and community-based process designed to bring transformational and sustainable change to communities, while addressing the historic and contemporary effects of racism.

About the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation, founded in 1930 as an independent, private foundation by breakfast cereal innovator and entrepreneur Will Keith Kellogg, is among the largest philanthropic foundations in the United States. Guided by the belief that all children should have an equal opportunity to thrive, W.K. Kellogg Foundation works with communities to create conditions for vulnerable children so they can realize their full potential in school, work and life.

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is based in Battle Creek, Michigan, and works throughout the United States and internationally, as well as with sovereign tribes. Special attention is paid to priority places where there are high concentrations of poverty and where children face significant barriers to success.  W.K. Kellogg Foundation priority places in the U.S. are in Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico and New Orleans; and internationally, are in Mexico and Haiti.

Contact: Aprill O. Turner or Louie Tan Vital, pd@megaphonestrategies.com 

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NEW YORK, Jan. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Following the release of the Employment Situation Report for December 2020 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI)® has been revised to a level of 81.24, down by 0.91% from its revised level one month earlier and reflecting a higher proportion – relative to the prior month – of U.S. production and non-supervisory (P&NS) jobs paying less than the mean weekly income of all P&NS jobs («Low Quality Jobs»), relative to those jobs paying above such mean. The JQI remains heavily impacted by the extraordinary disruption in the number and composition of private sector production and non-supervisory jobs since the beginning of the U.S. impact of the COVID19 global pandemic, with regard to which the following additional special factors should be noted:

• the BLS Employment Situation Report for December reflects a 95,000 decline in private sector payrolls, finally reflecting the cumulative impact of the sustained historically high level of initial weekly claims for unemployment insurance benefits which itself is reflective of overall damage to employers as well as virus surges, colder weather and the elimination of pretty much all benefits to job creation arising from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), including the Payroll Protection Program (PPP) and the federal unemployment insurance benefit supplement, prior to the enactment of additional relief at the very end of 2020 (which had no impact on December results).
• More workers in Low Quality jobs who were laid off during the peak crisis months, returning to their jobs starting in mid-year and through the fall, were again laid off in December. This will stall the JQI reversion back to its pre-pandemic, lower levels to the extent that those lower quality jobs continue to be lost over the winter; and
• the JQI may rise or fall for a period of time to the extent that such large numbers of Low Quality Jobs have been substantially eliminated or restored (temporarily or otherwise), as offset by the significantly higher benchmark mean weekly income used in computing the index since the elimination of large numbers of Low Quality Jobs.

The mean weekly wage income of all P&NS jobs as of the current reading (which reflects the level as of November 2020) increased to 847.88, a change of 0.29% from its revised level the month prior. This reflects the continued absence (as a result of the pandemic) of the low-wage/low-hours positions that had grown substantially in number over the course of the past four years. The JQ-Instant™ preliminary read of the 95,000 loss in all private sector, non-farm payrolls for December 2020 shows that 100% of the losses in private sector jobs were in industry sectors offering P&NS jobs with an average weekly income below the mean weekly income of all P&NS jobs (i.e. «Low Quality Jobs»). This reading was due to a very substantial loss of jobs in the leisure and hospitality sector – particularly in the restaurant industry – and the dramatic increase in the average weekly income for all P&NS jobs resulting from the elimination of millions of Low Quality Jobs during the COVID19 crisis, causing several marginal sectors to fall below the new average weekly income measure. This distortion will ultimately sort itself out during the course of this year.

Dan Alpert, co-creator of the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index, said, «More workers in Low Quality jobs who were laid off during the peak crisis months, returning to their jobs starting in mid-year and through the fall, were again laid off in December.»

For an explanatory video on the JQI, please see: http://www.vimeo.com/jqi.

This news release presents data from the most recent JQI reading calculated through the month immediately prior to the month covered by this release. The JQI assesses job quality in the United States by measuring desirable higher-wage/higher-hour jobs versus lower-wage/lower-hour jobs. The JQI offers a near-real time analytical tool to policymakers, researchers and financial market participants with relevance to a variety of trends in the economy at large. The JQI analyzes a representative sample of the economy using production and non-supervisory job (P&NS) data from 180 different industry groups spanning across all 20 super-sectors into which the BLS groups establishments. The principal data utilized is contained in the Current Employment Survey (CES, also often referred to as the establishment survey) P&NS data on average weekly hours, average hourly wage and total employment for each given industry group (seasonally adjusted, in all cases). The JQI is updated on a monthly basis contemporaneously with the release of new CES data from the BLS.

The JQ-Instant reading is for the month covered by this release and has implications for the likely direction of the JQI itself in future months. As the JQI is reported as a three-month rolling average of actual monthly readings, significant imbalances (readings varying from an even distribution between high and low quality jobs) in the JQ-Instant results would suggest future JQI readings moving in the direction of the dominant side of such distribution.

The U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (patent pending) is a joint development of the Program on the Law and Regulation of Financial Institutions and Markets at the Jack G. Clarke Institute of Cornell Law School, the University of Missouri Kansas City Department of Economics, the Coalition for a Prosperous America, and the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity.

For more information, and to read the full report, visit https://www.jobqualityindex.com/.

©2020 JQI IP Holdings LLC. «Private Sector Job Quality Index» and «JQI» are registered trademarks of JQI IP Holdings LLC. The Private Sector Job Quality Index is patent pending, application number US 62/900,923. Cornell logo and Cornell Law School and Jack G. Clarke Program names and references used with permission.

Media Contact

Melissa Tallman, Coalition for a Prosperous America, 315.269.4205, melissa@prosperousamerica.org

SOURCE U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index