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BROOKLYN, N.Y., Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Higher Heights Leadership Fund and the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) at Rutgers University released an analysis of CAWP data on the 2020 election. That data shows that a record number of Black women are running for congressional office in 2020.

At least 130 (98D, 32R) Black women are major-party congressional candidates in 2020, including 117 (89D, 28R) Black women candidates for the U.S. House and 13 (9D, 4R) Black women candidates for the U.S. Senate. These numbers include all women filed candidates who identify as Black alone or Black in combination with other races, as well as those who may have already lost their primary elections. They do not include candidates for non-voting offices in the U.S. House. This is the largest number of Black women candidates who have run for the House or Senate, overall and in both parties, in a single election year.

With primaries to be held in 14 more states, 44 (35D, 9R) Black women have already won major-party nominations for the U.S. House. This number of Black women House nominees is already greater than the previous high (40), which was set in 2018.

«In 2020 we are seeing another year of historic developments, coming after a record number of Black women running for office in 2018. We already knew that the road to the White House and the road to 2020 would be powered Black women — but this data shows that Black women candidates are stepping off the sidelines as viable candidates with the voter support. Black women are converting electoral power into political power,» said Glynda Carr, President and CEO of Higher Heights. «Black women are a powerful force in the American political system, and their political power at the polls and on the ballot, continues to grow and is increasingly recognized as an electoral game changer. When Black women run for office, they not only challenge biased views of who can or should lead, but also disrupt perceptions of electability.»

This can be evidenced by this primary season and the opportunities for Black women to make history down-ballot this year. Black women are already major-party House nominees in seven of the 31 states that have still never sent a Black woman to Congress, including Arkansas, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina.

In just one example, Cori Bush upset a veteran congressman to make it on the ballot this November in Missouri’s 1st congressional district. Winning this seat will make her the first Black woman to represent the state of Missouri in Congress.    

While these are positive gains, research shows that Black women still remain underrepresented in the full candidate pools for U.S. House and U.S. Senate. As our most recent joint report on the status of Black women in American politics shows, they are also underrepresented among officeholders. Recent U.S. Census estimates note that women who identify as Black alone or in combination with other races represent about 7.6% of the U.S. population. In 2020, women in this group are 5.8% of all major-party candidates for the U.S. House. Black women are better represented among Democratic (9.4%) than Republican (2.6%) House candidates this year. Black women are 5.2% of all major-party U.S. Senate candidates in 2020. As in House contests, they are better represented among Democrats (7.5%) than Republicans (3%).

«2018 was an historic year for all women running for office, including Black women, and we’re seeing continued momentum in 2020,» said Kelly Dittmar, Director of Research at CAWP. «But there remain persistent hurdles on Black women’s paths to elected office. Translating record numbers of candidacies into greater representation among officeholders requires a concerted effort to remove any hurdles that make it harder for Black women to find electoral success.»              

See the full analysis of Black women candidates in 2020 here.

About Higher Heights Leadership Fund:
Headquartered in New York, NY, Higher Heights Leadership Fund, a 501(c)(3) organization, and its sister organization Higher Heights for America, a national 501(c)(4) organization is investing in a long-term strategy to analyze, expand and support a Black women’s leadership pipeline at all levels and strengthen their civic participation beyond just Election Day. For additional information please visit, http://www.higherheightsleadershipfund.org/.

About the Center for American Women in Politics:
The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is nationally recognized as the leading source of scholarly research and current data about women’s political participation in the United States. Its mission is to promote greater knowledge and understanding about the role of women in American politics, enhance women’s influence in public life, and expand the diversity of women in politics and government. CAWP’s education and outreach programs translate research findings into action, addressing women’s under-representation in political leadership with effective, intersectional, and imaginative programs serving a variety of audiences. As the world has watched Americans considering female candidates for the nation’s highest offices, CAWP’s five decades of analyzing and interpreting women’s participation in American politics have provided a foundation and context for the discussion.

Contact:
Aprill O. Turner
aprill@higherheightsforamerica.org
202.499.0102 (M)

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On Thursday, August 13 at 1:00pm ET, leading media ecologist Jack Myers, founder of MediaVillage and AdvancingDiversity.org, moderates the next «Leadership Conversation» on the «Future of Media, Marketing, Advertising & Journalism Education – for Industry Professionals, Educators, Students & Job Seekers,» with Dean Gracie Lawson-Borders, Howard University Cathy Hughes School of Communications; Dean Mark Lodato, S.I. Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University; and Andrea Press, Media Studies Department Head, University of Virginia. The webinar is complimentary but to attend one must register at MediaVillage.com here.

Kai Wright, Founder & Curator of blacklist100, and host and managing editor of The United States of Anxiety, a podcast about the «unfinished business of our history and its grip on our future,» produced by WNYC Studios, will join Myers for a keynote conversation to open the 90-minute live «Media Education Summit.»

«As an industry, we have under performed in every measure of diversity, retention, and nurturing a diverse talent pool in our workforce,» says Myers, an education and diversity activist for the media and advertising community who has spent decades researching and reporting on the media, marketing and advertising landscape. «Our growth comes from the engagement and commitment of companies and organizations – past, present and future – willing to invest in education and diversity. MediaVillage has been leading the way as the media industry’s driving force for growth for the world’s leading companies.»

Topics discussed by Wright and the Deans in conversation with Myers include:

• Recommendations for advancing relevant educational connections and collaboration between the media community and academia;
• How can we successfully attract diverse new majority talent to media and advertising professions, especially from non-traditional sources;
• How can academic institutions help feed diverse leaders into senior positions of responsibility in media, advertising and journalism;
• What are the best models for assuring that diverse students see themselves reflected in the professional ranks of the media community;
• How can we hold the media, advertising and marketing community responsible for delivering on ambitious talent development goals and what are those goals;
• What are the realities confronting college students as they enter or return to school and what are the different models being tested;
• What are college communications, journalism and advertising programs doing to adapt their curriculum to the new realities of the fake news, social media, commercial-free environment.

To quote a section of Wright’s introduction of the «blacklist100»: «Sorry, but not sorry, this isn’t a message of hope; it’s a message to stay woke. Because education, representation, and talent development are all critical components to building a healthy work environment & community for all, we cannot allow leaders to stay asleep at the wheel any longer.» Wright’s journalism has focused on social, racial, and economic justice throughout his career. Formerly, he was an editor at The Nation and the editorial director of Colorlines. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Mother Jones, and Salon, among other outlets, and his broadcast appearances include MSNBC and NPR. Wright is the author of Drifting Toward Love: Black, Brown, Gay and Coming of Age on the Streets of New York, as well as two surveys of Black American history.

Dean Lawson-Borders is a member of the advisory board of BlackPast.org, and the editorial board of the International Journal on Media Management. Her book Media Organizations and Convergence: Case Studies of Media Convergence Pioneers focuses on convergence of technologies in media organizations.

Dean Lodato is making his first public appearance since joining the Newhouse School in July from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, where he established partnerships between the school and such major media outlets as NBC News, CBS News, ABC News, Univision, Fox Sports Arizona, Pac-12 Networks, E.W. Scripps Co., TEGNA and Meredith Corporation. Lodato’s career in broadcast journalism preceded his academic career, working at network affiliates in Phoenix, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Ft. Myers, Florida, as an investigative reporter, political correspondent, and anchor.

Andrea Press is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Media Studies and Sociology at the University of Virginia, where she founded the Media Studies Program. Professor Press is internationally known for her interdisciplinary scholarship on the media audience, on feminist media issues, and on media and social class in the U.S. She has authored the forthcoming US Media-Ready Feminism and Everyday Sexism and Women Watching Television: Gender, Class and Generation In The American Television Experience.

Jack Myers Leadership Conversations support the MediaVillage Media Industry Advancing Diversity & Economic Relief Fund efforts. Ten organizations were selected as recipients of the Relief Fund by the Advancing Diversity Council, an organization of 45 industry diversity and inclusion leaders focused on advancing diversity from advocacy to activism. The 10 beneficiaries are: 4A’s Foundation, ADCOLOR, Advancing Diversity/Mentor’s Playlist, American Education Foundation (AEF), AAF AdCamp for High School Students, Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University, International Radio & TV Society Foundation (IRTS), Jacaronda Foundation College Loan Relief, John A. Reisenbach Foundation, and TD Foundation for Children of Wounded Warriors and Fallen Heroes.

For interviews with Jack Myers, who is author of the best-selling 2013 book Hooked Up: A New Generation’s Surprising Take on Sex, Politics and Saving the World and recently wrote «The numbers don’t lie, diverse workforces make companies more money,» for MarketWatch’s Opinion page; to learn more about MediaVillage’s and AdvancingDiversity.org’s diversity and education programs; or to get a copy of Myers’ white paper on «The Case for Education & Diversity as Tools for Business Growth in Marketing & Media,» contact Diane.Stefani19@gmail.com.

About MediaVillage:
MediaVillage is the media and advertising community’s leading education and diversity activist. Through our collective impact approach, we implement effective and cost efficient B2B growth solutions. For the past decade, MediaVillage, in collaboration with partners across the marketing ecosystem, has been developing innovative strategies for generating growth through education and diversity programs. Today, more than 150 companies, organizations and industry leaders are members of the MediaVillage Knowledge Exchange, a B2B Solutions Marketplace and Center of Excellence for Advancing Marketing Solutions, Diversity and Education. Follow @mediavillagecom @advdiversity

About Jack Myers:
For more than 40 years, MediaVillage founder Jack Myers has been singularly dedicated to identifying, developing, and introducing solutions to the challenges confronting media companies. As the world’s leading media ecologist, he’s a noted expert on generational and gender shifts, the impact of technological advances on business economics, and the dynamics of business growth and decline. His background includes executive roles at CBS Television, ABC Radio, Metromedia Outdoor, Television Production Partners, and UTV Cable Network. Follow @jackmyersbiz

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SHANGHAI, Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. («JinkoSolar» or the «Company») (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today unveils its RE100 roadmap by providing detail on its approach to achieve 100% powered by renewables by 2025.

This roadmap depicts a series of innovative actions to lower emission caused by its operation, which includes:

1. Build new factories in or adjacent renewable-rich regions to facilitate green electricity source.
2. Focus on R&D and commercialization of higher power and efficiency solar products to reduce power consumption per watt.
3. Accelerate study on new and recycled material alternative, less material consumption, «lighterize» and «thinnerize» production, for instance reduce wafer thickness, reduce silver paste consumption without sacrificing quality and reliability, reduce weight of bifacial panel by replacing glass with transparent backsheet.
4. Optimize process to save energy, for instance to reduce electricity consumed for wafer production.
5. Adopt an integrated and sustainable view of the product lifecycle, from ideation to commercialization, continuing to increase the use of recycled materials, innovate in product recycling. Keep pace with global PVcycle program and learn good practice from others.
6. Embed principles of sustainability in the supply chain, using it to guide decisions ranging from product design and factory floor configuration to sourcing and logistics.
7. Invest more in onsite solar, solar plus storage projects by deploying panels in all suitable rooftops of its global dispersed manufacturing facilities, workshops, warehouse, new and existing office buildings, employee dormitories, to ensure 50% of the consumed solar electricity comes from projects that JinkoSolar built.
8. JinkoSolar’s R&D centers focus on innovative silicone solar panel recycling technology, and are now partnering with universities and institutions at home and abroad to further develop engineering solutions.
9. Identify new ways to lower energy use at our all facilities, investing in energy efficiency upgrades, energy saving gauges, smart building technologies, to lower electricity consumption.
10. Encourage and reward suppliers by upgrading their grade who use renewable energy for JinkoSolar order production.
11. Process and material innovations, for example carbon-free soldering, metallization process through investments and collaboration with equipment suppliers.
12. Invest in planting trees, forests, and other nature-based solutions in facilities and communities to remove carbon from the atmosphere.
13. Help to counteract desertification using desalination powered by solar energy to improve soil conditions.

«We’re proud of our ambitious roadmap we have set for the coming ten years,» said Dany Qian, vice president of JinkoSolar. «As the world’s largest solar module manufacturer, it doesn’t make sense that we produce renewable equipment but not use renewable energy ourselves. We are well positioned to lead the industry in the pursuit of giving the next generation a livable planet, an affordable and sustainable energy solution.»

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In a recent opinion piece, former Boston judge Douglas McDonald responded to arm-waving assertions that global educational exchange programs serve as nothing more than fronts for foreign powers political machinations- a narrative that often plays out in concerns raised about Confucius Institute programs. In the piece, McDonald speaks to the key role language played in his time teaching at Al-Hikma University in Baghdad shortly after the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.

«For me, language is a key that opens the door to another culture and is a way to understand other people, to become aware of similarities, as well as differences,» said McDonald,  who has been studying Chinese language at both the Confucius Institute at University of Massachusetts Boston and the Confucius Institute at Tufts University since 2018, before turning his attention towards this new climate of hostility towards global and cultural exchange programs as more and more Americans flirt with «America first» isolationism.

In an open letter to editors nationwide, the Confucius Institute U.S. Center opened up about the often one-sided discourse that surrounds Confucius Institute programs in the United States.

«We live in a time where innuendo is reported as fact, and the burden of proving one’s innocence often only serves to generate proof of one’s guilt. It’s a Catch-22,» said Erik Eging, a communications associate at the Center. «After a year-long investigation of CI programs, the Government Accountability Office did not find any evidence to substantiate these claims, but instead found locally controlled, autonomous programs committed to academic freedom, and American universities who controlled their Institute’s curriculum. Before parroting loaded or misinformed talking points, we hope more people would take the time to talk to students-such as Judge McDonald along with many others-who have actually participated in Confucius Institute programs.»

To learn more about the GAO report, click here. 

Confucius Institutes are educational programs offering highly-demanded global education and intercultural learning opportunities to diverse American communities. CIUS Center welcomes your questions on our educational work.  We do not endorse or oppose any legislation or lobby on any issues before government. 

To learn more about the Confucius Institute and how the programs operate, visit www.ciuscenter.org.

MEDIA ALERT: To set up an interview or for more information, contact the CIUS Center at press@ciuscenter.org 

The Confucius Institute U.S. Center is a (501)(c)(3) nonprofit organization that promotes the value of mutual understanding between the US and China through language education and cultural exchanges. Confucius Institute programs are operated independently by host colleges and universities to prepare the next generation of leaders through language, arts, culture, and educational travel experiences. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @CIUSCenter. 

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — ParentSquare Inc., provider of the premier unified school-to-home engagement platform for K-12, has launched a new health screening form feature, delivering schools an easy-to-use solution to enable student and staff daily health screenings.

With this new feature, parents, staff and high school students can electronically submit a health screening form indicating if they are exhibiting systems of COVID-19. They will immediately receive clearance to go to school or instructions to stay home, matching school or district policies. For school bus or on-campus health screening scenarios, teachers and staff can easily use ParentSquare to record results for students.

Because these health screening forms are managed through the ParentSquare platform, identifying information about the student or staff member is pre-populated from data the school already has, and the information remains secure and private.

Results from the health form are immediately available in ParentSquare’s dashboard for the student’s homeroom teacher, authorized staff or on-site health screeners — with clear indication of missing responses or if anyone is exhibiting symptoms.

The school or district can select a CDC-aligned health screening form in ParentSquare and then customize to meet any additional requirements they may have. The form is initially available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean.

The Health Screening form feature is available now, and included at no additional charge for all customers with ParentSquare’s existing Forms and Permission Slips component as part of their solution.

«Our goal is to make it easier for students and families to complete necessary health screenings, and easier for teachers and staff to process, manage and maintain easily accessible records and reports of these screenings,» said Sohit Wadhwa, CEO of ParentSquare.

«We hope this feature will prevent those exposed or with symptoms from visiting campus at all, helping to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in schools» said Anupama Vaid, ParentSquare Founder and President. «In addition to the obvious benefit of keeping potentially sick students and staff home before arriving at school, it also helps districts save time and money, by reducing paper printing, handling and processing involved with on-site health screenings.»

About ParentSquare
ParentSquare is relied upon by more than two million educators and families in over 44 states for unified, effective school communications. ParentSquare provides parent engagement tools that work from the district office to the individual classroom, supported by powerful metrics and reporting. ParentSquare’s technology platform features extensive integrations with student information and other critical administrative systems, translation to more than 100 languages, and app, email, text, voice and web portal access for equitable communication. ParentSquare (http://www.parentsquare.com), founded in 2011, is based in Santa Barbara, CA.

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NEW YORK, Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Responsive web design (RWD) can add up to 188% in revenue to a company, according to some reports. Due to its user-friendliness across devices, responsive websites enjoy higher search rankings and, therefore, organic traffic, as well as on-site conversions.

Digital Silk, a global digital agency, outlined the key information to know about responsive web design, what it entails and how brands can effectively use the method of design to increase conversions.

The five most important facts about responsive web design are:

1. There is a right way of doing responsive design

• Brands like Dropbox, Dribbble and Slack have compelling interfaces that have features like changing font and image sizes as the user scrolls, clean design, a hamburger menu CTAs that change on mobile

2. There is a screen resolution standard

• Companies should use the most common screen resolutions for each device and according to those figures, curate the content, evaluate its readability and assess the aesthetics.

3. Responsive design technology has its own set of challenges & alternatives

• The challenges to keep in mind are that responsive web design takes longer to develop, banner ad responsiveness is not up to par if not using HTML5 and loading speeds can be hurt.

4. The content layout can make or break responsive UX

• Brands should know that the content layout should feature the value proposition center-left and users spend most of their time viewing the top part of the page.

5. Responsive web design boosts mobile conversions

• The user experience on mobile should be smooth and highlight the value proposition and CTAs clearly to increase conversions.

The way content is presented across devices is an important factor in both Google and the user experience, and ultimately conversions. Brands considering responsive web design can review the top tips and facts to create a strategy that yields results.

About Digital Silk: Digital Silk is a creative digital agency focused on growing brands online. From custom websites to digital marketing, Digital Silk creates SUPERIOR digital experiences to drive higher conversions, greater brand engagement & measurable results.

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