Conagra Brands Forms Multi-Year Partnerships with Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Hispanic Scholarship Fund

May 26, 2021

Conagra Brands, Inc., headquartered in Chicago, is one of North America's leading branded food companies.

CHICAGO, May 26, 2021 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Conagra Brands (NYSE: CAG) announced today new partnerships with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), the nation’s largest organization exclusively representing the Black college community, and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), one of the nation’s leading nonprofit organizations supporting higher education, to support Black and Brown students. The partnerships will help ensure students receive equitable access to quality higher education opportunities and reinforce Conagra’s commitment to supporting the communities where its employees live and work.

Conagra will make donations to each organization to fund several college scholarships. Additional resources will be provided to each institution to support scholarship recipients as they navigate internships and other services that prepare them for their future careers. Conagra employees will also actively engage with scholarship recipients to provide unique professional development opportunities that strengthen career prospects for students’ post-college, including resume building assistance, job interview preparation, and additional workplace readiness experiences.

“Conagra is committed to advocating for Black and Brown students in their educational pursuits. A significant barrier to higher education remains its cost. Our partnerships with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Hispanic Scholarship Fund will help overcome that barrier to ensure equity and education go hand-in-hand,” said Henry Jones, Senior Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Conagra Brands. “By providing diverse students with not only the financial resources, but also with skills and experiences to succeed in their chosen career, we will play a role cultivating our next generation of leaders.”

Key components of Conagra’s comprehensive diversity and inclusion strategy include building a strong entry-level pipeline; providing development opportunities for underrepresented groups internal and external; and committing to develop and advance talent in order to increase the amount of racial, ethnic and gender diversity and representation within the company. This scholarship initiative will help ensure Black and Brown talent are supported in their pursuit for academic excellence and as they enter today’s workforce.

“We are delighted to have the support of Conagra Brands,” said Betsy Burton-Strunk, Vice President of Development at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. “Our commitment to increasing the pipeline and pathways for young Black talent is directly aligned with their dedication to making a difference in the Black community through higher education. We are grateful for their direct support of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.”

“We at HSF are pleased to have Conagra Brands as a partner, who shares our belief that scholarships and support services can make the crucial difference for talented youth to complete a bachelor’s degree and ultimately launch careers in fields that matters to our society and our world,” said Fidel A. Vargas, President & CEO at the Hispanic Scholarship Fund. “Conagra’s contribution will help our scholars achieve their full potential.”

To learn more about Conagra’s commitments to diversity and inclusion, see the company’s 2020 Citizenship Report. For more information on eligibility requirements and how to apply for scholarships, please visit tmcf.org and hsf.net.

About Conagra Brands
Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE: CAG), headquartered in Chicago, is one of North America’s leading branded food companies. Guided by an entrepreneurial spirit, Conagra Brands combines a rich heritage of making great food with a sharpened focus on innovation. The company’s portfolio is evolving to satisfy people’s changing food preferences. Conagra’s iconic brands, such as Birds Eye®, Duncan Hines®, Healthy Choice®, Marie Callender’s®, Reddi-wip®, and Slim Jim®, as well as emerging brands, including Angie’s® BOOMCHICKAPOP®, Duke’s®, Earth Balance®, Gardein®, and Frontera®, offer choices for every occasion. For more information, visit www.ConagraBrands.com.

About the Thurgood Marshall College Fund
Established in 1987, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) is the nation’s largest organization exclusively representing the Black College Community. TMCF member-schools include the publicly-supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Predominantly Black Institutions, enrolling nearly 80% of all students attending black colleges and universities. Through scholarships, capacity building and research initiatives, innovative programs, and strategic partnerships, TMCF is a vital resource in the K-12 and higher education space. The organization is also the source of top employers seeking top talent for competitive internships and good jobs.

TMCF is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, charitable organization. For more information about TMCF, visit: www.tmcf.org.

About the Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Founded in 1975, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) empowers students and parents with the knowledge and resources to successfully complete a higher education, while providing support services and scholarships to as many exceptional students, Scholars, and Alumni as possible. HSF strives to make college education a top priority for every family across the nation, mobilizing communities to proactively advance that goal—each individual, over a lifetime, in every way they can. HSF also seeks to give its Scholars all the tools they need to do well in their course work, graduate, enter, and excel in a profession, help lead our nation going forward, and mentor the generations to come. As one of the nation’s leading nonprofit organizations supporting higher education, HSF has awarded over $650 million in scholarships and provides a broad range of programs and support services for students, parents, HSF Scholars, and HSF Alumni. For more information about HSF, please visit HSF.net .

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Dixon, Honda Claim Pole For 105th Running of the Indianapolis 500

May 25, 2021

Honda's Scott Dixon captured the pole Sunday for next weekend's 105th running of the Indianapolis 500.

SPEEDWAY, Ind., May 24, 2021 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — For the fourth time, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon will lead the field to green at the Indianapolis 500. The 2008 Indy 500 winner and six-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion claimed pole in an electric Firestone Fast Nine final qualifying session Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with a four-lap average speed of 231.685 mph.

Dixon will line up on the front row alongside Andretti Autosport’s Colton Herta, who briefly held provisional pole with his own four-lap run of 231.655 mph.

Two of Dixon’s Ganassi teammates, Tony Kanaan and Alex Palou, also made the Fast Nine and will line up on row two, while row three is all Honda-powered, featuring Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay, Meyer Shank Racing’s Helio Castroneves, and Ganassi’s Marcus Ericsson.

Honda’s HI21TT V-6 Indy car engine powered seven of the qualifiers in today’s Fast Nine session, as well as nine of the top 11 qualifiers on the grid for next Sunday’s Indy 500.

This year’s 105^th running of the Greatest Spectacle of Racing will feature the fastest Indy 500 field in history, with an average qualifying speed speed of 230.325 mph, eclipsing the previous record set in 2014.

Honda Drivers and Teams in the 2021 Indianapolis 500:

•	1^st Scott Dixon-W	Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
•	2^nd Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport Honda
•	5^th Tony Kanaan-W	Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
•	6^th Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
•	7^th Ryan Hunter-Reay-W	Andretti Autosport Honda
•	8^th Helio Castroneves-W	Meyer Shank Racing Honda
•	9^th Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
•	10^th Alexander Rossi-W	Andretti Autosport Honda
•	11^th Ed Jones	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan Honda
•	13^th Pietro Fittipaldi-R	Dale Coyne Racing with RWR Honda
•	15^th Takuma Sato-W	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
•	16^th James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport Honda
•	18^th Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
•	20^th Jack Harvey	Meyer Shank Racing Honda
•	23^rd Santino Ferrucci	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
•	25^th Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport Honda
•	28^rd Stefan Wilson	Andretti Autosport Honda

W – Previous Indianapolis 500 race winner
R – Indianapolis 500 rookie

Quotes
Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Honda) Fastest in Indianapolis 500 first-round qualifying: “Huge shout-out to Honda, kudos to them for getting seven of the [Fast Nine] spots, as this series is just so competitive. The longer I’m involved in this sport, the more I appreciate the accomplishments we achieve as a team, as I realize just how hard they are. To have four Chip Ganassi Racing cars in the top nine, every team would dream of that. It’s hard work, and it’s never any one person singularly responsible, we have a great team and everyone works super-hard to make it all work.”

Colton Herta (Andretti Autosport Honda) Starting from the middle of the front row, second, in his second Indianapolis 500: “I’m so happy just to have the chance to [make the fast nine and] run for the pole today. I just can’t wait for next Sunday. I know we have a great race car, we just lacked that first and second lap [qualifying] speed that Scott [Dixon] had today. But I’m happy with how today went. I’m super happy for Gainbridge, the whole Andretti Autosport team, and proud to be powered by Honda. You saw how many cars were powered by Honda in the Fast Nine [seven], it’s incredible.”

Tony Kanaan (Chip Ganassi Racing) Starting from the middle of the second row, fifth, in his 20^thIndianapolis 500: “The conditions today were pretty decent. I got a question [from his team] right before my run asking if I wanted to trim out more and I decided not to, and I regret it. But it was a great run for us, I was pretty comfortable. But I’m happy for Scott [Dixon]. We have such a great atmosphere on this team. Of course, I wanted it to be me [on the pole], but I’m really happy for Scott and the Ganassi team.”

David Salters (President, Honda Performance Development) on Honda’s pole and overall qualifying effort for next Sunday’s Indianapolis 500: “I’d just like to show our appreciation and massive admiration for Chip Ganassi Racing and Scott Dixon, and also the Andretti Autosport organization and Colton Herta. Both teams – along with Meyer Shank Racing – put on a tremendous show today, for our fans and the public. I’d like to massively thank our team of Honda engineers and associates at HPD, who push every day. It’s lovely to see their efforts rewarded. To sum it up as a native Englishman, this was the bollocks.”

Kelvin Fu (Director, Program Management, HPD) on Honda’s overall qualifying performance this weekend: “It was an incredible weekend for Honda and HPD. It’s a real tribute to all the hard work everyone [at HPD’s headquarters] in Santa Clarita [California]. Congratulations to Scott Dixon and Chip Ganassi Racing for getting all four of their cars in the Top Nine shootout, the perfect overnight repairs to Alex Palou’s car [damaged in a crash on Saturday] and running a flawless week.”

Fast Facts

This is Honda’s 14^th pole in 21 races at the Indianapolis 500, and 7^th pole with multi-manufacturer competition.

This is Scott Dixon’s fourth Indianapolis pole in 19 Indianapolis 500s, with his previous pole runs coming in 2008 (when he also won the race), 2015 and 2017. Dixon also led the way in Saturday’s first-round qualifying. It is the sixth Indianapolis 500 pole for Chip Ganassi Racing.

Following the conclusion of qualifying, INDYCAR held a two-hour practice session for the full, 33-car starting field. Once again, Honda drivers and teams led the way, claiming eight of the top-10 positions on the speed chart, led by Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou at 225.649 mph.

Other drivers in the top 10 of the Sunday afternoon practice included Marcus Ericsson, Tony Kanaan, pole qualifier Scott Dixon, defending race winner Takuma Sato, Graham Rahal, Stefan Wilson and Marco Andretti.

Honda has won more Indianapolis 500 races than any major automaker: 13 victories from 20 races – a win ratio of 65% – since the company entered the INDYCAR competition in 1994. Honda has had more race starts at the Indianapolis 500 than any other auto manufacturer: 388 starts. Honda drivers also have completed more race laps at the Indianapolis 500 than any other carmaker: 67,789 laps.

Honda and Honda Performance Development extends its deepest sympathies to the family, friends and many fans of Andre Ribeiro, who passed away this weekend in Sao Paulo, Brazil, age 55, following a battle with cancer. On August 20, 1995, Ribeiro recorded Honda’s first Indy car victory, winning from the pole in his Tasman Motorsports Reynard Honda at New Hampshire International Speedway.

Where to Watch the Indianapolis 500
Television coverage from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway starts at 9 a.m. EDT Sunday, May 30, on the NBC Sports Network, and will include a post-race show, also on NBCSN.

Live NBC network coverage of the 105^th running of the Indianapolis 500 begins at 11 a.m. EDT, with the green flag to start Sunday’s 200-lap contest at 12:45 p.m. EDT.

Honda Racing social media content and video links from Indianapolis can be found on Instagram (www.instagram.com/hondaracing_hpd), Twitter (twitter.com/HondaRacing_HPD) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/HondaRacingHPD). Additional features and long-form videos can be found on the Honda Racing/HPD YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/HondaRacingHPDTV).

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(Español) Comunicado de Prensa del Servicio Forestal: Decoraciones necesarias para el árbol de Navidad del Capitolio de EE. UU. 2021

May 25, 2021

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Poderistas Debuts State of the Latina Event Focused on Mental Health for Mental Health Awareness Month

May 25, 2021

LOS ANGELES, May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Poderistas, a digital community built to celebrate Latina culture and help Latinas harness their power, announced it is hosting a roundtable conversation on mental health that will explore the ways that Latinas are uniquely affected by a range of issues. The two-hour event, “Salud y Poder: The (Mental) State of Latinas Today,” will be held May 27th at 4:00pm PT/7:00pm ET.

Speakers include activist, actor, and Poderistas co-founder Eva Longoria; anchor of MSNBC’s American Voices Alicia Menendez; best-selling author Julissa Arce; confidence coach and licensed therapist Raquel Carrasquillo, LCSW; artist and creator of Brown Badass Bonita Kim Guerra, MFT; founder of Latinx Parenting Leslie Priscilla; NYC-based licensed therapist and founder and CEO of the Healing Strategy, Josie Rosario, LMSW, MSEd, RYT; as well as real members of the Poderistas community who have personal experience addressing their own mental health challenges, seeking out support, and lifting up others around them.

The roundtable will explore the unique mental health challenges faced by Latinas as a result of parenting and family stress, job loss, the impact of the pandemic on financial stability, systemic racism, and more. True to Poderistas’ unique format, the summit will balance engaging, expert panel sessions with educational lifestyle content featuring tips and resources from VeroshK, Marcella Arietta, and Desi Bartlett to help viewers manage stress, maintain balance, and find support.

“Over the past 15 months, our nation has faced one unprecedented crisis after another. As our communities begin to open back up, we need to deal with the aftermath of the pandemic and the mental health challenges that we will continue to face,” said Eva Longoria, activist, actress, producer, director, and co-founder of Poderistas. “Salud y Poder will bring together a group of incredible Latinas to unpack these topics and empower our sisters and friends to ask for help when they need it.”

“It is so important that we observe Mental Health Awareness Month during the month of May and that we continue the conversation about the many nuances of mental health and wellbeing year round,” said Mónica Ramírez, co-founder of Poderistas. “Discussing our mental health has been taboo for far too long. This summit will provide an opportunity to address some of these taboos, receive important information and to speak openly about the toll that historic trauma to the harm caused by the recent pandemic have had on the emotional and psychological health of Latinx community.”

Salud y Poder: The (Mental) State of Latinas Today will go live on the Poderistas Facebook and YouTube pages on May 27 at 4:00pm PT/7:00pm ET. To tune in and for more information, visit poderistas.com.

ABOUT PODERISTAS™
Poderistas™, formerly known as She Se Puede, is a community built to celebrate our cultura and harness our PODER. Our ethos remains igual: To elevate, celebrate, and inspire Latinas to amplify their voices and actions on behalf of themselves and their communities. Poderistas™ is lifting Latina power and leadership. We are a place for affirmation and inspiration — the place that knows you, that gets you, and encourages you to go out and conquer the world. Welcome home. Visit poderistas.com for more — and follow us on Instagram!

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Miller Lite and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) to Award Latino Students with over $190,000 in Scholarships

May 25, 2021

Miller Lite is offering over $190K in scholarships to Latino students 21+ in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

CHICAGO, May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Today, Miller Lite and HACU are announcing $191,900 in college scholarships and leadership development opportunities through HACU’s ¡Adelante! Leadership Institute. This is the 17th year the brewery has partnered with HACU on the scholarship program. Eligible Latino students in the United States and Puerto Rico can now apply online for the scholarship until July 30 at hacu.net/Scholarships.

The pandemic has negatively impacted higher education enrollment among Latino students. According to data from the National Student Clearinghouse, there has been a 5.3 percent decrease among Latino undergraduates in spring 2021. This is why the commitment from Miller Lite and HACU to provide scholarships for Latino students carries a higher significance than ever before.

A total of sixty-three scholarships between $2,500 and $5,000 will be awarded to Latino college students in California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, New York, Texas, Wisconsin, and Puerto Rico. Eight scholarships of $5,000 will be awarded in Houston and 18 of $2,500 to other cities in Texas. Scholarships are open to college students who are over 21 years of age, attend a HACU-member institution in a participating market, and are U.S. citizens, permanent residents or DACA recipients.

“Now that the world is opening back up, our mission is to help everyone reconnect with the people most important to them, and that may include college friends and peers,” said Catherine Pastiak Miller Lite Associate Marketing Manager at Molson Coors. “We’re incredibly proud of our company’s 17-year-long relationship with HACU and we hope to continue our partnership to help Latino students in their journey of becoming the leaders of tomorrow.”

Those who are awarded will also hold a spot at the HACU ¡Adelante! Leadership Institute, an annual conference which will be held virtually on October 24 to October 27, 2021. Recipients will have the opportunity to join workshops focused on leadership and professional development and participate in networking opportunities.

“In the past four years alone, Miller Lite and HACU have been able to award 177 scholarships totaling to $618,900,” said HACU President and CEO Antonio R. Flores. “We hope to continue this relationship and keep impacting the lives of Latino students across the country.”

Visit hacu.net for more information on the scholarships and full eligibility criteria. Follow HACU at Facebook.com/HACUnews, or @HACUnews on Twitter and Instagram.

For more information on Miller Lite, visit MillerLite.com, Facebook.com/MillerLite, and follow @MillerLite on Twitter and Instagram.

About Miller Brewing Company
Miller Brewing Company was founded in 1855 by Frederick J. Miller when he purchased the Plank Road Brewery in Milwaukee, a city he chose as the best place for a brewery given its access to great water. Miller Lite, the original great-tasting light pilsner beer, (MillerLite.com, Facebook.com/MillerLite, @MillerLite on Twitter, YouTube.com/MillerLite) was introduced nationally in 1975 and is among the top-five selling beers in the United States. The brewery’s oldest enduring beer is Miller High Life (MillerHighLife.com, Facebook.com/MillerHighLife, @MillerHighLife on Twitter). Known as the Champagne of Beers, it was introduced in 1903 and still is brewed with the same yeast strain that Miller carried in his pocket from Germany. Miller Genuine Draft (MGD.com, Facebook.com/MillerGenuineDraft, @Miller_Global on Twitter), introduced in 1986, is the original cold-filtered, packaged draft beer. Miller Brewing Company is part of the North America business unit of Molson Coors Beverage Company. Learn more at MolsonCoors.com, at Facebook.com/MolsonCoors or Instagram and Twitter through @MolsonCoors.

About HACU
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, founded in 1986, represents more than 500 colleges and universities in the United States, Latin America, Spain and school districts throughout the U.S. HACU is the only national association representing existing and emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). The Association’s headquarters are located in San Antonio, Texas, with regional offices in Sacramento, California and Washington, D.C. This year, HACU celebrates its 35^th Anniversary since its founding.

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Enrique Martinez’s New Book Infidelidad Un Camino Doloroso Hacia La Soledad: Mentiras y Traición, A Heartrending Novel Of Painful Moments Caused By Infidelity And Distrust

May 25, 2021

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HOUSTON, May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The book Infidelidad un Camino Doloroso Hacia la Soledad: Mentiras y Traición was created by Enrique Martinez. Enrique is an author who was born in Guatemala City in the early 1970s. At the end of 1995, he emigrated to the United States, looking for a better future and opportunities.

Martinez said this about his book: “After that Christmas afternoon at Ana’s house, the days would, little by little, change my way of thinking about love; and a new feeling would begin to grow very quickly for that person who had come into my life overnight, thanks to my great friend fate. A new chapter would begin to be written, and the consequences passing the months little by little would come to light. The lies and excuses that I was putting in my way daily at first would mark the difference between being an unfortunate liar and a person that, little by little, his conscience would become as black as night with so many deceptions. Thus, making bad decisions little by little, those people who were part of me would discover those secrets that in one way or another I always struggle to hide by placing one lie on top of the other until forming my own mountain of secrets. Wanting to take a step back and forget about what I was beginning to feel was not the right way to run away from what my heart was asking of me. After hiding several times and trying to flee from my destiny to no avail, it was the sign that my life was already marked with the word unfaithful.”

Published by Page Publishing, Enrique Martinez’s new book Infidelidad un Camino Doloroso Hacia la Soledad: Mentiras y Traición contains a narrative that exudes poignant scenes that let readers embark on a roller-coaster ride of soulful emotions and thoughts about dishonesty, loss, and heartbreak.

Consumers who wish to be filled with evoking life lessons about pain and infidelity can purchase Infidelidad un Camino Doloroso Hacia la Soledad: Mentiras y Traición in any bookstore or online at Apple iTunes, Amazon.com, Google Play, or Barnes and Noble.

For additional information or inquiries, you can contact Page Publishing, through the following number: 866-315-2708.

About Page Publishing:

Page Publishing is a traditional full-service publishing house that handles all of the intricacies involved in publishing its authors’ books, including distribution in the world’s largest retail outlets and royalty generation. Page Publishing knows that authors need to be free to create, not bogged down with complicated business issues like eBook conversion, establishing wholesale accounts, insurance, shipping, taxes, and the like. Its roster of authors can leave behind these tedious, complex, and time-consuming issues and focus on their passion: writing and creating. Learn more at www.pagepublishing.com.

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Pedro Alejandro Vijil’s new book El Juicio, a perspicacious narrative told in judicial perspective about a man’s atonement from condemnation

May 25, 2021

HOMESTEAD, Fla., May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Author Pedro Alejandro Vijil said this about his book: “Humanity has extensive knowledge of countless trials that were carried out in different cultures at different ages and in different peoples. Some of these judgments have left been lacerated by their injustice, the collective human soul that has tried to be good, but that the superior forces of evil have always prevented it.

A trial is a legal mechanism in which a judge or a group of judges impartially seek the guilt or innocence of a human being who has become the target of a shameful accusation. The judges, using the powerful instrument of the law, ensure that the ethical values that man must maintain inviolate remain in force. However, as has happened countless times, these trials, manipulated by judges with the price tagged on their corrupt souls, have been lent to send innocent and good creatures to the gallows. Now, dear reader, allow me, Pedro Alejandro Vijil, by means of this literary work, to invite you to participate together as spectators in this unusual trial carried out in a court never seen, never imagined, where judges of impeccable moral solvency possessed an impressive wisdom. They save a condemned man from dying in the torture chambers of the black wasps when verifying that the accused is simply a poor slave full of evil due to the ungrateful abandonment of the divine goddess of reason. Enjoy, my friend, each argument of this trial where you will find the history and wisdom of distant times. Times that with their magical lights can illuminate our lives in the present. Thanks.”

Published by Page Publishing, Pedro Alejandro Vijil’s new book El Juicio will illuminate the readers on true justice as they delve into a story filled with the balancing scales of judiciary, fairness, and wisdom.

Consumers who wish to immerse themselves in a journey of crime, punishment, and justice can purchase El Juicio in any bookstore or online at Apple iTunes, Amazon.com, Google Play, or Barnes and Noble.

For additional information or inquiries, you can contact Page Publishing, through the following number: 866-315-2708.

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Michel Edery and smartBeemo – Transforming the Education Landscape for Latin America

May 24, 2021

MIAMI, May 24, 2021 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — As Benjamin Whorf says “Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.” CEO and Co-founder of smartBeemo – Michel Edery thought of leveraging the Spanish language for the good and bringing a ray of hope for the Latin Americans. In a world where English is in a class of its own, there are people who are still having a hard time understanding the language, and in turn, it acts as the major barrier in their learning process. Michel recognized this problem and developed smartBeemo only for such people, breaking the language barriers that affect their learning.

smartBeemo is an educational platform with thousands of students all around Latin America and the world. Their expertise includes educating the students about digital marketing, social media influencer marketing, e-commerce, and much more. They are helping to accelerate the data transformation in the Spanish-speaking communities.

Sharing his views, the CEO says, “Today, entrepreneurship is booming in Latin America. The pandemic has brought a positive revolution in the area, and now everybody knows that it’s quite easy to connect to the internet and launch their own brand in e-commerce and other sectors. Over here, there is a bridge between e-commerce and digital marketing major due to the language barriers as all the great content out there is in English. But now I think people are starting to learn and understand more about social media, e-commerce and I can now see thousands of people launching their businesses. Even in my own country-Columbia, with the increasing response from business enthusiasts, it’s starting to look like a ‘Little Silicon Valley.'”

smartBeemo is an independent educational platform, and that’s why it’s easy for them to understand where the needs are in the market and what is trending. The courses last for over 12 months depending upon the student’s needs. And not just that, smartBeemo also comes up with new exceptional courses for students in a timespan of just a week. The marketing sector moves super fast and new strategies, concepts, and content are added every other moment. And thereby, when these educational institutions launch their programs, everything has been changed and some content even becomes outdated.

smartBeemo arranges pre-recorded diplomates, integrated by courses for the students. Tutors discuss the latest content and ongoings in the respective fields to keep them updated with every detail. In addition to this, students can access live Q&A sessions, and live chat with their academic tutors for doubt resolution. People seek YouTube videos as a major source of studying programs, but they lack the curriculum or the syllabus that is required with well-structured content covering every concept from A to Z. It is very important to learn with logic, that includes the introduction, the fundamentals, and then practice the knowledge gained. The YouTube videos further have certain limitations, and the student often misses out on some key knowledge areas.

These days, educational academies are established merely for profits. Students pay at smartBeemo, but they charge for their services, and every single day, they are working to make the services better. The customers and students see that difference in production, content, new teachers, superior experience, and much more.

With 2.5x growth per year, and more than 60,000 paid students, they are one of the fastest-growing online schools in the Spanish-speaking communities. Every program on the smartBeemo platform covers all the steps and content right from the building phase to the end result. For example, if the student is learning an e-commerce program, then their first step begins from how to find the products, how to build a website, how to buy products from a country, or how to do dropshipping and how to market the product in the end. In a nutshell, each program has a lot of courses, and each course has lots of models to offer the students. Thereby, they can study online at their own pace. smartBeemo also conducts weekly sessions online for the students wherein the tutors answer each and every question, doubts, or further queries within a timeframe of 30 seconds once the student has raised his/her hands from 8 AM to 8 PM. The entire idea is to give a classroom experience to the students.

Not every great content exists in English and that’s why smartBeemo welcomes everybody who wants to learn including Spanish-speaking and Latin Americans to their platform and leverage the best from it.

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Government Under the Influence of the Spirits Industry

May 24, 2021

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., May 24, 2021 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Alcohol Justice, the San Rafael, California-based alcohol industry watchdog and the California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA) are charging the California Legislature with being under the influence of restaurants, bars and the alcohol spirits industry.

“Watching California legislators race through so-called ‘small business relief’ bills is like watching a gasoline tanker speeding down the Grapevine in the fast lane during a snow storm,” stated Bruce Lee Livingston, Executive Director/CEO of Alcohol Justice. “They are ignoring the ongoing dangers of public, open carry drinking and cocktails-to-go getting into the hands of underage youth.”

Over the past year the ABC has issued numerous “Regulatory Relief” orders that were only meant to be temporary lifelines for restaurants and bars. However, as the pandemic is subsiding the big spirits trade association is pushing hard to make many of those privileges permanent, with small bars and restaurants making the noise that the pine boxes obstructing sidewalks, alleys and parking spaces should be a permanent part of California’s urban life.

“Emergency measures put in place by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) are being rammed through into permanent law,” added Livingston. “It is part of a national campaign by Diageo and the Distilled Spirits Council to flood our communities with public drinking and unregulated, unlicensed home delivery.”

Over 30 states allowed cocktails-to-go during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, and since then eleven states have made it permanent, including five in May 2021 led by Texas, Florida and Georgia. Washington D.C. has made it permanent, and numerous states are extending it for a year or two. This level of coordinated, state-house lobbying does not take place without national big bucks from Big Alcohol players like Diageo and its lobbying association, the Distilled Spirits Council.

The California legislature has responded with a case of bills to expand and extend alcohol sales and consumption on public sidewalks, alleys, parking lots, and “parklets,” along with the creation of “party zones,” and permanent cocktails-to-go without strong licensing requiring Responsible Beverage Service training for home delivery companies.

“It’s clear, even when our communities are facing racial, health and socioeconomic inequities, the alcohol industry and governing bodies continue to prioritize economic profit over people’s lives,” said Veronica De Lara, MPA, Chair California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA). “We need to stop enabling policies that continue to disproportionately impact our communities. Policies that make alcohol more accessible and available are business-sided and not in the best interest of communities facing alcohol related harms. They just add to many other hardships in the middle of a global pandemic. What is our priority? Is it only about making money?”

“The priorities of California legislators do not include responding to over 10,500 alcohol-related deaths, 165,000 alcohol-related hospitalizations, $14.5 billion in government costs, and $35 billion in total related economic harm annually,” stated Michael Scippa, Public Affairs Director at Alcohol Justice. “There is no relief from these catastrophic numbers in the current round of legislation. Our elected leaders are myopic in their praise of these bills which are designed to encourage alcohol consumption, which research tells us will just make matters worse. They choose to ignore the science and the facts about alcohol-related harm in the state.”

The worst of the worst are:

SB 314 (Wiener) – This bloated bill allows public drinking just about anywhere on public property, among many other bar industry giveaways.

SB 793 (Wiener) – Allows beer, wine and spirit sales wherever there is live music, and allows underage youth entrance.

SB 389 (Dodd) – Permanently allows restaurants to sell and/or deliver cocktails-to-go.

AB 61 (Gabriel) – Requires local governments to allow outdoor dining and alcohol sales without review.

AB 1242 (Bauer-Kahan) – Duplicates AB 61.

“These bills are an attempt to make California cities look like Bourbon Street and allow public drinking anywhere,” said Livingston. “Opportunistic deregulation and expanded alcohol availability are not magic bullets for saving restaurants and bars. They will produce negative health outcomes, including more underage and binge drinking. The legislature so far is rolling over on making ABC’s temporary deregulation into permanent law, but it’s a power grab by the spirits industry that will last a generation unless the legislature sobers up.”

Alcohol Justice and CAPA believe it’s time for California legislators to honor their oaths of office to protect health and safety. Harm reduction should be the goal – not misdirected economic recovery promoting outdoor, public consumption of products that cause so much pain, suffering and death in California communities. The public is encouraged to take action and tell their elected leaders to VOTE NO on this legislation – public health is more important than public drinking.

Click here now: https://bit.ly/3oFz1uo or text PUBLICHEALTH to 313131 to tell California legislators to VOTE NO on these dangerous bills.

Contact: Michael J. Scippa 415 548-0492, Jorge Castillo 213 840-3336

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SOURCE Alcohol Justice; California Alcohol Policy Alliance

Higher dose of DHA associated with lower early preterm birth rate, NIH-funded study finds

May 24, 2021

BETHESDA, Md., May 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ —

WHAT:
Women taking 1,000 mg of docosohexanoic acid (DHA) daily in the last half of pregnancy had a lower rate of early preterm birth than women who took the standard 200 mg dose, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. Women who entered the study with the lowest DHA level had the greatest reduction in early preterm birth, which is birth before 34 weeks of pregnancy and which increases the risk of infant death and disability

The study was conducted by Susan E. Carlson, Ph.D., at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, and colleagues. It appears in EClinicalMedicine. Funding was provided by NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).

Previous studies on DHA and other omega-3 fatty acids, which are nutrients found in fish and eggs and supplements like algal oil, and their possible effects on the rate of early preterm birth have been inconclusive and have not identified a specific type or dose of omega-3 fatty acids.

Researchers enrolled nearly 1,100 women and compared the early preterm birth rate of women given 1,000 mg of DHA to those given 200 mg. Overall, 1.7% of women in the high dose group delivered early preterm compared to 2.4% in the standard dose group. Women in the high dose group with low DHA levels at study entry had the greatest reduction in early preterm birth (2% rate, compared to a 4.1% rate for those with low DHA levels on the standard dose). Among women who had high DHA levels at study entry, the rate of early preterm birth was low and did not differ by dose (1.4% vs. 1.1%). The authors called for screening DHA levels in pregnancy so that women with low levels could consider taking a higher daily dose.

WHO:
Monica Longo, M.D., Ph.D., NICHD Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, is available for comment.

ARTICLE:
Carlson, SE. Higher dose docosahexaenoic acid supplementation during pregnancy and early preterm birth: A randomised, double-blind, adaptive-design superiority trial. EClinicalMedicine.2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100905.

About the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD): NICHD leads research and training to understand human development, improve reproductive health, enhance the lives of children and adolescents, and optimize abilities for all. For more information, visit https://www.nichd.nih.gov.

About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation’s medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit https://www.nih.gov.

SOURCE National Institutes of Health (NIH); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

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