Health Disparities and Nursing During COVID-19 Pandemic

AUDIO: Nacole Riccaboni, Board-Certified RN/Critical Care Nurse Practitioner & Host of the Podcast, SHIFT Talk
(Princeton, NJ, Monday, September 21, 2020) – Nurses see firsthand that often, life simply isn’t fair. Life can change in an instant, and many times, there is no rhyme or reason to it. But other...

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How to Navigate Living With Bipolar Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic

AUDIO: Kathy C. Flanagan, MD, President, Houston Medical Forum
(Houston, TX, Thursday, September 17, 2020) – The uncertainty and grief brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the lifestyle changes necessary to slow the spread of the virus are likely to have a profound...

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Tackling Prostate Cancer – September Is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

AUDIO: Dr. Sanford J. Siegel, Member of Board of the Urology Care Foundation
(Baltimore, MD, Thursday, September 17, 2020) – This year, nearly 192,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, which is why the American Urological Association (AUA) and Urology Care Foundation, the official Foundation of the...

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Facebook Announces Climate Science Information Center and Net Zero Emissions Target

AUDIO: Sonia Sroka, Facebook Spokesperson
Click here for Spanish audio. (Menlo Park, CA, Tuesday, September 15, 2020) – Today, ahead of Climate Week, Facebook announced the launch of a new Climate Science Information Center on the platform to connect people...

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Bill Gates’ Foundation Releases New Data Tied to COVID-19 Effects

AUDIO: Bill Gates, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
(Seattle, WA, Tuesday, September 15, 2020) – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation released its fourth annual Goalkeepers Report this week. The report contains new data about the ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on...

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Messenger Launches “Watch Together”

AUDIO: Nora Micheva, Product Manager at Facebook working on Messenger Video Chat
(Menlo Park, CA, Monday, September 14, 2020) – Earlier this spring, Facebook rolled out several features to help us stay more connected with the people we love, no matter where they might be. Now, Messenger...

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American Federation of Teachers President Discusses the COVID-19 School Crisis

AUDIO: Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers
(Washington, DC, Friday, September 11, 2020) – We’re in the midst of a public health crisis the likes of which we’ve never experienced in our lifetimes. In the last two weeks of July, 97,000 kids...

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Employee Ownership Is Key to Rebuilding Small Businesses and the Economy

AUDIO: Hilary Abell, Co-founder, Project Equity
(San Francisco, CA, Wednesday, September 9, 2020) – Small businesses are the lifeblood of our economy, making up 99.7% of all firms and providing 48% of jobs nationally. According to a poll by the U.S....

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Friends Committee on National Legislation Urges Americans to Get Out the Vote

Wednesday,  September 9, 2020 Dear PSA Director, The November 2020 election will be one of the most important elections of our lives. Before November, the Quaker organization, Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) is trying...

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Friends Committee on National Legislation está Tratando de Conseguir que Cientos de Votantes Adultos Jóvenes Registrados Vayan a Votar

Miércoles, 9 de septiembre 2020 Estimado(a) director(a) de PSA: Las elecciones de noviembre 2020 serán una de las elecciones más importantes de nuestras vidas. Antes de noviembre, el Comité de Amigos de la Legislación Nacional...

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