Facebook Celebrates National Voter Registration Day With a Week of Action

AUDIO: Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, Facebook
(Menlo Park, CA, Tuesday, September 22, 2020) Today is National Voter Registration Day and Facebook is launching a Week of Action to support registration efforts across the country. While voter registration efforts are always important,...

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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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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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New Analysis Reveals the Financial Burden of Extreme Weather Driven by Climate Change

AUDIO: Elgie Holstein, Senior Director of Strategy Planning for EDF Action, the advocacy partner of Environmental Defense Fund
(New York, NY, Wednesday, September 2, 2020) – A new report from Datu Research and commissioned by Environmental Defense Fund analyzes decades of data and reveals that extreme weather driven by climate change has already...

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Bill Gates Shares the Key to Reopening America Safely and How We Can All Do Our Part

AUDIO: Bill Gates, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
(Seattle, WA, Monday, August 3, 2020) – As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spike across the country, with tens of thousands of new cases every day, philanthropist Bill Gates urges people to follow public health...

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AARP Foundation President Offers Advice for People Dealing with Job Loss, Social Isolation and Financial Stress

AUDIO: Lisa Marsh Ryerson, President, AARP Foundation
(Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 23, 2020) – Americans have recently been reminded just how persistent the coronavirus is. There has been a spike in cases in several parts of the country, unemployment remains high as...

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AARP on the Next Phase of the Unemployment Crisis

AUDIO: Susan Weinstock, Vice President of Financial Resilience, AARP
(Washington D.C., Tuesday, July 21, 2020) – As some businesses begin to reopen across the nation the dire unemployment situation seems here to stay.  Older workers are especially caught in the crossfire, since many need...

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What to Do if Impacted by a Disaster

AUDIO: Rullah Price, Head of Enterprise Incident Communications, Wells Fargo Home Lending and Eduardo Martinez, VP, Business Liaison Manager
For Spanish audio, click here (San Francisco, CA, Tuesday, July 7, 2020) – As we continue to deal with the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, it’s still important to be prepared for other disasters that...

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Report Ranks the Top Cities for Skilled Freelance Workers

AUDIO: Brent Messenger, Vice President of Public Policy and Community Engagement, Fiverr
(Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, June 4, 2020) – Fiverr has revealed the findings of its annual Freelance Economic Impact Report, a comprehensive study that identifies the top 30 cities in the United States for skilled...

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