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Andre Silva

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New York
As seen in: With Intelligence, Medium, MDPI, The Borgen Project, SÁBADO, The East Hampton Star, The Borgen Magazine, Baldwin Herald, LIHerald.com, The Statesman, Enfocast
Covers:  Politics, Business, Public Affairs, New York, International News, War, Climate, Culture
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New York's Stalling Minimum Wage

New York's Stalling Minimum Wage

Medium — As the minimum wage in New York reaches $15 throughout the state, plans to raise the minimum wage, like they did a decade ago, have not been introduced. Without a clear plan to raise the wage, workers are left to earn just above the poverty line, in one of the nation's most expensive states.
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An All-Year-Round Brand, Here and Beyond

An All-Year-Round Brand, Here and Beyond

The East Hampton Star — Max Bonbrest, an East Hampton native, pledges her women's clothing store, AYR, will join the ranks of permanent, all-year-round businesses in East Hampton Village. In fact, that's what "AYR" stands for.
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Artist captures all the colors of Walt Frazier

Artist captures all the colors of Walt Frazier

Baldwin Herald — The local street artist Poor Rupert displayed his painting of former Knicks superstar Walt "Clyde" Frazier last month. In September, Frazier became the first person to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and a broadcaster.
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At Regrown Recordings, giving local artists a chance to step up

At Regrown Recordings, giving local artists a chance to step up

Baldwin Herald — In a repurposed home on Hayes Street, near Baldwin Harbor Park, Matt Barba, the owner of Regrown Recordings, is quietly contributing to the Nassau County recording and music scene. Barba opened the studio in July 2019, in his parents' old house. Since then he has helped Long Island artists record music, podcasts and other audio work.
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Breslin updates chamber on Grand project

Breslin updates chamber on Grand project

Baldwin Herald — Breslin Realty asked the Baldwin community to support its development proposal at a Chamber of Commerce meeting on Oct. 12. Breslin presented its latest plan for the Grand at Baldwin - a 215-unit, mixed-use, transit-oriented apartment complex on the southeast corner of Sunrise Highway and Grand Avenue, across from the Long Island Rail Road station - as well as a plan to address potentially high traffic volume on Harrison Avenue.
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Library plans second-floor renovations

Library plans second-floor renovations

Baldwin Herald — The Baldwin Public Library has announced a preliminary plan to renovate an empty section of the library, and to seek public input on what to put there. The library announced its intention to offer a referendum on the redesign and renovation of a large, undeveloped room on the second floor at a special board of trustees meeting on Oct.
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Town rejects Ultra Lanes' license bid

Town rejects Ultra Lanes' license bid

Baldwin Herald — For the first time in its history, the Chamber of Commerce decided not to support a Baldwin business's effort to expand - specifically, Ultra Lanes Baldwin Bowl and Lounge's pursuit of a cabaret license. "This is the first time the Chamber of Commerce got up to speak against a business, ever," said the organization's president, Erik Mahler.
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Nassau voters say they're tired of redistricting

Nassau voters say they're tired of redistricting

LIHerald.com — It's a unique opportunity to reshape town lines and political power within Nassau County - an occasion that comes just once every decade. When people in Nassau County got together back in 2012, they worked to decide how each of their communities would be represented on the county legislature.
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Fighting Against Housing Poverty In Portugal: Just A Change - BORGEN

Fighting Against Housing Poverty In Portugal: Just A Change - BORGEN

The Borgen Magazine — WESTBURY, New York - To push back against housing poverty in Portugal, Just A Change works to restore and build homes for impoverished Portuguese communities. Housing poverty in Portugal is consistently a prevalent problem, but organizations like Just A Change hope to fix it.
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Agricultural Development in Morocco Flourishes - BORGEN

Agricultural Development in Morocco Flourishes - BORGEN

The Borgen Magazine — WESTBURY, New York - The High Atlas Foundation is helping Morocco's local communities determine how they choose to develop their land and grow out of poverty sustainably. Like those in the northern Atlas Mountains, Morocco's most vulnerable communities have long suffered from water scarcity, shaky access to land and unregulated grazing rights.
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TechnoServe Market Solutions to Poverty - BORGEN

TechnoServe Market Solutions to Poverty - BORGEN

The Borgen Magazine — WESTBURY, New York - TechnoServe works to reduce global poverty by helping smallholder farmers and entrepreneurs create viable businesses by connecting them to "information, capital and markets," according to the non-profit's website. Smallholder farming - operations of less than 5 acres in size - make up roughly 75% of agricultural production and more than 75% of employment in East Africa, according to the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization.
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The Asociación Rafalex's Efforts To Secure The Rights Of Cuenca's Most Vulnerable

The Asociación Rafalex's Efforts To Secure The Rights Of Cuenca's Most Vulnerable

Medium — February, 2021 Westbury, New York - The Asociación Rafalex supports many of Cuenca's most vulnerable people and fights to end child labor and begging. In 2020 they organized the Child Eradication Project to help 200 families and keep over 600 children in school.
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War Child Advocates For Education and Justice - BORGEN

War Child Advocates For Education and Justice - BORGEN

The Borgen Magazine — WESTBURY, New York - War Child USA works with war-affected communities to give children and women access to education, livelihood opportunities and justice. The Borgen Project spoke with Dr. Samantha Nutt, Founder and President of War Child USA and War Child Canada, to learn more about its advocacy efforts.
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Friends of Woni Supports the Maasai People of Kenya - BORGEN

Friends of Woni Supports the Maasai People of Kenya - BORGEN

The Borgen Magazine — WESTBURY, New York - Friends of Woni supports Maasai villages at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro in Southern Kenya with water and food. The Borgen Project spoke with Evie Treen, co-founder of Friends of Woni, to better understand the organization's efforts in Kenya.
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The Rockefeller Foundation Targets Misinformation - BORGEN

The Rockefeller Foundation Targets Misinformation - BORGEN

The Borgen Magazine — WESTBURY, New York - The Rockefeller Foundation's history of philanthropic service in health, innovation and energy is long, but the Foundation now sets its sights on a more ambitious target: misinformation. The Borgen Project spoke with Eileen O'Connor, The Rockefeller Foundation's senior vice president of communications, policy and advocacy to learn more about The Rockefeller Foundation's current philanthropy projects.
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WaterAid: Mission-Critical Bolsters Advocacy for Clean Water - BORGEN

WaterAid: Mission-Critical Bolsters Advocacy for Clean Water - BORGEN

The Borgen Magazine — WESTBURY, New York - This past July, WaterAid celebrated 40 years of advocacy and success in providing clean water access to the world's most vulnerable people in 28 nations. The Borgen Project spoke to Kathryn Tobin, WaterAid America's global campaigns manager, to learn more about WaterAid's projects during the global COVID-19 pandemic.
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One Shelter's Fight To Protect Women's Rights In Ecuador - The Borgen Project

One Shelter's Fight To Protect Women's Rights In Ecuador - The Borgen Project

borgenproject.org — Through the horrors of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Maria Amor Foundation, a nonprofit domestic violence shelter, has housed more than 80 women and 120 children as protection from the threat of domestic and sexual violence. The Borgen Project spoke with the director of the Maria Amor Foundation, Blanca Pacheco Lupercio, to learn more about the fight for women's rights in Ecuador.
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Ecuador's Vaccine Campaign is Led by President Lasso - BORGEN

Ecuador's Vaccine Campaign is Led by President Lasso - BORGEN

The Borgen Magazine — WESTBURY, New York - The COVID-19 virus has inflicted one of the most severe public health and economic crises upon Ecuador and the rest of Latin America. In a surprise victory in 2021, newly elected President Guillermo Lasso's conservative government is now leading Ecuador's vaccine campaign by taking on the challenge to mass vaccinate the nation.
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Stony Brook students use art to reflect on turmoil of the past year in "Reckoning" showcase - The...

Stony Brook students use art to reflect on turmoil of the past year in "Reckoning" showcase - The...

The Statesman — The Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery's " " showcases over 60 works in response to the social conflicts of the past year. The gallery is both in-person and online. Thematically it frames the brutal fight against injustice with the beauty and appreciation of humanity. " Marsha P.
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