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How Link5G will Address New York City’s Digital Equity Emergency
One new Link5G on the street The digital divide has been one of the many disparities laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic. Countless New Yorkers have been forced to work and learn remotely, yet shifting to online platforms is very challenging for the 1.5 million New Yorkers — mainly low-income people of color — who lack access to both broadband and cellular internet. This is our digital equity emergency, and the Urban League is very focused on bringing attention to this critical issue.
Outlook for Multicultural Marketing and Diversity in 2021 - Your Multicultural Marketing News January 2021 Newsletter
The need to hear from thought leaders advancing diversity in advertising, media and marketing has never been more crucial. It was the impetus behind the launch of the new podcast THE POOL on MediaVillage’s AdvancingDiversity.org channel. It is no secret that the collective worlds of advertising, marketing and media have suffered for decades with a glaring lack of diversity.
How Black New Yorkers Are Saving NYC, And Why Our Economy Must Reflect That - Blavity
Photo Credit: Getty Images If you’re interested in sharing your opinion on any cultural, political or personal topic, create an account here and check out our how-to post to learn more. ____ When COVID-19 ripped through New York City, Black New Yorkers were hit the hardest. Yet, many of us kept the city functioning when so many others fled. We reckoned with the trauma and carried on with dignity.
An Open Letter from Arva Rice, Pres/CEO, NYUrban League: "To Our White Allies at Companies- If Not Now, When?"
An Open Letter to Our White Allies at Companies– If Not Now, When? By Arva Rice, President & CEO, New York Urban League, Inc. It was more than a week after George Floyd's death, and I opened my Facebook page to see a post from an old high school mate.
A New Year's Resolution for Children in New York: School Improvement - The Westside Gazette
Arva Rice, President and CEO of the New York Urban League By Arva Rice, President and CEO of the New York Urban League New Year’s resolutions are underway across the state of New York, and I’m one of those who are trying hard to keep the promises I made to myself. I’m focused on finding an exercise I like and can maintain, journaling more, and eliminating debt, but I am quickly learning that mapping out a clear plan with how to accomplish these will make my success much more likely.
A New Year’s Resolution for Children in New York: School Improvement
A New Year’s Resolution for Children in New York: School Improvement Arva Rice, President and CEO of the New York Urban League | 2/12/2019, 6:26 p.m. Arva Rice Twitter New Year’s resolutions are underway across the state of New York, and I’m one of those who is trying hard to keep the promises I made to myself.
Scrap the SHSAT, for diversity's sake: Mayor de Blasio is right about selective high schools
We at the New York Urban League are taking these issues head-on by helping to educate parents and students about the SHSAT so more black and Latino students are aware of the exam. Exams are administered in the fall; check the New York City Department of Education website for test dates, and encourage students to jump on this opportunity.
Capping Uber and Lyft would bring back the bad old days
A lot has been made in recent weeks of creating a cap on Uber, Lyft and other for-hire vehicles. With the conversation almost entirely about congestion in Midtown, the effect that a cap would have on communities of color has been almost an afterthought.
How Trump's budget would hurt New York kids
President Trump’s budget proposal risks devastating harm to New York students who rely on education as the pathway to opportunity, and undermines our state’s economic competitiveness with draconian cuts that no New Yorker should stomach. New York’s future depends on closing the opportunity and achievement gaps that hold back too many children from reaching their full potential and on upholding high standards for all of our students.
Donald Trump's Claim That The Election Is Rigged Undermines Voter Intimidation
Trump's assertion of fraud tears at the very foundation of our political system, stirs fear and distrust, and mocks the individuals and institutions that have fought for fair representation for decades. By: Arva Rice, President & CEO of the New York Urban League A major candidate for President of the United States is asserting that this election will be rigged.
Op-ed: It's Time to Change the Equation in STEM Fields
We haven't prepared enough students to enter STEM careers, and underrepresented minority groups and low-income students find themselves increasingly left out of the equation. Silicon Valley, we still have a problem. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus met with Tim Cook and other Silicon Valley leaders earlier this month to admonish their challenged attempts to diversify their companies, and with good reason.
Rice and Calderón: Homeowners of every color
Since the end of the Great Recession, we’ve watched in New York as the stock market rose and so did skyscraping condo buildings for millionaires and billionaires. We have been told that the economy has really bounced back this time — and, of course, we are grateful for improving job creation and unemployment numbers. But unless you can afford one of those sparkling penthouses, the housing market seems as inaccessible today as it was during the recession — or even before it began.
Sigmund & Rice: Why cities are bucking the opt-out movement
While opponents of the Common Core standards and other special interest groups were using this year’s state English Language Arts and math tests to score political points, parents in New York’s largest urban school districts reinforced their support for those same tests. A recent analysis from our coalition, High Achievement New York, showed that 98% of students in the state’s five largest cities took these assessments.
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