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We’re Packaging Care For Those Experiencing Homelessness In Ottawa During COVID-19 Crisis

Guest ContributorApril 8, 2020

By Taijah Cox-Armstrong - When the world begins to fall apart, we humans need to stick together. My name is Taijah Cox-Armstrong. I’m in my second year of coll...

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Candid Conversation With Jen Haller, The First Person To Receive Injection Of Trial Coronavirus Vaccine

wyskMarch 23, 2020

On Monday, March 16, in a monumental act of courage and selflessness, Jen Haller, age 43, became the first person to receive the first-ever injection of an inv...

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Mother-Daughter Duo Spotlight Black Women Who Made History With Powerful Photography Project

wyskFebruary 19, 2020

“Who was the first girl chemist?” When a then 7-year-old Georgia Ross asked this question in 2017, her mother, Shauna Upp, a photographer and homeschooler, sei...

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18 Downloadable Role Models Cards Designed To Spread Love And Inspiration This Valentine’s Day

wyskJanuary 30, 2020

"Being your friend is auto-matically the best," declares Balqees Bani Hani, one of the 18 change-makers celebrated in the just-released 2020 set of downloadabl...

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Preparing For An Unknown Tomorrow: Astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan And The Saving Of The Hubble Space Telescope

Dale DeBakcsyJanuary 29, 2020

This day, let us speak of a new type of hero, one whose life story is not told as a sum of new products invented and foisted upon an already choked world, but ...

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Girl Scout, Age 6, Pushes Through Fears, Challenges Daily, Determined To Sell 4,040 Boxes Of Cookies

wyskJanuary 23, 2020

Meet 6-year-old Stella Vanwhy. She joined the Girl Scouts just 5 months ago and is already a cookie entrepreneur managing her first sale and a very big goal: s...

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‘I Was The 14th African-American Woman Architect In The U.S.’… Meet Kathryn Tyler Prigmore

Guest ContributorJanuary 16, 2020

By byGeorge - Kathryn Tyler Prigmore was shocked to see herself in a 1985 issue of EBONY, listed as the 14th African-American woman registered to practice arch...

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“Walk In My Boots!” Feminist Plumber Pens Powerful Essay On Being A Woman In Construction Trade

Guest ContributorJanuary 9, 2020

By Judaline Cassidy - Here’s the question men at a construction site never get: Are you qualified?Women get asked this every day of every job. So, allow me...

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Queen Of Sole: Notes To Self Socks Founder Laura Schmidt Puts Positive Affirmations On People’s Feet

wyskDecember 10, 2019

During a family road trip on New Year’s Day 2011, Laura Schmidt had her tennis shoes kicked off, and was staring at her plain white socked feet, lost in though...

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