The level of system change required to tackle many of the world’s most pressing challenges can seem overwhelming. Sometimes, a simple and unlikely symbol changes our perspectives.
John Kiker’s pro bono story began on September 11, 2001.
John was serving as the Vice President of Marketing Communications for United Airlines at the time of the attacks. His responsibilities included leading a crisis communications team – and coordinating its work with the airline’s humanitarian, operational, and investigative teams – in the event of an accident or other emergency. The communications effort undertaken by his team in the wake of the 9/11 attacks has been cited as being among the most compassionate and comprehensive in the history of the industry.
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En Amérique du Nord, septembre signifie la rentrée pour la plupart des étudiants. Chez Goldcorp, nous croyons qu’il faut redonner à la collectivité, et contribuer à l’éducation est l’une des meilleures façons de créer des bienfaits positifs à long terme dans les collectivités où nous vivons et travaillons. Nous allons partager une série d’articles au cours des prochaines semaines pour mettre en valeur les nouvelles initiatives en matière d’éducation que nous avons mises de l’avant pendant la dernière année. Cette semaine, nous vous présentons la belle histoire d’une personne qui, après avoir passé très près de décrocher à l’adolescence, termine maintenant son doctorat grâce à Passeport pour ma réussite Canada.
Para la mayoría de los estudiantes en Norteamérica, septiembre significa volver a clases. En Goldcorp, creemos que contribuir a la educación es una de las mejores maneras en que podemos crear beneficios positivos a largo plazo en las comunidades donde vivimos y trabajamos. En las siguientes semanas, pondremos a disposición una serie para destacar las nuevas iniciativas educacionales en las que invertimos el año pasado. Esta semana, compartimos con ustedes la exitosa historia de un adolescente que casi abandona su educación y ahora se encuentra finalizando su doctorado con la ayuda de Pathways to Education Canada (Vías para la educación de Canadá).
September in North America means back to school for most students. At Goldcorp, we believe contributing to education is one of the best ways we can create long-lasting positive benefits in the communities where we live and work. We will share a multi-part series over the few weeks to highlight the new educational initiatives we’ve invested in over the past year. This week we share with you a success story of a teen who went from almost dropping out to now completing his PhD thanks to Pathways to Education Canada.
Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s leading nonprofit which envisions a country where every community is a clean, green and beautiful place to live, has selected 10 high school students from across the country to serve on its fourth national Youth Advisory Council, which is sponsored through the generous support of the Wrigley Company Foundation.
He Named Me Malala, Fox Searchlight's upcoming documentary about 18-year old Pakistani activist and Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, opened the 42nd Telluride Film Festival in Colorado on Friday, September 4, becoming the first ever documentary chosen as the festival's "Patron Preview," a first-anywhere screening that is open only to the festival's biggest supporters. Director Davis Guggenheim (Waiting for Superman, An Inconvenient Truth) was on hand to introduce the film and participate in a post-screening Q&A.
In its ninth annual Network Responsibility Report, the LGBT media advocacy organization GLAAD has commended FOX for its inclusion of LGBT characters in its programming, giving the network its highest grading of "Excellent." FOX had the highest percentage of LGBT-inclusive original programming hours out of all channels tracked, coming in at 45.4%. This is the highest percentage GLAAD has charted on a broadcast network since the NRI's inception.
P&O Cruises is partnering with Teenage Cancer Trust for the next three years to raise funds for the charity and awareness of the valuable work it does helping teenagers and young adults with cancer across the UK.
Harriet Langford, Foundation Trustee and daughter of the late Ray C. Anderson, has been appointed to serve on the Board of Directors for the Biophilic Institute.
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