Ashley Salibellas was left partially paralyzed after brain surgery when she was a child. She is vying for the cover spread in part to highlight disability justice, fair housing and gun violence prevention. KENWOOD — Ashley Salibellas has long felt disrespected by potential employers and others because of her physical disability, which stems from a …
Mike Fremont sets marathon world records on a meat-free diet Mike Fremont turned 100 in February, celebrating with a run around his Vero Beach neighborhood in Florida. The centenarian has followed a vegan diet since the age of 69. After a cancer diagnosis, doctors offered Fremont life-saving surgery. But instead, he turned to whole food …
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NORTH EAST — It’s been in the works for some 20 years, but Linda Eighmy finally has her hands on her self-published book “Mary Elizabeth Quigley Is Listening to the Sunrise.” “Listening to the sunrise is kind of an intended theme because she’s blind,” Eighmy said of her central character. Having experience working with special …
Artistic director of grassroots combined arts festival Blackfest, Jubeda Khatun, is named Merseyside Woman of the Year 2022, with Maggie O’Carroll also winning a lifetime achievement award. Tony McDonough reports Jubeda Khatun has been named Merseyside Woman of the Year (MWOTY) 2022. She is the artistic director of grassroots combined arts festival, Blackfest. MWOTY headline sponsor …
In celebration of Women’s Month and Earth Day, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Coca-Cola Foundation Philippines Inc. and the World Wide Fund for Nature Philippines (WWF-Philippines) to empower women in the waste sector. Through the Women in Waste’s Economic Empowerment Activity under the Clean Cities, Blue …
