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This Chef Is Teaching Refugees How To Cook And Introducing Omaha To African Cuisine One Meal At A Time

Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 01/17/2024 - 5:00am

Djamil Djibril Bah-Traore (center) instructs Baaouine Naima (left) and Malalk Ashbalu (right) during a cooking class organized by House of Bah, the catering-company-turned-nonprofit that Bah-Traore started in 2015. Through classes like this one on Dec. 16, 2023, in Omaha, Bah-Traore has helped train more than 30 immigrants how to cook in a professional setting.
(Joshua Foo / Flatwater Free Press)

Mouthwatering scents fill the basement kitchen where Djamil Djibril Bah-Traore is teaching his latest class of students how to make their way in America.

He shows them how to chop vegetables, measure spices and prepare dishes for an upcoming event catered by House of Bah, the company and nonprofit foundation that Bah-Traore started.

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Gen Z And Millennials Have An Unlikely Love Affair With Their Local Libraries

Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 01/17/2024 - 4:00am

A phone fixation may seem at odds with an attraction to books. But the latter may offer a much-needed reprieve from the former.

In our recent study of American Gen Z and millennials, we discovered that 92% of them check social media daily; 25% of them check multiple times per hour.

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The 19th Explains: Why There’s Growing Momentum For Paid Leave Policies

Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 01/17/2024 - 3:00am

State Sen. Erika Geiss knew from personal experience what her proposed legislation could do for her constituents when she introduced a bill last summer that would provide Michiganders with paid family leave. Geiss, a Democrat, said there were times she had to unexpectedly miss votes to care for her child who has a rare form of juvenile cancer.

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School Program Reduces Trauma In Latina And Black Girls But Faces Implementation Hurdles

Published by josie@omahadail... on Wed, 01/10/2024 - 9:55am

Originally published by The 19th

WAUKEGAN, Ill. — On a November afternoon inside Robert Abbott Middle School, six eighth grade girls quickly filed into a small but colorful classroom and seated themselves in a circle.

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‘Designated Contrarians’ Could Improve Nonprofit Boards By Disrupting The Kind Of Consensus And Groupthink That Contributed To The NRA’s Woes

Published by josie@omahadail... on Wed, 01/10/2024 - 9:45am

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The Curious Joy Of Being Wrong — Intellectual Humility Means Being Open To New Information And Willing To Change Your Mind

Published by jason@omahadail... on Thu, 01/04/2024 - 10:42pm

Mark Twain apocryphally said, “I’m in favor of progress; it’s change I don’t like.” This quote pithily underscores the human tendency to desire growth while also harboring strong resistance to the hard work that comes with it. I can certainly resonate with this sentiment.

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Grassroots Groups Help Medicaid Recipients Regain Lost Coverage

Published by jason@omahadail... on Thu, 01/04/2024 - 10:39pm

Eight months after states started dropping millions of low-income families from Medicaid rolls, grassroots groups say they are leading the push to re-enroll people denied coverage for bureaucratic reasons.

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Savvy Nonprofits Get Creative Amidst Financial Concerns

Published by jason@omahadail... on Thu, 01/04/2024 - 10:35pm

Tens of millions of people participated in Giving Tuesday this year, raising $3.1 billion in a single day for charities worldwide.

While these numbers may sound promising, they represent only a modest 0.6% increase over last year’s giving, which falls considerably short of the current 3.2% annual inflation rate.

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The $10 Billion Charity No One Has Heard Of

Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 12/20/2023 - 5:00am

The United Nations Sustainable Development Forum begins, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. A donor-advised fund devoted to supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals has leapt from being a relatively minor charity to one with an asset size comparable to behemoths like the Andrew W. Mellon and David and Lucile Packard foundations.
(Richard Drew / AP Photo)

A donor-advised fund devoted to supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals has leapt from being a relatively minor charity to one with an asset size comparable to behemoths like the Andrew W. Mellon and David and Lucile Packard foundations.

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EXPLAINER: How Can Catholic Priests Bless Same-Sex Unions?

Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 12/20/2023 - 3:00am

ROME (AP) — The Vatican document explicitly saying Catholic priests can bless same-sex unions lays out the conditions for what such blessings can, and cannot, involve.

The overall goal is to make it abundantly clear to the couple and those around them that the blessing in no way resembles a marriage. This is because the Catholic Church teaches that marriage is a lifelong union between a man and a woman.