Tag: information
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BackSchool: Lodi Unified works to improve communication and equity
“Communication is crucial to everything that we do at Lodi Unified,” said Chelsea Vongehr, Public Information Officer at Lodi Unified School District. Read Full Article
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COVID REPORT: Humboldt Records 50th COVID-Related Death, Five New Cases
Press release from the Humboldt County Joint Information Center: A Humboldt County resident has died with COVID-19, and five new cases of the virus were reported today. A total of 4,533 county … Read Full Article : Article Source
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Emergency, disaster preparedness assistance available in six languages
As we head further into wildfire season, the state of California has been preparing resources on emergency alerts in other languages to help non-English speakers get accurate information. Read Full Article
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Letters: To address violence and guns, concentrate on these factors
Thanks for your article on gun violence. The best source of information on solutions is Thomas Abt’s book “Bleeding Out” He is a researcher at Harvard with extensive experience … Read Full Article
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Asian health leaders in Minnesota fill information gap about COVID-19 death rates.
The Coalition of Asian American Leaders (CAAL) and the Hmong Public Health Association have created the first known attempt to disaggregate state COVID-19 death data by race. Read Full Article
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UCLA multilingual COVID-19 website offers vaccine information in more than a dozen languages
TranslateCovid.org delivers accurate information to communities often facing increased vulnerabilities because of a lack access to official public health news in a language other than English. Read Full Article
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Minneapolis drops plan to pay social media influencers for Derek Chauvin trial
Minneapolis admits it made a mistake by considering social media influencers to provide information to the public during the Derek Chauvin trial. The city had devised a plan to pay influencers … Read Full Article
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Minneapolis approved funding to hire social media influencers to spread information about ex cop Derek Chauvin’s trial
Minneapolis is hiring social media influencers to spread information about the trial of the cop, Derek Chauvin, who knelt on George Floyd’s neck. Read Full Article
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Milwaukee Unified Emergency Operations Center Launches HealthyMKE Website – A Digital Hub for COVID-19 Vaccine and Public Health Information
HealthyMKE, a website consolidating trusted resources and connecting Milwaukee county residents with COVID-19 vaccine and health resources, has launched. The site is sponsored by the Milwaukee Unified … Read Full Article
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Communicating with at-risk Somali, Latinx and Hmong elders
Not knowing English is a huge stressor for Somali, Latinx and Hmong elders who have limited access to health information in their own languages because it puts them at risk in the face of … Read Full Article
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Bath Twp. Police asking for information in 2018 homicide
The Bath Township Police Department once again asked for help solving a 2018 homicide. Chong Moua Yang was shot and killed while hunting on November 16, 2018 at the Rose Lake State Game Area. “How … Read Full Article
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COVID-19 is a danger in any language. Minnesota is trying to share information in as many of them as possible.
They include KMOJ, geared toward African Americans; La Raza, to reach the Latino community; WIXK, for the Hmong community; and KALY, for the Somali and East African community. Minneapolis had already … Read Full Article
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Arabic, Hmong Speakers Look To This Fresno Organization For COVID-19 Information
Naveen Alasaad sits at her dining table in her Fresno home catching up on the day with three of her six children. Their conversations are often a mixture … Read Full Article
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PG&E Enhances Website and Customer Notifications to Provide More Timely, Detailed and Accurate Information During Public Safety Power Shutoffs This Wildfire Season
As part of its ongoing commitment to keep customers and the communities it serves safe and informed, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) annou … Read Full Article
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Milwaukee’s Hmong leaders turn to traditional and cultural approaches to get information out about coronavirus
A regular television show in both Hmong and English and use of the Hmong ‘clan’ system is helping to keep people informed. Read Full Article
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Lost in Translation: Immigrant communities struggle to get timely information about COVID-19 in native languages
Ensuring that information was being properly translated was such a challenge during the early days of the pandemic that the state health department started funneling more than $1 million to community … Read Full Article
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How the health department is making COVID-19 info available in Spanish
Eau Claire are teaming up to make information about the coronavirus more accessible to people who speak Spanish. Read Full Article