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On 21 April 2022, seven economies participating in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) System announced the ...

Enforcement of those certifications is based on separate APEC arrangements for cross-border privacy enforcement, and APEC and the EU have been looking into whether it would be possible to create a system of interoperability involving the BCRs and APEC CBPR and PRP systems. The FAQs document issued by the US Government clarifies that the new international certification system will be administered separately from the existing APEC CBPR and PRP systems. It also explains that the founding members of the Global CBPR Forum will work on the formal transition of operations under the APEC CBPR and PRP systems in their jurisdictions to the Global CBPR and PRP. All currently approved accountability agents and companies certified under the APEC CBPR or PRP systems are expected to be recognised automatically in the new Global CBPR Forum.

Workers at the legendary Greenwich Village movie house Film Forum have filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board in an ...

While U.S. movie theaters with significant unionized workforces are at present relatively few and far between, the labor movement has picked up in the space in recent years, and UAW Local 2110 has made inroads. The staff members in the union’s desired bargaining unit include full- and part-time workers in theaters, administration, facilities, programming and publicity. Ultimately, unionizing will make Film Forum a stronger, more sustainable workplace for all.”

Staff cite just hiring practices, health and safety measures for frontline staff, and fair compensation among their reasons for organizing.

Last month, Hyperallergic reported on Whitney Museum of American Art workers’ fight to join UAW 2110, and in 2020, staff at the Jewish Museum petitioned to join. Its endowment, started in 2000 thanks to a $1.25 million gift from the Ford Foundation, now stands at $6 million. Film Forum has been a core theater for independent films since its founding on the Upper West Side in 1970, when cinephiles could watch movies there that they couldn’t see at mainstream cinemas. Workers at Film Forum, the New York City nonprofit cinema known for its art-house and repertory programming, are pushing to unionize. The movie theater employs around 50 workers, half of whom are part-time. According to a press release, an “overwhelming majority” of Film Forum workers petitioned for election into the union.

Three speakers received standing ovations for their words. Anpo Jensen (Oglala Lakota), a member of the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus, a group of Native youth ...

For eight years, Indigenous Crimean Tatar people suffered the occupation of their land Crimea. We tried to survive as we did for centuries, despite deportations, ethnic cleansing, oppressions and persecutions and— ironically— behind all these sufferings of my people was and is Russia, and crimes of its regimes and tyrants.” Jensen expressed the group’s deep gratitude to Native elders who preserved their indigenous languages, and said that the U.N. and individual states must go further to reverse the impacts of colonization to Indigenous languages. In response to these estimates three years ago, the General Assembly proclaimed 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages, intended to bolster and protect threatened Indigenous languages across the world. Dzhaparova is Crimean Tatar, a Turkic ethnic group who are an indigenous people of Crimea, an area in Southern Ukraine historically colonized by Russia and then illegally annexed in 2014. “As Indigenous peoples lose their languages, they also begin to lose the cultural practices and traditional knowledge which protected them against violence.” For the past decade-plus, we’ve covered the important Indigenous stories that are often overlooked by other media. Anpo Jensen (Oglala Lakota), a member of the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus, a group of Native youth from across the United States, was surrounded by caucus when she delivered their address. Estimates say that 95% of the world’s languages will become extinct by the end of this century. The United Nation’s lobby was colorful with regalia of the Nations attending—notably lots of reds and oranges. Notably, most of them spoke in the language of their colonizer: English, Spanish, French, and Russian. The intergenerational trauma from these institutions is evident in today's adults and children who don't speak their language fluently.” Today, The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) hosted its twenty-first session.

The town hall-style forum is meant to bring awareness to recent legislation by the city of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County that declared racism a public ...

“We can’t talk about racism as a public health crisis and do nothing to address the inequalities in education, employment, housing and health. Those benefits, including housing, wealth and employment, are key drivers of health inequities because they place people of color at greater risk for poor health outcomes, the CDC finds. “We must be innovative and find solutions to the current drivers of disparities,” said Yvonka Hall, executive director of the Black Health Coalition and one of the events’ moderators.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The consensus Republican front-runner for Nevada governor drew attention and applause from a GOP luncheon audience Tuesday when he used an ...

Lombardo withdrew Las Vegas police in 2019 from participating in a jail-based federal immigration enforcement program known as 287(g) that critics including the American Civil Liberties Union said led to unconstitutional warrantless arrests. Guess what, you have a dangerous city.” You have a dangerous community. And he’s talking about (bull--—) things like the public option.” “You want to live in a dangerous neighborhood? Answering a question about homelessness, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo expressed frustration about people who don’t or won’t accept help from public services. Several have blamed Lombardo for not attending previous campaign events. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) The Associated Press Live in a sanctuary city,” Heller said Tuesday. “Practice catch-and-release? LAS VEGAS (AP) — The consensus Republican front-runner for Nevada governor drew attention and applause from a GOP luncheon audience Tuesday when he used an expletive to deride Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak’s decision to enact a state-managed public health insurance option. FILE - Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo speaks with journalists at a news conference announcing his candidacy for governor of Nevada, June 28, 2021, in Las Vegas. The consensus Republican front-runner for Nevada governor drew attention and applause from a GOP luncheon audience when he used an expletive to deride Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak's decision to enact a state-managed public health insurance option. The consensus Republican front-runner for Nevada governor drew attention and applause from a GOP luncheon audience when he used an expletive to deride Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak’s decision to enact a state-managed public health insurance option.

Today, the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Crown−Indigenous Relations, and the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services, continued their ...

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More than half of Maryland's 10-person Democratic gubernatorial field faced off Tuesday on economic development and other issues at Coppin State University ...

Seven Democratic candidates for Maryland governor took part in a forum hosted by Coppin State University in Baltimore on Tuesday.

Franchot said recent moves to bring in the U.S. Marshals and state police to arrest violent offenders have been effective and added “we should do that on a regular basis.” Perez said “the most important tool that a police officer has in his or her arsenal is the trust of the community” and added “that trust is lacking right now.” We have to make sure that our own citizens feel safe in their own communities, in their own homes and in their own skin against all threats,” said Moore. “We need to make sure that we are creating a holistic environment where our children and our families feel safe -where they know they can move and navigate.

With primary day just three weeks away, the race for mayor is heating up, especially for optics of crime, social justice and accountability.

These cameras are most likely going to be placed in communities that already are over policed,” Kloiber said. a lot of our youth today, don’t have a father in the home. “That has to come from a directive from the top, to say this is our priority. Mayor Gorton and challengers Kloiber and Wallace answered questions about how they would handle crime. And holistically and comprehensively, public health,” Adrian Wallace said. More than 100 voters came to hear the plans to address issues including public trust in city leaders and law enforcement, and violence prevention.

LEXINGTON, Ky (WTVQ)- Racial justice, equality and police accountability are emotionally charged and important topics. They were the focus of a candidate ...

But it was the topic of protesters that drew strong reactions from the crowd. “These cameras nationwide are a tool for police for evidence,’ Gorton said. They were the focus of a candidate forum Tuesday night at the Lyric Threatre featuring mayoral and county attorney candidates.

Current Lexington councilmember and mayoral candidate David Kloiber said the mayor's office needs to make sure officers are policing equally across the city and ...

We are a part of this community and we need to be involved in that discussion and see what we can do to correct those disparities that have gone on," Evans said. Four million dollars that we manage every single year and not one time has there been a discrepancy or a scandal about that money. Roberts said he doesn't see a disparity and said his office judges each case on its own merits, challenging people to point to any specifics. Challenger Adrian Wallace, who is a veteran and works in community development, said there are too many disparities in how officers police the city, focusing too much on minority communities. That is a part of what the county attorney's office should be doing. Incumbent Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton said that while homicides have risen the last couple of years, she said they are down this year.

On Tuesday, candidates for Mayor of Lexington met for the first time in a joint forum to share their plans for improving the city and let voters compare ...

WMAR's Kelly Swoope, the moderator, asked the candidates in attendance — Peter Franchot, Tom Perez, Jerome Segal, Wes Moore, Doug Gansler, Jon Baron and Rushern ...

“All the candidates in this race share similar goals,” Baron said. More than half a million Marylanders live below the poverty line. The key thing is, can we get a Democrat elected?” Gansler said. WMAR’s Kelly Swoope, the moderator, asked the candidates in attendance — Peter Franchot, Tom Perez, Jerome Segal, Wes Moore, Doug Gansler, Jon Baron and Rushern Baker — questions about education, transportation, police, income inequality, and COVID-19-driven workforce shortages. “Because if we don't have a Democrat that can actually beat [Republican candidate] Kelly Schulz this November, then the Blueprint will go into the trash can.” “What we need to do is a whole-of-government approach,” said Perez, who served on the Montgomery County Council and as former Gov. Martin O’Malley’s labor secretary before running the U.S. Department of Labor. “We need a governor who can understand the levers of local government, understand the levers of federal government, understand the levers of philanthropy, and understand and utilize the levers of state government, and that's where I have worked all around in my career.”

Seven candidates in Maryland's Democratic gubernatorial primary hailed the state's historically Black colleges and universities as a remedy for inequity ...

The General Assembly passed legislation in 2021 to require a steady flow of that funding to Morgan State, Coppin State, Bowie State and the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore over the next decade. Additionally, billionaire MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeffrey Bezos, donated $40 million to Morgan State, $25 million to Bowie State and $20 million to the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore in late 2020. Candidates at Tuesday’s forum decried the lengthy process of fixing HBCU funding inequities in Maryland, saying that it took too long for the state to settle. Seven Democratic candidates pointed to adequate funding of Maryland’s historically underfunded public colleges as a way to cure the shortage in the health care workforce and inequity in education. Moore said that investing in all four of Maryland’s historically Black colleges and universities is imperative to make sure that students someday see themselves reflected in their classrooms. Seven candidates in Maryland’s Democratic gubernatorial primary hailed the state’s historically Black colleges and universities as a remedy for inequity during a forum at Coppin State University on Tuesday.

restorative justice, criminal justice, HBCUs, NC Central, DA Satana Deberry, Durham County Sheriff Clarence Birkhead.

“I do think that is part of our mission and it’s a part of what we do as we do justice work,” Sharpe said. That conversation starts here in our classes and we hopefully we take it into our work.” “I would never say never to anything, as long as we think through the parameters and have these conversations upfront,” Brown said. “Central and HBCUs definitely hold a special place in my heart,” Brown said. It’s often said that “Durham is different” because restorative justice has flourished there while it’s struggled to take hold in other communities in North Carolina. Hearing law enforcement and the Durham DA embrace restorative justice — even in very difficult cases — was heartening, Brown said. “I don’t think RJ is the very first thing we need to be discussing in a police misconduct case. “But they have to do the work.” “Shifting our mindset to how we keep people from re-offending.” When we talk about using this process, we recognize that it has to be authentic.” “This has got to be genuine,” he said. But in Durham it has taken root and, according to law enforcement, the DA and the courts, is making a difference.

Wednesday Apr 27, 2022. You spoke, we listened: easing the transition to DOCX. Blog by Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property ...

We host frequent DOCX training sessions to demonstrate how to submit and retrieve DOCX files in Patent Center and to answer questions. Doing so will not only streamline the process for you, it will also improve our ability to examine your application quickly and effectively. These include delaying the effective date of the non-DOCX surcharge fee from January 1, 2022, until January 1, 2023, to allow more time for users to adapt, and adopting submitted DOCX files as the authoritative document to simplify the filing process. There are no fees associated with this backup PDF. And there is no obligation to provide a backup PDF. DOCX is a widely-available word-processing file format supported by many popular applications, such as Microsoft Word 2007 or higher, Google Docs, Office Online, Pages for Mac, and LibreOffice. Filing in DOCX offers many advantages, including: A few years ago, the USPTO advanced its efforts to use all available technology to strengthen patents and reduce pendency times by introducing the DOCX format for patent application filings.

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NEW YORK — Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., spoke before the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Monday, advocating for the ...