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Politics: President John F. Kennedy Newsletter for 2024-09-15 ( 7 items )  
ACLU-GA.: Civil Rights Organizations File Amicus Brief Against State Elections Board's Rule Changes (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 12 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia issued the following news release: The ACLU of Georgia, ACLU National Voting Rights Project, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), and Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit challenging two new rules passed by the Georgia State Elections Board (SEB). The rules threaten to upend Georgia's longstanding mandatory election certification rules and disenfranchise Georgia voters. Th more PR

Bond University Professor Baumann Issues Commentary: Science Behind Well-Rounded Decisions in the Oval Office (10)
ROBINA, Australia, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- Bond University issued the following commentary on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * Science Behind Well-Rounded Decisions in the Oval Office By Oliver Baumann Some of the United States' most momentous decisions have been deliberated in the Oval Office of the White House, from the Cuban missile crisis to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The distinctive shape of the room, with three large windows overlooking the South Lawn, was the idea of the 27th President William H more PR

JFK Library Foundation Announces Finalists for $100K Earthshot Innovation Challenge Northeast U.S. Edition Prize (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 5 -- The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum issued the following news release: * * * Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for The Rolling Stones, will perform and join a fireside chat about his commitment to environmentalism and sustainable forestry * * * The JFK Library Foundation, in partnership with The Earthshot Prize, announces the finalists for the Earthshot Innovation Challenge: Northeast U.S. Edition to ignite Northeast-U.S.-based innovations to addres more PR

Lawyers' Committee and Other Civil Rights Organizations File Amicus Brief Against Georgia State Elections Board's Rule Changes (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: ATLANTA, GA -- Yesterday, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), ACLU of Georgia, and ACLU National Voting Rights Project filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit challenging two new rules passed by the Georgia State Elections Board (SEB). The rules threaten to upend Georgia's longstanding mandatory election certification ru more PR

Rep. Katie Porter Reintroduces Resolution Formally Apologizing for U.S. Nuclear Legacy in Marshall Islands (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Rep. Katie Porter, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA) introduced a resolution to formally apologize for the United States' nuclear legacy in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The resolution, which is co-led by Congresswoman Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), affirms the importance of free association between the U.S. and the Marshall Islands, commits to assisting with some of the worst lasting harms of radioact more PR

THE PEACE CORPS AND THE SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM FORGE PARTNERSHIP PROMOTING VOLUNTEERISM AND PUBLIC SERVICE (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Peace Corps issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: Today, Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn and Selective Service Acting Director Joel C. Spangenberg signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) forging a partnership centered on public awareness, marketing, and recruiting strategies to provide Americans ways to participate in public, national, and volunteer service in the U.S. and around the world. "For more than 63 years, the Peace Corps has partnered wi more PR

VFW Reflects on the 23rd Anniversary of the Terror Attacks on America (10)
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 11 -- The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., a veterans service organization, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON -- Where were you on 9/11? It's a question so many of us have repeated over the past two decades. It's a way we relate to one another as we reflect on the day of one of the most horrific attacks on the American people in U.S. history - Sept. 11, 2001. For the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), we join the rest of the country this Wednesday in r more PR