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Politics: President John F. Kennedy Newsletter for 2019-04-28 ( 3 items )  
In Peace Corps' Growing Agriculture Sector, Volunteers Work With Small Farmers to Improve Access to Food (10)
WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Peace Corps issued the following news release: Peace Corps agriculture volunteers work with small-scale farmers and families to increase food security and production, and adapt to climate change while promoting environmental conservation. Over the 2018 fiscal year, 11,474 individuals in 14 countries received nutrition training from Peace Corps agriculture volunteers. As recently as 2015, Peace Corps' agriculture sector accounted for just 5% of the volunteer populati more PR

National Civil Rights Organization Calls for Facebook to Immediately Remove Militia Group Postings Holding Migrants Hostage (10)
WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release: The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued a demand letter to Facebook yesterday calling for the company to remove various videos and content posted by members of the United Constitutional Patriots (UCP), an extremist militia group that has a history of illegally holding people hostage at the New Mexico border. The group's videos and activities violate a number of provision more PR

WFU's Christina Soriano Named Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow (10)
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, April 23 -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: Wake Forest Associate Provost for the Arts Christina Soriano has been named a 2019-2020 Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow. Soriano is one of eight change-makers from across the nation who will begin a year-long fellowship at the Kennedy Center Arts Summit on Monday, April 29. Soriano, who is also associate professor of dance and director of the University's dance program, researches how improvisatio more PR