Not-for-profit director helps Iowa youth find their voice
Mallory Hellman leads the Iowa Youth Writing Project, a not-for-profit aiding K-12 students across Iowa through weekly one hour workshops at 18 sites. Since 2012 the group has partnered with the University of Iowa and Magid Center, relying on three part-time staff and 120 volunteers to empower marginalized youths.
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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University of Iowa
Iowa Youth Writing Project director finds reward in young writers
Mallory Hellman of the Iowa Youth Writing Project oversees grants programs and social media while coordinating events. She highlights a Prairie Lights reading where a 9 year old delivers a goose poem, noting the power of student voices and the special space the project creates.
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American Airlines attendants win 1.6 percent pay raise
An arbitration panel ruled American Airlines must grant flight attendants a 1.6 percent raise retroactive to September, applying American’s formula tied to Delta’s 2016 rates. The Fort Worth carrier will implement the raise in mid May and provide a lump-sum payment, following a 2014 contract dispute with APFA.
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Iowa Fertilizer opens multibillion plant in Wever Iowa
The Iowa Fertilizer Co. began production at a $3 billion nitrogen plant in Wever Lee County after five years post announcement. Gov Branstad Lt Gov Reynolds and OCI N V chief praised the project as transformative while critics called the incentives excessive. The plant aims for 1.5 to 2 billion tons annually with 200 full time workers today and a construction payroll over 3,500.
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