Diversity Report highlights Cedar Rapids racial disparities
The Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission releases a 21 page study on parity across Cedar Rapids Marion and the state. The report shows whites Latinos and blacks experience varied income employment housing and education outcomes. Recommendations call for more funding data driven decisions and a diverse racial justice roundtable.
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John-Paul Chaisson-Cardenas
Commission
U.S. Census Bureau
Cedar Rapids
City of
Cedar Rapids Community School District
U.S
People of Color
Linn County
Liz Martin
the Gazette
Shanna Smith
National Fair Housing Alliance
Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission
Hilton Cedar Rapids
PETA seeks 10 foot memorial for turkeys in Sioux City crash
PETA asks Iowa DOT for permission to place a month long 10 foot memorial at Gordon Drive and South Alice Street to honor turkeys killed in a truck crash on April 12. DOT may remove memorials from right of way. driver cited for speeding and loss of control.
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Des Moines
Iowa Department of Transportation
Sioux City
Department of Transportation
Steve Gent
DOT
Alex Moore
PETA
Ankeny
Gordon Drive
Alice Street
Sioux City Journal
Marko Dmitrijevic
Cedar Rapids Police arrest man near Kennedy High School
Police arrested 18 year old Grant Ajango of Cedar Rapids after neighbors saw a man with knives in the Oakland Church of the Nazarene parking lot near Kennedy High School. Officers took him to Linn County Jail. No threats were made. Exterior school doors were secured as a precaution.
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Cedar Rapids
Kennedy High School
Oakland Church of the Nazarene
42Nd St. NE
Grant Ajango
Linn County
Ajango
Leadership college president urges women to drop perfectionism
Barnard College president Debora Spar told the Iowa Women’s Leadership Conference that no one can have it all and urged women to abandon the idea of perfection. She advocated trade offs to advance gender diversity in leadership and noted tokenism as a barrier.
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Coralville
Debora Spar
Barnard College
Spar
Liberal Arts College For Women
New York City
Iowa
Coralville Marriott
Harvard Business School
United States
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Michael. Wiser
Lee.net
VLU
Hayley
Brucee
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