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There’s a Reason Your Free Time Is So Draining

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According to a 2021 study published in the International Journal of Research in Education and Science, when comparing university students who engage in active and passive activities, those engaged in passive activities had lower perceived health outcomes and levels of happiness. Active leisure activities can feel stressful, not relaxing.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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Through her work, Arrington is breaking cycles of incarceration and creating pathways to college education and careers for historically underserved communities. She is a 2023 CNN Hero, a 2022 Soros Justice Fellow and a 2019 JustLeadershipUSA Leading with Conviction Fellow Alumna. Marie Feagins, Ed.D.

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This High School is Doing Whatever it Takes to Mentor First-Generation Students

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Despite any obstacles students face, since its creation in 2002, the school has enjoyed impressive outcomes, boasting a college readiness score 27% higher than the city’s in 2019. A range of foundations and community-based organizations help meet the school’s ambitious goal of ensuring both high school graduation and college matriculation.

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Local Women’s Shelters Wouldn’t Respond, So These Two Friends Decided to Build Their Own

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Even though this finally gave them a stable home, different forms of abuse persisted. All the while, despite her circumstances, Shante stayed focused on her education and work. Soon after moving from Miami to Phoenix in 2019, Shante encountered a homeless woman named Janice. The goal is to break ground in 2022.

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Why Supporting Small Businesses This Holiday Season Is More Urgent Than Ever

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Plus, Orangewood created its Giving Guitar Program in partnership with the Give A Note Foundation, so every guitar sold helps put instruments into children’s hands for music education and therapy programs. And thus in 2014, mumi was formed. Photo courtesy of The Challah Box. The Challah Box. Number of employees: 2 Based in: New York.

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The Many Faces of Empowerment

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I’d just briefed a conference room of men on a marketing initiative I’d spearheaded that had exceeded our goals. First, I was born in the United States, which tends to value girls’ education, and I had very engaged teachers who cared deeply about their students, even in the midst of a lower-income neighborhood in Los Angeles.

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Society 18 Founder Pamela Zapata on Supporting Influencers of Color and Knowing Your Worth

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In 2019, she launched Society 18 , an influencer management and digital marketing firm that focuses on multicultural and multiethnic content creators. I wanted to be a solution to the problem that I saw, which was that a lot of management agencies weren’t really looking for diverse creators in all ways, shapes and forms.

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