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Lady Gaga's Foundation Selects Five Schools to Receive Financial Gift to Improve Mental Health Programs
Lady Gaga's Foundation Selects Five Schools to Receive Financial Gift to Improve Mental Health Programs Lady Gaga, seen here teaming with Prince William for the Heads Together mental health initiative — screencap via Heads Together YouTube channelAs a result of the Mental and Emotional Wellness Innovation Challenge, five schools from across America…
6 Things You Need To Know About March For Our Lives and Where the 839 Rallies Are Taking Place
6 Things You Need To Know About March For Our Lives and Where the 839 Rallies Are Taking Place Emma González — screencap via CNN YouTube channel On Saturday, March 24, young people across America and around the world will take part in the March For Our Lives, a massive series of rallies meant to fight for comprehensive and improved gun safety legislation…
Malala Yousafzai Promotes Girls' Education, Offers Solutions, on Letterman Netflix Episode
Malala Yousafzai Promotes Girls' Education, Offers Solutions, on Letterman Netflix Episode Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai on David Letterman's My Next Guest Needs No Introduction — photo credit: Netflix.Nobel Prize-winning activist Malala Yousafzai used her appearance on David Letterman's My Next Guest Needs No Introduction program to promote…
John Oliver-Connected Satirical Children's Book to Benefit AIDS, LGBTQ-Related Causes
John Oliver-Connected Satirical Children's Book to Benefit AIDS, LGBTQ-Related Causes A Day in the Life of Marlon BundoA satirical children's book presented by the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver program is using U.S. vice-president Mike Pence's anti-gay bigotry to raise money for LGBTQ and AIDS-related causes. A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo,…
MusiCounts Provides $725,000 Worth of Instruments to 80 Schools
MusiCounts Provides $725,000 Worth of Instruments to 80 Schools Kids at Vancouver's Sir Alexander MacKenzie school receive $10,000 worth of instruments from MusiCounts — photo credit: screenshot. MusiCounts, Canada's music education charity associated with The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS, the organization behind the Juno Awards…
World Wildlife Fund Sells 27 Different Plush Animals for Easter Campaign
World Wildlife Fund Sells 27 Different Plush Animals for Easter Campaign Arctic Hare Photo © Staffan Widstrand / Nature Picture Library The lookalike — $40 from WWF shop. With spring clocking in (officially at least) today and Easter around the corner, World Wildlife Fund is ramping up its fundraising efforts in…
Paper Egg Retail Campaign for Easter Seals Helps Support Kids with Disabilities
Paper Egg Retail Campaign for Easter Seals Helps Support Kids with Disabilities Paper eggs at a Sobeys — photo credit: Easter Seals.Try as we might, we are seldom at our most compassionate when rushing through the grocery store checkout or grabbing a quick snack on route to the next appointment. But for a few weeks this spring, even the most harried and…
Pearl Jam's Mike McCready to Receive Award at MusiCares Concert Feat. Slash, Nancy Wilson, Mike Ness and More
Pearl Jam's Mike McCready to Receive Award at MusiCares Concert Feat. Slash, Nancy Wilson, Mike Ness and More Pearl Jam's Mike McCready will receive the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award at the 2018 MusiCares Concert For Recovery on May 10 — photo credit: Karen Loria. Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready will receive the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award at the 2018 MusiCares…
Sam Roberts Band to Headline Free-For-Activists Global Citizen Event in Vancouver
Sam Roberts Band to Headline Free-For-Activists Global Citizen Event in Vancouver Sam Roberts Band — photo courtesy of Global Citizen.The Sam Roberts Band will anchor the Global Citizen advocacy organization's first-ever concert event in Vancouver, British Columbia — and its only open to those who join the social advocacy movement and take action. Taking…
Environmentalist David Suzuki Joins Canada’s Walk of Fame, Receiving Star in Hometown Vancouver
Environmentalist David Suzuki Joins Canada’s Walk of Fame, Receiving Star in Hometown Vancouver David Suzuki — photo courtesy of Canada's Walk of Fame.David Suzuki’s status as a towering environmental advocate and exceptional broadcaster are assured. But just in case anything else is needed to cement his peerless reputation — apart from his Companion of…
AFTERMETOO Creates Fund for Sexual Assault Support Services, Issues Downloadable Report
AFTERMETOO Creates Fund for Sexual Assault Support Services, Issues Downloadable Report (L to R): Freya Ravensbergen, Aisling Chin-Yee, Mia Kirshner — photo courtesy of AFTERMETOO. Action campaign AFTERMETOO — created by producer/director Aisling Chin-Yee, actress/author/activist Mia Kirshner, and actress/producer Freya Ravensbergen — has partnered with…
TIFF’s Female-Focused Film Initiative Approaches $1 Million Milestone, Fortifies Time’s Up
TIFF’s Female-Focused Film Initiative Approaches $1 Million Milestone, Fortifies Time’s Up Filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal (top left), major donor Betty-Ann Heggie (top right), actor Omoni Oboli (bottom left), filmmaker Carol Nguyen (bottom right) — image courtesy TIFF.Corks will be popping today at Toronto’s TIFF Bell Lightbox — home of the Toronto…
Arcade Fire to Receive Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award
Arcade Fire to Receive Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award Arcade Fire promo shot — photo credit: MergeThe members of Montreal’s Arcade Fire will receive the 2018 Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award at the Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards Gala Dinner, May 10, held at Toronto’s Rebel Entertainment Complex during Canadian Music Week…
Common Calls Out Trump, NRA In 90th Academy Awards Performance
Common Calls Out Trump, NRA In 90th Academy Awards Performance Common — screenshot via ABC News YTConsciously-minded rapper Common used his appearance at the 90th Academy Awards last night (March 4) to call out U.S. President Donald Trump as well as the National Rifle Association (NRA). Common used a spoken word intro before his performance of "Stand…
Ashley Judd, Annabella Sciorra, Salma Hayek Pinault Say "Time's Up" in Oscars Anti-Harassment Speech
Ashley Judd, Annabella Sciorra, Salma Hayek Pinault Say "Time's Up" in Oscars Anti-Harassment Speech (L to R) Ashley Judd, Annabella Sciorra and Salma Hayek Pinault — photo credit: screenshot ABC Television Network YT. Ashley Judd, Annabella Sciorra and Salma Hayek Pinault, three prominent figures in the #MeToo anti-sexual harassment…