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Michael Weinstein

President AIDS Healthcare Foundation

On February 1, 1968, two African-American sanitation workers in Memphis, Echol Cole and Robert Walker, were crushed to death under their truck’s malfunctioning garbage compactor.

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Dr. Wayne J. Riley

President State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn Downstate Medical Center

President Barack Obama unveiled a new frontier in medical care with the announcement of an unprecedented commitment of federal resources directed at improving health and effectively treating disease during his January 2014 State of the Union Address.

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Warren E. Logan, Jr.

President & CEO Urban League of Greater Chattanooga

Chattanooga, Tennessee’s fourth largest city, struggles with the same challenges other urban communities and public schools face across the nation—serious achievement gaps and inequities in education for minority and low-income students.

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Jil Littlejohn

President & Chief Executive Officer Urban League of the Upstate, Inc.

Who Runs The World? Urban Girls!

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Erin R. Houston, Ph.D.

President & Chief Executive Officer Shenango Valley Urban League

In the 21st century, it is common for households to have a computer, sometimes multiple computers. It is also likely that young boys and girls will formally learn how to use a computer during their elementary school years.

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