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Marvel Studios to Hold TWO Major Panel Events for Comic-Con 2022

Marvel Studios Animated and Live-Action

Marvel Studios Highlights Animation in Key SDCC Panel

Marvel Studios Animation
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An official listing from San Diego Comic-Con’s website revealed that Marvel Studios will have a dedicated panel for its animated projects on Friday, July 22, from 11:45 AM PT – 1:15 PM PT at Ballroom 20. This will be in addition to Marvel Studios’ anticipated Saturday night panel expected to showcase upcoming live-action MCU movies and shows.

The 90-minute panel will be headlined by Marvel Studios head of streaming, television, and animation Brad Winderbaum, head of visual development Ryan Meinerding, and other special guests. The presentation is set to “dive into all things animation” while also unveiling exclusive looks at X-Men 97, Marvel Zombies, What If…? Season 2, and more. 

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige already confirmed that they will have a presence at the pop culture event, teasing that they will “talk about the future” of the MCU. 

“Yeah, we’ll be at Comic-Con next month, which we’re excited about. The first time since we were on stage there [since] three years ago talking about this movie and many others. And now, I think almost everything we discussed three years ago has now been released. So yes, we’re excited to  go and talk about the future.”

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Panel discussion is part of Pride Month events – Welcome to the City of Fort Worth

Published on June 15, 2022

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In celebration of Pride Month, a livestream panel discussion about bringing your authentic self to work will be presented from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, June 23. The discussion will feature LGBTQ city employees and allies.

The event can be viewed live on FWTV and the city’s YouTube channel.

About Pride Month

Pride Month was first celebrated in 1970 to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. The Stonewall Uprising was a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. In the United States, the last Sunday in June was initially celebrated as Gay Pride Day, but the actual day was flexible. In major cities across the nation, the day soon grew to encompass a monthlong series of events.

Today, celebrations include pride parades, picnics, parties, workshops, symposia and concerts, and LGBTQ Pride Month events attract millions of participants around the world. Memorials are held during this month for members of the community who have been lost to hate crimes or HIV/AIDS. The purpose of the commemorative month is to recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals have had on history locally, nationally and internationally.

In 1994, a coalition of education-based organizations in the United States designated October as LGBT History Month. In 1995, a resolution passed by the General Assembly of the National Education Association included LGBT History Month within a list of commemorative months. National Coming Out Day (Oct. 11), as well as the first March on Washington in 1979, are commemorated in the LGBTQ community during LGBT History Month.

 

Photo: The City Council presented a proclamation for Pride Month in Fort Worth during Tuesday’s meeting.

 

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UPCOMING BUSINESS EVENTS

Upcoming events for the week of March 6, 2022

Roanoke Higher Education Authority Board

The Board of Trustees of the Roanoke Higher Education Authority will hold a meeting in Room 212 at the Roanoke Higher Education Center. This meeting is open to the public.

Where: Roanoke Higher Education Center, 108 N. Jefferson St., Roanoke

Contact: Kay Dunkley at kay.dunkley@education.edu

Government Contracting Series: How to Become SWaM Certified

Are you a small, women-owned or minority-owned business? Small business owners who are looking to participate in Virginia’s specialized procurement and contracting opportunities are encouraged to become SWaM certified. This workshop will cover the certification process; required documents needed to apply; and how to use the certification to do business with the Commonwealth (intro to eVA, Virginia’s online procurement portal). Our speaker will be Ramain Gohar, Business Manager, Virginia Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity. This event is in collaboration with the Roanoke Regional SBDC.

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Contact: Register at https:// www.roanokesmallbusiness.org/training/cert-swam

Roanoke Higher Education Center Open House

Come learn about the more than 200 degree, licensure and certificate programs currently being offered at the Roanoke Higher Education Center. Speak with representatives from our member institutions and discuss program details. Find out more about tuition, admission requirements, program length and more! Free and open to the public. Please register to attend.

Where: Roanoke Higher Education Center, 108 N. Jefferson St., Roanoke

NARFE (National Active and Retired Federal Employees)

Gathering at 11 a.m. Meeting at 11:15 a.m. The speaker will be Allison Szuba. Her topic will be “Giggles to Guffaws.” All are welcome. PLEASE NOTE: Location is assuming The Roanoker is still open. Backup plans are being made.

Where: Roanoker Restaurant Meeting Room, 2522 Colonial Ave. SW, Roanoke

Cost: Order lunch from special menu ($10-14)

Contact: Mark Fisher 772-0984

Botetourt Chamber of Commerce 2022 Annual Meeting of the Membership

Our theme is “Reflecting on the past and preparing for the future.” Join us as we reacquaint! We will welcome our new board members and say thank you to our outgoing board members. Networking, guest speakers, appetizers and more.

Where: Sunnybrook, 7342 Plantation Road, Roanoke

Cost: $30 members, $45 future members

Contact: Jennifer Vance, 540-566-8812, Jennifer@botetourtchamber.com

Free Research Assistance, Business Development, and Career Enhancement…

Look no further than your local public library (in person and online) for help with a wide range of business assistance. While each location is different, every library, through the Library of Virginia, has access to digital resources, learning assets and research tools to help you meet your career and business goals. Join us to learn more!

Contact: Register at https:// clients.virginiasbdc.org/workshop

This event provides a structured and supportive networking environment for chamber members. Each month a guest speaker presents vital info regarding the Franklin County business community. Attendees receive chamber updates, meet and network with other members and have an opportunity to share information about their business. Meeting ID and password available at business.visitsmithmountainlake.com/events.

Contact: info@visitsmithmountainlake.com, 540-721-1203

Future-Proofing Your Business: Web 3.0, NFTs & Blockchain

Confused about blockchain for your business? We’ve got you covered. This illustrative program includes a Q&A session to answer your questions, including how blockchain and bitcoin differ; accepting cryptocurrency as a form of payment; use of non-fungible tokens (NFTs); safety and privacy concerns, and more. Our presenter is Cameron Nelson, Chief Digital Advisor, Virginia SBDC and Central Virginia SBDC.

Contact: Register at https:// clients.virginiasbdc.org/workshop

“Covid After-Action Report”

Reservations required no later than Tuesday, June 7, at noon! Our invited speakers include leadership from the NRV Health District, LewisGale, Carilion and the NRV Regional Commission. Space is limited. Register and pay online.

Where: Warm Hearth Village, 2387 Warm Hearth Drive, Blacksburg

Cost: $25 chamber members — $35 nonmembers

Contact: programs@montgomerycc.org

Virginia’s Blue Ridge Series:

Limited tickets available! For the fourth and final event in the 2022 Virginia’s Blue Ridge Series, retailers from across the region will participate in a panel discussion on the challenges of our current economic environment. The conversation will include discussions on how retailers address supply chain bottlenecks, staffing shortages, rising costs of goods and more. The series is geared toward business owners, C-suite executives and junior to senior-level management professionals, but ALL are welcome! Purchase tickets in advance at the Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce website: https://roanokechamber.org.

Where: Vinton War Memorial, 814 E. Washington St., Vinton

When: 7:30 to 9 a.m. (program begins at 8 a.m.)

Cost: $50 members, $100 future members (includes breakfast)

Contact: Eric Sichau, esichau@roanokechamber.org

LeadHERship: Neuroplasticity & The Cognitive Gifts of Women

Registration required! The Salem-Roanoke County Chamber of Commerce and the Virginia Western College of Career and Corporate Training have developed a 10-month Women’s LeadHERship Series for women across all industries. The series emphasizes the unique gifts and strengths of women and provides tools for empowerment and success. The series runs through December with a new topic each month. Lunch is provided. Register on the website: https://s-rcchamber.org.

Where: Virginia Western Community College Natural Science Center

When: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Cost: $35 chamber members, $45 nonmembers

Come join your village of women in technology for a morning jolt of real talk. We’re hosting these on the third Wednesday of every month to help us make connections and have casual conversations covering various topics about jobs, mentor requests and everything in between. There is no judgment: come as you are, liquids in the cup are optional, jump in when you can. Morning Jolt is being held online until further notice. Register once to get the zoom link. Sponsored by Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council.

When: 8 to 9 a.m. (program begins at 8:15 a.m.)

Contact: Register at https://rbtc.tech/events/

Beer & Biotech: The Future

Beer & Biotech is an ecosystem-building series that will bring together investors, physicians, academics, inventors, startups and state and regional leaders who are influential in the biotechnology industry. Each event in the yearlong series will feature a local, regional or national speaker and include plenty of time for networking and beverages at the host brewery.

Where: Big Lick Brewing Co., 409 Salem Ave. SW, Roanoke

Contact: Register at https://rbtc.tech/rbtc-events

Business Advocacy Breakfast Series: Legislative Wrap-Up

Join the Salem-Roanoke County Chamber of Commerce Business Advocacy Committee for the third in a series of business breakfasts. The objective of this event is to provide a legislative wrap-up for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Our guest panel will feature Sen. David Suetterlein and Del. Joseph McNamara. Space will be limited and current Richfield Living COVID safety guidelines will be followed. Registration is required.

Where: Richfield Living, Richfield Town Center Chapel, 3730 Richfield Lane, Salem

Cost: $25 members, $35 nonmembers

Contact: Lynne Kilburn, info@s-rcchamber.org, 540-387-0267

Information on public events of interest to businesspeople can be emailed to upcoming@roanoke.com. Deadline for submissions is two weeks before the event.

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EDI office hosts positive change in health care panel during Pride 2022 events

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May 27, 2022 — 

The Office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is hosting a community of practice event to discuss advocacy and positive solutions for 2SLGBTQIA+ people who have been marginalized and discriminated against when seeking health-care services. 

The virtual event Advocating for Positive Change in Health Care – channeling our own life experiences into helping others navigate the health care system will take place Monday, May 30 as part of several Pride 2022 events around the University of Manitoba.

“For many Manitobans, finding a good family doctor is challenging enough. Then on top of that, if you need one who understands what being gay, lesbian, trans or non-binary is, it can pose a bigger challenge,” says Shandi Strong, a transgender rights activist, author, public speaker and aspiring politician who will be the guest speaker at the event.

Shandi Strong

Shandi Strong

Strong says stigma and the fear of stigma can result in anxiety and stress that prevents people from seeking care when they should have. The lack of accessible mental health supports makes it difficult for those actively seeking counselling.  “Covid-19 has shone a light on the current lack of mental health supports in our province.  It’s a sad state of affairs when an emergency need for counselling has an eight-12 month wait list.” 

One of the key elements to improving health care for 2SLGBTQIA+ people is education, says Strong. “Not only on behalf of the caregivers, but the recipients too. Those who provide care need to be educated and trained to be accepting of 2SLGBTQIA+ folx. Recipients have to learn that they have the right to appropriate care, and options for where to look should they find it lacking.”

Strong looks forward to sharing her personal story as a way to give hope to people who may be facing the same challenging circumstances she did, so they can find the support and optimism to overcome them.

Strong says she will continue to strive to bring about change “so that in the future, we won’t have to worry about sexuality, gender, race, disabilities, or other such factors being deciding factors on how we treat each other as human beings.”

Ellie Caslake, a transgender women, artist and EDI project developer will host the community of practice event in conversation with Strong that will take place over Zoom, starting at 1:30 p.m.

Any questions or accommodations for the event please email funmi [dot] owoade [at] umanitoba [dot] ca.

Other University of Manitoba Pride 2022 Events:

Wednesday, June 1
Flag Raising

Fort Garry campus at the flagpoles outside of UMSU University Centre | 9:00 a.m.
The Pride flag will also be raised on Bannatyne campus in the Brodie Centre Atrium. 

Sunday, June 5
Pride Parade

Legislative Building | 11:00 a.m. | Register for the Pride Parade here.
Please meet by 10:15 a.m. on Memorial Blvd; parade to start at 11:00 a.m.

Stay up to date on events, share your photos and join the conversation on Twitter and Instagram using #umqueer.

If you require any accessibility accommodations, please contact umqueer [at] umanitoba [dot] ca.

All are welcome to these free events!

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Panel Discussion:

Panel Discussion:

This event will take place from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (EDT) / 7:00 -8:00 p.m. (EEST)

The Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania, first published in March 1972, was the longest-running and best-known underground periodical in the former Soviet Union. For 17 years, Catholic priests and nuns published The Chronicle as a way of documenting religious persecution and other human rights violations perpetrated by Soviet authorities. In total, 81 issues were produced clandestinely and smuggled abroad, shining a light on human rights violations in Lithuania and elsewhere in the USSR. English translations reached a wide audience among democratic governments, Catholic bishops and religious, the foreign press, international organizations, and the audiences, including in Lithuania, of radio networks such as Voice of America, Radio Liberty, and Vatican Radio.

2022 is the Year of The Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania, as declared by the Parliament of Lithuania, in recognition of the publication’s role in defending religious freedom during Soviet occupation and in informing the public at home and abroad about Soviet human rights abuses.

This webinar will contribute to this commemoration of The Chronicle, shedding light on the idea behind its publication, the role of the Catholic resistance, and the contribution it made to the Soviet-era human rights movement.

The panel will be led by H.E. Gintaras Grušas, Archbishop of Vilnius, joined by leading Lithuanian intellectuals. It will be introduced by H.E. Audra Plepyte, Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the United States of America, and moderated by Gerard Powers, professor and director, Catholic Peacebuilding Network, University of Notre Dame.

The event will live stream from this event page at 12:00 pm EDT/ 7:00 pm EEST on Wednesday, May 4.

Hosted by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame in partnership with the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania, Washington DC, the Catholic Peacebuilding Network, and the Institute for Human Ecology, The Catholic University of America.

Introductory remarks

  • H.E. Audra Plepyte

    H.E. Audra Plepyte

    Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the United States of America

Discussants

Moderator

  • Gerard Powers

    Gerard Powers

    Professor and Director, Catholic Peacebuilding Studies, University of Notre Dame

Image credit: Church of St. Anne, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2018. Courtesy of Zielonamapa.pl on Flickr.

Originally published at nanovic.nd.edu.

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Santa Barbara International Film Festival holds Women’s Panel on closing day events | News Channel 3-12

Santa Barbara International Film Festival holds Women's Panel on closing day events | News Channel 3-12

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – The Santa Barbara International Film Festival kicked off its closing day with a Women’s Panel on Saturday.

SBIFF said the Women’s Panel is where “Oscar-nominated women from all corners of film production, from editing, directing, costuming, casting, production design, and producing, come together to discuss their unique experiences in the film industry.”

The panelists for today’s event included:

  • Jessica Kingdon, Director of the documentary “Ascension”
  • Lynn Harris, Producer of the film “King Richard”
  • Diane Warren, Composer of Oscar-Nominated Original Song “Somehow You Do”
  • Amber Richards, Production Design for “Power of the Dog”
  • Elizabeth Mirzaei, Director of the Oscar-Nominated Short Film “Three Songs for Benzair”

For more information on SBIFF and the closing day events, click here to visit the festival’s website.

Tune in to News Channel 3-12 tonight at 6:00, 10:00 & 11:00 p.m. for the full story.

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Cities on the move: How is urban transportation changing?

Cities on the move: How is urban transportation changing?

Event summary produced by The Globe and Mail Events team. The Globe’s editorial department was not involved.

How should urban mobility evolve in view of climate change, health and safety, and changing societal norms? At a time when sales of new and used vehicles are booming, businesses embrace remote working, and more retail shifts to e-commerce, what solutions will support the movement of people and goods in cities? The Globe Drive Mobility Summit examined these questions and more during a virtual event on March 3, zeroing in on strategies for leaders to leverage new opportunities to create safer, inclusive and sustainable transportation.

Matti Siemiatycki, associate professor with the department of geography and planning at University of Toronto and Petrina Gentile, contributing writer for Globe Drive with The Globe and Mail kicked off the afternoon discussing how city and regional mobility has changed during the pandemic. They also looked at what lies ahead as cities see a boom in private vehicle purchases.

Up next, Jordan Chittley, editor of Globe Drive with The Globe and Mail moderated a panel on clean vehicles featuring Brandy Giannetta, vice-president of policy, regulatory and government affairs with the Canadian Renewable Energy Association; Mike Buff, senior manager of product and programs with Electrify Canada; Scott MacKenzie, senior national manager of external affairs with Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. and Carolyn Kim, director of transportation with Pembina Institute.

After a short break, Oliver Moore, urban affairs reporter with The Globe and Mail tackled new solutions for public transit. The panel included Patrick Condon, professor and James Taylor chair in landscape and liveable environments with UBC; Michael Sutherland, director of urban solutions with Hatch; and Karla Avis-Birch, chief planning officer with Metrolinx.

The last panel of the day, moderated by Adrian Lee, content editor for the Opinion section with The Globe and Mail examined ‘The 15-Minute City’ and what it means for equality and sustainability. The discussion included Emily Reisman, partner with Urban Strategies Inc.; Darnel Harris, executive director of Our Greenway and Lon LaClaire, general manager of engineering services with the City of Vancouver.

To view their full conversation, please see the video playback below, and for more information on upcoming Globe Events, visit our events hub at tgam.ca/events.

The Globe and Mail presented the event with sponsor support from Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc.