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09/07/2021

“He had a single deep stab wound to the back of his chest,” said Doctor Lodze Steckman describing a recent patient in the ER. “He was young, big, autistic and had been here before.”
This may be run-of-the-mill for a typical ER doctor, but Steckman is not the typical ER doctor. She is a double board-certified general surgeon with special expertise in cardiothoracic and cosmetic surgery. Read the rest! Click the link.

With Heart and Body in Mind 07 Sep 2021 by fixnycadmin 0 Comment A Pioneer in Heath, Happiness, and Beauty. “He had a single deep stab wound to the back of his chest,” said Doctor Lodze Steckman describing a recent patient in the ER. “He was young, big, autistic and had been here before.” Dr...

07/08/2020

How are PR companies changing the world? By joining forces with others on a similar mission. It has been our honor to work with Reverend Benjamin and Black Jobs Matter for a number of years now. Good jobs are the great equalizer. What do you think?

Long before George Floyd and recent protests, SAIPR helped Reverend Reginald Benjamin create Black Jobs Matter. Jobs are the great equalizer, especially those requiring skills. We jumped to help create apprenticeship opportunities that give black and minority workers on-the-job training to become sk...

05/15/2017

We started a petition to provide the kind of job opportunities that become real careers to disadvantaged communities.
Please take a moment and sign the petition. Let's make this world better for everyone.
https://www.change.org/p/patrick-foye-on-the-job-training-for-disadvantaged-on-public-workers-projects?utm_source=embedded_petition_view

Skills and experience are the great equalizer. LBJ, the father of the Civil Rights Act, understood that apprenticeship training was the only way to guarantee not just equality as a right and a theory, but equality as a fact and as a result. He said, "We must open the doors of opportunity. But we mus...

04/13/2017

http://fixnyc.org/black-and-hispanics-serve-port-authority-a-class-action-lawsuit/

Governor Andrew Cuomo, the New York Empire State Development Corporation and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and other state and federal agencies were served with a class action lawsuit in the Federal Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn for failing to meet the inten...

01/04/2017

http://ojcc.org/build-nyc/

This is a chance to get your company noticed and meet the people in charge. Make connections, grow your company and build the airports, tunnels and other infrastructure projects around the NYC area. This is a free event. Learn about $4B LGA, the $20B Gateway Tunnel, new Penn Station and more. Meet t...

07/31/2016

Just finished the new podcast titled, "Republicans No Longer Party of the Rich." I'm sure this will start a conversation, but please give it a listen. Both parties are in flux, this explains part of the reason. Hope you enjoy it. Look forward to your comments.
http://saipr.com/podcast/

There was a switch. Today Democrats are the party of the rich! Mike France of the Hoover Institute shares his research about the reshuffling within the political parties here in the US. Donald Trump expanded the blue collar working class support within the Republican Party. Democrat nominee Hillary…

05/03/2014

In some disadvantaged U.S. communities, male chronic unemployment has topped 60 percent. This is crippling many black and Hispanic communities, desperate for a lifeline to the American dream. But in today’s economy, with more emphasis placed on technology, these groups often times face greater chall…

10/11/2013

The danger that unemployment becomes chronic is here. Projects like the construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge create an opportunity to change things.

09/26/2013

A great story of someone taking steps to fundamentally improve the opportunities within disadvantaged communities. Go Reverend!

Oriska Jobs and Careers administrator Hazel Vento shows electrician training facility to Reverend Benjamin and Ron Perry.

08/12/2013

A good friend of FIXNYC, Basil Smikle, prepared a telling piece on education policy in post Bloomberg NYC. Please take a moment to read it.

Basil A. Smikle Jr. is a political strategist and PhD student in Politics and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University; He holds Adjunct appointments at Columbia’s Graduate School of International and Public Affairs and the City University of New York’s School of Professional Studies.

07/12/2013

A good piece that addresses an often unmentioned consequence of the Affordable Care Act.

Jim Kernan, former CEO of Oriska Insurance addresses how retaining and recruiting good employees can be affected by Obamacare. Healthcare helps companies keep employees

06/06/2013

It is great to read about real solutions to chronic unemployment...

Chronic unemployment among black males is at 50% according to Columbia Professor Dr. Manning Marable. Chronic unemployment among white males is 20% according to author Charles Murray. The problem continues to escalate, yet politicians merely recycle the same failed policies to address it.