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June 2, 2021 Vol. 16 No. 42
Red Nose Day
Seventh Annual Red Nose Day Campaign to End Child Poverty Raises Over $32 Million By Desert Star Staff Across TikTok, Twitch, Twitter and Tiltify; on NBC and YouTube; within thousands of Walgreens stores and by supporters unlocking a Digital Red Nose. The seventh annual Red Nose Day has already raised more than $32 million in 2021 to help end
child poverty. Money raised will support programs to help address the urgent needs of children living in poverty and foster work that creates longterm change. More than one year since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the work Red Nose Day funds support is more crucial than ever, with
social and economic ripple effects having hit underserved communities the hardest — children in particular. After pivoting to its first-ever fully Digital Red Nose in 2020 in response to COVID-19, this year marked the evolution of Red Nose Day to a year-round, multi-channel
movement to end child poverty. “Red Nose Day is an opportunity for people to come together to turn hope into action and tackle the urgent crisis of child poverty,” said Alison Moore, CEO, Comic Relief US, the nonprofit organization behind the Red Nose Day campaign. “The team
at Comic Relief US are amazed and deeply grateful by the level of support and generosity from our partners and the public. Unfortunately, children have been especially vulnerable to the widespread effects of the pandemic, and many Continues on Page 4
CSUSB’s archaeological project is reaching audiences around the world
By Desert Star Staff The work at Wadi elHudi, a Cal State San Bernardino archaeological project in Egypt, can now be made known to a broader audience. The project website is now available in English, Spanish, and Arabic, helping protect and preserve a window into Ancient Egypt. “It’s important that we reach as many audiences as we can to share what we know about Wadi el-Hudi to help protect it and to incorporate its unique history into our knowledge of ancient Egypt,” says Kate Liszka. The associate professor of
history at CSUSB directs the project at Wadi el-Hudi, the primary source for amethyst in the ancient Mediterranean world. In addition, several CSUSB students have actively helped to research and record this archaeological gem in the desert. “The archaeological sites are unfortunately under threat of destruction from modern mining efforts trying to extract minerals from the same veins the ancient Egyptians used,” said Liszka, who is the university’s Benson and Pamela Harer
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