ChamberNews July 17th, 2020

JULY 17TH, 2020

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Virtual Health & Wellness Fair Our First Virtual Health & Wellness Fair presented by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ is coming up!

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The Health & Wellness Fair provides attendees with invaluable information pertaining to health issues that concern us all. Large corporations, small businesses, restaurants and individual healthcare professionals hereknowledge, to view our fill the space withClick their best practices, Report! samplesAnalytics and products aimed.

Hispanic Business Expo - 10th Anniversary Virtual Edition The Hispanic Business Expo Feria de Negocios was amazing because of YOU!

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The world hasn't stopped, but it has changed.

We're very proud of our familia for taking on the challenge of pivoting to virtual networking during this pandemic.

We were so happy to have many of you join us at Feria de Negocios Hispanos to celebrate its 10th Anniversary together! As always, we could not continue to offer these types of events without the support of our Sponsors, Members & #familia!

This event was live for 48 hours, had over 180 booths, 3,400 visitors

Join a new movement to help New Jersey get back to business! #HelpCommerceNJ

This simple movement is a way we can all help each other to move forward during this difficult time. We have reason to beleive there is hope because of YOU.

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Wells Fargo Announces Open For Business Fund Small businesses across the U.S. are facing an unprecedented economic impact due to COVID-19. As our state reopens, New Jersey businesses face unfamiliar circumstances. This is particularly the case for racially and ethnically diverse owned businesses. In fact, Black and African American owned businesses are reporting closures at twice the rate of other larger small business sector.

Back in April, Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf announced that Wells Fargo would donate all of its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) processing fees back to nonprofits serving the small business community – the first major bank to do so. To help accelerate the recovery of small businesses, yesterday we announced that Wells Fargo will donate approximately $400 million in gross processing fees from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to help small businesses keep their doors open, retain employees, and rebuild through a new Open for Business Fund. This new fund will engage nonprofits serving diverse small businesses in three areas: capital, technical assistance and long-term recovery/resiliency.

As part of the first phase of the Wells Fargo’s new Open for Business Fund, the application is now open for Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) supporting diverse businesses. Local CDFIs can use these funds to provide racially and ethnically diverse business, in particular, access to capital to help them reopen or stay open and sustain jobs.

This effort builds on the previous Wells Fargo COVID-19 relief response, through which the Wells Fargo Foundation has already awarded over 400 grants to nonprofits serving small businesses, totaling more than $25 million since March 2020.

Click here to read more about this initiative For program details & application, click here.

Felician University Appoints Samuel A. Delgado to Board of Trustees Felician University announces that Samuel A. Delgado has been appointed to the University’s Board of Trustees. Mr. Delgado returns to the board having served previously from 2016 to 2018, as well as, on the Felician Council of Regents from 2008 to the present.

Mr. Delgado recently retired as Vice President of External Affairs for Verizon New Jersey. A decorated Marine Corps veteran, he is a founding member of the New Jersey Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. In 1994, he served on the staff of former New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly in the Republic of Haiti monitoring human rights abuses. He returned to Haiti in 2010 as a liaison to assist the global response for earthquake victims which claimed 250,000 lives.

Mr. Delgado chaired New Jersey4Puerto Rico, raising significant funding for Hurricane Maria relief and continues to be involved in Puerto Rico’s earthquake recovery today. He co-chaired Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s Housing and Economic Development transition team and has served the city through both the Newark Alliance and as chairman of the Newark Regional Business Partnership. He was appointed by NJ Governor Murphy to serve on his Veteran Affairs transition team subcommittee; and Commission on Puerto Rico Relief.

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In an effort to support small businesses during the COVID-19 crisis, Photofy aims to empower brands to better communicate during and after the crisis. To do so, we’re offering a FREE 6-MONTH subscription to our Business Collection Package for new members who register by December 31st, 2020.

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United Airlines Strengthens Onboard Mask Policy to Further Protect Passengers and Employees Against COVID-19 Spread Airline will suspend travel privileges of any customer who refuses to wear a mask on the aircraft United Airlines announced today that, along with other Airlines for America (A4A) members, it will strengthen mandatory mask policies to further mitigate against the spread of COVID-19 and help continue to keep passengers and crew safe. While the overwhelming majority of passengers are complying with United's mandatory policy, starting on June 18, any passenger that does not comply when onboard a United flight will be placed on an internal travel restriction list. Customers on this list will lose their travel privileges on United for a duration of time to be determined pending a comprehensive incident review.

United currently requires all passengers to wear a face covering onboard its flights and expects that policy to remain in place for at least the next 60 days.

The only exceptions to this policy are individuals who have a medical condition or a disability that prevents them from wearing a face covering, those who cannot put on or remove a face covering themselves and small children.

Customers are expected to wear a mask for the duration of the flight, except when eating or drinking.

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CALLING ARTISTS, CRAFTSPEOPLE, MUSICIANS, OR PERFORMERS “Reflections and Expressions: Communities and Cultures of Central and South America” Down Jersey Folklife Center at WheatonArts is seeking to connect with visual artists, musicians and dancers whose ethnic and cultural backgrounds are related to the countries located in Central and South America. The artists will be invited to participate in a nine-month multi-layered and multi-faceted project, tentatively scheduled for the spring, summer and fall seasons of 2021.

The project is planned in the context of the WheatonArts’ Creative Community Connections initiative, a series of programs inaugurated in 2004 to raise awareness of cultural heritages and to create a welcoming community setting for understanding, appreciating, and sharing the arts and cultures of our region’s extraordinarily diverse population. Major highlights of programs will include: one or more major exhibitions, community arts projects, demonstrations, classes, workshops, performances, teacher training activities, one or more festivals, artist market, and a conference.

We would like to present a variety of artists working in folk and traditional art forms, whose artworks can once again engage our audiences in conversations about cultural heritage and shared humanity. Our major focus is to be on arts and cultures associated with Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina. Major art forms to be featured include but are not limited to: Guatemalan weavings, Ecuadorian bamboo carvings, pottery, folk music and dance, Peruvian retablos (boxed scenes), ceramics, mates burilados (carved and painted gourds), textiles, carpets of flower petals, music and dance, Panamanian molas (reversed appliquéd fabric), baskets and beadwork, Salvadorian wood paintings and ceramics, Garifuna music and dance from Belize, Colombian tree-bark dolls and cumbia music, Venezuelan wood sculptures, Brazilian ceramics, woodcut prints, capoeira and batalá drumming, Bolivian carved sanots (saints), traditional music and dance, Argentinean fileteado (traditional painting), leather works, woodworks, costume making, masks, folk music and dance.

Email Dr. Iveta Prigova at ipirgova@wheatonarts.org

Employment Opportunities

State of New Jersey COVID-19 Jobs and Hiring Portal Did you lose your job or have your hours reduced as a result of COVID-19?

Visit Governor Murphy’s COVID-19 Jobs Portal HERE. The Murphy administration this week launched a new COVID-19 Jobs Portal, with job listings from hundreds of companies all in one place.

Follow NJ COVID-19 Dashboard to stay up to date on the latest news and announcements from the Governor here.

Call (General COVID-19 Questions): 2-1-1 (7a-11p) Call (Medical COVID-19 Questions): 1-800-962-1253 Text NJCOVID to 898-211 to receive alerts

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Development Specialist Position Summary: The Development Specialist is an integral part of Fulfill’s Development team.

The primary responsibility of the Development Specialist is the strategic execution and coordination of a comprehensive Development Plan, inclusive of a moves management program specific to individual and major gifts and annual giving. In addition, the Development Specialist, under the supervision of the Director of Development & External Relations and in conjunction with the Communication team, will coordinate and implement the direct mail program. Full-Time Exempt position.

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